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Law Vocab
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1. A defense claim that the accused was somewhere else at the time a crime was committed.
BATTERY
POSTPONEMENT
ALIBI
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES
2. Evidence which is of greater weight or more convincing than the evidence which is offered in opposition to it.
ORDINANCE
PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE
CONTRACT
COLLATERAL
3. A formal charge against a person - to the effect that he has engaged in a punishable offense.
PRIVILEGE
CHILD SUPPORT
ACCUSATION
EXCEPTIONS
4. A rule of law that courts and judges shall draw a particular inference from a particular fact - or from particular evidence.
PRESUMPTION OF LAW
MODIFICATION
OPINION
APPEARANCE
5. Ill will - hatred - or hostility by one person toward another which may prompt the intentional doing of a wrongful act without legal justification or excuse.
MALICE
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
DAMAGES
CONDEMNATION
6. A lawyer appointed or elected to represent the state in criminal cases in his or her respective judicial districts. See PROSECUTOR.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
JOINT TENANCY
EMBEZZLE
EVIDENCE
7. Act of giving the equivalent for any loss - damage or injury.
RESTITUTION
MALFEASANCE
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
EVIDENCE - DIRECT
8. Dying without a will.
HEARING - PRELIMINARY
CHARGING DOCUMENT
INTESTATE
ON A PERSON'S OWN RECOGNIZANCE
9. To deprive a person of his liberty by legal authority.
IMPEACHMENT OF WITNESS
ARREST
INTESTATE
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
10. To give a gift to someone through a will.
EXAMINATION - REDIRECT
IRREVOCABLE TRUST
BEQUEATH
ADJUDICATE
11. To make greater in value - to increase.
FIND GUILTY
LIVING TRUST
ENHANCE
REASONABLE PERSON
12. 1. To execute - perpetrate - or carry out an act. To commit a crime. 2. To send a person to prison - asylum - or reformatory by a court order.
MULTIPLICITY OF ACTIONS
COMMIT
PROBATION BEFORE JUDGMENT (PBJ)
CONCURRENT JURISDICTION
13. A procedural error during a trial or hearing sufficiently harmful to justify reversing the judgment of a lower court.
CASE
REMEDY
REVERSIBLE ERROR
INTERLOCUTORY
14. The purpose to use a particular means to bring about a certain result.
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY
PUBLIC DEFENDER
INTENT
GARNISHMENT
15. A form of alternative dispute resolution in which the parties bring their dispute to a neutral third party - who helps them agree on a settlement.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
MEDIATION
MORAL TURPITUDE
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
16. A list of cases to be heard by a court - or a log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
CREDIBILITY
CONTRACT
CRIME
DOCKET
17. Any unlawful physical restraint of another's personal liberty - whether or not carried out by a peace officer.
PREJUDICIAL ERROR
PRESUMPTION OF LAW
BANKRUPT
FALSE ARREST
18. A formal - written application to the court requesting judicial action on some matter.
PETITION
MURDER
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
19. Supervised release of a prisoner before the expiration of his or her sentence.
KIDNAPPING
FILE
PAROLE
INTERVENTION
20. Willful destruction of property - from actual ill will or resentment toward its owner or possessor.
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
DETENTION FACILITY
REVERSE
CERTIFIED
21. A second examination of a witness by the opposing counsel after the second examination (or redirect examination) by the counsel who called the witness to testify is completed.
EXTRADITION
EXAMINATION - RECROSS
POSTPONEMENT
GOOD TIME
22. 1. The action of sending a person to a penal or mental institution. 2. The order directing an officer to take a person to a penal or mental institution.
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
ACCESSORY
INJUNCTION
COMMITMENT
23. Legal debts and obligations.
LIABILITY
ESCROW
IMPANEL
COMMON LAW
24. Money awarded to an injured person - over and above the measurable value of the injury - in order to punish the person who hurt him.
GOOD CAUSE
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
25. The testimony of witnesses who know the general character and reputation of a person in the community in which he or she lives.
EVIDENCE - DIRECT
ALLEGE
EXCLUSION OF WITNESSES
CHARACTER EVIDENCE
26. 1. To discuss - ponder or reflect upon before reaching a decision. A judge will usually deliberate before announcing a judgment. 2. Intentional - characterized by consideration and awareness.
BENCH CONFERENCE
STATUTORY LAW
DELIBERATE
BIAS
27. 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.
CONTRACT
ANSWER
FORFEITURE
NOTICE TO PRODUCE
28. A failure to respond to a lawsuit within the specified time.
FIRST APPEARANCE
EXHIBIT
DEFAULT
PROBATION
29. For the judge or jury to determine and declare the guilt of the defendant.
FIND GUILTY
PROBATE ESTATE
BURDEN OF PROOF
RETURN
30. To refuse a gift made in a will.
BODY ATTACHMENT
CLERK
DISCLAIM
DAMAGES
31. The person who sets up a trust.
LIABILITY
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
MALPRACTICE
GRANTOR OR SETTLOR
32. Refers to courts that have no limit on the types of criminal and civil cases they may hear.
DISSOLUTION
REJOINDER
COSTS
GENERAL JURISDICTION
33. Writ or order by a court prohibiting a specific action from being carried out by a person or group.
IRRELEVANT
COUNTERFEIT
COMPOSITE DRAWING
INJUNCTION
34. Nonphysical items such as stock certificates - bonds - bank accounts - and pension benefits that have value and must be taken into account in estate planning.
COURT ORDER
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
PETTY THEFT
35. The wellness of a person's state of mind.
MENTAL HEALTH
HOSPITAL WARRANT
BREACH
SHERIFF
36. Language in a will that provides that a person who makes a legal challenge to the will's validity will be disinherited.
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
NO-CONTEST CLAUSE
EXCLUSIONARY RULE
RECOGNIZANCE
37. 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.
COUNSEL
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
SELF-DEFENSE
MERITS
38. The guarantee in the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that all persons be treated equally by the law.
IMMUNITY
FOURTH AMENDMENT
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
EQUAL PROTECTION
39. The distinctive pattern of lines on human fingertips that are used as a method of identification in criminal cases.
RELINQUISHMENT
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT
FINGERPRINT
CRIMINAL INSANITY
40. Keeping all witnesses (except plaintiff and defendant) out of the courtroom except for their time on the stand - and cautioning them not to discuss their testimony with other witnesses. Also called separation of witnesses. This prevents a witness fro
FINE
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
MISTRIAL
FOUNDATION
41. 1. One who has been convicted of a criminal offense. 2. That which is connected with the law of crimes; That which has the character of a crime (criminal justice; criminal intent).
CONVICTION
PROBATION
SENTENCE
CRIMINAL
42. The first examination of a witness by the counsel who called the witness to testify.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
CHANGE OF VENUE
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
43. Summary of a larger work - wherein the principal ideas of the larger work are contained.
ABSTRACTACT
INADMISSIBLE
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
AUTHENTICATE
44. A building or structure used to house alleged criminals and/or convicted criminals of local area crimes.
PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE
COURT OF RECORD
NUNCUPATIVE WILL
COUNTY JAIL
45. 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.
AUTO TAMPERING
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
CLOSING ARGUMENT
JURY COMMISSIONER
46. A case brought by the government against a person accused of committing a crime.
ACCUSED
CRIMINAL CASE
STATE'S ATTORNEY
CLEMENCY OR EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY
47. A criminal case in which the allowable punishment includes death. CAPITAL CRIME - A crime punishable by death.
INTERROGATORIES
REGULATION
FORECLOSURE
CAPITAL CASE
48. The delivery of a legal document - such as a complaint - summons - or subpoena - notifying a person of a lawsuit or other legal action taken against him or her. Service - which constitutes formal legal notice - must be made by an officially authorize
DIRECT EXAMINATION
DECREE
SERVICE
BEST EVIDENCE
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.
CHANGE OF VENUE
INFORMATION
COURT ORDER
CRIME
50. Judge's explanation to the jury before it begins deliberations of the questions it must answer and the applicable law governing the case. Also called charge.
OPINION
INSTRUCTIONS
FINE
CONFESSION