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Law Vocab
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1. The closing statement - by counsel - to the trier of facts after all parties have concluded their presentation of evidence.
ASSIGNEE
CLOSING ARGUMENT
DOCKET NUMBER
SPENDTHRIFT TRUST
2. An attempt to cause serious bodily injury to another or purposely - knowingly or recklesslycausing such injury - or an attempt to cause or purposely or knowingly cause bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
IMPEACHMENT OF WITNESS
CORROBORATION
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
3. A trust that - once set up - the grantor may not revoke.
DISSENT
IRREVOCABLE TRUST
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
RESTRAINING ORDER
4. An individual appointed by the court to oversee administrative matters.
SERVICE
JUDGMENT
CLERK OF COURT
AUTHENTICATE
5. Formal conclusion by a judge or jury on issues of fact.
STANDARD OF PROOF
CONDEMNATION
PETTY OFFENSE
FINDING
6. A forsaking - abandoning - renouncing - or giving over a right.
BAR
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
PIMP
RELINQUISHMENT
7. A person who directs a commission; a member of a commission. The officer in charge of a department or bureau of a public service.
NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
CIVIL ACTION
COMMISSIONER
LEWD CONDUCT
8. One who saw the act - fact - or transaction to which he or she testifies.
SHOPLIFTING
EYE WITNESS
IMPLIED CONTRACT
CODICIL (kod'i-sil)
9. A murder committed during the commission of a felony such as robbery - burglary - or kidnapping.
ASSAULT - AGGRAVATED
FELONY MURDER
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
REBUTTAL
10. A court order requiring that some action be taken - or that some party refrain from taking action. It differs from forms of temporary relief - such as a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction.
PERMANENT INJUNCTION
COMPETENCY
LAW
LIBEL
11. A short - abbreviated form of the case as found in the record.
CHANGE OF VENUE
ABSTRACT OF RECORD
GOOD TIME
CORROBORATE
12. In some states - the highest appellate court - where it is the Court's discretion whether to hear the case on appeal.
CRIMINAL RECORD
SEARCH WARRANT
GRAND JURY
COURT - APPEALS
13. Help - assist - or facilitate the commission of a crime.
AID AND ABET
ADOPTION
ENTER A GUILTY PLEA
SEPARATION
14. 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.
AMENDMENT
CIVIL CASE
HOSPITAL WARRANT
ACQUIT
15. 1. A unit of the judiciary authorized to decide disputed matters of fact - cases or controversies. 2. Figuratively - the judge or judicial officer. Judges sometimes use 'court' to refer to themselves in the third person - as in 'the court has read
COURT
PARALEGAL
REVERSIBLE ERROR
EXCLUSION OF WITNESSES
16. A reduction in sentenced time in prison as a reward for good behavior. It usually is one-third to one-half of fthe maximum sentence.
CONSIDERATION
DIVERSION
GOOD TIME
LEVY
17. A will whose validity does not have to be testified to in court by the witnesses to it - because the witnesses executed an affidavit reflecting proper execution of the will prior to the maker's death.
ACCESSORY
CAUSATION
SELF-PROVING WILL
ABSTRACT OF TITLE
18. A lawyer appointed or elected to represent the state in criminal cases in his or her respective judicial districts. See PROSECUTOR.
SERVE A SENTENCE
CONSERVATORSHIP
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
MAYHEM
19. A party to a lawsuit. Litigation refers to a case - controversy - or lawsuit.
MODIFICATION
RECOGNIZANCE
GAMBLING
LITIGANT
20. Pre-trial release based on the person's own promise that he or she will show up for trial (no bond required). Also referred to as release on own recognizance or ROR.
INSTRUCTIONS
PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE
JURY FOREMAN
INITIAL APPEARANCE
21. 1. To discuss - ponder or reflect upon before reaching a decision. A judge will usually deliberate before announcing a judgment. 2. Intentional - characterized by consideration and awareness.
DELIBERATE
DAMAGES
COMPLAINT
GRAND JURY
22. To disagree. An appellate court opinion setting forth the minority view and outlining the disagreement of one or more judges with the decision of the majority.
DISSENT
ACCORD
SETTLOR
HARMLESS ERROR
23. An invalid trial caused by some legal error. When a judge declares a mistrial - the trial must start again from the beginning - including the selection of a new jury.
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
HOSTILE WITNESS
MISTRIAL
DEFENDANT
24. Any form of indecent or sexual activity on - involving - or surrounding a child under the state's designated age.
CHILD MOLESTATION
MOTION
STATEMENT - OPENING
CIVIL ACTION
25. The standard in a criminal case requiring that the jury be satisfied to a moralcertainty that every element of a crime has been proven by the prosecution. This standard of proof does not require that the state establish absolute certainty by eliminat
OBJECTION OVERRULED
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
JOIN
HIT AND RUN
26. The power of the government to take private property for public use through condemnation.
EMINENT DOMAIN
COUNSEL
INFORMATION
POUR-OVER WILL
27. An oral (unwritten) will.
NUNCUPATIVE WILL
RESTRAINING ORDER
DISSOLUTION
CASE NUMBER
28. Legal debts and obligations.
INMATE
DISCOVERY
AMENDMENT
LIABILITY
29. To call into question the truthfulness of a witness.
JOINT TENANCY
HIT AND RUN
IMPEACHMENT OF WITNESS
HOLOGRAPHIC WILL
30. A violation of law - not punishable by imprisonment. Minor traffic offenses are generally considered infractions.
HARASSMENT
PRIVILEGE
LARCENY
INFRACTION
31. To support with evidence or authority; make more certain.
PATERNITY
DRUNK DRIVING
CORROBORATE
DISCOVERY
32. An order of an administrative agency or court prohibiting a person or business from continuing a particular course of conduct.
CERTIFIED
DEFAULT
CEASE AND DESIST ORDER
DOMICILE
33. To seize or take private property for public use (the police confiscated the weapon).
JUVENILE WAIVER
CONFISCATE
RECORD
EQUAL PROTECTION
34. Unlawful killing of another - without malice - when the act is committed with a sudden extreme emotional impulse.
EXPERT TESTIMONY
MISTRIAL
BANKRUPT
MANSLAUGHTER - VOLUNTARY
35. 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.
PRIORS
MERITS
PROSTITUTION
PROBATE
36. A hallowed principle of criminal law that a person is innocent of a crime until proven guilty.
MAGISTRATE
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
CONTRACT
HEARSAY
37. To terminate legal action involving outstanding charges against a defendant in a criminal case.
DISMISS
ACCORD AND SATISFACTION
GUARDIANSHIP
EQUITY
38. Begun - but not yet completed. Thus - an action is pending from its inception until the rendition of its final judgment.
PENDING
NOTICE
BAIL
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
39. 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.
MANSLAUGHTER - VOLUNTARY
AT ISSUE
JOYRIDING
CIVIL PROCEDURE
40. 1. To execute - perpetrate - or carry out an act. To commit a crime. 2. To send a person to prison - asylum - or reformatory by a court order.
BAR
POSTPONEMENT
REPORT
COMMIT
41. The party who makes an answer to a bill or other proceedings in equity; also refers to the party against whom an appeal is brought. Sometimes called an appellee.
RESPONDENT
FAIR HEARING
EXTRADITION
BENCH
42. 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.
SELF-DEFENSE
EMINENT DOMAIN
PANDERING
DELINQUENCY - JUVENILE
43. Evil doing - ill conduct; the commission of some act which is positively prohibited by law.
MALFEASANCE
REJOINDER
FALSE ARREST
FELONY MURDER
44. Pimping. Arranging for acts of prostitution.
PETITION
PANDERING
INFRACTION
MALICE
45. The quality in a witness which makes his or her testimony believable.
CHIEF JUDGE
CREDIBILITY
PROBABLE CAUSE
PERMANENT INJUNCTION
46. Exposure to sight of the private parts of the body in a lewd or indecent manner in a public place.
PARALEGAL
DEFENSE ATTORNEY
INDECENT EXPOSURE
AMENDMENT
47. To annul or make void by recalling or taking back.
HUNG JURY
CONFISCATE
REVOKE
JUVENILE
48. An offer of proof as to what the evidence would be if a witness were called to testify or answer a question.
INCEST
ADOPTION
PROFFER
HOLOGRAPHIC WILL
49. 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
CORONER
DEMURRER
RESTRAINING ORDER
ESTATE
50. Supplementary evidence that tends to strengthen or confirm the initial evidence.
REGULATION
SEXUAL MOLESTATION
BANKRUPTCY
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE