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Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Asserted to be true as depicted or a person who is accused but has not yet been tried in court.






2. Attorney at law - lawyer - counselor at law.






3. To lose - or lose the right to.






4. The right of an accused to a speedy trial as guaranteed by the 6th Amendment of the United States Constitution.






5. The unlawful killing of a human being with deliberate intent to kill.






6. Another hearing of a civil or criminal case by the same court in which the case was originally heard.






7. Issues and claims capable of being properly examined in court.






8. The unlawful killing of one human being by another.






9. Any factors associated with the commission of a crime which increase the seriousness of theoffense or add to its injurious consequences.






10. An assistant lawyer to the state's attorney.

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11. A coming into court as party or interested person or as a lawyer on behalf of party or interested person.






12. 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.






13. The act of obtaining the property of another person through wrongful use of actual or threatened force - violence - or fear.






14. A person appointed by will or by law to assume responsibility for incompetent adults or minor children.






15. A statement of the details of the charge made against the defendant.






16. 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.






17. The court transfer of legal custody of a person from parents or legal guardian to another person - agency - or institution. It may be temporary or permanent.






18. Oral or anal copulation between humans - or between humans or animals.






19. Evidence which can disappear relatively quickly - such as the amount of alcohol in a person's blood.






20. The time within a plaintiff must begin a lawsuit (in civil cases) or a prosecutor must bring charges (in criminal cases). There are different statutes of limitations at both the federal and state levels for different kinds of lawsuits or crimes.






21. Evidence given to explain - repel - counteract - or disprove facts given in evidence by the adverse party.






22. 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.






23. A lawsuit brought by one or more persons on behalf of a larger group.






24. A specialized court that hears crimes dealing with traffic offenses.






25. To advise or caution. For example the Court may caution or admonish counsel for wrong practices.






26. 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.






27. An attempt to cause serious bodily injury to another or purposely - knowingly or recklesslycausing such injury - or an attempt to cause or purposely or knowingly cause bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon.






28. The act or fact of holding a person in custody; confinement or compulsory delay.






29. To annul or make void by recalling or taking back.






30. Any willful attempt or threat to inflict injury upon the person of another - when coupled with the present ability to do so - and any intentional display of force such as would give victim reason to fear or expect immediate bodily harm.






31. The public calling of the docket or list of causes at commencement of term of court - for setting a time for trial or entering orders.






32. A private person (who is not necessarily a lawyer) authorized by another to act in his or her place - either for some particular purpose - as to do a specific act - or for the transaction of business in general - not of legal character. This authorit






33. Violation of a professional duty to act with reasonable care and in good faith without fraud or collusion.






34. A document or other item introduced as evidence during a trial or hearing.






35. All the judges of a court sitting together. Appellate courts can consist of a dozen or more judges - but often they hear cases in panels of three judges. If a case is heard or reheard by the full court - it is heard en banc.






36. The means by which a right is enforced or the violation of a right is prevented - redressed or compensated.






37. The unlawful restraint by one person of another person's physical liberty.






38. A listing of all the criminal convictions against an individual.






39. 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.






40. 1. In a criminal case - the person accused of the crime. 2. In a civil case - the person being sued.






41. Punishment by death for capital crimes. Death penalty.






42. A proceeding instituted and carried on in order to determine the guilt or innocence of the accused.






43. An official or formal statement of facts or proceedings.






44. Evidence in form of witness testimony - who actually saw - heard - or touched the subject of question.






45. Test to determine content of alcohol in one arrested for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor by analyzing a breath sample.






46. That quality of evidence which tends to influence the trier of fact because of its logical connection with the issue.






47. A judge's written explanation of a decision of the court or of a majority of judges. A dissenting opinion disagrees with the majority opinion because of the reasoning and/or the principles of law on which the decision is based. A concurring opinion a






48. Mutual or successive relationships to the same right of property - or the same interest of one person with another which represents the same legal right.






49. Evidence which tends to indicate that a defendant did not commit the alleged crime.






50. 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.