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Law Vocab
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1. The initial appearance of an arrested person before a judge to determine whether there is probable cause for his or her arrest. Generally the person comes before a judge within hours of the arrest - and are informed of the charges against him or her
SENTENCE
ARREST OF JUDGMENT
INDETERMINATE SENTENCE
FIRST APPEARANCE
2. A judgment entered against a party who fails to appear in court - respond to the charges - or does not comply with an order - especially an order to provide or permit discovery.
HARASSMENT
SHERIFF
DEFAULT-JUDGMENT
RELEVANT
3. A second examination of a witness by the opposing counsel after the second examination (or redirect examination) by the counsel who called the witness to testify is completed.
EVIDENCE - DIRECT
MISDEMEANOR
EXAMINATION - RECROSS
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
4. Any behavior - contrary to law - which disturbs the public peace or decorum - scandalizes the community - or shocks the public sense of morality.
QUASI JUDICIAL
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
QUASH
MAGISTRATE
5. The degree of certainty required for a juror to legally find a criminal defendant guilty
DISSENT
PIMP
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
POLYGRAPH
6. Evidence not sufficiently related to the matter in issue.
ATTACHMENT
CROSS-CLAIM
PRESENTMENT
IRRELEVANT
7. A procedural error during a trial or hearing sufficiently harmful to justify reversing the judgment of a lower court.
ALFORD PLEA
LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE
REVERSIBLE ERROR
IMPANEL
8. An action instituted with intention of injuring the defendant and without probable cause -and which terminates in favor of the person prosecuted.
EVIDENCE
FRAUD
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
ARRAIGNMENT
9. A short - abbreviated form of the case as found in the record.
BILL OF PARTICULARS
APPELLEE
EXECUTE
ABSTRACT OF RECORD
10. Jury of inquiry. The jury which determines which charges - if any - are to be brought against a defendant.
LAY PERSON
AFFIANT
ADMISSIBLE
GRAND JURY
11. The specific place in the courtroom where the jury sits during the trial.
INITIAL APPEARANCE
ISSUE
DOCKET NUMBER
JURY BOX
12. A body of persons temporarily selected from the citizens of a particular district sworn to listen to the evidence in a trial and declare a verdict on matters of fact.
JURY
OPINION EVIDENCE
CROSS-EXAMINATION
PRETERMITTED CHILD
13. In practice - a notice in writing requiring the opposite party to produce a certain described paper or document at the trial - or in the course of pre-trial discovery.
NOTICE TO PRODUCE
REGULATION
COURT - APPEALS
GROUNDS
14. A general term for an action - cause - suit - or controversy brought before the court for resolution.
CASE
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
GARNISHMENT
EXTRADITION
15. The wellness of a person's state of mind.
PATENT
MENTAL HEALTH
DISCLAIM
PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE
16. There are essentially three standards of proof applicable in most court proceedings. In criminal cases - the offense must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt - the highest standard. In civil cases and neglect and dependency proceedings - the lowest
CHILD ABUSE
STANDARD OF PROOF
CONDITIONAL RELEASE
SERVE A SENTENCE
17. The court officer responsible for choosing the panel of persons to serve as potential jurors for a particular court term.
ENTER A GUILTY PLEA
EVIDENCE - CIRCUMSTANTIAL
JURY COMMISSIONER
INDEMNIFY
18. A reduction in sentenced time in prison as a reward for good behavior. It usually is one-third to one-half of fthe maximum sentence.
CASE
SELF-DEFENSE
JUROR
GOOD TIME
19. The delivery of a legal document - such as a complaint - summons - or subpoena - notifying a person of a lawsuit or other legal action taken against him or her. Service - which constitutes formal legal notice - must be made by an officially authorize
ENJOINING
PERMANENT RESIDENT
SERVICE
COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE
20. The act of inhaling glue in order 'to get high'.
ESCHEAT (ES-CHET)
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
ISSUE
GLUE SNIFFING
21. Judge's explanation to the jury before it begins deliberations of the questions it must answer and the applicable law governing the case. Also called charge.
OFFENDER
COMMITMENT ORDER
CAUSE
INSTRUCTIONS
22. A personal representative - named in a will - who administers an estate.
PARTY
EXECUTOR
GUARDIAN
HOLOGRAPHIC WILL
23. A legal doctrine that makes each of the parties who are responsible for an injury liable for all the damages awarded in a lawsuit if the other parties responsible cannot pay.
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
CHAMBERS
ARBITRATION
24. A picture of an alleged criminal created by a professional police artist using verbal descriptionsgiven by the victim or a witness.
COURT REPORTER
RESTITUTION
COMPOSITE DRAWING
SIDEBAR
25. A legally enforceable agreement between two or more competent parties made either orally or in writing. CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE - A legal doctrine that says if the plaintiff in a civil action for negligence also was negligent - he or she cannot recov
CONTRACT
FELONY
BAIL BONDSMAN
BAR
26. A court order directing that an individual be kept in custody - usually in a penal or mental facility.
REDRESS
COMMITMENT ORDER
LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE
FIND GUILTY
27. An agreement between parties that dictates what is being received from one party to the other.
GROUNDS
DRUNK DRIVING
SETTLEMENT
INTESTATE
28. A seizure; the obtaining of money by legal process through seizure and sale of property.
FIND GUILTY
PROBATION BEFORE JUDGMENT (PBJ)
GROUNDS
LEVY
29. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree. Also the judgment given.
ADJUDICATION
CEASE AND DESIST ORDER
EVIDENCE - CIRCUMSTANTIAL
NO-FAULT PROCEEDINGS
30. A judge's decision not to allow an objection. A decision by a higher court finding that a lower court decision was wrong.
OVERRULE
PROCEDURAL LAW
PROOF
DELIBERATION
31. An act of legislation of a local governing body such as a city - town or county.
PATERNITY
CRIME
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
ORDINANCE
32. An order of the court requiring all witnesses to remain outside the courtroom until each is called to testify - except the plaintiff or defendant. The witnesses are ordered not to discuss their testimony with each other and may be held in contempt if
COURT REPORTER
EXCLUSION OF WITNESSES
FORECLOSURE
HUNG JURY
33. An advocate - counsel - or official agent employed in preparing - managing - and trying cases in the courts.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
FELONY
DIRECTED VERDICT
DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
34. Oral or anal copulation between humans - or between humans or animals.
SODOMY
REFEREE
RECUSE
IMPANEL
35. Unlawful sexual intercourse with a person under the age of 18 - regardless of whether they consent to the act.
COMPLY
STATUTORY RAPE
DEFENDANT
PROSTITUTION
36. A suit which has been quashed and ended.
BANKRUPT
COURT - TRAFFIC
DIRECTED VERDICT
ABATEMENT OF ACTION
37. Procedure by which mortgaged property is sold on default of the mortgagor in satisfaction of mortgage debt.
PRESUMPTION OF LAW
EXCEPTIONS
ACCUSATION
FORECLOSURE
38. A phrase commonly applied to counsel employed to assist in the preparation or management of the case - or its presentation on appeal - but who is not the principal attorney for the party.
OF COUNSEL
STANDING
GROUNDS
PAROLE EVIDENCE
39. Court order requiring action or forbidding action until a decision can be made whether to issue a permanent injunction. It differs from a temporary restraining order.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
DIRECTED VERDICT
PRE-INJUNCTION
PERSON IN NEED OF SUPERVISION
40. The procedure by which one or both parties disclose evidence which will be used at trial. The specific tools of discovery include depositions - interrogatories and motions for the production of documents.
EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE
DISCOVERY
COSTS
CONFESSION
41. The juror who chairs the jury during deliberations and speaks for the jury in court when announcing the verdict.
JURY FOREMAN
DELINQUENCY - JUVENILE
BATTERY
ORAL ARGUMENT
42. An aggravated unlawful assault in which there is threat to do bodily harmwithout justification or excuse by use of any instrument calculated to do serious bodily harm or cause death.
PRETERMITTED SPOUSE
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
CHILD MOLESTATION
ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON
43. Legal right given to a person to be responsible for the food - housing - health care - and other necessities
BAIL BONDSMAN
GUARDIANSHIP
RESTRAINING ORDER
ACCOMPLICE
44. A lawsuit - litigation - or action. Any question - civil or criminal - litigated or contested before a court of justice.
STATUTORY RAPE
CAUSE
EVIDENCE - DIRECT
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
45. Failure to exercise the degree of care that a reasonable person would use under the same circumstances.
STATUTORY LAW
NEGLIGENCE
MANSLAUGHTER - INVOLUNTARY
MALPRACTICE
46. The process by which one state or country surrenders to another state - a person accused or convicted of a crime in the other state.
JUDGE
EXTRADITION
CIVIL PROCEDURE
ADMISSION
47. Aka PROSECUTOR and DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
COMMON LAW
48. A meeting either on or off the record at the judge's bench between the judge - counsel - and sometimes the defendant - out of the hearing of the jury.
APPELLEE
BENCH CONFERENCE
PLEA
INDIGENT
49. A reasonable belief that a crime has or is being committed; the basis for all lawful searches - seizures -and arrests.
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
REVERSE
PROBABLE CAUSE
PROOF
50. Evidence which is of greater weight or more convincing than the evidence which is offered in opposition to it.
INTESTATE SUCCESSION
PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE
COUNSEL
COMPLAINT