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Law Vocab
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1. To act in accordance with - to accept - to obey.
COMPLY
ADMINISTRATOR
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
CONTEMPT OF COURT
2. Pimping. Arranging for acts of prostitution.
IMMUNITY
PANDERING
MAGISTRATE
PROOF
3. An assault committed with the intention of committing some additional crime.
ASSAULT - AGGRAVATED
JURY - HUNG
LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
4. The party who complains or sues; one who applies to the court for legal redress. Also called the plaintiff.
ARREST
COMPLAINANT
DEFAULT
SERVICE
5. Evidence that can be legally and properly introduced in a civil or criminal trial.
ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE
CERTIFIED
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
SANCTION
6. 1. A statement of acceptance of responsibility. 2. The short declaration at the end of a legal paper showing that the paper was duly executed and acknowledged.
SIDEBAR
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
NULL AND VOID
BRIBE
7. Requirement that police tell a suspect in their custody of his or her constitutional rights before they question him or her: specifically - the right to remain silent; that any statement made may be used against him or her; the right to an attorney;
DETENTION HEARING
MIRANDA RIGHTS
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
CAPTION
8. 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.
SENTENCE - SUSPENDED
EXTORTION
SELF-DEFENSE
INHERITANCE TAX
9. Any fact or evidence that leads to a judgment of the court.
HEARSAY
PUBLIC DEFENDER
PROOF
INCARCERATE
10. Summary of a larger work - wherein the principal ideas of the larger work are contained.
COUNTERCLAIM
ABSTRACTACT
INTESTATE SUCCESSION
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
11. To seat a jury. When voir dire is finished and both sides have exercised their challenges - the jury is impaneled.The jurors are sworn in and the trial is ready to proceed.
INDETERMINATE SENTENCE
ILLEGAL
RECUSE
IMPANEL
12. The assertion of a party to an action - setting out what he expects to prove.
ALLEGATION
ARGUMENT
CASE LAW
BAIL
13. See DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES.
INTESTACY LAWS
RECALL
EXHIBIT - PEOPLE'S
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
14. Testimony given in relation to some scientific - technical - or professional matter by experts - i.e. -person qualified to speak authoritatively by reason of their special training - skill - or familiarity with the subject.
EXPERT TESTIMONY
ANNOTATION
JUVENILE
GROUNDS
15. Evidence which can disappear relatively quickly - such as the amount of alcohol in a person's blood.
BEST EVIDENCE
EVIDENCE - EVANESCENT
OVERT ACT
PETITIONER
16. Outline or summary of the nature of the case and of the anticipated proof presented by the attorney to the jury before any evidence is submitted. Also known as opening argument .
PROFFER
STATEMENT - OPENING
AT ISSUE
JOYRIDING
17. Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start.
PREJUDICE
LITIGANT
ADVERSARY SYSTEM
BANKRUPTCY
18. 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
BAR
STANDARD OF PROOF
BRIBE
POSSESSION OF DRUGS
19. An order issued by a judge or magistrate commanding a sheriff - constable - or other officer to search a specified location.
SEARCH WARRANT
INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY
HUNG JURY
BENCH
20. The designation assigned to each case filed in a particular court. Also called a case number.
DIRECTED VERDICT
DOCKET NUMBER
CAPITAL CASE
FALSE PRETENSES
21. Intentional - unlawful deception to deprive another person of property or to injure that person in some other way.
INDIGENT
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
PRESUMPTION
FRAUD
22. A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it - before a notary or officer havingauthority to administer oaths.
AFFIDAVIT
ALLEGE
FILE
COMMIT
23. Any form of cruelty to a child's physical - moral - or mental well-being.
ENTRAPMENT
GRAND THEFT
CHILD ABUSE
BAIL REVIEW
24. A legal right - exemption or immunity granted to a person - company or class - that is beyond the common advantages of other citizens.
PRIVILEGE
FOUNDATION
BEST EVIDENCE
HOSPITAL WARRANT
25. A person having a legal relationship of trust and confidence to another and having a duty to act primarily for the others benefit - e.g. - a guardian - trustee - or executor.
SMALL CLAIMS COURT
FIDUCIARY
EXCLUSIONARY RULE
MISDEMEANOR
26. A lawsuit brought to enforce - redress - or protect private rights or to gain payment for a wrong done to a person or party by another person or party. In general - all types of actions other than criminal proceedings.
AT ISSUE
CIVIL CASE
LIE DETECTOR
COUNTERCLAIM
27. The quality in a witness which makes his or her testimony believable.
DEATH PENALTY
ACCUSATION
CREDIBILITY
KNOWINGLY
28. 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.
DEFAMATION
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
DEATH ROW
PLEA BARGAIN
29. A hearing in which certain rights are respected such as the right to present evidence - to cross examine and to have findings supported by evidence.
FORGERY
MANDATE
FAIR HEARING
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
30. Words - gestures - and actions which tend to annoy - alarm - and verbally abuse another person.
BOOKING
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
HARASSMENT
31. Estate property that may be disposed of by a will.
OATH
PROBATE ESTATE
PEOPLE (PROSECUTION)
GROUNDS
32. Witnesses are normally required to confine their testimony to statements of fact and are not allowed to give their opinions in court. However - if a witness is qualified as an expert in a particular field - he or she may be allowed to state an opinio
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
INTESTACY LAWS
OPINION EVIDENCE
JUROR
33. A certificate or evidence of a debt. Often used interchangeably with bail.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
RULE
EVIDENCE - CIRCUMSTANTIAL
BOND
34. To bear witness to - to affirm to be true or genuine - to certify.
QUASH
INCAPACITY
ATTEST
CLASS ACTION
35. 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.
PETITION
JUVENILE
JURY - HUNG
FAILURE TO COMPLY
36. 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.
RETURN
ATTACHMENT
LEWD CONDUCT
COURT - NIGHT
37. Sentences for more than one crime that are to be served at the same time - rather than one after the other. See also CUMULATIVE SENTENCES.
CONCURRENT SENTENCES
COMMITMENT
AMENDMENT
DIRECT EVIDENCE
38. A request made after a trial - asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial wasconducted properly. To make such a request is 'to appeal' or 'to take an appeal.'
INTERVENTION
LIBEL
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
APPEAL
39. A suit which has been quashed and ended.
ABATEMENT OF ACTION
JOINT TENANCY
BRIEF
HUNG JURY
40. That quality of evidence which tends to influence the trier of fact because of its logical connection with the issue.
NON-CAPITAL CASE
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
REFEREE
DOCKET
41. Claim that an act otherwise criminal was legally justifiable because it was necessary to protect a person or property from the threat or action of another.
SELF-DEFENSE
REGULATION
REMAND
REVERSE
42. Tangible physical property (such as cars - clothing - furniture - and jewelry) and intangible personal property. This does not include real property such as land or rights in land.
RULE
OVERT ACT
PERSONAL PROPERTY
CHALLENGE TO THE ARRAY
43. An endeavor or effort to do an act or accomplish a crime - carries beyond preparation - but lacking execution.
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
BURGLARY
ATTEMPT
FINGERPRINT
44. Postponing the effect of a judgment already entered - ordinarily because of an error apparent on the record .
ARREST OF JUDGMENT
COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL
RECIDIVISM
PARALEGAL
45. 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.
EMBEZZLE
NOTICE TO PRODUCE
FIDUCIARY
LEASE
46. Oral or written request made by a party to an action before - during - or after a trial asking the judge to issue a ruling or order in that party's favor.
PETTY OFFENSE
MOTION
REVOKE
MODIFICATION
47. The final decision of the court - resolving the dispute; an opinion; an award of damages.
ASSAULT
DISSOLUTION
JUDGE
JUDGMENT
48. Act ofconsequences of a criminal act - accusation - or conviction. It may take the form of commutation or pardon.
PROFFER
CLEMENCY OR EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY
MULTIPLICITY OF ACTIONS
OFFER OF PROOF
49. Authority or discretion vested in an officer whose acts partake of a judicial character.
QUASI JUDICIAL
PERMANENT RESIDENT
CONTINUANCE
JUVENILE
50. Attorney at law - lawyer - counselor at law.
ATTORNEY
INTESTATE
NEGLIGENCE
BAILIFF
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