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Law Vocab
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1. For the judge or jury to determine and declare the guilt of the defendant.
ACCOMPLICE
EXAMINATION - REDIRECT
DEFENSE ATTORNEY
FIND GUILTY
2. 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.
REAL EVIDENCE
CHAMBERS
MISDEMEANOR
HOSTILE WITNESS
3. The ordinary jury of twelve (or fewer) persons for the trial of a civil or criminal case. So called to distinguish it from the grand jury.
POLLING THE JURY
AGREEMENT
PETIT JURY
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
4. 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
DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE
COMMUTATION
EMINENT DOMAIN
5. Any form of indecent or sexual activity on - involving - or surrounding a child under the state's designated age.
BOOKING
HEARING
SENTENCE - CONSECUTIVE
CHILD MOLESTATION
6. A legal doctrine that makes each of the parties who are responsible for an injury liable for all the damages awarded in a lawsuit if the other parties responsible cannot pay.
CONSIDERATION
NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
COURT REPORTER
7. The hearing given to person accused of crime - by a magistrate or judge - to determine whether there is enough evidence to warrant the confinement and holding to bail the person accused.
HEARING
HEARING - PRELIMINARY
DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
EXECUTOR
8. Unlawful killing of another - without malice - when the death is caused by some other unlawful act not usually expected to result in great bodily harm.
MANSLAUGHTER - INVOLUNTARY
GRANTOR OR SETTLOR
OFFENSE
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
9. The rules of conduct that govern the legal profession. The Codecontains general ethical guidelines and specific rules written by the American Bar Association.
ACCORD
STATEMENT - CLOSING
ADJUDICATE
CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
10. An agreement between parties that dictates what is being received from one party to the other.
SETTLEMENT
EXONERATE
LEWD CONDUCT
PURGE
11. 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.
PURGE
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
PRIVILEGE
SHOW CAUSE
12. The act which produces an effect.
POUR-OVER WILL
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
CAUSATION
CRIMINAL RECORD
13. The formal statement before the court that the accused admits committing the criminal act.
PLEA BARGAIN
ALIBI
ENTER A GUILTY PLEA
INTESTATE SUCCESSION
14. The power of the government to take private property for public use through condemnation.
OFFENSE
EMINENT DOMAIN
STRICT LIABILITY
COUNTERCLAIM
15. A criminal case in which the allowable punishment includes death. CAPITAL CRIME - A crime punishable by death.
PARTY
OF COUNSEL
CAPITAL CASE
ADMISSION
16. A young person who has not yet attained the age at which he or she should be treated as an adult for purposes of criminal law and other legal matters.
ROBBERY
JUVENILE
FOURTH AMENDMENT
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT
17. Legal document issued by a court that shows an executor's legal right to take control of assets in the deceased person's name.
DUE PROCESS OF LAW
COURTROOM
INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY
18. 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.
ASSUMPTION OF RISK
HEARSAY
INHERITANCE TAX
COLLATERAL
19. 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.
EQUAL PROTECTION
REVERSE
DISSENT
CERTIFIED
20. An order made by a court having competent jurisdiction. Rules of court are either general or special; the former are the regulations by which the practice of the court is governed - the latter are special orders made in particular cases.
RULE OF COURT
SETTLOR
PROFFER
ACCUSED
21. 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.
PROSECUTOR
CONTEMPT OF COURT
EXECUTE
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
22. A will that leaves some or all estate assets to a trust established before the will-maker's death.
OVERRULE
POUR-OVER WILL
PREJUDICIAL EVIDENCE
HOME MONITORING
23. A contract in which the promise made by the obligor is not expressed - but inferred by one's conduct or implied in law.
RETAINER
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
IMPLIED CONTRACT
CONSPIRACY
24. Begun - but not yet completed. Thus - an action is pending from its inception until the rendition of its final judgment.
ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEY
ABSTRACT OF TITLE
PENDING
HARASSMENT
25. The process whereby the accused and the prosecutor in a criminal case work out a mutually satisfactory disposition of the case subject to court approval. Usually involves the defendant's pleading guilty to a lesser offense or to only one.
DISBARMENT
BAIL
BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME (B.C.S.)
PLEA BARGAIN
26. A person who initiates a lawsuit against another. Also called the complainant.
BIFURCATE
INTERVENTION
PRE-INJUNCTION
PLAINTIFF
27. 1. In a criminal case - the person accused of the crime. 2. In a civil case - the person being sued.
DEFENDANT
PENDING
ISSUE
DOCKET NUMBER
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.
REMAND
COMPOSITE DRAWING
HARMLESS ERROR
INTESTATE SUCCESSION
29. A ruling by the court in favor of the party making the objection.
DECISION
PUBLIC DEFENDER
ABSTRACT OF RECORD
OBJECTION SUSTAINED
30. One who is joined as a party or defendant merely because the technical rules of pleading require his presence in the record.
NOMINAL PARTY
EXCLUSION OF WITNESSES
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE
CERTIFIED
31. To stand idly around - particularly in a public place.
LOITERING
ASSAULT
HEARING - PRELIMINARY
ESTOPPEL
32. Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
PRELIMINARY HEARING
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
ATTACHMENT
EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE
33. The closing statement - by counsel - to the trier of facts after all parties have concluded their presentation of evidence.
REGULATION
RESTRAINING ORDER
CLOSING ARGUMENT
OVERRULE
34. 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 APPOINTED COUNSEL
OVERT ACT
STANDARD OF PROOF
AT ISSUE
35. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree. Also the judgment given.
POUR-OVER WILL
BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME (B.C.S.)
ADJUDICATION
INTERVENTION
36. The assertion of a party to an action - setting out what he expects to prove.
CASE
ALLEGATION
JURY
ASSAULT - AGGRAVATED
37. A person - business - or government agency actively involved in the prosecution or defense of a legal proceeding.
LAWSUIT
PARTY
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
38. Without denying the charge - the defendant raises circumstances such as insanity - self-defense -or entrapment to avoid civil or criminal responsibility.
RULE OF COURT
ASSAULT
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
LARCENY
39. To give authority or legal authenticity to a statute - record - or other written instrument.
AUTHENTICATE
DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE
MATERIAL WITNESS
CERTIFIED
40. A slang term meaning previous conviction(s) of the accused.
SECURED DEBT
PRIORS
AGREEMENT
LEGAL AID
41. A lawsuit.
INCOMPETENCY
PUBLIC DEFENDER
LITIGATION
ORAL ARGUMENT
42. A lawyer elected to represent the state in criminal cases in his or her respective juicial circuit. See PROSECUTOR.
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43. Presentation of evidence to the court (out of the hearing of the jury) for the court's decision of whether the evidence is admissible.
ANSWER
BAIL
OFFER OF PROOF
BREACH
44. 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.
ISSUE
DELIBERATE
DEFENDANT
PREMEDITATION
45. The operation of a vehicle in an impaired state after consuming alcohol that when tested is above the state's legal alcohol limit.
DRUNK DRIVING
ENJOINING
EXONERATE
BURGLARY
46. 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.
NOMINAL PARTY
COURT ORDER
INITIAL APPEARANCE
ABANDONMENT
47. A program of parental care for children who do not have an in-home parental relationship with either biological or adoptive parents.
PROCEDURAL LAW
OPINION
FOSTER CARE
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
48. An opportunity for lawyers to summarize their position before the court and also to answer the judges' questions.
ORAL ARGUMENT
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
BURDEN OF PROOF
PRETERMITTED SPOUSE
49. A prison or place of confinement where convicted felons are sent to serve out the term of their sentence.
BIFURCATE
INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR
PENITENTIARY
BANKRUPT
50. Placing a convicted defendant on conditional probation - the successful completion of which will prevent entry of the underlying judgment of conviction
PROBATION BEFORE JUDGMENT (PBJ)
AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS
BURGLARY
COMMITMENT ORDER