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Subject : law
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1. An imaginary situation - incorporating facts previously admitted into evidence - upon which an expert witness is permitted to give an opinion as to a condition resulting from the situation.






2. A lawsuit.






3. The process by which one state or country surrenders to another state - a person accused or convicted of a crime in the other state.






4. Evidence which can disappear relatively quickly - such as the amount of alcohol in a person's blood.






5. Another hearing of a civil or criminal case by the same court in which the case was originally heard.






6. The malicious burning of someone else's or one's own dwelling or of anyone's commercial or industrial property.






7. A failure to respond to a lawsuit within the specified time.






8. Evidence which tends to indicate that a defendant did not commit the alleged crime.






9. A written direction or command delivered by a court or judge.






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






11. Case - cause - suit - or controversy disputed or contested before a court of justice.






12. An open act showing the intent to commit a crime.






13. A person who initiates a lawsuit against another. Also called the complainant.






14. Evidence given to explain - counteract - or disprove facts given by the opposing counsel.






15. Pre-trial release based on the person's own promise that he or she will show up for trial (no bond required). Also referred to as release on own recognizance or ROR.






16. The dismissal of a case - by which the same cause of action cannot be brought against thedefendant again at a later date.






17. With knowledge - willfully or intentionally with respect to a material element of an offense.






18. Failure to exercise the degree of care that a reasonable person would use under the same circumstances.






19. The judgment reached or given by a court of law.






20. Now called Judgment as a Matter of Law. An instruction by the judge to the jury to return a specific verdict.






21. The operation of a vehicle in an impaired state after consuming alcohol that when tested is above the state's legal alcohol limit.






22. To obtain customers for a whore or prostitute. One who obtains customers for a whore or prostitute.






23. A contract in which the promise made by the obligor is not expressed - but inferred by one's conduct or implied in law.






24. 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.






25. A person appointed by will or by law to assume responsibility for incompetent adults or minor children.






26. A formal - written application to the court requesting judicial action on some matter.






27. A sentence imposed for the commission of a crime whereby a convicted criminal offender is released into the community - usually under conditions and under the supervision of a probation officer - instead of incarceration.






28. Declarations by either side in a civil or criminal case reserving the right to appeal a judge's ruling upon a motion. Also - in regulatory cases - objections by either side to points made by the other side or to rulings by the agency or one of its he






29. A person - business - or government agency actively involved in the prosecution or defense of a legal proceeding.






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






31. Removal of a charge - responsibility or duty.






32. A formal written accusation - issued by a grand jury - charging a party with a crime.






33. A seizure; the obtaining of money by legal process through seizure and sale of property.






34. The act of taking and carrying away the personal property of another of a value less than $300 with the intent to deprive the owner or possessor of it permanently.






35. 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.






36. Unlawful killing of another - without malice - when the death is caused by some other unlawful act not usually expected to result in great bodily harm.






37. A trust set up and in effect during the lifetime of the grantor. Also called inter vivos trust.






38. Sexual intercourse between persons so closely related that marriage between them would be unlawful.






39. Provisional; not final. An interlocutory order or an interlocutory appeal concerns only a part of the issues raised in a lawsuit. Compare to decree .






40. To make greater in value - to increase.






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






42. Declaration or document issued by a grand jury that either makes a neutral report or notes misdeeds by officials charged with specified public duties.






43. The unlawful restraint by one person of another person's physical liberty.






44. Supervised release of a prisoner before the expiration of his or her sentence.






45. A final settlement or determination. The court decision terminating proceedings in a case before judgment.






46. A procedure by which a charge(s) against a minor is transferred from a juvenile to circuit court.






47. To legally certify the innocence of one charged with a crime. To set free - release or discharge from an obligation - burden or accusation. To find a defendant not guilty in a criminal trial.






48. Trial without a jury in which a judge decides the facts.






49. Synonymous with reversible error ; an error which warrants the appellate court in reversing the judgment before it.






50. An error committed during a trial that was corrected or was not serious enough to affect the outcome of a trial and (prejudicial) to be reversed on appeal.