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Subject : law
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1. A sentence postponed in which the defendant is not required to serve time unless he or she commits another crime or violates a court-imposed condition.






2. Those which do not constitute a justification or excuse for an offense but which may be considered as reasons for reducing the degree of blame.






3. Asserted to be true as depicted or a person who is accused but has not yet been tried in court.






4. To sentence a person convicted of an offense to pay a penalty in money.






5. 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






6. The finding of the court that an act was committed with the intent of embarrassing the court - disobeying its lawful orders - or obstructing the administration of justice in some way.






7. The seat occupied by judges in courts.






8. A police identification procedure by which the suspect to a crime is exhibited - along with others - before the victim or witness to determine if the victim or witness can identify the committed the crime.suspect as the person who






9. An action of a higher court in setting aside or revoking a lower court decision.






10. Unlawful killing of another - without malice - when the act is committed with a sudden extreme emotional impulse.






11. A federal or state public building or other place for the confinement of persons. It is used as either a punishment imposed by the law or otherwise in the course of the administration of justice






12. A person confined to a prison - penitentiary - or jail.






13. Legal document issued by a court that shows an administrator's legal right to take control of assets in the deceased person's name.






14. A court officer who has charge of a court session in the matter of keeping order and has custody of the jury.






15. State laws that provide for the distribution of estate property of a person who dies without a will. Same as intestacy laws.






16. The matter can only be filed in one court.






17. A written direction or command delivered by a court or judge.






18. 1. The process of removing some minor criminal traffic - or juvenile cases from the full judicial process - on the condition that the accused undergo some sort of rehabilitation or make restitution for damages. 2. Unauthorized use of funds.






19. One who knowingly - voluntarily - and intentionally unites with the principal offender in the commission ofa crime. A partner in a crime.






20. Help - assist - or facilitate the commission of a crime.






21. 1) The disputed point in a disagreement between parties in a lawsuit. 2) To send out officially - as in to issue an order.






22. An obligation signed by the accused to secure his or her presence at the trial. This obligation means that the accused may lose money by not properly appearing for the trial. Often referred to simply as bond.






23. Law established by previous decisions of appellate courts - particularly the Supreme Court.






24. In a criminal proceeding - it is the defendant's declaration in open court that he or she is guilty or not guilty. The defendant's answer to the charges made in the indictment or information.






25. A court order forbidding the defendant from doing any action or threatened action until a hearing on the application can be conducted.






26. Allowance ordered to be paid by one spouse to the other for support while the spouses are living apart but not divorced.






27. Trial without a jury in which a judge decides the facts.






28. A moot case or a moot point is one not subject to a judicial determination because it involves an abstract question or a pretended controversy that has not yet actually arisen or has already passed. Mootness usually refers to a court's refusal to con






29. A suit which has been quashed and ended.






30. The heading on a legal document listing the parties - the court - the case number - and related information.






31. Begun - but not yet completed. Thus - an action is pending from its inception until the rendition of its final judgment.






32. A prison or place of confinement where convicted felons are sent to serve out the term of their sentence.






33. A hallowed principle of criminal law that a person is innocent of a crime until proven guilty.






34. A gift - not necessarily of monetary value - given to influence the conduct of the receiver.






35. In criminal trial - a witness whose testimony is crucial to either the defense or prosecution.






36. Officer of the court who files pleadings - motions - judgments - etc. - issues process - and keeps records of court proceedings.






37. Opportunity to present rebuttal evidence after one's evidence has been subjected to cross-examination.






38. Recommendation for a sentence less than the maximum allowed.






39. A method of discharging a claim upon agreement by the parties to give and accept something in settlement of the claim.






40. The quality in a witness which makes his or her testimony believable.






41. Any fact or evidence that leads to a judgment of the court.






42. That which tends to injure a person's reputation. Libel is published defamation - whereasslander is spoken.






43. Putting a person to death - usually by hanging - without legal authority.






44. Additional juror impaneled in case of sickness or disability of another juror.






45. 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






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.






47. A chronological summary of all official records and recorded documents affecting the title to aparcel of real property.






48. A procedural error during a trial or hearing sufficiently harmful to justify reversing the judgment of a lower court.






49. Behavior that is obscene - lustful - indecent - vulgar.






50. A special kind of executor - permitted by the laws of certain states - who performs the duties of an executor without intervention by the court.