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Law Vocab
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1. The assertion of a party to an action - setting out what he expects to prove.
LAW CLERKS
FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER
COMPLAINANT
ALLEGATION
2. Antisocial behavior by a minor; especially behavior that would be criminally punishable if the actor were an adult - but instead is usually punished by special laws pertaining only to minors.
DELINQUENCY - JUVENILE
HOLDING CELL
CAUSE OF ACTION
COURT ADMINISTRATOR
3. Confidential communications to certain persons that are protected by law against any disclosure - including forced disclosure in legal proceedings.
CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS
CODICIL (kod'i-sil)
PERSON IN NEED OF SUPERVISION
4. A previously decided case that guides the decision of future cases.
CONDEMNATION
EXONERATE
PRECEDENT
CRIMINAL SUMMONS
5. The heading on a legal document listing the parties - the court - the case number - and related information.
NOTICE
CAPTION
ADJUDICATION
OBJECTION OVERRULED
6. To call into question the truthfulness of a witness.
INFORMANT
IMPEACHMENT OF WITNESS
REVOCABLE TRUST
LAW CLERKS
7. The specific place in the courtroom where the jury sits during the trial.
PRETERMITTED CHILD
JURY BOX
RESTITUTION
SHOW CAUSE
8. The act of spending an allotted amount of time in a designated location such as a prison as punishment for the crime committed.
SERVE A SENTENCE
MALPRACTICE
SENTENCE - SUSPENDED
RECOGNIZANCE
9. An order commanding an accused to appear in court.
FORECLOSURE
CRIMINAL SUMMONS
LINEUP
CONVICT
10. The breaking or violating of a law - right - obligation - or duty either by doing an act or failing to do an act. BREAKING AND ENTERING - Breaking and entering a dwelling of another in nighttime with intent to commit a felony therein.
COMMON LAW
CONSERVATORSHIP
INSTRUCTIONS
BREACH
11. That quality of evidence which tends to influence the trier of fact because of its logical connection with the issue.
EXHIBIT - PEOPLE'S
MALICE
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
LEVY
12. The questioning of a witness produced by the other side.
CONVICTION
CODE
CROSS-EXAMINATION
INDECENT EXPOSURE
13. One who supervises a person placed on probation and is required to report the progress and to surrender the and conditions of the probation.probationer if they violate the terms
PREMEDITATION
INTESTACY LAWS
PROBATION OFFICER
COMMITMENT
14. A written statement prepared by the counsel arguing a case in court. It contains a summary of the facts of a case -the pertinent laws - and an argument of how the law applies to the facts supporting counsel's position.
BRIEF
SHOPLIFTING
CONVICT
MOOT
15. Lack of mental capacity to do or abstain from doing a particular act; inability to distinguish right from wrong. State of mind rendering a defendant incapable of distinguishing between right and wrong - such that he or shecannot be held accountable f
CRIMINAL INSANITY
PLAINTIFF
INDETERMINATE SENTENCE
EXTORTION
16. A husband or wife of a deceased spouse married after a will is executed who is not provided for in the will.
FAILURE TO APPEAR
ORDINANCE
NON-CAPITAL CASE
PRETERMITTED SPOUSE
17. Moving a lawsuit or criminal trial to another place for trial.
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
PRESUMPTION
CHANGE OF VENUE
DECISION
18. A person who initiates a lawsuit against another. Also called the complainant.
BILL OF PARTICULARS
IRRELEVANT
CRIMINAL
PLAINTIFF
19. Ruling or order issued by the judge denying the party's request.
AGGRAVATED BATTERY
MANSLAUGHTER - INVOLUNTARY
MOTION DENIED
DISCLAIM
20. The trial method used in the U.S. and some other countries. This system is based on the belief that truth can best be determined by giving opposing parties full opportunity to present and establish their evidence - and totest by crossexamination the
CREDIBILITY
DIRECT EVIDENCE
ADVERSARY SYSTEM
LIE DETECTOR
21. A type of sentence where the convicted criminal is ordered to spend the rest of his or her life in prison
ARREST
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
IRREVOCABLE TRUST
22. Evidence which is of greater weight or more convincing than the evidence which is offered in opposition to it.
RECKLESS DRIVING
PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE
ACCESSORY
PRIORS
23. 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
COURT - NIGHT
BREACH
ESTATE
FORFEIT
24. 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.
MANDATE
EVIDENCE - EVANESCENT
RELINQUISHMENT
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
25. The unlawful use of force against another with unusual or serious consequences such as theuse of a dangerous weapon.
MIRANDA RIGHTS
PETTY OFFENSE
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
AGGRAVATED BATTERY
26. A second examination of a witness by the opposing counsel after the second examination (or redirect examination) by the counsel who called the witness to testify is completed.
CHARACTER EVIDENCE
ARREST
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
EXAMINATION - RECROSS
27. The term pertains to liability for loss shifted from one person held legally responsible to another.
DEPENDENT CHILD
MEDIATION
INDEMNIFY
COMPETENCY
28. The process by which the property of a person who has died without a will passes on to others according to the state's distribution statutes.
CONCURRENT SENTENCES
INTESTATE SUCCESSION
BAILIFF
EVIDENCE - EVANESCENT
29. Failure to exercise the degree of care that a reasonable person would use under the same circumstances.
NEGLIGENCE
CAUSATION
DIVORCE
AFFIDAVIT
30. A program of parental care for children who do not have an in-home parental relationship with either biological or adoptive parents.
JURY FOREMAN
DEPENDENT CHILD
FOSTER CARE
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
31. The act of obtaining the property of another person through wrongful use of actual or threatened force - violence - or fear.
GARNISH
EXTORTION
ADVERSARY SYSTEM
BURGLARY
32. The juror who chairs the jury during deliberations and speaks for the jury in court when announcing the verdict.
COURT - APPEALS
JURY FOREMAN
LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE
PRESENTMENT
33. Without denying the charge - the defendant raises circumstances such as insanity - self-defense -or entrapment to avoid civil or criminal responsibility.
LEADING QUESTION
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
PROBATION OFFICER
34. A legal representative - attorney - lawyer.
RELINQUISHMENT
GUILTY
COUNSEL
PAROLE
35. Persons trained in the law who assist judges in researching legal opinions.
COMPLAINANT
ASSUMPTION OF RISK
MALFEASANCE
LAW CLERKS
36. An order issued by a judge for the arrest of a person.
BENCH WARRANT
JOINT TENANCY
MANSLAUGHTER - VOLUNTARY
CHIEF JUDGE
37. An established standard - guide - or regulation.
SPEEDY TRIAL
MEDIATION
RULE
FALSE IMPRISONMENT
38. Formal conclusion by a judge or jury on issues of fact.
FAIR HEARING
INFRACTION
INITIAL APPEARANCE
FINDING
39. A coming into court as party or interested person or as a lawyer on behalf of party or interested person.
LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE
APPEARANCE
GUARDIANSHIP
ALLEGATION
40. 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.
COLLATERAL ATTACK
DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
JEOPARDY
ACQUIT
41. The lawyer who represents a client and is entitled to receive all formal documents from the court or from other parties. Also known as counsel of record.
ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
HOME MONITORING
COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE
42. A pretrial discovery device by which one party questions the other party or a witness for the other party. It usually takes place in the office of one of the lawyers - in the presence of a court reporter - who transcribes what is said. Questions are
CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
COURT
DEPOSITION
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
43. 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.
RESTITUTION
INMATE
CONCURRENT SENTENCES
MANDATE
44. The first questioning of witnesses by the party on whose behalf they are called.
ILLEGAL
BATTERY
DIRECT EXAMINATION
MAGISTRATE
45. The act of inhaling glue in order 'to get high'.
ARSON
BURDEN OF PROOF
LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE
GLUE SNIFFING
46. Legal debts and obligations.
PRIVITY
LIABILITY
RE-DIRECT EXAMINATION
CONSIDERATION
47. A county court that handles civil claims for amounts less than $5 -00. People often represent themselves rather than hire an attorney.
PROBATION OFFICER
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
PARTY
SMALL CLAIMS COURT
48. Circumstances which render a crime less aggravated - heinous - or reprehensible than it would otherwise be.
PEOPLE (PROSECUTION)
ENTRAPMENT
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
49. A judgment of the court that explains what the existing law is or expresses the opinion of the court without the need for enforcement.
ATTORNEY
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
CONCURRENT JURISDICTION
DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
50. The unlawful killing of a human being with deliberate intent to kill.
COURTROOM
MURDER
INSANITY PLEA
SEARCH WARRANT