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Law Vocab
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1. The judgment formally pronounced by the court or judge upon the defendant after his or her conviction by imposing a punishment to be inflicted either in the form of a fine - incarceration or probation.
PRESUMPTION
MENTAL HEALTH
COMPOSITE DRAWING
SENTENCE
2. A person's own act - or acceptance of facts - which preclude his or her later making claims to the contrary.
ESTOPPEL
BAIL BONDSMAN
STANDARD OF PROOF
DEFENSE ATTORNEY
3. An assault committed by one member of a household against another.
PRELIMINARY HEARING
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
CALLING THE DOCKET
COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE
4. The judge's instructions to the jury concerning the law that applies to the facts of the case on trial.
CHARGE TO THE JURY
INDECENT EXPOSURE
FAILURE TO APPEAR
NO-FAULT PROCEEDINGS
5. Estate property that may be disposed of by a will.
PROBATE ESTATE
BENCH CONFERENCE
PROSTITUTION
CHALLENGE TO THE ARRAY
6. The lack of power or the legal ability to act.
INCAPACITY
CIVIL ACTION
BAILIFF
ON A PERSON'S OWN RECOGNIZANCE
7. A report to the sentencing judge containing background information about the crime and the defendant to assist the judge in making his or her sentencing decision.
PRE-SENTENCE REPORT
GRAND JURY
JURY FOREMAN
COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE
8. 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.
SENTENCE - CONCURRENT
PERSON IN NEED OF SUPERVISION
AT ISSUE
ISSUE
9. The transfer of a state case to federal court for trial; in civil cases - because the parties are from different states; in criminal and some civil cases - because there is a significant possibility that there could not be a fair trial in state court
MAGISTRATE
MENTAL HEALTH
REMOVAL
BANKRUPTCY
10. An order issued by a judge for the arrest of a person.
MERITS
SANCTION
BENCH WARRANT
HEARING - CONTESTED
11. That quality of evidence which tends to influence the trier of fact because of its logical connection with the issue.
COMPOSITE DRAWING
HOLOGRAPHIC WILL
IRREVOCABLE TRUST
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
12. 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
FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER
COMPOSITE DRAWING
EVICTION
BODY ATTACHMENT
13. A legal proceeding in which a debtor's money - in the possession of another (the garnishee) - is applied to the debts of the debtor - such as when an employer garnishes a debtor's wages.
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
INCRIMINATE
INTENT
GARNISHMENT
14. Evidence that can be legally and properly introduced in a civil or criminal trial.
AFFIRMED
PROSTITUTION
ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE
STATE'S ATTORNEY
15. An act of legislation of a local governing body such as a city - town or county.
FOSTER CARE
ORDINANCE
SENTENCE - CONCURRENT
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR)
16. Voluntary acknowledgment of the existence of certain facts relevant to the adversary's case.
INFORMANT
INCARCERATE
CASE
ADMISSION
17. The person filing an action in a court of original jurisdiction. Also - the person who appeals the judgment of a lower court. The opposing party is called the respondent.
PETITIONER
COURT - TRAFFIC
MAYHEM
ESCHEAT (ES-CHET)
18. An opportunity for lawyers to summarize their position before the court and also to answer the judges' questions.
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
ORAL ARGUMENT
NEXT FRIEND
ESCHEAT (ES-CHET)
19. With knowledge - willfully or intentionally with respect to a material element of an offense.
PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
KNOWINGLY
AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS
20. Supplementary evidence that tends to strengthen or confirm the initial evidence.
ADVERSARY SYSTEM
EXTRADITION
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
21. An accounting for the whereabouts of the tangible evidence from the moment it is received in custody until it is offered in evidence in court.CHALLENGE - An objection - such as when an attorney objects at a hearing to the seating of a particular pers
INFORMATION
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
EXTORTION
SETTLOR
22. A claim by codefendant or co-plaintiffs against each other and not against persons on the opposite side of the lawsuit.
JURY BOX
ALFORD PLEA
CROSS-CLAIM
DELIBERATE
23. A punitive act designed to secure enforcement by imposing a penalty for its violation. For example - a sanction may be imposed for failure to comply with discovery orders.
CORONER
SANCTION
DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES
PROBABLE CAUSE
24. Aka PROSECUTOR and DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
COLLATERAL ATTACK
LIMITED JURISDICTION
INADMISSIBLE
25. Punishment by death for capital crimes. Death penalty.
BAR
COMMIT
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
FORGERY
26. 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.
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
PURGE
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
ARSON
27. The constitutional prohibition under the Fifth Amendment against a person being put on trial more than once for the same offense.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
AFFIANT
CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE
REMOVAL
28. The act of stopping a judicial proceeding by order of the court.
DEMURRER
PRE-SENTENCE REPORT
ALLEGE
STAY
29. See DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES.
FELONY
INCARCERATE
INHERITANCE TAX
INTESTACY LAWS
30. A legal representative - attorney - lawyer.
COUNSEL
ILLEGAL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
SERVICE
31. A court-ordered allowance that one spouse pays the other spouse for maintenance and support while they areeither separated - pending suit for divorce - or after they are divorced.
CITATION
COURT - NIGHT
APPEAL
ALIMONY
32. 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.
DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
CERTIFICATION
RESPONDENT
NON-CAPITAL CASE
33. Pimping. Arranging for acts of prostitution.
POLYGRAPH
PANDERING
RULES OF EVIDENCE
BAIL REVIEW
34. An amendment to a will.
35. 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
ESCROW
ACCORD AND SATISFACTION
STANDARD OF PROOF
BENCH
36. The act of not following an order that is directed by the court.
FAILURE TO COMPLY
FALSE IMPRISONMENT
CONVICT
ALFORD PLEA
37. State laws that provide for the distribution of estate property of a person who dies without a will. Same as intestacy laws.
BEQUEATH
DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES
BIAS
CLASS ACTION
38. To advise or caution. For example the Court may caution or admonish counsel for wrong practices.
FORFEITURE
FORFEIT
FORGERY
ADMONISH
39. An action for the recovery of a possession that has been wrongfully taken.
EMBEZZLE
REPLEVIN
PLEADINGS
CONTINUANCE
40. The peril in which an accused is placed when he is properly charged with a crime before a court. Jeopardy normally attaches when the petit jury is impaneled.
GARNISH
OPINION EVIDENCE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
JEOPARDY
41. To annul or make void by recalling or taking back.
POUR-OVER WILL
CONDEMNATION
REVOKE
STATE'S ATTORNEY
42. One which implicitly instructs the witness how to answer or which suggests to the witness the answer desired.
PIMP
PREMEDITATION
BATTERY - SPOUSAL
LEADING QUESTION
43. A hallowed principle of criminal law that a person is innocent of a crime until proven guilty.
OVERRULE
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
CONVICT
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
44. A witness whose testimony is not favorable to the party who calls him or her as a witness. A hostile witness may be asked be cross-examined by the party who calls him or be cross-examined by the party who calls him or leading questions and may her to
BIND OVER
HOSTILE WITNESS
ESTOPPEL
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
45. The right of all persons to receive the guarantees and safeguards of the law and the judicial process. It includes such constitutional requirements as adequate notice - assistance of counsel - the right to remain silent - theright to a speedy and pub
PIMP
DUE PROCESS OF LAW
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
INDETERMINATE SENTENCE
46. A special type of guilty plea by which a defendant does not admit guilt but concedes that the State hasufficient evidence to convict; normally made to avoid the threat of greater punishment. Source: Black's Law Dictionary(1996); North Carolina v. Alf
SELF-PROVING WILL
ALFORD PLEA
DIRECT EVIDENCE
PLAINTIFF
47. A failure to respond to a lawsuit within the specified time.
ARREST
NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
DEFAULT
REASONABLE PERSON
48. The quality in a witness which makes his or her testimony believable.
DETENTION FACILITY
LEASE
CREDIBILITY
INCARCERATE
49. Persons trained in the law who assist judges in researching legal opinions.
LAW CLERKS
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
HOLOGRAPHIC WILL
SMALL CLAIMS COURT
50. A legal doctrine by which acts of the opposing parties are compared to determine the liability of each party to the other - making each liable only for his or her percentage of fault.
EXPERT TESTIMONY
AGENT
COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE
LAY PERSON