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Subject : law
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1. An advocate - counsel - or official agent employed in preparing - managing - and trying cases in the courts.






2. A forsaking - abandoning - renouncing - or giving over a right.






3. The person filing an action in a court of original jurisdiction. Also - the person who appeals the judgment of a lower court. The opposing party is called the respondent.






4. Another term for arraignment.






5. A court having jurisdiction to hear appeals and review a trial court's procedure.






6. The facility where juvenile offenders are held in custody.






7. To take into one's family the child of another and give him or her the rights - privileges - and duties of a child and heir.






8. The planning of a crime preceding the commission of the act - rather than committing the crime on the spur of the moment.






9. Someone named to receive property or benefits in a will. In a trust - a person who is to receive benefits from the trust.






10. Asserted to be true as depicted or a person who is accused but has not yet been tried in court.






11. The first examination of a witness by the counsel who called the witness to testify.






12. The act of entering or remaining illegally in a movable or immovable structure - vehicle or dwelling with intent to commit a felony.






13. The method - established normally by rules to be followed in a case; the formal steps in a judicial proceeding.






14. To withhold a debtor's money - and turn it over to another in order to pay a debt. Typically - the one withholding the money is the debtor's employer.






15. Any of the drugs whose production and use are regulated by law - including narcotics - stimulants - and hallucinogens.






16. Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start.






17. An order commanding an accused to appear in court.






18. 1. Written attestation. 2. Authorized declaration verifying that an instrument is a true and correct copy of the original.






19. The court with authority to supervise estate administration.






20. Questioning the qualifications of an entire jury panel - usually on the ground of partiality or some fault in the process of summoning the panel.






21. 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






22. Aka PROSECUTOR and DISTRICT ATTORNEY.






23. An attorney who represents a person accused of committing a crime.






24. A release from custody which imposes regulations on the activities and associations of the defendant. If a defendant fails to meet the conditions - the release is revoked.






25. A person's own act - or acceptance of facts - which preclude his or her later making claims to the contrary.






26. See DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES.






27. An order of the court. A final decree is one that fully and finally disposes of the litigation. Aninterlocutory decree is a preliminary order that often disposes of only part of a lawsuit.






28. The state or condition of a person who is unable to pay his or her debts as they are or become due.






29. Voluntary statement made by one who is a defendant in a criminal trial - which - if true - discloses his or her guilt.






30. The legal obligation of parents to contribute to the economic maintenance - including education - of their children. Money paid by one parent to another toward the expenses of the children of the marriage.






31. Lie detector test and the apparatus for conducting the test.






32. Property owned in common by husband and wife each having an undivided one-half interest by reason of their marital status. For example - the earnings of one spouse during the marriage do not belong solely to that spouse; the earnings are community pr






33. A judicial command or order proceeding from a court or judicial officer - directing the proper officer to enforce a judgment - sentence - or decree.






34. The study of law and the structure of the legal system.






35. All evidence except eyewitness testimony. One example is physical evidence - such as fingerprints - from which an inference can be drawn.






36. One which implicitly instructs the witness how to answer or which suggests to the witness the answer desired.






37. A legal inquiry to discover and collect facts concerning a certain matter.






38. A claim presented by a defendant in a civil lawsuit against the plaintiff. In essence - a counter lawsuit within a lawsuit.






39. An action of a higher court in setting aside or revoking a lower court decision.






40. Writ or order by a court prohibiting a specific action from being carried out by a person or group.






41. An order issued by a judge for the arrest of a person.






42. Operation of a motor vehicle that shows a reckless disregard of possible consequences and indifference of others rights.






43. Allowance ordered to be paid by one spouse to the other for support while the spouses are living apart but not divorced.






44. A lawsuit.






45. Recommendation for a sentence less than the maximum allowed.






46. Official and formal erasure of a record or partial contents of a record.






47. The unlawful killing of one human being by another.






48. Jury of inquiry. The jury which determines which charges - if any - are to be brought against a defendant.






49. Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.






50. Land - buildings - and other improvements affixed to the land.