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Law Vocab
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1. A specialized court that hears crimes dealing with traffic offenses.
COURT - TRAFFIC
CONSERVATORSHIP
JUROR - ALTERNATE
DETENTION
2. 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.
GARNISH
ORAL ARGUMENT
PURGE
SETTLEMENT
3. The process by which a deceased person's property goes to the state if no heir can be found.
PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE
DISSOLUTION
HARMLESS ERROR
ESCHEAT (ES-CHET)
4. Elected officer of a county whose job is to conserve peace within his or her territorial jurisdiction as well as aid in the criminal and civil court processes.
APPELLEE
CHARGING DOCUMENT
SHERIFF
INVESTIGATION
5. An official or formal statement of facts or proceedings.
REPORT
ABSTRACTACT
ADOPTION
COUNSEL TABLE
6. A right guaranteed by the U. S. Constitution - interpreted by the federal courts; also - a right guaranteed by some other constitution (such as a state constitution).
IRREVOCABLE TRUST
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
NOT GUILTY
REVOKE
7. Supplementary evidence that tends to strengthen or confirm the initial evidence.
ARSON
BOOKMAKING
OPENING ARGUMENT
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE
8. 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.
GENERAL JURISDICTION
DEFENSE
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
RULE OF COURT
9. The act of stopping a judicial proceeding by order of the court.
AGREEMENT
STAY
LITIGATION
EXCLUSIONARY RULE
10. The voluntary transfer - by a debtor - of all property to a trustee for thebenefit of all of his or her creditors.
ADMISSIBLE
SENTENCING
CLOSING ARGUMENT
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT
11. A special kind of executor - permitted by the laws of certain states - who performs the duties of an executor without intervention by the court.
SPEEDY TRIAL
SHOW CAUSE
INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR
PURGE
12. An allowance for expenses in prosecuting or defending a suit. Ordinarily this does not include attorney fees.
CERTIFIED
COSTS
POSSESSION OF DRUGS
AGENT
13. 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.
INFORMANT
COUNSEL TABLE
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
SETTLOR
14. The doctrine that the government - state or federal - is immune to lawsuit unless it gives its consent.
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
INTERVENTION
ESCROW
EXCEPTIONS
15. A court order to protect a person from further harassment - service of process - or discovery.
CONSPIRACY
MOTION
PROTECTIVE ORDER
DIRECT EXAMINATION
16. Grant by the court which assures someone will not face prosecution in return for providing evidence in a criminal proceeding.
IMMUNITY
CREDIBILITY
EXECUTE
ON A PERSON'S OWN RECOGNIZANCE
17. An attack on a judgment other than a direct appeal to a higher court.
CRIMINAL
COLLATERAL ATTACK
COURT ORDER
CREDIBILITY
18. The testimony of witnesses who know the general character and reputation of a person in the community in which he or she lives.
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
STATEMENT - OPENING
INTENT
CHARACTER EVIDENCE
19. A lawsuit.
LITIGATION
REPLEVIN
BENCH
HOME MONITORING
20. Immorality. An element of crimes inherently bad - as opposed to crimes bad merely because they are forbidden by statute.
MORAL TURPITUDE
SENTENCE - CONSECUTIVE
ATTORNEY
DEMURRER
21. A party is said to rest or rest its case when it has presented all the evidence it intends to offer.
RELEVANT
PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE
PRE-INJUNCTION
REST
22. State-imposed death as punishment for a serious crime. Capital punishment.
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
DEATH PENALTY
CONVICTION
RE-DIRECT EXAMINATION
23. The facts that give rise to a lawsuit or a legal claim.
DRUNK DRIVING
LEVY
CAUSE OF ACTION
COUNT
24. A murder committed during the commission of a felony such as robbery - burglary - or kidnapping.
BAIL BOND
OFFENDER
INFORMANT
FELONY MURDER
25. Against - or not authorized by law; unlawful.
DISCLAIM
SELF-INCRIMINATION
ILLEGAL
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
26. A person having a legal relationship of trust and confidence to another and having a duty to act primarily for the others benefit - e.g. - a guardian - trustee - or executor.
INTERROGATORIES
EXECUTOR
REPLEVIN
FIDUCIARY
27. To seat a jury. When voir dire is finished and both sides have exercised their challenges - the jury is impaneled.The jurors are sworn in and the trial is ready to proceed.
IMPANEL
ARREST OF JUDGMENT
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
INTERVENTION
28. A moot case or a moot point is one not subject to a judicial determination because it involves an abstract question or a pretended controversy that has not yet actually arisen or has already passed. Mootness usually refers to a court's refusal to con
HOLDING CELL
FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER
BURDEN OF PROOF
MOOT
29. Oral or written request made by a party to an action before - during - or after a trial asking the judge to issue a ruling or order in that party's favor.
MOTION
GRAND THEFT
INDEMNIFY
OVERRULE
30. Ordinarily refers to a summary proceeding for restoring possession of land to one who has been wrongfully deprived of possession.
RELEVANT
FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER
FALSE IMPRISONMENT
JOINT VENTURE
31. Evidence which might unfairly sway the judge or jury to one side or the other.
CLOSING ARGUMENT
COMMISSIONER
CAUSE OF ACTION
PREJUDICIAL EVIDENCE
32. A meeting between the judge and the lawyers involved in a lawsuit to narrow the issues in the suit - agree on what will be presented at the trial - and make a final effort to settle the case without a trial.
ACQUITTAL
FAMILY ALLOWANCE
DEMURRER
PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE
33. An imaginary situation - incorporating facts previously admitted into evidence - upon which an expert witness is permitted to give an opinion as to a condition resulting from the situation.
JUROR - ALTERNATE
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
POLYGRAPH
CODICIL (kod'i-sil)
34. A legal claim against another person's property as security for a debt.
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
FILE
HOSTILE WITNESS
LIEN
35. Generally - justice or fairness.
ARREST
EQUITY
AGENT
CHANGE OF VENUE
36. Voluntary statement made by one who is a defendant in a criminal trial - which - if true - discloses his or her guilt.
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
INDECENT EXPOSURE
CONFESSION
PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS
37. A husband or wife of a deceased spouse married after a will is executed who is not provided for in the will.
PRETERMITTED SPOUSE
FINE
PETIT JURY
KIDNAPPING
38. Behavior that is obscene - lustful - indecent - vulgar.
LEWD CONDUCT
POST CONVICTION RELIEF PROCEEDING
CHAMBERS
APPELLANT
39. A claim by codefendant or co-plaintiffs against each other and not against persons on the opposite side of the lawsuit.
MANSLAUGHTER - VOLUNTARY
CROSS-CLAIM
PATERNITY
BAIL
40. A judgment of the court that explains what the existing law is or expresses the opinion of the court without the need for enforcement.
DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
INDEMNIFY
INCARCERATE
ARREST
41. An honest belief - the absence of malice - and the absence of design to defraud.
LIEN
GOOD FAITH
EMINENT DOMAIN
PRE-SENTENCE REPORT
42. A hallowed principle of criminal law that a person is innocent of a crime until proven guilty.
INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY
COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
ARREST OF JUDGMENT
43. Oral or verbal evidence rather than written. The Parole Evidence Rule limits the admissibility of parole evidence which would directly contradict the clear meaning of terms of a written contract.
MAYHEM
CONTEMPT OF COURT
PAROLE EVIDENCE
OPINION EVIDENCE
44. The quality in a witness which makes his or her testimony believable.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
FALSE IMPRISONMENT
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
CREDIBILITY
45. Substantial reason - one that affords a legal excuse.
OVERRULE
PROBATE COURT
GOOD CAUSE
SELF-PROVING WILL
46. An offer of proof as to what the evidence would be if a witness were called to testify or answer a question.
PREJUDICE
INTESTACY LAWS
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
PROFFER
47. A lesser offense than a felony and generally punishable by fine or limited jail time - but not in a penitentiary.
SIDEBAR
COURTS - JUVENILE and DEPENDENCY
SPENDTHRIFT TRUST
MISDEMEANOR
48. To give authority or legal authenticity to a statute - record - or other written instrument.
REMITTITUR
LEGAL AID
ALIMONY
AUTHENTICATE
49. The court in which a matter must first be filed.
INTESTATE SUCCESSION
CONTINUANCE
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
PERMANENT RESIDENT
50. Illegal sex acts performed against a minor by a parent - guardian - relative or acquaintance.
PENITENTIARY
SENTENCE REPORT
COUNTERFEIT
SEXUAL MOLESTATION