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Law Vocab
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1. The process by which a judge is disqualified from hearing a case - on his or her own motion or upon the objection of either party.
SENTENCE - SUSPENDED
PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE
RECUSE
FIELD SOBRIETY TEST
2. The act of stopping a judicial proceeding by order of the court.
FIDUCIARY
RETURN
PATERNITY
STAY
3. The jury or the judge must determine that the defendant - because of mental disease or defect - could not form the intent required to commit the offense.
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
NEXT FRIEND
PERSON IN NEED OF SUPERVISION
4. One who has authority to act for another.
IMPANEL
AGENT
CAPTION
OBJECT
5. A husband or wife of a deceased spouse married after a will is executed who is not provided for in the will.
CONSPIRACY
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
EQUITABLE ACTION
PRETERMITTED SPOUSE
6. A crime composed of some - but not all - of the elements of a greater crime; commission of the greater crime automatically includes commission of the lesser included offense.
FAILURE TO COMPLY
LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE
SETTLOR
ON A PERSON'S OWN RECOGNIZANCE
7. Pictures taken after a suspect is taken into custody (booked) - usually used as an official photograph by police officers.
INCRIMINATE
CLERK
INTESTACY LAWS
MUGSHOT
8. Law established by previous decisions of appellate courts - particularly the Supreme Court.
CORROBORATE
PENALTY
CASE LAW
CONCILIATION
9. Supervised release of a prisoner before the expiration of his or her sentence.
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
PLAINTIFF
PAROLE
MODIFICATION
10. 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.
COURT ORDER
MANSLAUGHTER - INVOLUNTARY
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
ESCROW
11. The place where a person has his or her permanent legal home. A person may have several residences - but only one domicile.
DOMICILE
REMAND
CAPITAL CASE
STATE'S ATTORNEY
12. Any behavior - contrary to law - which disturbs the public peace or decorum - scandalizes the community - or shocks the public sense of morality.
RELEVANT
EXAMINATION - RECROSS
REVOKE
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
13. The act or fact of holding a person in custody; confinement or compulsory delay.
EXHIBIT - PEOPLE'S
DETENTION
INTERLOCUTORY
DUE PROCESS OF LAW
14. Lack of capacity to understand the nature and object of the proceedings - to consult with counsel - and to assist in preparing a defense.
DEPOSITION
INCOMPETENCY
REVOKE
PROSECUTOR
15. All the judges of a court sitting together. Appellate courts can consist of a dozen or more judges - but often they hear cases in panels of three judges. If a case is heard or reheard by the full court - it is heard en banc.
EN BANC
MOTION GRANTED
INITIAL APPEARANCE
COURT REPORTER
16. Settling a dispute without a full - formal trial. Methods includemediation - conciliation - arbitration - and settlement - among others.
APPEARANCE
AGGRAVATING FACTORS
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR)
PETTY OFFENSE
17. Sentences for more than one crime that are to be served at the same time - rather than one after the other. See also CUMULATIVE SENTENCES.
CONCURRENT SENTENCES
SEALING
PIMP
COURT REPORTER
18. A jury whose members cannot agree upon a verdict.
HUNG JURY
INMATE
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
BOOKING
19. 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.
COMMISSIONER
PAROLE EVIDENCE
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES
BENCH WARRANT
20. A criminal case in which the allowable penalty does not include death.
NEGLIGENCE
NON-CAPITAL CASE
PROBATE
PROBATION OFFICER
21. 1. Written attestation. 2. Authorized declaration verifying that an instrument is a true and correct copy of the original.
DOCKET NUMBER
CAPTION
CERTIFICATION
FALSE ARREST
22. A lawsuit brought to enforce - redress - or protect private rights or to gain payment for a wrong done to a person or party by another person or party. In general - all types of actions other than criminal proceedings.
MOTION GRANTED
INFORMATION
PROOF
CIVIL CASE
23. 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
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
MOOT
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
24. A document or other item introduced as evidence during a trial or hearing.
EXHIBIT
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
EXCLUSION OF WITNESSES
COMMON LAW
25. Responsible for a delinquency - crime - or other offense; not innocent.
CONSIDERATION
COURT
GUILTY
MOTION
26. 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.
HARMLESS ERROR
DEATH PENALTY
MODIFICATION
LITIGATION
27. Moving a lawsuit or criminal trial to another place for trial.
CHANGE OF VENUE
EXTORTION
LAW
INCEST
28. One which implicitly instructs the witness how to answer or which suggests to the witness the answer desired.
EMBEZZLE
AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS
LEADING QUESTION
CAUSATION
29. A forsaking - abandoning - renouncing - or giving over a right.
ESTATE TAX
RELINQUISHMENT
GRANTOR OR SETTLOR
MIRANDA RIGHTS
30. 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
PETITION
PRESUMPTION
HEARING
31. A trust that the grantor may change or revoke.
REVOCABLE TRUST
ORDER - COURT
STATUS OFFENDERS
JUROR - ALTERNATE
32. To give a gift to someone through a will.
BEQUEATH
REJOINDER
JURISPRUDENCE
BOOKING NUMBER
33. The referral of a dispute to an impartial third person chosen by the parties to the dispute who agree in advance to abide by the arbitrator's award issued after a hearing at which both parties have an opportunity to be heard.
ARBITRATION
PERSONAL PROPERTY
PROBATE COURT
DISSOLUTION
34. Any of the drugs whose production and use are regulated by law - including narcotics - stimulants - and hallucinogens.
CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
SERVICE
APPELLANT
35. The illegal taking of an automobile without intent to deprive the owner permanently of the vehicle - often involving reckless driving.
JOYRIDING
JURY TRIAL
ATTEST
STATE'S ATTORNEY
36. 1. Historically - the partition separating the general public from the space occupied by the judges - lawyers - and other participants in a trial. 2. More commonly - the term means the whole body of lawyers.
PROBATE ESTATE
PERMANENT INJUNCTION
BAR
LAW CLERKS
37. The rules and process by which a civil case is tried and appealed - including the preparations for trial - the rules of evidence and trial conduct - and the procedure for pursuing appeals.
CIVIL PROCEDURE
CALLING THE DOCKET
EYE WITNESS
ORDER - COURT
38. An inference of the truth or falsity of a proposition or fact - that stands until rebutted by evidence to the contrary.
RATIFICATION
CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
GUARDIAN
PRESUMPTION
39. A weapon which acts by force of gunpowder - such as a rifle - shotgun or revolver.
NO BILL
FIREARM
COURT OF RECORD
INCAPACITY
40. The matter can only be filed in one court.
CONSPIRACY
SPENDTHRIFT TRUST
ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
41. The cause - price - or impelling influence which induces a party to enter into a contract.
CONSIDERATION
QUASI JUDICIAL
DISTURBING THE PEACE
ADMINISTRATOR
42. The public calling of the docket or list of causes at commencement of term of court - for setting a time for trial or entering orders.
AGGRAVATING FACTORS
ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE
CALLING THE DOCKET
CHAMBERS
43. The unlawful killing of a human being with deliberate intent to kill.
BANKRUPTCY
BEQUESTS
MURDER
COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL
44. An agreement by attorneys on both sides of a civil or criminal case about some aspect of the case; e.g. - to extend the time to answer - to adjourn the trial date - or to admit certain facts at the trial.
JUSTICIABLE
ANNUAL REVIEW
STIPULATE
POLYGRAPH
45. To unite - to combine - to enter into an alliance.
ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON
LEADING QUESTION
JOIN
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
46. Successive sentences - one beginning at the expiration of another - imposed against a person convicted of two or more violations.
INITIAL APPEARANCE
ELEMENTS OF A CRIME
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES
RECOGNIZANCE
47. Representation of some fact or circumstance which is not true and is calculated to mislead - whereby a person obtains another's money or goods.
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
FINGERPRINT
DISPOSITION
FALSE PRETENSES
48. Fatherhood.
SENTENCING
LIABILITY
DEFENDANT
PATERNITY
49. Among other matters - the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from depriving any person of life - liberty - or property without adequate due process .
ACCUSED
FOURTH AMENDMENT
PERSONAL PROPERTY
CROSS-CLAIM
50. To bear witness to - to affirm to be true or genuine - to certify.
OBJECT
ATTEST
BILL OF PARTICULARS
EXHIBIT