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Law Vocab
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1. 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.
MEDIATION
INTESTACY LAWS
GARNISH
FALSE ARREST
2. 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.
PRIVITY
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY
RATIFICATION
3. A certificate or evidence of a debt. Often used interchangeably with bail.
FALSE PRETENSES
COURT REPORTER
SEALING
BOND
4. Language in a will that provides that a person who makes a legal challenge to the will's validity will be disinherited.
DETENTION
NO-CONTEST CLAUSE
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
5. A rule or order prescribed for management or government.
EXONERATE
ALIBI
REGULATION
INVESTIGATION
6. The term pertains to liability for loss shifted from one person held legally responsible to another.
PLEA BARGAIN
RELINQUISHMENT
INDEMNIFY
EMBEZZLE
7. Any form of cruelty to a child's physical - moral - or mental well-being.
CHILD ABUSE
PERJURY
DEATH PENALTY
PARTY
8. The appellate court has the right to review and revise the lower court decision.
LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE
DELIBERATION
PETITIONER
APPELLATE JURISDICTION
9. Substantial reason - one that affords a legal excuse.
AFFIDAVIT
BIAS
FOUNDATION
GOOD CAUSE
10. A criminal case in which the allowable punishment includes death. CAPITAL CRIME - A crime punishable by death.
PAROLE
ESTATE
CRIMINAL CASE
CAPITAL CASE
11. Legal right given to a person to be responsible for the food - housing - health care - and other necessities
EXTORTION
GUARDIANSHIP
CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
PROBATION BEFORE JUDGMENT (PBJ)
12. A statement of all important facts - which all the parties agree is true and correct -which is submitted to a court for ruling.
NO-FAULT PROCEEDINGS
PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE
AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS
BRIBE
13. A listing of all the criminal convictions against an individual.
CHALLENGE TO THE ARRAY
ARBITRATION
RAP SHEET
BEQUESTS
14. Recovery of land or rental property from another by legal process.
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
MALPRACTICE
EVICTION
FINE
15. A reasonable belief that a crime has or is being committed; the basis for all lawful searches - seizures -and arrests.
PROBABLE CAUSE
REST
EXHIBIT - PEOPLE'S
PENALTY
16. Money awarded by a court to a person injured by the unlawful act or negligence of another person.
ACCESSORY
DAMAGES
EVICTION
ADMISSION
17. The questioning of a witness produced by the other side.
CROSS-EXAMINATION
OPINION
CONDEMNATION
REAL EVIDENCE
18. 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.
CONTEMPT OF COURT
INSTRUCTIONS
SELF-INCRIMINATION
COURT - TRAFFIC
19. A husband or wife of a deceased spouse married after a will is executed who is not provided for in the will.
RIGHTS - CONSTITUTIONAL
PRETERMITTED SPOUSE
FORGERY
RESTRAINING ORDER
20. 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.
DISSENT
ACCORD AND SATISFACTION
NOTICE
DISTURBING THE PEACE
21. Remarks addressed by attorney to judge or jury on the merits of case or on points of law.
ARGUMENT
PERJURY
HOME MONITORING
PARALEGAL
22. Willful destruction of property - from actual ill will or resentment toward its owner or possessor.
FOSTER CARE
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
CRIME
AFFIANT
23. A special type of guilty plea by which a defendant does not admit guilt but concedes that the State hasufficient evidence to convict; normally made to avoid the threat of greater punishment. Source: Black's Law Dictionary(1996); North Carolina v. Alf
ALFORD PLEA
DOCKET NUMBER
SELF-INCRIMINATION
CHARGE TO THE JURY
24. A person confined to a prison - penitentiary - or jail.
BODY ATTACHMENT
FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER
INMATE
PETTY OFFENSE
25. Yearly judicial review - usually in juvenile dependency cases - to determine whether the child requirescontinued court supervision or placement.
ANNUAL REVIEW
REVOCABLE TRUST
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
DIRECT EXAMINATION
26. The act of staking money - or other thing of value - on an uncertain event or outcome.
SECURED DEBT
REBUTTAL
PRISON
GAMBLING
27. With knowledge - willfully or intentionally with respect to a material element of an offense.
KNOWINGLY
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
DEPENDENT CHILD
CREDIBILITY
28. Form of discipline of a lawyer resulting in the loss (often permanently) of that lawyer's right to practice law. It differs from censure (an official reprimand or condemnation) and from suspension (a temporary loss of the right to practice law).
OFFENDER
DISBARMENT
ISSUE
INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR
29. A temporary location that is meant to secure the accused while waiting for trial to begin or continue.
ENJOINING
HOLDING CELL
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
APPELLANT
30. 1. Written attestation. 2. Authorized declaration verifying that an instrument is a true and correct copy of the original.
SELF-INCRIMINATION
PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE
CHALLENGE TO THE ARRAY
CERTIFICATION
31. Any factors associated with the commission of a crime which increase the seriousness of theoffense or add to its injurious consequences.
CONSIDERATION
INCOMPETENCY
COURTS - JUVENILE and DEPENDENCY
AGGRAVATING FACTORS
32. A crime of a more serious nature than a misdemeanor - usually punishable by imprisonment in a penitentiary for more than a year and/or substantial fines.
GENERAL JURISDICTION
DEPENDENT CHILD
FELONY
LIE DETECTOR
33. Court order requiring to appear and show cause why the court should not take a particular course of action. If the party fails to appear or to give sufficient reasons why the court should take no action - the court will take the action. In criminal c
CONTRACT
CALENDAR
EQUITABLE ACTION
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
34. The juror who chairs the jury during deliberations and speaks for the jury in court when announcing the verdict.
AID AND ABET
JURY FOREMAN
REVOCABLE TRUST
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
35. A county court that handles civil claims for amounts less than $5 -00. People often represent themselves rather than hire an attorney.
SMALL CLAIMS COURT
INDEMNIFY
STATUTORY LAW
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
36. A trust that - once set up - the grantor may not revoke.
LIEN
IRREVOCABLE TRUST
PETTY THEFT
HUNG JURY
37. Any behavior - contrary to law - which disturbs the public peace or decorum - scandalizes the community - or shocks the public sense of morality.
INFRACTION
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
PROBATE COURT
REAL PROPERTY
38. Evil doing - ill conduct; the commission of some act which is positively prohibited by law.
MALFEASANCE
FAILURE TO COMPLY
PROCEDURAL LAW
CONTEMPT OF COURT
39. The hearing available to a person charged with a felony to determine if there is enough evidence (probable cause) to hold him for trial.
COMPOSITE DRAWING
INDIGENT
COURTS - JUVENILE and DEPENDENCY
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
40. An oral (unwritten) will.
NUNCUPATIVE WILL
JEOPARDY
PREJUDICIAL ERROR
CIVIL PROCEDURE
41. The malicious burning of someone else's or one's own dwelling or of anyone's commercial or industrial property.
FINE
DISTURBING THE PEACE
ARSON
FORECLOSURE
42. The judgment reached or given by a court of law.
CIVIL CASE
CORROBORATION
STATUS OFFENDERS
DECISION
43. A contract in which the promise made by the obligor is not expressed - but inferred by one's conduct or implied in law.
IMPLIED CONTRACT
ACCORD AND SATISFACTION
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT
COMPLAINT
44. Money or a written instrument such as a deed that - by agreement between two parties - is held by a neutral third party (held in escrow) until all conditions of the agreement are met.
DEMURRER
ESCROW
HARASSMENT
BAILIFF
45. Specific factors that define a crime which the prosecution must prove beyond a reasonable doubt in order to obtain a conviction. The elements that must be proven are 1) that a crime has actually occurred - 2) the accused intended the crime to happen
ELEMENTS OF A CRIME
COURTROOM
INFRACTION
OVERT ACT
46. Dying without a will.
INTESTATE
BAILIFF
COMMUTATION
GRAND JURY
47. A hearing in which certain rights are respected such as the right to present evidence - to cross examine and to have findings supported by evidence.
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
FAIR HEARING
SANCTION
STATUTORY LAW
48. Pictures taken after a suspect is taken into custody (booked) - usually used as an official photograph by police officers.
MUGSHOT
CONSERVATORSHIP
SENTENCE - CONSECUTIVE
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE
49. To sentence a person convicted of an offense to pay a penalty in money.
FINE
DRUNK DRIVING
SANCTION
KIDNAPPING
50. The procedure where the accused is brought before the court to hear the criminal charge(s) against him or her and to enter a plea of either guilty - not guilty or no contest.
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
BENCH TRIAL
ARRAIGN
DELINQUENCY - JUVENILE