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Law Vocab
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1. A person with legal skills - but who is not an attorney - and who works under the supervision of a lawyer or who is otherwise authorized by law to use those legal skills.
ALIMONY
MALFEASANCE
PROOF
PARALEGAL
2. Language in a will that provides that a person who makes a legal challenge to the will's validity will be disinherited.
CONSIDERATION
HOLOGRAPHIC WILL
NO-CONTEST CLAUSE
LYNCHING
3. Those which do not constitute a justification or excuse for an offense but which may be considered as reasons for reducing the degree of blame.
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES
SELF-PROVING WILL
CRIMINAL CASE
GUARDIAN
4. A lawsuit - litigation - or action. Any question - civil or criminal - litigated or contested before a court of justice.
GRANTOR OR SETTLOR
JUROR
EXPUNGEMENT
CAUSE
5. To overthrow - to vacate - to annul or make void.
DEATH ROW
QUASH
MEMORIALIZED
SERVE A SENTENCE
6. Conduct which tends to annoy all citizens - including unnecessary and distractingnoisemaking.
INFORMATION
MODIFICATION
EXTRADITION
DISTURBING THE PEACE
7. An established standard - guide - or regulation.
DEATH ROW
REAL EVIDENCE
ENJOINING
RULE
8. A federal or state public building or other place for the confinement of persons. It is used as either a punishment imposed by the law or otherwise in the course of the administration of justice
PARDON
DETENTION FACILITY
REASONABLE PERSON
PRISON
9. A will entirely written - dated - and signed by the testator in his/her own handwriting.
PROBATE
STIPULATE
HOLOGRAPHIC WILL
PRELIMINARY HEARING
10. The defendant's response to the plaintiff's allegations as stated in a complaint. An item-by-item - paragraph-by-paragraph response to points made in a complaint; part of the pleadings.
JOIN
COURT OF RECORD
JEOPARDY
ANSWER
11. To forge - to copy or imitate - without authority or right - and with the purpose to deceive or defraud - by passing off the copy as genuine.
AFFIANT
CLOSING ARGUMENT
COUNTERFEIT
ATTACHMENT
12. To try issues separately - such as guilt and criminal responsibility in a criminal proceeding or liability and damages in a civil action.
INSTRUCTIONS
BIFURCATE
ACQUIT
MUGSHOT
13. Any form of cruelty to a child's physical - moral - or mental well-being.
CHILD ABUSE
PETTY THEFT
BENCH CONFERENCE
LARCENY
14. A written accusation alleging a defendant has committed an offense. Includes a citation - an indictment - information - and statement of charges.
INDEMNIFY
POUR-OVER WILL
JUROR
CHARGING DOCUMENT
15. Generally - justice or fairness.
EQUITY
PATENT
DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
POST CONVICTION RELIEF PROCEEDING
16. To refuse a gift made in a will.
GUARDIANSHIP
PETIT JURY
OFFER OF PROOF
DISCLAIM
17. To advise or caution. For example the Court may caution or admonish counsel for wrong practices.
ADMONISH
JURY
PROFFER
JURY COMMISSIONER
18. Legal document issued by a court that shows an executor's legal right to take control of assets in the deceased person's name.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
FILE
ENHANCE
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY
19. A list of cases to be heard by a court - or a log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
SETTLOR
DOCKET
RETURN
REVOKE
20. An official or formal statement of facts or proceedings.
REPORT
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE
STATUS OFFENDERS
PROCEDURAL LAW
21. 1. One who administers the estate of a person who dies without a will. 2. A court official.
ADMINISTRATOR
EMINENT DOMAIN
PRIORS
ADMISSIBLE
22. The matter can only be filed in one court.
CASE NUMBER
BENCH TRIAL
COURTROOM
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
23. The designation assigned to each case filed in a particular court. Also called a case number.
CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
DISBARMENT
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
DOCKET NUMBER
24. Evidence given to explain - counteract - or disprove facts given by the opposing counsel.
REBUTTAL
FIRST APPEARANCE
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
CLOSING ARGUMENT
25. Bail that is kept by the court as a result of not following a court order.
FAILURE TO APPEAR
ADJUDICATE
BAIL FORFEITURE
PREJUDICIAL ERROR
26. An obligation signed by the accused to secure his or her presence at the trial. This obligation means that the accused may lose money by not properly appearing for the trial. Often referred to simply as bond.
BAIL BOND
SODOMY
GARNISH
DEFENSE
27. The first examination of a witness by the counsel who called the witness to testify.
MANSLAUGHTER - INVOLUNTARY
EN BANC
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
REMAND
28. The distinctive pattern of lines on human fingertips that are used as a method of identification in criminal cases.
DIRECTED VERDICT
PERJURY
FELONY
FINGERPRINT
29. One who has authority to act for another.
IMPEACHMENT OF WITNESS
PROTECTIVE ORDER
POUR-OVER WILL
AGENT
30. An action by which a third person who may be affected by a lawsuit is permitted to become a party to the suit. Differs from the process of becoming an amicus curiae.
GLUE SNIFFING
INTERVENTION
CLAIM
PREMEDITATION
31. The unlawful killing of a human being with deliberate intent to kill.
MURDER
HEARSAY
RULES OF EVIDENCE
ACQUIT
32. Evidence given to explain - repel - counteract - or disprove facts given in evidence by the adverse party.
PRELIMINARY HEARING
REAL EVIDENCE
CROSS-EXAMINATION
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
33. A civil case in which parties may resolve their dispute without a formal finding of error or fault.
NO-FAULT PROCEEDINGS
PATENT
BODY ATTACHMENT
APPELLANT
34. A form of alternative dispute resolution in which the parties bring their dispute to a neutral third party - who helps them agree on a settlement.
CUMULATIVE SENTENCES
REFEREE
MEDIATION
ENTRAPMENT
35. To unite - to combine - to enter into an alliance.
HUNG JURY
EXHIBIT
OVERT ACT
JOIN
36. A short - abbreviated form of the case as found in the record.
ABSTRACT OF RECORD
JEOPARDY
CHILD SUPPORT
SERVICE OF PROCESS
37. In the practice of appellate courts - the word means that the decision of the trial court is correct.
FELONY MURDER
PETITION
PRECEDENT
AFFIRMED
38. An elected constitutional officer serving as an arm of the court with respect to all court filings and related proceedings.
EYE WITNESS
PRIVILEGE
MERITS
COURT ADMINISTRATOR
39. Noncriminal case in which one private individual or business sues another to protect - enforce - or redress private or civil rights.
CIVIL ACTION
MANSLAUGHTER - INVOLUNTARY
AMENDMENT
ESTATE
40. 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.
BENCH TRIAL
PREJUDICIAL EVIDENCE
HANDCUFFS
DECREE
41. The reduction by a judge of the damages awarded by a jury.
DOCKET
REHEARING
REMITTITUR
ASSIGNEE
42. The facts that give rise to a lawsuit or a legal claim.
CAUSE OF ACTION
INCOMPETENCY
CIVIL PROCEDURE
CHARGING DOCUMENT
43. 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.
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
COMMUTATION
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
CORONER
44. A formal - written statement by legislature declaring - commanding - or prohibiting something.
STATUTE
FIRST APPEARANCE
BANKRUPTCY
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
45. An attempt to cause serious bodily injury to another or purposely - knowingly or recklesslycausing such injury - or an attempt to cause or purposely or knowingly cause bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon.
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
CONFISCATE
BANKRUPT
HUNG JURY
46. Acts or declarations by which one implicates oneself in a crime.
DEATH PENALTY
PRIORS
SELF-INCRIMINATION
ABSTRACTACT
47. Act of giving the equivalent for any loss - damage or injury.
RESTITUTION
ACTION
BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME (B.C.S.)
DIVERSION
48. Refers to courts that are limited in the types of criminal and civil cases they may hear. For example - traffic violations generally are heard by limited jurisdiction courts.
LIMITED JURISDICTION
JURY COMMISSIONER
FINGERPRINT
SANCTION
49. The continued - habitual - or compulsive commission of law violations after first having been convicted of prior offenses.
RECIDIVISM
KNOWINGLY
FORFEITURE
CHILD MOLESTATION
50. A failure to respond to a lawsuit within the specified time.
ASSAULT
DEFAULT
GOOD CAUSE
DAMAGES