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Subject : law
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1. A statement of all important facts - which all the parties agree is true and correct -which is submitted to a court for ruling.






2. A rule or order prescribed for management or government.






3. An advocate - counsel - or official agent employed in preparing - managing - and trying cases in the courts.






4. A state examination taken by prospective lawyers in order to be admitted and licensed to practice law.






5. To place a paper in the official custody of the clerk of court to enter into the files or records of a case.






6. A short - abbreviated form of the case as found in the record.






7. A government grant giving an inventor the exclusive right to make or sell his or her invention for a term of years.






8. 1. Written attestation. 2. Authorized declaration verifying that an instrument is a true and correct copy of the original.






9. A ruling by the court in favor of the party making the objection.






10. Substantial reason - one that affords a legal excuse.






11. A general term for an action - cause - suit - or controversy brought before the court for resolution.






12. 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.






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






14. The jury or the judge must determine that the defendant - because of mental disease or defect - could not form the intent required to commit the offense.






15. 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).






16. The area of a state or federal prison where criminals who are sentenced to death are confined until their sentence is commuted or carried out.






17. Ordinarily refers to a summary proceeding for restoring possession of land to one who has been wrongfully deprived of possession.






18. Official and formal erasure of a record or partial contents of a record.






19. A person who makes and signs an affidavit.






20. Any unlawful physical restraint of another's personal liberty - whether or not carried out by a peace officer.






21. An attack on a judgment other than a direct appeal to a higher court.






22. The constitutional prohibition under the Fifth Amendment against a person being put on trial more than once for the same offense.






23. The time in a lawsuit when the complaining party has stated his or her claim and the other side has responded with a denial and the matter is ready to be tried.






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






25. An agreement between parties that dictates what is being received from one party to the other.






26. The section of a courthouse in which the judge presides over the proceedings.






27. 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.






28. Circumstances which render a crime less aggravated - heinous - or reprehensible than it would otherwise be.






29. To protest to the court against an act or omission by the opposing party.






30. A body of persons temporarily selected from the citizens of a particular district sworn to listen to the evidence in a trial and declare a verdict on matters of fact.






31. The judgment formally pronounced by the court or judge upon the defendant after his or her conviction by imposing a punishment to be inflicted either in the form of a fine - incarceration or probation.






32. A motion to dismiss a civil case because of the legal insufficiency of a complaint.






33. The act of taking and carrying away the personal property of another of a value less than $300 with the intent to deprive the owner or possessor of it permanently.






34. Successive sentences - one beginning at the expiration of another - imposed against a person convicted of two or more violations.






35. To terminate legal action involving outstanding charges against a defendant in a criminal case.






36. 1. Property that is pledged as security against a debt. 2. A person belonging to the same ancestral stock (a relation) - but not in a direct line of descent.






37. Mental capacity of a person - especially with regard to his or her ability to stand trial and to assist counsel in his or her defense.






38. 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.






39. The standard in a criminal case requiring that the jury be satisfied to a moralcertainty that every element of a crime has been proven by the prosecution. This standard of proof does not require that the state establish absolute certainty by eliminat






40. The peril in which an accused is placed when he is properly charged with a crime before a court. Jeopardy normally attaches when the petit jury is impaneled.






41. To refuse a gift made in a will.






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






43. Any of the drugs whose production and use are regulated by law - including narcotics - stimulants - and hallucinogens.






44. Nonphysical items such as stock certificates - bonds - bank accounts - and pension benefits that have value and must be taken into account in estate planning.






45. The act of showing a weapon to another person - typically the police or the victim.






46. Property owned in common by husband and wife each having an undivided one-half interest by reason of their marital status. For example - the earnings of one spouse during the marriage do not belong solely to that spouse; the earnings are community pr






47. To give a gift to someone through a will.






48. An order of an administrative agency or court prohibiting a person or business from continuing a particular course of conduct.






49. Bail that is kept by the court as a result of not following a court order.






50. The party who complains or sues; one who applies to the court for legal redress. Also called the plaintiff.