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Law Vocab
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1. Violation of a professional duty to act with reasonable care and in good faith without fraud or collusion.
CONVICT
COLLATERAL
MALPRACTICE
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
2. 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.
EN BANC
ARBITRATION
PREJUDICIAL EVIDENCE
FELONY
3. A civil case in which parties may resolve their dispute without a formal finding of error or fault.
ARGUMENT
MANSLAUGHTER - INVOLUNTARY
NO-FAULT PROCEEDINGS
GUARDIAN
4. 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.
BURDEN OF PROOF
MALICE
PRESENTMENT
EXPERT TESTIMONY
5. 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.
ASSAULT - AGGRAVATED
REMAND
DEFAULT
DIRECT EXAMINATION
6. A person who initiates a lawsuit against another. Also called the complainant.
MODIFICATION
PLAINTIFF
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
7. The questioning of a witness produced by the other side.
CROSS-EXAMINATION
FOSTER CARE
CONFISCATE
BREACH
8. Standards governing whether evidence in a civil or criminal case is admissible.
FIDUCIARY
LIABLE
STATUTORY RAPE
RULES OF EVIDENCE
9. A malicious injury which disables or disfigures another.
EXTORTION
CHAMBERS
MAYHEM
ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE
10. The loss of money or property resulting from failure to meet a legal obligation or from the illegal nature or use of the money or property.
RELEVANT
FORFEITURE
REST
ACCESSORY
11. The guarantee in the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that all persons be treated equally by the law.
SENTENCE
POWER OF ATTORNEY
EQUAL PROTECTION
ACCOMPLICE
12. Help - assist - or facilitate the commission of a crime.
LYNCHING
CREDIBILITY
BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME (B.C.S.)
AID AND ABET
13. Official and formal erasure of a record or partial contents of a record.
ANNUAL REVIEW
INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR
PLAINTIFF
EXPUNGEMENT
14. Written or oral pledge by a witness to speak the truth.
OATH
PETTY THEFT
MANSLAUGHTER - VOLUNTARY
EXCEPTIONS
15. A lawsuit brought by one or more persons on behalf of a larger group.
ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEY
CLASS ACTION
EN BANC
DECISION
16. An error committed during a trial that was corrected or was not serious enough to affect the outcome of a trial and (prejudicial) to be reversed on appeal.
HARMLESS ERROR
QUASH
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
17. A forsaking - abandoning - renouncing - or giving over a right.
MORAL TURPITUDE
INADMISSIBLE
CONTEMPT OF COURT
RELINQUISHMENT
18. A specialized court that deals with cases during the late evening and early morning hours.
SERVE A SENTENCE
STATUTORY LAW
COURT - NIGHT
INMATE
19. To support with evidence or authority; make more certain.
CORROBORATE
AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS
ORDINANCE
ALLEGED
20. A procedural error during a trial or hearing sufficiently harmful to justify reversing the judgment of a lower court.
DELIBERATE
EXHIBIT - PEOPLE'S
FIND GUILTY
REVERSIBLE ERROR
21. The unlawful killing of a human being with deliberate intent to kill.
LENIENCY
MURDER
ROBBERY
SELF-DEFENSE
22. A husband or wife of a deceased spouse married after a will is executed who is not provided for in the will.
ALLEGATION
PRETERMITTED SPOUSE
LIBEL
COUNTERFEIT
23. Dying without a will.
FAILURE TO APPEAR
INCEST
ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE
INTESTATE
24. 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.
AT ISSUE
FIREARM
COURT - APPEALS
LIMITED JURISDICTION
25. State laws that provide for the distribution of estate property of a person who dies without a will. Same as intestacy laws.
LAW
ARREST
DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES
EVIDENCE - DIRECT
26. A form of alternative dispute resolution in which the parties bring their dispute to a neutral third party - who helps lower tensions - improve communications - and explore possible solutions. Conciliation is similar to mediation - but it may be less
SEALING
CONCILIATION
SELF-DEFENSE
SEXUAL MOLESTATION
27. An open act showing the intent to commit a crime.
SERVE A SENTENCE
OVERT ACT
SETTLEMENT
BENCH
28. Supplementary evidence that tends to strengthen or confirm the initial evidence.
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES
IMMUNITY
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE
LENIENCY
29. 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.
PATERNITY
JOIN
BANKRUPTCY
REVOKE
30. 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
CONCILIATION
HANDCUFFS
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
COUNT
31. A formal written document filed by the prosecutor detailing the criminal charges against the defendant. An alternative to an indictment - it serves to bring a defendant to trial.
PENALTY
INFORMATION
RESTITUTION
ISSUE
32. An alternative to incarceration where an individual is confined to his or her home and monitored electronically.
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
INVESTIGATION
HOME MONITORING
CODE
33. The specific place in the courtroom where the jury sits during the trial.
INTERROGATORIES
JURY BOX
EQUITY
HIT AND RUN
34. Failure to exercise the degree of care that a reasonable person would use under the same circumstances.
NUNCUPATIVE WILL
NEGLIGENCE
BOOKING NUMBER
DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
35. To clean or clear - such as eliminating inactive records from court files; with respect to civil contempt - to cure the noncompliance that caused the contempt finding.
PURGE
ASSIGNEE
IMMUNITY
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
36. The judge's instructions to the jury concerning the law that applies to the facts of the case on trial.
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
ESTATE
SIDEBAR
CHARGE TO THE JURY
37. Crime in which the driver of a vehicle leaves the scene of an accident without identifying himself or herself.
PARALEGAL
HIT AND RUN
MALPRACTICE
PLEA BARGAIN
38. Any behavior - contrary to law - which disturbs the public peace or decorum - scandalizes the community - or shocks the public sense of morality.
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE
EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE
BOND
39. State-imposed death as punishment for a serious crime. Capital punishment.
DEATH PENALTY
IRRELEVANT
ILLEGAL
PRIVILEGE
40. A defendant's statement in mitigation of punishment.
PETIT JURY
ASSUMPTION OF RISK
ALLOCUTION
OPINION
41. The presence of drugs on the accused for recreational use or for the purpose to sell.
AFFIANT
HOMICIDE
POSSESSION OF DRUGS
PREJUDICE
42. Professional legal services available usually to persons or organizations unable to afford legal representation.
LEGAL AID
MOTION
CONCURRENT SENTENCES
COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE
43. A form of legal co-ownership of property (also known as survivor ship ). At the death of one co-owner - the surviving co-owner becomes sole owner of the property.
INMATE
RELEVANT
PRESUMPTION
JOINT TENANCY
44. 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.
ALFORD PLEA
LIABLE
COMMIT
RIGHTS - CONSTITUTIONAL
45. Money or other security (such as a bail bond) provided to the court to temporarily allow a person's release from jail and assure his or her appearance in court. Bail and Bond are often used interchangeably.
GENERAL JURISDICTION
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
COURT ORDER
BAIL
46. A written direction or command delivered by a court or judge.
COURT ORDER
PETTY OFFENSE
CHARGE TO THE JURY
DEMURRER
47. Attested as being true or an exact reproduction.
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
SEPARATION
CLASS ACTION
CERTIFIED
48. The operation of a vehicle in an impaired state after consuming alcohol that when tested is above the state's legal alcohol limit.
PAROLE
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
DRUNK DRIVING
ASSAULT
49. An honest belief - the absence of malice - and the absence of design to defraud.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
GOOD FAITH
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
AFFIRMED
50. A judge's private office. A hearing in chambers takes place in the judge's office outside of the presence of the jury and the public.
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
QUASH
CHAMBERS
BANKRUPTCY