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Law Vocab
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1. Aka SURETY BOND.
FIDELITY BOND
MALICE
EXHIBIT
ENTER A GUILTY PLEA
2. Willful destruction of property - from actual ill will or resentment toward its owner or possessor.
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
LYNCHING
STATUS OFFENDERS
3. Legally responsible.
DEMURRER
SPEEDY TRIAL
JUDGE
LIABLE
4. A misdemeanor or minor offense or comparatively insignificant criminal act.
BAR EXAMINATION
PETTY OFFENSE
RULE
ORDER - COURT
5. Aka PROSECUTOR and DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
CAUSE
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
AFFIDAVIT
BAILIFF
6. A legal right - exemption or immunity granted to a person - company or class - that is beyond the common advantages of other citizens.
NUNCUPATIVE WILL
PRIVILEGE
JOYRIDING
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
7. A practice whereby a person or place is searched and evidence useful in the investigation and prosecution of a crime is seized or taken. The search is conducted after an order is issued by a judge.
PENALTY
GARNISHMENT
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
BEST EVIDENCE
8. An established standard - guide - or regulation.
MISTRIAL
CONSERVATORSHIP
CERTIFICATION
RULE
9. A punitive act designed to secure enforcement by imposing a penalty for its violation. For example - a sanction may be imposed for failure to comply with discovery orders.
SANCTION
MISTRIAL
MANSLAUGHTER - VOLUNTARY
CAUSE OF ACTION
10. 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.
EVICTION
CHALLENGE TO THE ARRAY
ATTACHMENT
PERMANENT INJUNCTION
11. 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.
SHOPLIFTING
RIGHTS - CONSTITUTIONAL
BAR EXAMINATION
PETIT JURY
12. 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.
PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE
OATH
COMMIT
MALICE
13. Sexual intercourse between persons so closely related that marriage between them would be unlawful.
ESTATE TAX
INCEST
STATUTORY LAW
SETTLOR
14. An action which may be brought for the purpose of restraining the threatened infliction of wrongs or injuries - and the prevention of threatened illegal action.
EQUITABLE ACTION
REVERSIBLE ERROR
BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME (B.C.S.)
DIRECT EVIDENCE
15. To obtain customers for a whore or prostitute. One who obtains customers for a whore or prostitute.
PIMP
PAROLE EVIDENCE
PURGE
BAIL BOND
16. A legal doctrine by which acts of the opposing parties are compared to determine the liability of each party to the other - making each liable only for his or her percentage of fault.
DAMAGES
NULL AND VOID
MALPRACTICE
COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE
17. An inference of the truth or falsity of a proposition or fact - that stands until rebutted by evidence to the contrary.
STANDARD OF PROOF
PRESUMPTION
FIDUCIARY
CAPTION
18. A defendant's statement in mitigation of punishment.
ALLOCUTION
COUNTERCLAIM
DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
DELIBERATION
19. A malicious injury which disables or disfigures another.
POSTPONEMENT
CONTEMPT OF COURT
NO BILL
MAYHEM
20. The right to challenge a juror without assigning a reason for the challenge.
DEFENDANT
PREJUDICIAL ERROR
PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE
CHALLENGE FOR CAUSE
21. Begun - but not yet completed. Thus - an action is pending from its inception until the rendition of its final judgment.
FIELD SOBRIETY TEST
PENDING
GOOD CAUSE
ALLEGED
22. The obligation of a party to establish by evidence a requisite degree of belief concerning a fact in the mind of the trier of fact or the court.
PERMANENT INJUNCTION
BURDEN OF PROOF
SODOMY
MODIFICATION
23. The act which produces an effect.
COUNT
COURT - APPEALS
CAUSATION
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
24. Exhibit and/or evidence that is offered by the prosecution.
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25. A type of sentence where the convicted criminal is ordered to spend the rest of his or her life in prison
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
CORONER
ADJUDICATION
FIREARM
26. To protest to the court against an act or omission by the opposing party.
BENCH
SIDEBAR
OBJECT
ABSTRACTACT
27. A motion to dismiss a civil case because of the legal insufficiency of a complaint.
DEMURRER
RETURN
ANSWER
JUVENILE
28. 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.
FIFTH AMENDMENT
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
LEWD CONDUCT
COURT - APPEALS
29. The hearing given to person accused of crime - by a magistrate or judge - to determine whether there is enough evidence to warrant the confinement and holding to bail the person accused.
HEARING - PRELIMINARY
DISCOVERY
OPINION
ACCESSORY
30. A rule of law that courts and judges shall draw a particular inference from a particular fact - or from particular evidence.
PRESUMPTION OF LAW
INFRACTION
ADJUDICATE
MOTION DENIED
31. Pertinent and proper to be considered in reaching a decision.
ADMISSIBLE
CONVICT
SANCTION
IRRELEVANT
32. 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.
APPELLEE
FORFEITURE
AMENDMENT
HANDCUFFS
33. Money awarded by a court to a person injured by the unlawful act or negligence of another person.
DAMAGES
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
ADMISSION
BRIBE
34. 1. A unit of the judiciary authorized to decide disputed matters of fact - cases or controversies. 2. Figuratively - the judge or judicial officer. Judges sometimes use 'court' to refer to themselves in the third person - as in 'the court has read
ORDINANCE
REVOKE
COURT
EQUAL PROTECTION
35. Mental capacity of a person - especially with regard to his or her ability to stand trial and to assist counsel in his or her defense.
RECORD
COMPETENCY
POLLING THE JURY
COMPLAINT
36. Each of the allegations of an offense listed in a charging document.
COURTROOM
COUNT
HIT AND RUN
REPLEVIN
37. Law enacted by the legislative branch of government - as distinguished from case law or common law .
INDECENT EXPOSURE
REDRESS
STATUTORY LAW
POSSESSION OF DRUGS
38. The formal statement before the court that the accused admits committing the criminal act.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
ENTER A GUILTY PLEA
REST
ASSUMPTION OF RISK
39. Aka DOCKET NUMBER.
JOIN
CASE NUMBER
PETTY THEFT
ALLEGE
40. The right of all persons to receive the guarantees and safeguards of the law and the judicial process. It includes such constitutional requirements as adequate notice - assistance of counsel - the right to remain silent - theright to a speedy and pub
DISTURBING THE PEACE
CRIME
CONVICTION
DUE PROCESS OF LAW
41. The planning of a crime preceding the commission of the act - rather than committing the crime on the spur of the moment.
EXONERATE
FORFEITURE
PREMEDITATION
EVIDENCE - EVANESCENT
42. Attorney at law - lawyer - counselor at law.
BIAS
CONSERVATORSHIP
ATTORNEY
EVIDENCE
43. A jury which is unable to agree on a verdict after a suitable period of deliberation.
REMAND
JURY - HUNG
COMPLAINT
CEASE AND DESIST ORDER
44. A temporary location that is meant to secure the accused while waiting for trial to begin or continue.
REFEREE
HOLDING CELL
OVERRULE
POLYGRAPH
45. The continued - habitual - or compulsive commission of law violations after first having been convicted of prior offenses.
RECIDIVISM
DEFAULT
CHARGE TO THE JURY
PREJUDICE
46. The specific place in the courtroom where the jury sits during the trial.
PROBATION OFFICER
JURISPRUDENCE
FALSE IMPRISONMENT
JURY BOX
47. A criminal case in which the allowable punishment includes death. CAPITAL CRIME - A crime punishable by death.
ARRAIGNMENT
REVOCABLE TRUST
CAPITAL CASE
ADVERSARY SYSTEM
48. 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.
JOIN
PETITIONER
LEADING QUESTION
ATTORNEY
49. Words - gestures - and actions which tend to annoy - alarm - and verbally abuse another person.
FOSTER CARE
SELF-PROVING WILL
HARASSMENT
PRISON
50. The act of staking money - or other thing of value - on an uncertain event or outcome.
QUASH
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
GAMBLING
ACCUSED
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