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Law Vocab
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1. A hearing established to re-evaluate the bail amount that was originally set for the accused.
MANDATE
STATUS OFFENDERS
CAUSATION
BAIL REVIEW
2. Ruling or order issued by the judge granting the party's request.
MOTION GRANTED
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
MAYHEM
SETTLOR
3. Moving a lawsuit or criminal trial to another place for trial.
CHANGE OF VENUE
CONTRACT
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
CHILD MOLESTATION
4. An estate consists of personal property (car - household items - and other tangible items) - real property - and intangible property - such as stock certificates and bank accounts - owned in the individual name of a person at the time of the person's
SEPARATION
ESTATE
DEFENDANT
DISCOVERY
5. A formal written document filed by the prosecutor detailing the criminal charges against the defendant. An alternative to an indictment - it serves to bring a defendant to trial.
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
ENTRAPMENT
COUNTERFEIT
INFORMATION
6. The peril in which an accused is placed when he is properly charged with a crime before a court. Jeopardy normally attaches when the petit jury is impaneled.
ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON
JEOPARDY
BOOKING NUMBER
JURY - HUNG
7. A form of legal co-ownership of property (also known as survivor ship ). At the death of one co-owner - the surviving co-owner becomes sole owner of the property.
JOINT TENANCY
LARCENY
DISBARMENT
STATE'S ATTORNEY
8. Money or other security (such as a bail bond) provided to the court to temporarily allow a person's release from jail and assure his or her appearance in court. Bail and Bond are often used interchangeably.
BAIL
BOOKMAKING
MOOT
INFORMATION
9. That which tends to injure a person's reputation. Libel is published defamation - whereasslander is spoken.
ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON
POWER OF ATTORNEY
DEFAMATION
RECORD
10. The party against whom an appeal is taken. Sometimes called a respondent.
CAPITAL CASE
CROSS-EXAMINATION
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
APPELLEE
11. Process by which a court seeks to interpret the meaning and scope of legislation.
FOSTER CARE
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
MERITS
BOND
12. A lawyer appointed or elected to represent the state in criminal cases in his or her respective judicial districts. See PROSECUTOR.
RATIFICATION
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
PRISON
EXONERATE
13. In juvenile court - a judicial hearing - usually held after the filing of a petition - to determine interim custody of a minor pending a judgment.
NO BILL
AFFIRMED
DETENTION HEARING
AUTHENTICATE
14. An assistant lawyer to the state's attorney.
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15. Behavior that is obscene - lustful - indecent - vulgar.
LEWD CONDUCT
FAMILY ALLOWANCE
APPELLEE
INTERLOCUTORY
16. A state examination taken by prospective lawyers in order to be admitted and licensed to practice law.
LEGAL AID
PROSTITUTION
FORFEITURE
BAR EXAMINATION
17. 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
IMMUNITY
COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL
HARASSMENT
18. A contract by which owner of property grants to another the right to possess - use - and enjoy it for a specified period of time in exchange for payment of an agreed price (rent).
LEASE
COURT ADMINISTRATOR
EMINENT DOMAIN
CHANGE OF VENUE
19. An open act showing the intent to commit a crime.
DEATH PENALTY
JOYRIDING
OVERT ACT
INDECENT EXPOSURE
20. The initial appearance of an arrested person before a judge to determine whether there is probable cause for his or her arrest. Generally the person comes before a judge within hours of the arrest - and are informed of the charges against him or her
FIRST APPEARANCE
PETIT JURY
PROBABLE CAUSE
AGENT
21. A statement of the details of the charge made against the defendant.
BILL OF PARTICULARS
PRESUMPTION
STATE'S ATTORNEY
CIVIL CASE
22. In civil cases when it is necessary to preserve the status quo prior to trial - the court may issue a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order ordering a party to carry out a specified activity.
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
PROSECUTOR
CHILD SUPPORT
23. 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.
BODY ATTACHMENT
HARMLESS ERROR
DEFAULT-JUDGMENT
EQUITABLE ACTION
24. 1. The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. 2. The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
BEQUESTS
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
JURISDICTION
25. A government grant giving an inventor the exclusive right to make or sell his or her invention for a term of years.
APPELLATE JURISDICTION
IMMUNITY
GROUNDS
PATENT
26. A determination of guilt which is the result of a trial or entry of a plea of guilty or nol contendere (no contest) - regardless of whether adjudication of guilt or imposition of sentence was suspended - deferred - or withheld.
CONVICTION
FILE
LIEN
PAROLE EVIDENCE
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.
DRUNK DRIVING
MEMORIALIZED
SENTENCE - SUSPENDED
DECREE
28. The final decision of the court - resolving the dispute; an opinion; an award of damages.
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
JUDGMENT
ANNOTATION
CERTIFIED
29. Failure to exercise the degree of care that a reasonable person would use under the same circumstances.
REDRESS
NEGLIGENCE
MATERIAL WITNESS
PROTECTIVE ORDER
30. Any of the drugs whose production and use are regulated by law - including narcotics - stimulants - and hallucinogens.
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
ASSAULT - AGGRAVATED
CHALLENGE FOR CAUSE
EN BANC
31. The section of a courthouse in which the judge presides over the proceedings.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
COURTROOM
PETITIONER
RULE
32. Aka SURETY BOND.
CROSS-EXAMINATION
CONSIDERATION
PREJUDICIAL ERROR
FIDELITY BOND
33. A false statement given while under oath or in a sworn affidavit.
PERJURY
SODOMY
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
SPENDTHRIFT TRUST
34. The dismissal of a case - by which the same cause of action cannot be brought against thedefendant again at a later date.
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
GENERAL JURISDICTION
DELINQUENCY - JUVENILE
DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE
35. 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.
COLLATERAL
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
AMENDMENT
CHARGE TO THE JURY
36. An assault committed with the intention of committing some additional crime.
ASSAULT - AGGRAVATED
ABATEMENT OF ACTION
BAR EXAMINATION
JUROR - ALTERNATE
37. A specialized court that hears crimes dealing with traffic offenses.
COURTROOM
COURT - TRAFFIC
PERMANENT RESIDENT
RULE
38. Mutual or successive relationships to the same right of property - or the same interest of one person with another which represents the same legal right.
FALSE ARREST
PRIVITY
CUMULATIVE SENTENCES
BATTERY
39. Generally - a tax on the privilege of transferring property to others after a person's death. In addition to federal estate taxes - many states have their own estate taxes.
ESTATE TAX
JUVENILE WAIVER
CHILD SUPPORT
BIAS
40. A formal - written statement by legislature declaring - commanding - or prohibiting something.
STATE'S ATTORNEY
STATUTE
COUNTERCLAIM
SECURED DEBT
41. Recovery of land or rental property from another by legal process.
NON-CAPITAL CASE
COMPOSITE DRAWING
EVICTION
BRANDISHING A WEAPON
42. A court order directing that an individual be kept in custody - usually in a penal or mental facility.
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
RECIDIVISM
COMMITMENT ORDER
MORAL TURPITUDE
43. A method of determining whether a person is intoxicated using a motor skills test which is administered by testing the driver's speaking ability and/or physical coordination.
FIELD SOBRIETY TEST
REMOVAL
MAYHEM
MULTIPLICITY OF ACTIONS
44. A judicial command or order proceeding from a court or judicial officer - directing the proper officer to enforce a judgment - sentence - or decree.
MANDATE
BAR EXAMINATION
PROTECTIVE ORDER
SENTENCE - CONCURRENT
45. A person confined to a prison - penitentiary - or jail.
GOOD CAUSE
COUNSEL TABLE
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES
INMATE
46. Each of the allegations of an offense listed in a charging document.
COUNT
LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE
FILE
MOTION
47. A person who makes and signs an affidavit.
CUMULATIVE SENTENCES
OPENING ARGUMENT
PENALTY
AFFIANT
48. The act of claiming one's own writing to be that of another.
PREJUDICE
ENTER A GUILTY PLEA
FORGERY
HANDCUFFS
49. 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.
ABSTRACT OF TITLE
LAY PERSON
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES
REVERSE
50. 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.
COUNTERFEIT
PETITIONER
INADMISSIBLE
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION