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1. The unlawful killing of a human being with deliberate intent to kill.
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
CLERK OF COURT
ALLEGE
MURDER
2. Legal right given to a person to manage the property and financial affairs of a person deemed incapable of doing that for himself or herself. (Conservators have somewhat less responsibility than guardians. See also guardianship.)
COURT - APPEALS
NOMINAL PARTY
MANDATE
CONSERVATORSHIP
3. Sentences for two or more crimes to run consecutively - rather than concurrently. CUSTODY - 1. The care and control of a thing or person for inspection - preservation - or security. 2. The care - control - and maintenance of a child awarded by a cour
PERSON IN NEED OF SUPERVISION
CUMULATIVE SENTENCES
RECALL
OVERT ACT
4. The seat occupied by judges in courts.
RE-DIRECT EXAMINATION
BENCH
SERVE A SENTENCE
STATUTE
5. Noncriminal case in which one private individual or business sues another to protect - enforce - or redress private or civil rights.
CIVIL ACTION
DIRECT EXAMINATION
BAIL REVIEW
SELF-INCRIMINATION
6. Putting a person to death - usually by hanging - without legal authority.
APPEAL
APPEARANCE
LYNCHING
SEALING
7. An action of a higher court in setting aside or revoking a lower court decision.
REVERSE
MALPRACTICE
HEARSAY
BIFURCATE
8. Any unlawful physical restraint of another's personal liberty - whether or not carried out by a peace officer.
LITIGATION
AUTHENTICATE
FALSE ARREST
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
9. An order issued by a judge or magistrate commanding a sheriff - constable - or other officer to search a specified location.
COMMITMENT ORDER
POLYGRAPH
SEARCH WARRANT
GRAND THEFT
10. Remarks addressed by attorney to judge or jury on the merits of case or on points of law.
BAIL BOND
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
ARGUMENT
PENALTY
11. Ill will - hatred - or hostility by one person toward another which may prompt the intentional doing of a wrongful act without legal justification or excuse.
CLAIM
SELF-INCRIMINATION
MALICE
NOMINAL PARTY
12. Another term for arraignment.
PRELIMINARY HEARING
INCEST
MITIGATING FACTORS
MOTION GRANTED
13. A proceeding similar to a trial - without a jury - and usually of shorter duration.
HEARING
FOSTER CARE
FORFEIT
PERJURY
14. 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.
ILLEGAL
ADOPTION
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
CASE
15. The person to whom property rights or power are transferred by another - a grantee.
APPEAL
ASSIGNEE
PETIT JURY
PENALTY
16. An obligation signed by the accused to secure his or her presence at the trial. This obligation means that the accused may lose money by not properly appearing for the trial. Often referred to simply as bond.
DISBARMENT
BAIL BOND
APPELLATE COURT
INCARCERATE
17. The facts that give rise to a lawsuit or a legal claim.
CAUSE OF ACTION
CLOSING ARGUMENT
COMMUTATION
SEPARATION
18. Additional juror impaneled in case of sickness or disability of another juror.
AGGRAVATING FACTORS
ISSUE
RESPONDENT
JUROR - ALTERNATE
19. Responsible for a delinquency - crime - or other offense; not innocent.
DISSOLUTION
JUVENILE WAIVER
GUILTY
STATUTORY LAW
20. Voluntary statement made by one who is a defendant in a criminal trial - which - if true - discloses his or her guilt.
JUROR
CONFESSION
CONCILIATION
DIRECTED VERDICT
21. 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.
INTERROGATORIES
CIVIL PROCEDURE
ADMISSIBLE
DRUNK DRIVING
22. 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.
NEXT FRIEND
CERTIFIED
PROSECUTION
SERVICE
23. The process of photographing - fingerprinting - and recording identifying data of a suspect. This process follows the arrest.
HOME MONITORING
BOOKING
INITIAL APPEARANCE
ROBBERY
24. A judge's private office. A hearing in chambers takes place in the judge's office outside of the presence of the jury and the public.
CHAMBERS
EVICTION
NOTICE
PETIT JURY
25. In criminal law - the hearing at which a judge determines whether there is sufficient evidence against a person charged with a crime to hold him or her for trial.
ARREST
INITIAL APPEARANCE
FELONY MURDER
PATENT
26. The legal obligation of parents to contribute to the economic maintenance - including education - of their children. Money paid by one parent to another toward the expenses of the children of the marriage.
CHILD SUPPORT
ABATEMENT OF ACTION
EQUITY
PIMP
27. Lack of capacity to understand the nature and object of the proceedings - to consult with counsel - and to assist in preparing a defense.
INCOMPETENCY
PETTY THEFT
MOTION GRANTED
PRISON
28. A state tax on property that an heir or beneficiary under a will receives from a deceased person's estate. The heir or beneficiary pays this tax.
INHERITANCE TAX
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
DISSOLUTION
FOURTH AMENDMENT
29. Now called Judgment as a Matter of Law. An instruction by the judge to the jury to return a specific verdict.
PRESENTMENT
PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS
PRISON
DIRECTED VERDICT
30. The legal process by which the government takes private land for public use - paying the owners a fair price. See EMINENT DOMAIN.
CONDEMNATION
CHARGE TO THE JURY
GOOD CAUSE
ALIBI
31. Presentation of evidence to the court (out of the hearing of the jury) for the court's decision of whether the evidence is admissible.
LYNCHING
OFFER OF PROOF
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
CIVIL PROCEDURE
32. For the judge or jury to determine and declare the guilt of the defendant.
INJUNCTION
REMAND
MERITS
FIND GUILTY
33. 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.
COMPETENCY
PROBATION OFFICER
REFEREE
ABSTRACT OF RECORD
34. Persons trained in the law who assist judges in researching legal opinions.
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE
LAW CLERKS
BOOKING NUMBER
MOOT
35. The operation of a vehicle in an impaired state after consuming alcohol that when tested is above the state's legal alcohol limit.
ESCROW
PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE
IMPLIED CONTRACT
DRUNK DRIVING
36. 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.
GLUE SNIFFING
JOINT VENTURE
STIPULATE
ALLEGED
37. Violation of a professional duty to act with reasonable care and in good faith without fraud or collusion.
BATTERY
MALPRACTICE
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
CHIEF JUDGE
38. The time in a lawsuit when the complaining party has stated his or her claim and the other side has responded with a denial and the matter is ready to be tried.
CONDEMNATION
AT ISSUE
REGULATION
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
39. The continued - habitual - or compulsive commission of law violations after first having been convicted of prior offenses.
HIT AND RUN
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
RECIDIVISM
PLEADINGS
40. Formal authorization of a person to act in the interest of another person.
PROBATE
SELF-DEFENSE
EXCLUSIONARY RULE
POWER OF ATTORNEY
41. The person who sets up a trust. Also called the grantor.
SETTLOR
ARGUMENT
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
PUBLIC DEFENDER
42. Writ or order by a court prohibiting a specific action from being carried out by a person or group.
CIVIL CASE
DEFAULT-JUDGMENT
INJUNCTION
PROSECUTION
43. A seizure; the obtaining of money by legal process through seizure and sale of property.
MATERIAL WITNESS
INDIGENT
LEVY
INCAPACITY
44. The malicious burning of someone else's or one's own dwelling or of anyone's commercial or industrial property.
INTENT
ARSON
EVIDENCE
SENTENCE REPORT
45. The judgment formally pronounced by the court or judge upon the defendant after his or her conviction by imposing a punishment to be inflicted either in the form of a fine - incarceration or probation.
SENTENCE
PROBABLE CAUSE
FIRST APPEARANCE
GROUNDS
46. The unlawful killing of one human being by another.
PRELIMINARY HEARING
COUNSEL TABLE
HOMICIDE
JUSTICIABLE
47. The rules of conduct that govern the legal profession. The Codecontains general ethical guidelines and specific rules written by the American Bar Association.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
MENTAL HEALTH
CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
ABSTRACT OF TITLE
48. Dying without a will.
EXCLUSIONARY RULE
INTESTATE
MITIGATING FACTORS
CONSPIRACY
49. In some states - the highest appellate court - where it is the Court's discretion whether to hear the case on appeal.
COURT - APPEALS
BAIL
MANDATE
JAIL
50. A phrase used to denote a hypothetical person who exercises qualities of attention - knowledge - intelligence - and judgment that society requires of its members for the protection of his or her own interest and the interests of others.
DIRECTED VERDICT
REASONABLE PERSON
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