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1. That which - under the rules of evidence - cannot be admitted as evidence in a trial or hearing.
INADMISSIBLE
CLOSING ARGUMENT
INSANITY PLEA
CONCURRENT JURISDICTION
2. Any fact or evidence that leads to a judgment of the court.
SANCTION
PROOF
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE
PERJURY
3. Ill will - hatred - or hostility by one person toward another which may prompt the intentional doing of a wrongful act without legal justification or excuse.
ACCORD
PENITENTIARY
MALICE
HOSPITAL WARRANT
4. State-imposed death as punishment for a serious crime. Capital punishment.
COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE
CLASS ACTION
BEQUEATH
DEATH PENALTY
5. The judge's instructions to the jury concerning the law that applies to the facts of the case on trial.
CHARGE TO THE JURY
OF COUNSEL
ARBITRATION
INCEST
6. In a criminal proceeding - it is the defendant's declaration in open court that he or she is guilty or not guilty. The defendant's answer to the charges made in the indictment or information.
PLEA
STATE'S ATTORNEY
AFFIDAVIT
CONSERVATORSHIP
7. 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.
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
INTERVENTION
RULE
8. Courts having jurisdiction over cases involving children under 18. Casesinvolve delinquent - dependent - and neglected children.
COURTS - JUVENILE and DEPENDENCY
ALLOCUTION
SENTENCE - CONSECUTIVE
FOUNDATION
9. An order commanding an accused to appear in court.
CRIMINAL SUMMONS
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
PREJUDICE
CEASE AND DESIST ORDER
10. Any behavior - contrary to law - which disturbs the public peace or decorum - scandalizes the community - or shocks the public sense of morality.
AFFIANT
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
AMEND
SPEEDY TRIAL
11. To give authority or legal authenticity to a statute - record - or other written instrument.
OFFENSE
AUTHENTICATE
ON A PERSON'S OWN RECOGNIZANCE
FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER
12. A person who makes a word-for-word record of what is said in court and produces a transcript of the proceedings upon request.
SERVE A SENTENCE
COURT REPORTER
PARALEGAL
ABANDONMENT
13. The person to whom property rights or power are transferred by another - a grantee.
ASSIGNEE
FIDUCIARY
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
ACTION
14. A court having jurisdiction to hear appeals and review a trial court's procedure.
INCRIMINATE
APPELLATE COURT
EXTRADITION
CAUSATION
15. A claim by a defendant that he or she lacks the soundness of mind required by law to accept responsibility for a criminal act.
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
INSANITY PLEA
CITATION
PLEADINGS
16. The willful taking and concealing of merchandise from a store or business establishment with the intention of using the goods for one's personal use without paying the purchase price.
COUNTERCLAIM
LITIGANT
SHOPLIFTING
CODICIL (kod'i-sil)
17. An offer of proof as to what the evidence would be if a witness were called to testify or answer a question.
EXAMINATION - REDIRECT
PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE
OBJECT
PROFFER
18. The guarantee in the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that all persons be treated equally by the law.
EQUAL PROTECTION
AFFIDAVIT
REMAND
PROBATION BEFORE JUDGMENT (PBJ)
19. Ruling or order issued by the judge granting the party's request.
PRETERMITTED SPOUSE
REAL EVIDENCE
REFEREE
MOTION GRANTED
20. The first examination of a witness by the counsel who called the witness to testify.
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
DAMAGES
GRANTOR OR SETTLOR
PROBATION OFFICER
21. A person's own act - or acceptance of facts - which preclude his or her later making claims to the contrary.
CALENDAR
ESTOPPEL
ACQUITTAL
OVERT ACT
22. To make greater in value - to increase.
SPEEDY TRIAL
ENHANCE
JUDICIAL REVIEW
REMAND
23. A court in which the proceedings are recorded - transcribed - and maintained as permanent records.
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
COURT OF RECORD
BATTERY
CALENDAR
24. 1. One who has been convicted of a criminal offense. 2. That which is connected with the law of crimes; That which has the character of a crime (criminal justice; criminal intent).
CONFISCATE
LITIGANT
CRIMINAL
COMPLAINT
25. The loss of money or property resulting from failure to meet a legal obligation or from the illegal nature or use of the money or property.
COUNT
MANSLAUGHTER - INVOLUNTARY
FORFEITURE
ADMISSIBLE
26. Tangible physical property (such as cars - clothing - furniture - and jewelry) and intangible personal property. This does not include real property such as land or rights in land.
ALLOCUTION
REMITTITUR
PERSONAL PROPERTY
ABANDONMENT
27. Provisional; not final. An interlocutory order or an interlocutory appeal concerns only a part of the issues raised in a lawsuit. Compare to decree .
REPLY
FOURTH AMENDMENT
INTERLOCUTORY
ISSUE
28. The act of stopping a judicial proceeding by order of the court.
COMMITMENT
CHARGING DOCUMENT
STAY
GRAND THEFT
29. A formal charge against a person - to the effect that he has engaged in a punishable offense.
ACCUSATION
BATTERY - SPOUSAL
DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES
PROFFER
30. 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.
BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME (B.C.S.)
DIRECT EXAMINATION
BAIL BONDSMAN
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
31. A specialized court that hears crimes dealing with traffic offenses.
COURT REPORTER
RESTRAINING ORDER
INCRIMINATE
COURT - TRAFFIC
32. 1. A statement of acceptance of responsibility. 2. The short declaration at the end of a legal paper showing that the paper was duly executed and acknowledged.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
BEST EVIDENCE
COLLATERAL ATTACK
33. False and defamatory spoken words tending to harm another's reputation - community standing - office - trade - business - or means of livelihood.
SLANDER
HEARING
CHARGE TO THE JURY
ORDER - COURT
34. The right of an accused to a speedy trial as guaranteed by the 6th Amendment of the United States Constitution.
GUARDIANSHIP
INJUNCTION
ASSAULT
SPEEDY TRIAL
35. All the judges of a court sitting together. Appellate courts can consist of a dozen or more judges - but often they hear cases in panels of three judges. If a case is heard or reheard by the full court - it is heard en banc.
AGREEMENT
CREDIBILITY
FALSE PRETENSES
EN BANC
36. Estate property that may be disposed of by a will.
PROBATE ESTATE
ACCOMPLICE
CASE LAW
EXTORTION
37. An assault committed by one member of a household against another.
BENCH TRIAL
PARALEGAL
INMATE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
38. A legal representative - attorney - lawyer.
COUNSEL
LITIGANT
ALLEGED
EXCLUSION OF WITNESSES
39. Any unlawful physical restraint of another's personal liberty - whether or not carried out by a peace officer.
CERTIFICATION
FALSE ARREST
DETENTION
LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE
40. 1. Property that is pledged as security against a debt. 2. A person belonging to the same ancestral stock (a relation) - but not in a direct line of descent.
EXPERT TESTIMONY
REGULATION
PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE
COLLATERAL
41. Now called Judgment as a Matter of Law. An instruction by the judge to the jury to return a specific verdict.
NO-CONTEST CLAUSE
DIRECTED VERDICT
SENTENCE - CONCURRENT
CLERK OF COURT
42. Removal of a charge - responsibility or duty.
RETURN
EXONERATE
JURY - HUNG
NULL AND VOID
43. A formal written accusation - issued by a grand jury - charging a party with a crime.
INDICTMENT
GARNISH
ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEY
FELONY
44. A formal - written statement by legislature declaring - commanding - or prohibiting something.
AFFIANT
STATUTE
PANDERING
ALLEGATION
45. A meeting between the judge and the lawyers involved in a lawsuit to narrow the issues in the suit - agree on what will be presented at the trial - and make a final effort to settle the case without a trial.
AUTO TAMPERING
OPENING ARGUMENT
EQUAL PROTECTION
PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE
46. A satisfaction agreed upon between the parties in a lawsuit which bars subsequent actions on the claim.
ACCORD
DISTURBING THE PEACE
HOLOGRAPHIC WILL
FORFEIT
47. An alternative to incarceration where an individual is confined to his or her home and monitored electronically.
DOCKET NUMBER
HOME MONITORING
COMMON LAW
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
48. The doctrine that the government - state or federal - is immune to lawsuit unless it gives its consent.
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
MAGISTRATE
EXCLUSIONARY RULE
49. The act of sending a case back to the trial court and ordering the trial court to conduct limited new hearings or an entirely new trial.
REMAND
JUROR
OVERRULE
ORDER - COURT
50. A witness whose testimony is not favorable to the party who calls him or her as a witness. A hostile witness may be asked be cross-examined by the party who calls him or be cross-examined by the party who calls him or leading questions and may her to
PETITION
PIMP
REMAND
HOSTILE WITNESS
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