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Law Vocab
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1. Inferences drawn from proven facts.
INCRIMINATE
INFORMANT
EVIDENCE - CIRCUMSTANTIAL
NOMINAL PARTY
2. Evil doing - ill conduct; the commission of some act which is positively prohibited by law.
FOURTH AMENDMENT
BANKRUPT
JURY
MALFEASANCE
3. An assault committed by one member of a household against another.
ARGUMENT
SPEEDY TRIAL
ATTEMPT
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
4. A court order directing that an individual be kept in custody - usually in a penal or mental facility.
COSTS
OPENING ARGUMENT
COMMITMENT ORDER
NOMINAL PARTY
5. The act of not appearing in court after being presented with a subpoena or summons.
BIAS
FAILURE TO APPEAR
FILE
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES
6. A collection - compendium - or revision of laws - rules - and regulations enacted by legislative authority.
INDICTMENT
CODE
ALFORD PLEA
FELONY MURDER
7. To change - correct - revise - improve - modify - or alter.
AMEND
EXAMINATION - REDIRECT
DECREE
RECOGNIZANCE
8. The unlawful killing of one human being by another.
STANDARD OF PROOF
HOMICIDE
DELINQUENCY - JUVENILE
SEARCH WARRANT
9. A method of discharging a claim upon agreement by the parties to give and accept something in settlement of the claim.
PERSONAL PROPERTY
LEVY
ACCORD AND SATISFACTION
PAROLE EVIDENCE
10. An undisclosed person who confidentially discloses material information of a crime to the police - which is usually done in exchange for a reward or special treatment.
APPEARANCE
INFORMANT
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE
CONVICT
11. 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
COURTROOM
SERVICE
BRANDISHING A WEAPON
REPLEVIN
12. To make it appear that one is guilty of a crime.
HEARING - PRELIMINARY
INCRIMINATE
SEARCH WARRANT
CONDITIONAL RELEASE
13. Gifts made in a will.
CRIMINAL RECORD
PRE-INJUNCTION
INCEST
BEQUESTS
14. All the documents and evidence plus transcripts of oral proceedings in a case.
RECORD
LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE
CIVIL PROCEDURE
INFORMANT
15. To set right; to remedy; to compensate; to remove the causes of a grievance.
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
GENERAL JURISDICTION
REDRESS
IRRELEVANT
16. 1. Written attestation. 2. Authorized declaration verifying that an instrument is a true and correct copy of the original.
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
PETITION
LIE DETECTOR
CERTIFICATION
17. The place where a person has his or her permanent legal home. A person may have several residences - but only one domicile.
CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
DOMICILE
ATTACHMENT
CLERK
18. The operation of a vehicle in an impaired state after consuming alcohol that when tested is above the state's legal alcohol limit.
EXECUTOR
BAR EXAMINATION
CONVICT
DRUNK DRIVING
19. The legal right to bring a lawsuit. Only a person with something at stake has standing to bring a lawsuit.
NOT GUILTY
ARREST OF JUDGMENT
STANDING
ACQUITTAL
20. A type of sentence where the convicted criminal is ordered to spend the rest of his or her life in prison
CONSPIRACY
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
FELONY
ADOPTION
21. Allowance ordered to be paid by one spouse to the other for support while the spouses are living apart but not divorced.
EYE WITNESS
FIND GUILTY
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
INTERLOCUTORY
22. A federal or state public building or other place for the confinement of persons. It is used as either a punishment imposed by the law or otherwise in the course of the administration of justice
REHEARING
EMINENT DOMAIN
CONCURRENT JURISDICTION
PRISON
23. Punishment by death for capital crimes. Death penalty.
DIVORCE
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
RESPONDENT
24. A temporary location that is meant to secure the accused while waiting for trial to begin or continue.
MOOT
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
DISMISS
HOLDING CELL
25. Legal debts and obligations.
INTERLOCUTORY
LIABILITY
EQUITABLE ACTION
APPELLEE
26. A protest to the court against an act or omission by the opposing party.
OBJECTION
COUNTY JAIL
KIDNAPPING
CHILD ABUSE
27. State laws that provide for the distribution of estate property of a person who dies without a will. Same as intestacy laws.
EVIDENCE - EVANESCENT
GENERAL JURISDICTION
DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES
ALLEGED
28. A weapon which acts by force of gunpowder - such as a rifle - shotgun or revolver.
QUASH
FIREARM
MOTION GRANTED
ISSUE
29. 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.
EQUITY
GUARDIAN
DEATH PENALTY
HARMLESS ERROR
30. Settling a dispute without a full - formal trial. Methods includemediation - conciliation - arbitration - and settlement - among others.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR)
CODE
JURY COMMISSIONER
31. To seize or take private property for public use (the police confiscated the weapon).
FOURTH AMENDMENT
COURT
PROXIMATE CAUSE
CONFISCATE
32. The state - as in the People of the State of Florida.
PEOPLE (PROSECUTION)
REPLEVIN
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
HEARING - CONTESTED
33. The act of not following an order that is directed by the court.
FAILURE TO COMPLY
MURDER
POLYGRAPH
ALIMONY
34. Persons trained in the law who assist judges in researching legal opinions.
BANKRUPTCY
REAL EVIDENCE
LAW CLERKS
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
35. Supplementary evidence that tends to strengthen or confirm the initial evidence.
JUVENILE
CASE LAW
DISTURBING THE PEACE
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE
36. An agreement by two or more persons to commit an unlawful act; in criminal law - conspiracy is a separate offense from the crime that is the object of the conspiracy.
CONSPIRACY
COUNSEL TABLE
DRUNK DRIVING
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT
37. The judgment reached or given by a court of law.
PROBATION
DECISION
MALICE
ON A PERSON'S OWN RECOGNIZANCE
38. A phrase commonly applied to counsel employed to assist in the preparation or management of the case - or its presentation on appeal - but who is not the principal attorney for the party.
OF COUNSEL
OPENING ARGUMENT
DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL
39. An agreement between parties that dictates what is being received from one party to the other.
LIBEL
EXAMINATION - RECROSS
DOMICILE
SETTLEMENT
40. Formal notification to the party that has been sued in a civil case of the fact that the lawsuit has been filed. Also - any form of notification of a legal proceeding.
CHILD ABUSE
HOSPITAL WARRANT
QUASH
NOTICE
41. Having addressed any matter in writing.
MEMORIALIZED
EXCEPTIONS
GUARDIAN
CONTEMPT OF COURT
42. The generic name for the defendant in a criminal case.
ANNUAL REVIEW
RELINQUISHMENT
ACCUSED
PROCEDURAL LAW
43. A person appointed by will or by law to assume responsibility for incompetent adults or minor children.
IMPEACHMENT OF WITNESS
GUARDIAN
PROFFER
CERTIFICATION
44. A personal representative - named in a will - who administers an estate.
COURT
GRAND JURY
ABSTRACT OF TITLE
EXECUTOR
45. Act ofconsequences of a criminal act - accusation - or conviction. It may take the form of commutation or pardon.
DUE PROCESS OF LAW
EN BANC
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
CLEMENCY OR EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY
46. 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
ENTER A GUILTY PLEA
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
COURT ORDER
ESCROW
47. An alternative to incarceration where an individual is confined to his or her home and monitored electronically.
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
HOME MONITORING
SMALL CLAIMS COURT
STATE'S ATTORNEY
48. The authority of a court to review the official actions of other branches of government. Also - the authority to declare unconstitutional the actions of other branches.
HOMICIDE
COMMITMENT ORDER
JUDICIAL REVIEW
AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS
49. A defense to criminal charges alleging that agents of the government induced a person to commit a crime he or she otherwise would not have committed.
IRREVOCABLE TRUST
ENTRAPMENT
STATUS OFFENDERS
REPLEVIN
50. Now called Judgment as a Matter of Law. An instruction by the judge to the jury to return a specific verdict.
BIND OVER
DIRECTED VERDICT
ACQUIT
COMMITMENT ORDER