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Law Vocab
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1. One acting without formal appointment as guardian for the benefit of an infant - a person of unsound mind not judicially declared incompetent - or other person under some disability.
BAIL
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
FIND GUILTY
NEXT FRIEND
2. A lawsuit - litigation - or action. Any question - civil or criminal - litigated or contested before a court of justice.
LIBEL
AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS
CAUSE
JOINT VENTURE
3. One not trained in law.
LAY PERSON
INTENT
MOTION GRANTED
LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE
4. 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
BODY ATTACHMENT
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
PENITENTIARY
SERVICE OF PROCESS
5. A trust set up for the benefit of someone who the grantor believes would be incapable of managing his or her own financial affairs.
SPENDTHRIFT TRUST
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
DUE PROCESS OF LAW
FIREARM
6. Recovery of land or rental property from another by legal process.
GUARDIANSHIP
OVERT ACT
JUROR - ALTERNATE
EVICTION
7. In criminal law - a finding of not guilty. In contract law - a release - absolution - or discharge from an obligation - liability - or engagement.
SELF-DEFENSE
ADMISSION
POSSESSION OF DRUGS
ACQUITTAL
8. Sexual intercourse between persons so closely related that marriage between them would be unlawful.
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
INCEST
DAMAGES
SLANDER
9. 1. A statement of acceptance of responsibility. 2. The short declaration at the end of a legal paper showing that the paper was duly executed and acknowledged.
OBJECTION
MOTION DENIED
FOURTH AMENDMENT
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
10. Money or a written instrument such as a deed that - by agreement between two parties - is held by a neutral third party (held in escrow) until all conditions of the agreement are met.
ESCROW
REPORT
CONSERVATORSHIP
DEFENDANT
11. A hearing in which certain rights are respected such as the right to present evidence - to cross examine and to have findings supported by evidence.
RULE
CONCURRENT JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL RECORD
FAIR HEARING
12. Responsible for a delinquency - crime - or other offense; not innocent.
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
GUILTY
MORAL TURPITUDE
CAUSE OF ACTION
13. Evidence which tends to indicate that a defendant did not commit the alleged crime.
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
DISSOLUTION
GROUNDS
EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE
14. A hearing established to re-evaluate the bail amount that was originally set for the accused.
RELEVANT
MUGSHOT
BAIL REVIEW
ACCESSORY
15. The voluntary transfer - by a debtor - of all property to a trustee for thebenefit of all of his or her creditors.
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT
EQUAL PROTECTION
COMMITMENT ORDER
JUSTICIABLE
16. A person who directs a commission; a member of a commission. The officer in charge of a department or bureau of a public service.
HEARING - CONTESTED
COMMISSIONER
BRIBE
INDEMNIFY
17. The court-supervised process by which a will is determined to be the will-maker's final statement regarding how the will-maker wants his or her property distributed.
PUBLIC DEFENDER
PETIT JURY
PROBATE
DEFENDANT
18. An oral (unwritten) will.
EVIDENCE - CIRCUMSTANTIAL
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
LOITERING
NUNCUPATIVE WILL
19. A form of alternative dispute resolution in which the parties bring their dispute to a neutral third party - who helps them agree on a settlement.
MEDIATION
CRIMINAL SUMMONS
MOTION
DETENTION HEARING
20. Process by which a court seeks to interpret the meaning and scope of legislation.
PLEA BARGAIN
DEFENDANT
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
CHIEF JUDGE
21. 1) The disputed point in a disagreement between parties in a lawsuit. 2) To send out officially - as in to issue an order.
INSTRUCTIONS
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
ISSUE
INCARCERATE
22. To bear witness to - to affirm to be true or genuine - to certify.
COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL
ATTEST
BENEFICIARY
MEMORIALIZED
23. A person who is the liable party in paying the bond for the defendant's release from jail.
ADJUDICATE
INTERVENTION
INTESTACY LAWS
BAIL BONDSMAN
24. A government grant giving an inventor the exclusive right to make or sell his or her invention for a term of years.
CONSPIRACY
BIND OVER
PATENT
BENEFICIARY
25. A parent's or custodian's act of leaving a child without adequate care - supervision - support - or parental
INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY
CRIMINAL
ABANDONMENT
DELINQUENCY - JUVENILE
26. A person confined to a prison - penitentiary - or jail.
INMATE
PUBLIC DEFENDER
ORDER - COURT
ADMINISTRATOR
27. To overthrow - to vacate - to annul or make void.
SENTENCE
RECOGNIZANCE
QUASH
CODICIL (kod'i-sil)
28. A forsaking - abandoning - renouncing - or giving over a right.
AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS
RELINQUISHMENT
BEST EVIDENCE
ALLEGED
29. 1. A real or seeming incompatibility between one's private interests and one's public or fiduciary duties. 2. A real or seeming incompatibility between the interests of two of a lawyer's clients - such that the lawyer is disqualified from representin
APPEARANCE
BAIL
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
30. Law established by previous decisions of appellate courts - particularly the Supreme Court.
IRRELEVANT
ASSIGNEE
CONDEMNATION
CASE LAW
31. A forejudgment - bias - a preconceived opinion.
COLLATERAL
LENIENCY
PREJUDICE
EVIDENCE - DIRECT
32. 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.
BREATHALYZER TEST
MIRANDA RIGHTS
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
RETURN
33. Refers to courts that have no limit on the types of criminal and civil cases they may hear.
FIRST APPEARANCE
COMPOSITE DRAWING
GENERAL JURISDICTION
CHIEF JUDGE
34. A personal representative - named in a will - who administers an estate.
PETTY OFFENSE
PIMP
PURGE
EXECUTOR
35. This phrase - endorsed by a grand jury on the written indictment submitted to it for its approval - means that the evidence was found insufficient to indict.
INFRACTION
INTERROGATORIES
NO BILL
CHILD SUPPORT
36. Published words or pictures that falsely and maliciously harm the reputation of a person. See DEFAMATION.
LIBEL
BAIL
ARGUMENT
INDEMNIFY
37. A jury which is unable to agree on a verdict after a suitable period of deliberation.
SEARCH WARRANT
ACTION
ESTATE
JURY - HUNG
38. A machine which records by a needle on a graph varying emotional disturbances when answering questions truly or falsely - as indicated by fluctuations in blood pressure - perspiration.respiration
COLLATERAL ATTACK
DIVORCE
PRIORS
LIE DETECTOR
39. An offer of proof as to what the evidence would be if a witness were called to testify or answer a question.
PROFFER
FAILURE TO COMPLY
CONSIDERATION
LAW CLERKS
40. 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.
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
SERVICE
DEFAULT-JUDGMENT
JOINT TENANCY
41. An individual appointed by the court to oversee administrative matters.
ABATEMENT OF ACTION
CLERK OF COURT
QUASH
AFFIANT
42. The person who administers an estate. If named in a will - that person's title is an executor . If there is no valid will - that person's title is an administrator.
GRAND THEFT
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
DEATH PENALTY
43. Successive sentences - one beginning at the expiration of another - imposed against a person convicted of two or more violations.
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES
DRUNK DRIVING
JOINT TENANCY
CAPTION
44. Now called Judgment as a Matter of Law. An instruction by the judge to the jury to return a specific verdict.
BURGLARY
CLERK
DIRECTED VERDICT
PAROLE EVIDENCE
45. A legally enforceable agreement between two or more competent parties made either orally or in writing. CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE - A legal doctrine that says if the plaintiff in a civil action for negligence also was negligent - he or she cannot recov
CONTRACT
APPEARANCE
AT ISSUE
CAUSATION
46. The act of not following an order that is directed by the court.
JURY BOX
DOCKET
FAILURE TO COMPLY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
47. Evidence in form of witness testimony - who actually saw - heard - or touched the subject of question.
COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE
EVIDENCE - DIRECT
LEASE
PARTY
48. Legally responsible.
LIABLE
FIDUCIARY
DEFENSE ATTORNEY
ORAL ARGUMENT
49. An official or formal statement of facts or proceedings.
EVIDENCE - EVANESCENT
COSTS
NOTICE TO PRODUCE
REPORT
50. The act of spending an allotted amount of time in a designated location such as a prison as punishment for the crime committed.
EXONERATE
RAP SHEET
SERVE A SENTENCE
GUARDIAN