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Subject : law
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1. Crime in which the driver of a vehicle leaves the scene of an accident without identifying himself or herself.






2. A procedure by which a convicted defendant challenges the conviction and/or sentence on the basis of some alleged violation or error.






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






4. A protest to the court against an act or omission by the opposing party.






5. The lawyer who represents a client and is entitled to receive all formal documents from the court or from other parties. Also known as counsel of record.






6. A document or other item introduced as evidence during a trial or hearing.






7. 1. In a criminal case - the person accused of the crime. 2. In a civil case - the person being sued.






8. Refers to courts that have no limit on the types of criminal and civil cases they may hear.






9. Conduct which tends to annoy all citizens - including unnecessary and distractingnoisemaking.






10. 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.






11. The jurisdiction of two or more courts - each authorized to deal with the same subject matter.






12. 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






13. A moot case or a moot point is one not subject to a judicial determination because it involves an abstract question or a pretended controversy that has not yet actually arisen or has already passed. Mootness usually refers to a court's refusal to con






14. The state or condition of a person who is unable to pay his or her debts as they are or become due.






15. The act which produces an effect.






16. Opportunity for the side that opened the case to offer limited response to evidence presented during the rebuttal by the opposing side.






17. An attorney who represents a person accused of committing a crime.






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






19. Any form of cruelty to a child's physical - moral - or mental well-being.






20. An attack on a judgment other than a direct appeal to a higher court.






21. To act in accordance with - to accept - to obey.






22. Testimony given in relation to some scientific - technical - or professional matter by experts - i.e. -person qualified to speak authoritatively by reason of their special training - skill - or familiarity with the subject.






23. The legal process by which the government takes private land for public use - paying the owners a fair price. See EMINENT DOMAIN.






24. A person's own act - or acceptance of facts - which preclude his or her later making claims to the contrary.






25. The court officer responsible for choosing the panel of persons to serve as potential jurors for a particular court term.






26. The closure of court records to inspection - except to the parties.






27. Oral or verbal evidence rather than written. The Parole Evidence Rule limits the admissibility of parole evidence which would directly contradict the clear meaning of terms of a written contract.






28. The person who sets up a trust. Also called the grantor.






29. In juvenile court - a judicial hearing - usually held after the filing of a petition - to determine interim custody of a minor pending a judgment.






30. The doctrine that the government - state or federal - is immune to lawsuit unless it gives its consent.






31. Any factors associated with the commission of a crime which increase the seriousness of theoffense or add to its injurious consequences.






32. A special kind of executor - permitted by the laws of certain states - who performs the duties of an executor without intervention by the court.






33. Supplementary evidence that tends to strengthen or confirm the initial evidence.






34. Formal authorization of a person to act in the interest of another person.






35. Summary of a larger work - wherein the principal ideas of the larger work are contained.






36. To sentence a person convicted of an offense to pay a penalty in money.






37. Questioning the qualifications of an entire jury panel - usually on the ground of partiality or some fault in the process of summoning the panel.






38. 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






39. Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start.






40. One who knowingly - voluntarily - and intentionally unites with the principal offender in the commission ofa crime. A partner in a crime.






41. The party who complains or sues; one who applies to the court for legal redress. Also called the plaintiff.






42. 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.






43. The quality in a witness which makes his or her testimony believable.






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






45. A proceeding similar to a trial - without a jury - and usually of shorter duration.






46. Evidence in form of witness testimony - who actually saw - heard - or touched the subject of question.






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






48. A picture of an alleged criminal created by a professional police artist using verbal descriptionsgiven by the victim or a witness.






49. The heading on a legal document listing the parties - the court - the case number - and related information.






50. Court order requiring to appear and show cause why the court should not take a particular course of action. If the party fails to appear or to give sufficient reasons why the court should take no action - the court will take the action. In criminal c