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Law Vocab
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1. A report to a judge by police on the implementation of an arrest or search warrant. Also - a report to a judge in reply to a subpoena - civil or criminal.
DISCLAIM
RETURN
JAIL
LIVING TRUST
2. 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.
PRESUMPTION
PERSON IN NEED OF SUPERVISION
LIABLE
PURGE
3. The person who sets up a trust.
RE-DIRECT EXAMINATION
GROUNDS
GRANTOR OR SETTLOR
PLEA BARGAIN
4. The right of an accused to a speedy trial as guaranteed by the 6th Amendment of the United States Constitution.
SPEEDY TRIAL
AFFIRMED
HARASSMENT
CRIMINAL
5. In practice - a notice in writing requiring the opposite party to produce a certain described paper or document at the trial - or in the course of pre-trial discovery.
NOTICE TO PRODUCE
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
ALLOCUTION
6. A type of sentence where the convicted criminal is ordered to spend the rest of his or her life in prison
CRIMINAL RECORD
CHAMBERS
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
INITIAL APPEARANCE
7. An arrangement whereby a husband and wife live apart from each other while remaining married either by mutual consent or by a judicial order.
FALSE ARREST
CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
SEPARATION
FIFTH AMENDMENT
8. Exposure to sight of the private parts of the body in a lewd or indecent manner in a public place.
FORECLOSURE
INDECENT EXPOSURE
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
INTERLOCUTORY
9. Member of the jury.
CASE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
JUROR
GARNISHMENT
10. Authority or discretion vested in an officer whose acts partake of a judicial character.
APPELLEE
IRRELEVANT
QUASI JUDICIAL
EQUITABLE ACTION
11. Notifying a person that he or she has been named as a party to a lawsuit or has been accused of some offense. Process consists of a summons - citation or warrant - to which a copy of the complaint is attached.
ARRAIGNMENT
SERVICE OF PROCESS
LEADING QUESTION
BIAS
12. A ruling by the court against the party making the objection.
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
INFRACTION
BENEFICIARY
OBJECTION OVERRULED
13. Provisional; not final. An interlocutory order or an interlocutory appeal concerns only a part of the issues raised in a lawsuit. Compare to decree .
INTERLOCUTORY
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
NOMINAL PARTY
SPEEDY TRIAL
14. Failure to exercise the degree of care that a reasonable person would use under the same circumstances.
NEGLIGENCE
COMMIT
PROOF
FORFEITURE
15. 1. One who administers the estate of a person who dies without a will. 2. A court official.
MATERIAL WITNESS
MAYHEM
PROBATION BEFORE JUDGMENT (PBJ)
ADMINISTRATOR
16. The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
PLAINTIFF
COURT - TRAFFIC
COMMON LAW
OFFENSE
17. Any behavior - contrary to law - which disturbs the public peace or decorum - scandalizes the community - or shocks the public sense of morality.
BENEFICIARY
EXECUTOR
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
18. An official or formal statement of facts or proceedings.
SIDEBAR
REPORT
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
COURT - NIGHT
19. Judicial officer having strictly limited jurisdiction exercising some of the functions of a judge.
DOCKET NUMBER
HOSPITAL WARRANT
MAGISTRATE
LIABILITY
20. 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.
ARRAIGN
CHARGE TO THE JURY
DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
COMPETENCY
21. An action between two or more persons in the courts of law - not a criminal matter.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE
LAWSUIT
EYE WITNESS
22. Evidence that can be legally and properly introduced in a civil or criminal trial.
ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE
EMINENT DOMAIN
PREJUDICIAL EVIDENCE
COURT REPORTER
23. To sentence a person convicted of an offense to pay a penalty in money.
PIMP
SEARCH WARRANT
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR)
FINE
24. The cause - price - or impelling influence which induces a party to enter into a contract.
CONSIDERATION
ACQUITTAL
RECKLESS DRIVING
NO-CONTEST CLAUSE
25. 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.
PRELIMINARY HEARING
INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY
DISSENT
AGENT
26. A lawsuit brought by one or more persons on behalf of a larger group.
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
EXAMINATION - REDIRECT
CLASS ACTION
JUDGE
27. The unlawful restraint by one person of another person's physical liberty.
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
FALSE IMPRISONMENT
BAIL
LIABLE
28. The act or fact of holding a person in custody; confinement or compulsory delay.
DETENTION
CIVIL PROCEDURE
NON-CAPITAL CASE
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
29. The final statements by the attorneys to the jury or court summarizing the evidence that they have established and the evidence that the other side has failed to establish.
STATEMENT - CLOSING
EYE WITNESS
CLERK
EQUITABLE ACTION
30. 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.
INDECENT EXPOSURE
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL
STIPULATE
31. The adjournment or postponement of a session - hearing - trial - or other proceeding until a future date.
DEFAULT
CONTINUANCE
CONSIDERATION
REST
32. The illegal taking of an automobile without intent to deprive the owner permanently of the vehicle - often involving reckless driving.
FIELD SOBRIETY TEST
DEPRIVATION OF CUSTODY
FORFEIT
JOYRIDING
33. The act of staking money - or other thing of value - on an uncertain event or outcome.
GAMBLING
JEOPARDY
ADVERSARY SYSTEM
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
34. The closure of court records to inspection - except to the parties.
FILE
CONVICTION
DEFENSE
SEALING
35. Pimping. Arranging for acts of prostitution.
STATEMENT - OPENING
PANDERING
CAPTION
BENCH WARRANT
36. There are essentially three standards of proof applicable in most court proceedings. In criminal cases - the offense must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt - the highest standard. In civil cases and neglect and dependency proceedings - the lowest
COURT - TRAFFIC
STANDARD OF PROOF
DISTURBING THE PEACE
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
37. A written or verbal command from a court directing or forbidding an action.
ORDER - COURT
INTESTATE SUCCESSION
REVOCABLE TRUST
FAIR HEARING
38. A written order issued by a court directing a sheriff or peace officer to take custody of and bring before the court: 1) A witness who fails to comply with a subpoena - 2) a party who fails to comply with a court order in a civil action - or 3) a mat
CRIMINAL INSANITY
FINE
DIVERSION
BODY ATTACHMENT
39. A protest to the court against an act or omission by the opposing party.
RECIDIVISM
OBJECTION
CONVICT
EVIDENCE - EVANESCENT
40. Jury of inquiry. The jury which determines which charges - if any - are to be brought against a defendant.
SERVICE OF PROCESS
GRAND JURY
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
DOCKET NUMBER
41. 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.
RULE OF COURT
PREJUDICE
AT ISSUE
ADMISSIBLE
42. The legal process by which the government takes private land for public use - paying the owners a fair price. See EMINENT DOMAIN.
RESPONDENT
CONDEMNATION
SELF-INCRIMINATION
EQUITABLE ACTION
43. To lose - or lose the right to.
COMPLAINT
CRIMINAL RECORD
FORFEIT
RATIFICATION
44. Conduct which tends to annoy all citizens - including unnecessary and distractingnoisemaking.
DISTURBING THE PEACE
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
COMPETENCY
COUNTERFEIT
45. A parent's or custodian's act of leaving a child without adequate care - supervision - support - or parental
STRICT LIABILITY
ESCHEAT (ES-CHET)
SODOMY
ABANDONMENT
46. 1. Property that is pledged as security against a debt. 2. A person belonging to the same ancestral stock (a relation) - but not in a direct line of descent.
COLLATERAL
PRISON
INJUNCTION
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
47. A slang term meaning previous conviction(s) of the accused.
PRIORS
DEFAULT
BRANDISHING A WEAPON
CONDITIONAL RELEASE
48. The act of collecting the bets of others or making odds on future gambling events.
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
EVIDENCE - CIRCUMSTANTIAL
BOOKMAKING
MISDEMEANOR
49. The process by which a deceased person's property goes to the state if no heir can be found.
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
ESCHEAT (ES-CHET)
SENTENCE - CONCURRENT
50. Evil doing - ill conduct; the commission of some act which is positively prohibited by law.
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT
PLEADINGS
MALFEASANCE
NOT GUILTY