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Law Vocab
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1. A husband or wife of a deceased spouse married after a will is executed who is not provided for in the will.
RULES OF EVIDENCE
PRETERMITTED SPOUSE
GENERAL JURISDICTION
FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER
2. 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.
MEMORIALIZED
BREACH
SETTLOR
PERMANENT RESIDENT
3. One acting without formal appointment as guardian for the benefit of an infant - a person of unsound mind not judicially declared incompetent - or other person under some disability.
NEXT FRIEND
RELEVANT
CONTEMPT OF COURT
COURT - NIGHT
4. Exhibit and/or evidence that is offered by the prosecution.
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5. Having addressed any matter in writing.
RAP SHEET
SERVICE OF PROCESS
CLOSING ARGUMENT
MEMORIALIZED
6. Bail that is kept by the court as a result of not following a court order.
BAIL FORFEITURE
ON A PERSON'S OWN RECOGNIZANCE
ESCHEAT (ES-CHET)
LARCENY
7. Punishment by death for capital crimes. Death penalty.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
CERTIFICATION
LEASE
PROTECTIVE ORDER
8. 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.
BENCH WARRANT
ANNUAL REVIEW
RETURN
COUNSEL TABLE
9. An order requiring a person to appear in court and present reasons why a certain order - judgment - or decree should not be issued.
IMPANEL
SHOW CAUSE
JURISPRUDENCE
FALSE ARREST
10. Begun - but not yet completed. Thus - an action is pending from its inception until the rendition of its final judgment.
MEMORIALIZED
BEST EVIDENCE
PENDING
JOIN
11. The act of sending a case back to the trial court and ordering the trial court to conduct limited new hearings or an entirely new trial.
REMAND
DAMAGES
GUARDIAN
PROBATE
12. A general term for an action - cause - suit - or controversy brought before the court for resolution.
COLLATERAL
PROBABLE CAUSE
CASE
IMPANEL
13. Each of the allegations of an offense listed in a charging document.
HANDCUFFS
AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS
COUNT
HARMLESS ERROR
14. A slang term meaning previous conviction(s) of the accused.
PRIORS
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
OBJECTION SUSTAINED
PERMANENT RESIDENT
15. The facts that give rise to a lawsuit or a legal claim.
ARREST OF JUDGMENT
CAUSE OF ACTION
CONCURRENT SENTENCES
COUNT
16. A change - alteration - or amendment which introduces new elements into the details - or cancels some of them - but leaves the general purpose and effect of the subject-matter intact.
BODY ATTACHMENT
MODIFICATION
INSANITY PLEA
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
17. A satisfaction agreed upon between the parties in a lawsuit which bars subsequent actions on the claim.
ACCORD
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
BOOKING NUMBER
ALFORD PLEA
18. The degree of certainty required for a juror to legally find a criminal defendant guilty
OATH
OVERT ACT
MOTION DENIED
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
19. The juror who chairs the jury during deliberations and speaks for the jury in court when announcing the verdict.
JURY FOREMAN
GARNISHMENT
CRIME
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
20. Oral or verbal evidence rather than written. The Parole Evidence Rule limits the admissibility of parole evidence which would directly contradict the clear meaning of terms of a written contract.
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
JEOPARDY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
PAROLE EVIDENCE
21. To withhold a debtor's money - and turn it over to another in order to pay a debt. Typically - the one withholding the money is the debtor's employer.
CLAIM
GARNISH
SPEEDY TRIAL
BAR EXAMINATION
22. Formal conclusion by a judge or jury on issues of fact.
COMPETENCY
OVERT ACT
FINDING
COMMIT
23. An attack on a judgment other than a direct appeal to a higher court.
IRREVOCABLE TRUST
COLLATERAL ATTACK
INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY
NEGLIGENCE
24. 1. A person who has been found guilty of a crime and is serving a sentence for that crime; a prison inmate. 2. To find a person guilty of an offense by either a trial or a plea of guilty.
ACQUITTAL
PANDERING
CONVICT
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
25. The defendant's response to the plaintiff's allegations as stated in a complaint. An item-by-item - paragraph-by-paragraph response to points made in a complaint; part of the pleadings.
PROCEDURAL LAW
ANSWER
DEFAMATION
AFFIANT
26. A temporary location that is meant to secure the accused while waiting for trial to begin or continue.
RULE OF COURT
PROTECTIVE ORDER
HOLDING CELL
ACCORD AND SATISFACTION
27. A parent's or custodian's act of leaving a child without adequate care - supervision - support - or parental
DEATH PENALTY
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
ORDINANCE
ABANDONMENT
28. A collection - compendium - or revision of laws - rules - and regulations enacted by legislative authority.
CODE
PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE
DISCOVERY
REBUTTAL
29. The closure of court records to inspection - except to the parties.
OF COUNSEL
EQUITABLE ACTION
SEALING
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT
30. A rule or order prescribed for management or government.
REGULATION
DEFAMATION
PRESUMPTION OF LAW
COUNTERCLAIM
31. A gift - not necessarily of monetary value - given to influence the conduct of the receiver.
LEVY
BRIBE
QUASH
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
32. Circumstances which render a crime less aggravated - heinous - or reprehensible than it would otherwise be.
CRIME
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
RULES OF EVIDENCE
ORDINANCE
33. 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.
DOCKET
DECREE
CHAMBERS
PETITION
34. A mutual understanding and intention between two or more parties. The writing or instrument which isevidence of an agreement. (Although often used as synonymous with contract - agreement is a broader term.)
CASE NUMBER
LEASE
AUTHENTICATE
AGREEMENT
35. A phrase commonly applied to counsel employed to assist in the preparation or management of the case - or its presentation on appeal - but who is not the principal attorney for the party.
OF COUNSEL
GARNISH
CEASE AND DESIST ORDER
POSTPONEMENT
36. State-imposed death as punishment for a serious crime. Capital punishment.
MALPRACTICE
DEATH PENALTY
ANNOTATION
SENTENCE - CONCURRENT
37. A writ - often issued by an appellate court - making available remedies not regularly within the powers of lower courts. They include writs of habeas corpus - mandamus - prohibition and quo warranto.
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
SLANDER
DIVORCE
38. A final settlement or determination. The court decision terminating proceedings in a case before judgment.
CERTIFIED
LYNCHING
DISPOSITION
EXHIBIT - PEOPLE'S
39. To obtain customers for a whore or prostitute. One who obtains customers for a whore or prostitute.
FAILURE TO APPEAR
MOTION
HEARING
PIMP
40. A court's recognition of the truth of basic facts without formal evidence.
POST CONVICTION RELIEF PROCEEDING
COMMITMENT ORDER
JUDICIAL NOTICE
DEMURRER
41. 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.
COMMISSIONER
FIDELITY BOND
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
POWER OF ATTORNEY
42. 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.
FORFEITURE
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
INTESTATE SUCCESSION
DEATH ROW
43. Among other matters - the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from depriving any person of life - liberty - or property without adequate due process .
MEDIATION
FOURTH AMENDMENT
CONTEMPT OF COURT
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
44. Needy and poor. A defendant who can demonstrate his or her indigence to the court may be assigned a court appointed attorney at public expense.
RECORD
INDIGENT
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
DETENTION FACILITY
45. An endeavor or effort to do an act or accomplish a crime - carries beyond preparation - but lacking execution.
ATTEMPT
PROBATE COURT
ABSTRACTACT
NO-CONTEST CLAUSE
46. 1. Historically - the partition separating the general public from the space occupied by the judges - lawyers - and other participants in a trial. 2. More commonly - the term means the whole body of lawyers.
BAR
INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY
COMPOSITE DRAWING
NO BILL
47. Ruling or order issued by the judge granting the party's request.
ASSIGNEE
MOTION GRANTED
ARBITRATION
OBJECTION SUSTAINED
48. To terminate legal action involving outstanding charges against a defendant in a criminal case.
PROXIMATE CAUSE
BRANDISHING A WEAPON
COUNSEL TABLE
DISMISS
49. 1. An act of omission or commission in violation of law which carries criminal consequences. 2. Criminal activity in general relating to a specific time or place.
CRIME
INTESTACY LAWS
EXHIBIT - PEOPLE'S
CRIMINAL RECORD
50. In the practice of appellate courts - the word means that the decision of the trial court is correct.
PETTY OFFENSE
DAMAGES
ARRAIGN
AFFIRMED