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Law Vocab
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1. 1. The process of removing some minor criminal traffic - or juvenile cases from the full judicial process - on the condition that the accused undergo some sort of rehabilitation or make restitution for damages. 2. Unauthorized use of funds.
DRUNK DRIVING
DIVERSION
RESTRAINING ORDER
FAMILY ALLOWANCE
2. An offensive touching or use of force on one's spouse without the spouse's consent.
REGULATION
SENTENCE REPORT
BATTERY - SPOUSAL
FRAUD
3. Legal document issued by a court that shows an administrator's legal right to take control of assets in the deceased person's name.
FORECLOSURE
REVERSE
PERMANENT RESIDENT
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
4. Legal dissolution of a marriage by a court. Also termed dissolutionof marriage.
CHARACTER EVIDENCE
DIVORCE
HEARSAY
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
5. Act of giving the equivalent for any loss - damage or injury.
STATEMENT - CLOSING
RESTITUTION
STATUS OFFENDERS
CIVIL CASE
6. A court order requiring that some action be taken - or that some party refrain from taking action. It differs from forms of temporary relief - such as a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction.
PATERNITY
CONSERVATORSHIP
LIEN
PERMANENT INJUNCTION
7. The place where a person has his or her permanent legal home. A person may have several residences - but only one domicile.
DOMICILE
BAIL BOND
ANNUAL REVIEW
CERTIFICATION
8. Synonymous with reversible error ; an error which warrants the appellate court in reversing the judgment before it.
PREJUDICIAL ERROR
PAROLE
OF COUNSEL
STATUTORY LAW
9. An amendment to a will.
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10. To change - correct - revise - improve - modify - or alter.
PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE
FAIR HEARING
AMEND
BAIL BOND
11. One who has authority to act for another.
AGENT
ISSUE
ADJUDICATION
ENTER A GUILTY PLEA
12. The distinctive pattern of lines on human fingertips that are used as a method of identification in criminal cases.
FINGERPRINT
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT
DUE PROCESS OF LAW
13. A trust that the grantor may change or revoke.
RECKLESS DRIVING
CERTIFICATION
CEASE AND DESIST ORDER
REVOCABLE TRUST
14. Procedure by which mortgaged property is sold on default of the mortgagor in satisfaction of mortgage debt.
PRISON
FORECLOSURE
JURY COMMISSIONER
AT ISSUE
15. The voluntary transfer - by a debtor - of all property to a trustee for thebenefit of all of his or her creditors.
EVIDENCE - EVANESCENT
JURISPRUDENCE
INTENT
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT
16. Formal authorization of a person to act in the interest of another person.
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
EXAMINATION - REDIRECT
POWER OF ATTORNEY
CODE
17. The act of bringing to an end; termination. The dissolution of a marriage or other relationship.
CASE NUMBER
DISSOLUTION
COMPLAINT
DOCKET
18. Chains or shackles for the hands to secure prisoners.
CAUSATION
OF COUNSEL
REMAND
HANDCUFFS
19. An attack on a judgment other than a direct appeal to a higher court.
DEFAULT
COLLATERAL ATTACK
JUROR
BAIL BOND
20. The court with authority to supervise estate administration.
OBJECT
CONSIDERATION
PROBATE COURT
COLLATERAL
21. A police identification procedure by which the suspect to a crime is exhibited - along with others - before the victim or witness to determine if the victim or witness can identify the committed the crime.suspect as the person who
LINEUP
COURTROOM
ROBBERY
CONSIDERATION
22. A list of cases to be heard by a court - or a log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
FORFEIT
EXCLUSIONARY RULE
DOCKET
ATTEST
23. 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
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
PARDON
HOLOGRAPHIC WILL
STANDARD OF PROOF
24. Circumstances which render a crime less aggravated - heinous - or reprehensible than it would otherwise be.
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
NEGLIGENCE
PROSTITUTION
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
25. The combination of those rules and principles of conduct promulgated by legislative authority - derived from court decisions - and established by local custom.
PRELIMINARY HEARING
LAW
ALIBI
PARDON
26. The legal process by which the government takes private land for public use - paying the owners a fair price. See EMINENT DOMAIN.
FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER
CONDEMNATION
PRISON
COUNSEL TABLE
27. The CFR is the annual listing of executive agency regulations published in the daily Federal Register - and the regulations issued previously which are still in effect. The CFR contains regulatory laws governing practice and procedure before federal
LOITERING
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
KIDNAPPING
INTERVENTION
28. To give a gift to someone through a will.
COUNSEL TABLE
RECKLESS DRIVING
PROOF
BEQUEATH
29. The specific place in the courtroom where the jury sits during the trial.
ARSON
JURY BOX
ACCESSORY
CONCURRENT SENTENCES
30. Crime in which the driver of a vehicle leaves the scene of an accident without identifying himself or herself.
HIT AND RUN
MATERIAL WITNESS
SEXUAL MOLESTATION
PROBATION
31. An action of a higher court in setting aside or revoking a lower court decision.
JUDICIAL NOTICE
PROBATE COURT
REVERSE
LIBEL
32. Aka PROSECUTOR and DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
JOINT VENTURE
BURGLARY
MAYHEM
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
33. Test to determine content of alcohol in one arrested for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor by analyzing a breath sample.
OATH
BREATHALYZER TEST
ATTORNEY
GOOD CAUSE
34. The area of a state or federal prison where criminals who are sentenced to death are confined until their sentence is commuted or carried out.
SETTLOR
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
ADMONISH
DEATH ROW
35. The rights of a person guaranteed by the state or federal constitutions.
ACCOMPLICE
RIGHTS - CONSTITUTIONAL
CRIMINAL RECORD
DISSENT
36. Confidential communications to certain persons that are protected by law against any disclosure - including forced disclosure in legal proceedings.
PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS
GUARDIANSHIP
ILLEGAL
EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE
37. A claim by a defendant that he or she lacks the soundness of mind required by law to accept responsibility for a criminal act.
INSANITY PLEA
KIDNAPPING
ADJUDICATION
QUASI JUDICIAL
38. The court transfer of legal custody of a person from parents or legal guardian to another person - agency - or institution. It may be temporary or permanent.
DEPRIVATION OF CUSTODY
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
PLAINTIFF
EXECUTE
39. A chronological summary of all official records and recorded documents affecting the title to aparcel of real property.
FINDING
ABSTRACT OF TITLE
MOTION GRANTED
CRIMINAL SUMMONS
40. Now called Judgment as a Matter of Law. An instruction by the judge to the jury to return a specific verdict.
INSTRUCTIONS
DIRECTED VERDICT
JUDGE
RESTRAINING ORDER
41. Evidence that can be legally and properly introduced in a civil or criminal trial.
ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE
GROUNDS
LIEN
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
42. To set right; to remedy; to compensate; to remove the causes of a grievance.
BATTERY
REDRESS
CAUSE OF ACTION
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
43. To make greater in value - to increase.
ENHANCE
COUNSEL
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
INTERVENTION
44. A lawsuit.
ATTEST
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
LITIGATION
45. 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.
DECREE
EXECUTE
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
INDECENT EXPOSURE
46. 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.
LITIGANT
BAIL BOND
ORAL ARGUMENT
RULE OF COURT
47. The written statements of fact and law filed by the parties to a lawsuit.
PLEADINGS
HOLOGRAPHIC WILL
ACCORD
COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL
48. A picture of an alleged criminal created by a professional police artist using verbal descriptionsgiven by the victim or a witness.
RULES OF EVIDENCE
ESCHEAT (ES-CHET)
ADOPTION
COMPOSITE DRAWING
49. Public official charged with duty to make inquiry into the causes and circumstances of any death which occurs through violence or suddenly - with marks of suspicion.
FIRST APPEARANCE
CORONER
INHERITANCE TAX
STATE'S ATTORNEY
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.
JUDGE
DISTURBING THE PEACE
HARMLESS ERROR
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
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