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Law Vocab
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1. 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
BAIL REVIEW
DUE PROCESS OF LAW
ATTEST
LIBEL
2. A child who is homeless or without proper care through no fault of the parent - guardian - or custodian. DEPORTATION - The act of removing a person to another country. Order issued by an immigration judge - expelling an alien from the United States.
DEPENDENT CHILD
FIRST APPEARANCE
REMITTITUR
BANKRUPT
3. Placing a convicted defendant on conditional probation - the successful completion of which will prevent entry of the underlying judgment of conviction
FIFTH AMENDMENT
PROBATION BEFORE JUDGMENT (PBJ)
AGREEMENT
DIVERSION
4. To determine finally.
ADJUDICATE
REJOINDER
BAIL BONDSMAN
PEOPLE (PROSECUTION)
5. The place where a person has his or her permanent legal home. A person may have several residences - but only one domicile.
INFRACTION
ACCUSED
ADOPTION
DOMICILE
6. An order of an administrative agency or court prohibiting a person or business from continuing a particular course of conduct.
MULTIPLICITY OF ACTIONS
CEASE AND DESIST ORDER
GOOD CAUSE
AMENDMENT
7. The procedure by which one or both parties disclose evidence which will be used at trial. The specific tools of discovery include depositions - interrogatories and motions for the production of documents.
BATTERY
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
SENTENCING
DISCOVERY
8. A motion to dismiss a civil case because of the legal insufficiency of a complaint.
CRIMINAL SUMMONS
MITIGATING FACTORS
DEMURRER
INTESTATE SUCCESSION
9. Juvenile found to have committed a status offense rather than a crime that would provide a basis for a finding of delinquency. Typical status offenses are habitual truancy - violating a curfew - or running away from home. These are not crimes - but t
PERSON IN NEED OF SUPERVISION
BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME (B.C.S.)
DISSOLUTION
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
10. To state - recite - assert - claim - maintain - charge or set forth. To make an allegation.
MAYHEM
BRANDISHING A WEAPON
APPELLATE JURISDICTION
ALLEGE
11. Legal debts and obligations.
LIABILITY
FIND GUILTY
HIT AND RUN
ESTATE TAX
12. Two or more sentences of jail time to be served in sequence.
LITIGATION
DECISION
REFEREE
SENTENCE - CONSECUTIVE
13. An endeavor or effort to do an act or accomplish a crime - carries beyond preparation - but lacking execution.
BOOKING NUMBER
ATTEMPT
BODY ATTACHMENT
CONFESSION
14. A chronological summary of all official records and recorded documents affecting the title to aparcel of real property.
BIND OVER
REMEDY
FORECLOSURE
ABSTRACT OF TITLE
15. An order of the court requiring all witnesses to remain outside the courtroom until each is called to testify - except the plaintiff or defendant. The witnesses are ordered not to discuss their testimony with each other and may be held in contempt if
MEDIATION
EXCLUSION OF WITNESSES
ABANDONMENT
MALICE
16. A judge's written explanation of a decision of the court or of a majority of judges. A dissenting opinion disagrees with the majority opinion because of the reasoning and/or the principles of law on which the decision is based. A concurring opinion a
PAROLE
BANKRUPT
COMPETENCY
OPINION
17. 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.
COURT - APPEALS
INSANITY PLEA
CIVIL PROCEDURE
POSSESSION OF DRUGS
18. Aka DOCKET NUMBER.
HEARING - PRELIMINARY
COMMUTATION
CASE NUMBER
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
19. A murder committed during the commission of a felony such as robbery - burglary - or kidnapping.
FELONY MURDER
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES
HIT AND RUN
ALLOCUTION
20. Recovery of land or rental property from another by legal process.
MENTAL HEALTH
EVICTION
ACCORD
INDIGENT
21. To legally certify the innocence of one charged with a crime. To set free - release or discharge from an obligation - burden or accusation. To find a defendant not guilty in a criminal trial.
PROBABLE CAUSE
DIRECT EVIDENCE
ACQUIT
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
22. A warrant that a court issues under Health-General Article Section 12-120 after a probable cause determination
PERMANENT INJUNCTION
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
HOSPITAL WARRANT
ANNOTATION
23. A jury which is unable to agree on a verdict after a suitable period of deliberation.
RULES OF EVIDENCE
JURY - HUNG
JURISDICTION
FORFEITURE
24. A lawsuit.
MALICE
LITIGATION
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES
PROBATE COURT
25. The dismissal of a case - by which the same cause of action cannot be brought against thedefendant again at a later date.
CHARACTER EVIDENCE
FAIR HEARING
LAWSUIT
DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE
26. A special type of guilty plea by which a defendant does not admit guilt but concedes that the State hasufficient evidence to convict; normally made to avoid the threat of greater punishment. Source: Black's Law Dictionary(1996); North Carolina v. Alf
DELINQUENCY - JUVENILE
ALFORD PLEA
ADMISSION
PROBATION BEFORE JUDGMENT (PBJ)
27. To clean or clear - such as eliminating inactive records from court files; with respect to civil contempt - to cure the noncompliance that caused the contempt finding.
BREACH
LAW
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
PURGE
28. A person who makes and signs an affidavit.
AFFIANT
COLLATERAL
DISBARMENT
REVOKE
29. A sentence imposed for the commission of a crime whereby a convicted criminal offender is released into the community - usually under conditions and under the supervision of a probation officer - instead of incarceration.
PETIT JURY
DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE
PROBATION
CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE
30. Opportunity to present rebuttal evidence after one's evidence has been subjected to cross-examination.
APPELLATE COURT
BAIL FORFEITURE
OBJECTION SUSTAINED
RE-DIRECT EXAMINATION
31. A slang term meaning previous conviction(s) of the accused.
RIGHTS - CONSTITUTIONAL
FAIR HEARING
PRIORS
SPENDTHRIFT TRUST
32. The right of an accused to a speedy trial as guaranteed by the 6th Amendment of the United States Constitution.
ESTATE TAX
INDIGENT
COUNSEL
SPEEDY TRIAL
33. In a trial - a foundation must be laid to establish the basis for the admissibility of certain types of evidence.
RULES OF EVIDENCE
HEARSAY
FOUNDATION
BAIL REVIEW
34. Evidence given to explain - counteract - or disprove facts given by the opposing counsel.
REBUTTAL
CRIME
EQUITY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
35. Exhibit and/or evidence that is offered by the prosecution.
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36. An offensive touching or use of force on one's spouse without the spouse's consent.
CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE
BATTERY - SPOUSAL
CONVICT
CODICIL (kod'i-sil)
37. Yearly judicial review - usually in juvenile dependency cases - to determine whether the child requirescontinued court supervision or placement.
SENTENCE REPORT
EXCLUSION OF WITNESSES
CREDIBILITY
ANNUAL REVIEW
38. Aka PROSECUTOR and DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
PATERNITY
OPINION EVIDENCE
39. Declarations by either side in a civil or criminal case reserving the right to appeal a judge's ruling upon a motion. Also - in regulatory cases - objections by either side to points made by the other side or to rulings by the agency or one of its he
EXCEPTIONS
EXTORTION
MUGSHOT
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
40. 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
LIEN
CLERK OF COURT
BANKRUPTCY
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
41. A child born or adopted after a will is executed - who is not provided for in the will.
ILLEGAL
PANDERING
STATEMENT - CLOSING
PRETERMITTED CHILD
42. Summary of a larger work - wherein the principal ideas of the larger work are contained.
GROUNDS
FAILURE TO COMPLY
ABSTRACTACT
HIT AND RUN
43. Facts that do not constitute a justification or excuse for an offense but which may be considered as reasons for reducing the degree of blame.
BAIL BOND
COURT ORDER
ABSTRACT OF TITLE
MITIGATING FACTORS
44. A satisfaction agreed upon between the parties in a lawsuit which bars subsequent actions on the claim.
PROSTITUTION
ACCORD
EVIDENCE - DIRECT
OF COUNSEL
45. Pimping. Arranging for acts of prostitution.
PANDERING
PETIT JURY
CHIEF JUDGE
SENTENCE - CONSECUTIVE
46. The act of not appearing in court after being presented with a subpoena or summons.
EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE
SHERIFF
CORROBORATION
FAILURE TO APPEAR
47. The right to challenge a juror without assigning a reason for the challenge.
PRIVITY
MODIFICATION
CRIMINAL INSANITY
PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE
48. A lawyer appointed or elected to represent the state in criminal cases in his or her respective judicial districts. See PROSECUTOR.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
JUROR
REVERSE
PLAINTIFF
49. The distinctive pattern of lines on human fingertips that are used as a method of identification in criminal cases.
REPLEVIN
COURT ORDER
FINGERPRINT
OPINION EVIDENCE
50. The first questioning of witnesses by the party on whose behalf they are called.
DIRECT EXAMINATION
MANSLAUGHTER - INVOLUNTARY
ORAL ARGUMENT
EMBEZZLE