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1. 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
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
EN BANC
CREDIBILITY
2. A form of executive clemency preventing criminal prosecution or removing or extinguishing a criminal conviction.
PARDON
FRAUD
BRIBE
ENTRAPMENT
3. In criminal law - the hearing at which a judge determines whether there is sufficient evidence against a person charged with a crime to hold him or her for trial.
ADJUDICATE
INITIAL APPEARANCE
LOITERING
CITATION
4. An accounting for the whereabouts of the tangible evidence from the moment it is received in custody until it is offered in evidence in court.CHALLENGE - An objection - such as when an attorney objects at a hearing to the seating of a particular pers
FINDING
ACCESSORY
AFFIRMED
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
5. 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.
STATUTORY RAPE
DIVERSION
ALIMONY
MULTIPLICITY OF ACTIONS
6. To withhold a debtor's money - and turn it over to another in order to pay a debt. Typically - the one withholding the money is the debtor's employer.
GARNISH
GLUE SNIFFING
RELEVANT
FIDELITY BOND
7. Presentation of evidence to the court (out of the hearing of the jury) for the court's decision of whether the evidence is admissible.
LENIENCY
IRREVOCABLE TRUST
MISDEMEANOR
OFFER OF PROOF
8. The party against whom an appeal is taken. Sometimes called a respondent.
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
PRESUMPTION OF LAW
APPELLEE
SEALING
9. Evidence which might unfairly sway the judge or jury to one side or the other.
DOCKET
PREJUDICIAL EVIDENCE
BOOKING NUMBER
CONDEMNATION
10. The continued - habitual - or compulsive commission of law violations after first having been convicted of prior offenses.
HOLDING CELL
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
RECIDIVISM
PENITENTIARY
11. Legal document issued by a court that shows an administrator's legal right to take control of assets in the deceased person's name.
CONSPIRACY
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
REAL PROPERTY
INITIAL APPEARANCE
12. To unite - to combine - to enter into an alliance.
SECURED DEBT
CIVIL ACTION
CRIMINAL CASE
JOIN
13. All evidence except eyewitness testimony. One example is physical evidence - such as fingerprints - from which an inference can be drawn.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
JOINT VENTURE
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
14. 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.
CHILD MOLESTATION
ARBITRATION
BENCH WARRANT
PRIVITY
15. Without denying the charge - the defendant raises circumstances such as insanity - self-defense -or entrapment to avoid civil or criminal responsibility.
ALLOCUTION
BRANDISHING A WEAPON
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
16. A party is said to rest or rest its case when it has presented all the evidence it intends to offer.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
COURT - TRAFFIC
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
REST
17. To sentence a person convicted of an offense to pay a penalty in money.
EVIDENCE - EVANESCENT
FINE
ACCOMPLICE
PROBATE ESTATE
18. A belief in the American legal system which states that all people accused of a criminal act are considered not to have committed the crime until the evidence leaves no doubt in the mind of the court or the jury .
INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY
EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE
CORONER
ORDINANCE
19. A defense attorney designated by the court to represent a defendant who does not have the funds to retain an attorney. COURT COSTS - The expenses of prosecuting or defending a lawsuit - other than the attorneys' fees. An amount of moneymay be awarded
PRE-SENTENCE REPORT
COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL
COURT ORDER
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
20. Nonphysical items such as stock certificates - bonds - bank accounts - and pension benefits that have value and must be taken into account in estate planning.
AFFIANT
QUASH
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
21. Member of the jury.
STATUTORY LAW
BRIEF
JUROR
ALFORD PLEA
22. 1. A real or seeming incompatibility between one's private interests and one's public or fiduciary duties. 2. A real or seeming incompatibility between the interests of two of a lawyer's clients - such that the lawyer is disqualified from representin
OBJECTION SUSTAINED
CERTIFICATION
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
SPEEDY TRIAL
23. State laws that provide for the distribution of estate property of a person who dies without a will. Same as intestacy laws.
ENHANCE
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
PEOPLE (PROSECUTION)
DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES
24. A previously decided case that guides the decision of future cases.
BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME (B.C.S.)
LEADING QUESTION
EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE
PRECEDENT
25. The department that oversees the actions of probationers as well as the location of where probation officers work.
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
QUASI JUDICIAL
COURT OF RECORD
DIRECT EVIDENCE
26. The rules and process by which a civil case is tried and appealed - including the preparations for trial - the rules of evidence and trial conduct - and the procedure for pursuing appeals.
SENTENCING
DUE PROCESS OF LAW
CIVIL PROCEDURE
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
27. A general term for an action - cause - suit - or controversy brought before the court for resolution.
CONVICTION
LENIENCY
CASE
CLERK
28. To determine finally.
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
COMPLAINT
ADJUDICATE
CHALLENGE FOR CAUSE
29. Oral or anal copulation between humans - or between humans or animals.
SODOMY
CROSS-EXAMINATION
DEPENDENT CHILD
EQUITY
30. The first questioning of witnesses by the party on whose behalf they are called.
GOOD TIME
REMITTITUR
DIRECT EXAMINATION
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
31. Substantial reason - one that affords a legal excuse.
GOOD CAUSE
SEPARATION
GOOD TIME
DEFENDANT
32. 1. Written attestation. 2. Authorized declaration verifying that an instrument is a true and correct copy of the original.
COMMITMENT ORDER
OVERT ACT
DOCKET NUMBER
CERTIFICATION
33. 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
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
SENTENCING
COMMITMENT ORDER
MOTION GRANTED
34. 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.
CONTEMPT OF COURT
SEARCH WARRANT
ARRAIGNMENT
NUNCUPATIVE WILL
35. To put off or delay a court hearing.
COURT - TRAFFIC
POSTPONEMENT
PRIORS
MALFEASANCE
36. A person confined to a prison - penitentiary - or jail.
ABSTRACT OF TITLE
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
INMATE
DETENTION HEARING
37. 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.
CAUSE
OATH
POLYGRAPH
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
38. The unlawful operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
QUASH
BEST EVIDENCE
MEDIATION
39. A final settlement or determination. The court decision terminating proceedings in a case before judgment.
MAYHEM
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
EQUAL PROTECTION
DISPOSITION
40. 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.
HEARING
SODOMY
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
BILL OF PARTICULARS
41. A place of confinement that is more than a police station and less than a prison. It is usually used to hold persons convicted of misdemeanors or persons awaiting trial.
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
PENALTY
FIDELITY BOND
JAIL
42. The constitutional prohibition under the Fifth Amendment against a person being put on trial more than once for the same offense.
ADMINISTRATOR
PRETERMITTED SPOUSE
ASSAULT - AGGRAVATED
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
43. A building or structure used to house alleged criminals and/or convicted criminals of local area crimes.
COUNTY JAIL
LAW
INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY
INFRACTION
44. To stand idly around - particularly in a public place.
LOITERING
RULES OF EVIDENCE
PROTECTIVE ORDER
JURISDICTION
45. A change - alteration - or amendment which introduces new elements into the details - or cancels some of them - but leaves the general purpose and effect of the subject-matter intact.
MODIFICATION
EXECUTE
MOTION DENIED
JUVENILE
46. A witness whose testimony is not favorable to the party who calls him or her as a witness. A hostile witness may be asked be cross-examined by the party who calls him or be cross-examined by the party who calls him or leading questions and may her to
INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR
HOSTILE WITNESS
OVERT ACT
CORROBORATION
47. A claim by codefendant or co-plaintiffs against each other and not against persons on the opposite side of the lawsuit.
CROSS-CLAIM
LEASE
BREATHALYZER TEST
OFFER OF PROOF
48. An action of a higher court in setting aside or revoking a lower court decision.
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
SETTLOR
CHILD ABUSE
REVERSE
49. A judgment entered against a party who fails to appear in court - respond to the charges - or does not comply with an order - especially an order to provide or permit discovery.
BREATHALYZER TEST
COUNTERCLAIM
APPEARANCE
DEFAULT-JUDGMENT
50. Acts or declarations by which one implicates oneself in a crime.
BOOKMAKING
SELF-INCRIMINATION
RETAINER
JURY COMMISSIONER
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