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Law Vocab
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1. To seat a jury. When voir dire is finished and both sides have exercised their challenges - the jury is impaneled.The jurors are sworn in and the trial is ready to proceed.
PIMP
EXONERATE
DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
IMPANEL
2. 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.
FIELD SOBRIETY TEST
MORAL TURPITUDE
GUARDIANSHIP
HEARING - CONTESTED
3. 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 .
ARREST OF JUDGMENT
FOURTH AMENDMENT
GOOD TIME
ALFORD PLEA
4. Property owned in common by husband and wife each having an undivided one-half interest by reason of their marital status. For example - the earnings of one spouse during the marriage do not belong solely to that spouse; the earnings are community pr
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
EXHIBIT
NOTICE
CIVIL PROCEDURE
5. Exposure to sight of the private parts of the body in a lewd or indecent manner in a public place.
HOMICIDE
INFORMATION
INDECENT EXPOSURE
REVERSE
6. The assertion of a right to money or property.
RECUSE
CLAIM
MORAL TURPITUDE
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
7. To complete the legal requirements (such as signing before witnesses) that make a will valid. Also - to execute a judgment or decree means to put the final judgment of the court into effect.
CAUSATION
JEOPARDY
EXECUTE
INMATE
8. 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.
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
MITIGATING FACTORS
INJUNCTION
IMPANEL
9. Writ or order by a court prohibiting a specific action from being carried out by a person or group.
ACCESSORY
INJUNCTION
LIVING TRUST
PATERNITY
10. A small amount of money set aside from the estate of the deceased. Its purpose is to provide for the surviving family members during the administration of the estate.
FAMILY ALLOWANCE
COURTROOM
ALLEGATION
BRIEF
11. 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.
NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS
STIPULATE
EVICTION
12. The act or fact of holding a person in custody; confinement or compulsory delay.
DEFENSE
APPELLATE COURT
RECUSE
DETENTION
13. Conduct which tends to annoy all citizens - including unnecessary and distractingnoisemaking.
SENTENCE REPORT
DISTURBING THE PEACE
BILL OF PARTICULARS
PLAINTIFF
14. To withhold a debtor's money - and turn it over to another in order to pay a debt. Typically - the one withholding the money is the debtor's employer.
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES
BODY ATTACHMENT
GARNISH
SANCTION
15. A court's recognition of the truth of basic facts without formal evidence.
RETURN
PERMANENT RESIDENT
JUDICIAL NOTICE
OPENING ARGUMENT
16. A judicial command or order proceeding from a court or judicial officer - directing the proper officer to enforce a judgment - sentence - or decree.
CAPITAL CASE
RETAINER
BENCH TRIAL
MANDATE
17. 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.
ARREST
COUNTERFEIT
ADOPTION
AT ISSUE
18. A formal written document filed by the prosecutor detailing the criminal charges against the defendant. An alternative to an indictment - it serves to bring a defendant to trial.
CEASE AND DESIST ORDER
INFORMATION
DISCOVERY
DEATH PENALTY
19. Punishment - civil or criminal - generally referring to payment of money.
COUNTERCLAIM
PENALTY
ARREST
FINDING
20. Member of the jury.
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
JUROR
ACCESSORY
ANNUAL REVIEW
21. 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.
COUNSEL
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
EXPERT TESTIMONY
AGENT
22. Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else.Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court.
PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE
HEARSAY
PROBATION
DISPOSITION
23. Substantial reason - one that affords a legal excuse.
GOOD CAUSE
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
AGGRAVATING FACTORS
HOSPITAL WARRANT
24. Evil doing - ill conduct; the commission of some act which is positively prohibited by law.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES
MALFEASANCE
BOOKING
25. One who has authority to act for another.
CALLING THE DOCKET
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
AGENT
SEALING
26. The wellness of a person's state of mind.
INTERLOCUTORY
RESTRAINING ORDER
MENTAL HEALTH
COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL
27. An estate consists of personal property (car - household items - and other tangible items) - real property - and intangible property - such as stock certificates and bank accounts - owned in the individual name of a person at the time of the person's
CONCILIATION
ESTATE
PROBABLE CAUSE
CODICIL (kod'i-sil)
28. Jury of inquiry. The jury which determines which charges - if any - are to be brought against a defendant.
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
BANKRUPTCY
CASE LAW
GRAND JURY
29. The designation assigned to each case filed in a particular court. Also called a case number.
BANKRUPT
OPINION EVIDENCE
DEFAULT-JUDGMENT
DOCKET NUMBER
30. 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.
EXONERATE
DISTURBING THE PEACE
FAIR HEARING
BEST EVIDENCE
31. The section of a courthouse in which the judge presides over the proceedings.
ADMISSION
COURTROOM
LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE
JURY TRIAL
32. 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.
MOTION GRANTED
FALSE ARREST
INITIAL APPEARANCE
ADJUDICATION
33. Judge's explanation to the jury before it begins deliberations of the questions it must answer and the applicable law governing the case. Also called charge.
INSTRUCTIONS
BILL OF PARTICULARS
NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
REVERSE
34. False and defamatory spoken words tending to harm another's reputation - community standing - office - trade - business - or means of livelihood.
CONDITIONAL RELEASE
EQUAL PROTECTION
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
SLANDER
35. Trial in which a jury decides issues of fact as opposed to trial only before a judge.
EYE WITNESS
JURY TRIAL
SERVE A SENTENCE
DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
36. An action between two or more persons in the courts of law - not a criminal matter.
LAWSUIT
BATTERY - SPOUSAL
EXPUNGEMENT
AGREEMENT
37. Exhibit and/or evidence that is offered by the prosecution.
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38. Persons trained in the law who assist judges in researching legal opinions.
ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON
REBUTTAL
LAW CLERKS
BANKRUPT
39. Aka DOCKET NUMBER.
FORFEITURE
CASE NUMBER
BANKRUPTCY
BAR
40. Lie detector test and the apparatus for conducting the test.
INTESTATE
RELINQUISHMENT
POLYGRAPH
SEPARATION
41. To forge - to copy or imitate - without authority or right - and with the purpose to deceive or defraud - by passing off the copy as genuine.
COUNTERFEIT
LIABILITY
PROBATE ESTATE
BENEFICIARY
42. Behavior that is obscene - lustful - indecent - vulgar.
LEWD CONDUCT
GRAND THEFT
COUNSEL TABLE
JURY COMMISSIONER
43. Youths charged with the status of being beyond the control of their legal guardian or are habitually disobedient - truant from school - or have committed other acts that would not be a crime if committed by an adult. They are not delinquents (in that
COMMUTATION
PETIT JURY
PROTECTIVE ORDER
STATUS OFFENDERS
44. 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.
FALSE PRETENSES
RECUSE
BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME (B.C.S.)
CONVICT
45. A trust set up and in effect during the lifetime of the grantor. Also called inter vivos trust.
LIVING TRUST
RULE OF COURT
DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
NUNCUPATIVE WILL
46. A specialized court that deals with cases during the late evening and early morning hours.
INTENT
CLERK OF COURT
LARCENY
COURT - NIGHT
47. Any factors associated with the commission of a crime which increase the seriousness of theoffense or add to its injurious consequences.
PROXIMATE CAUSE
DEMURRER
AGGRAVATING FACTORS
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
48. An agreement between parties that dictates what is being received from one party to the other.
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT
BAILIFF
SETTLEMENT
RE-DIRECT EXAMINATION
49. A foundation or basis; points relied on.
DIRECT EXAMINATION
CONTEMPT OF COURT
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
GROUNDS
50. The first examination of a witness by the counsel who called the witness to testify.
INDICTMENT
OPINION EVIDENCE
BRIEF
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
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