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Law Vocab
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1. One who is joined as a party or defendant merely because the technical rules of pleading require his presence in the record.
INFRACTION
PROBATE COURT
EXECUTE
NOMINAL PARTY
2. In a trial - a foundation must be laid to establish the basis for the admissibility of certain types of evidence.
LIMITED JURISDICTION
PROBATION OFFICER
KNOWINGLY
FOUNDATION
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.
INITIAL APPEARANCE
CERTIFIED
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
AID AND ABET
4. Pictures taken after a suspect is taken into custody (booked) - usually used as an official photograph by police officers.
FALSE ARREST
AFFIANT
ADJUDICATE
MUGSHOT
5. 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.
AUTHENTICATE
BURDEN OF PROOF
APPELLATE JURISDICTION
SHERIFF
6. An allowance for expenses in prosecuting or defending a suit. Ordinarily this does not include attorney fees.
RELINQUISHMENT
COSTS
POUR-OVER WILL
JOYRIDING
7. Each of the allegations of an offense listed in a charging document.
DEFAULT-JUDGMENT
CHAMBERS
MURDER
COUNT
8. A release from custody which imposes regulations on the activities and associations of the defendant. If a defendant fails to meet the conditions - the release is revoked.
PAROLE
INFORMATION
CONDITIONAL RELEASE
LIABILITY
9. Words - gestures - and actions which tend to annoy - alarm - and verbally abuse another person.
REGULATION
ABSTRACTACT
ENJOINING
HARASSMENT
10. The term pertains to liability for loss shifted from one person held legally responsible to another.
GUILTY
SLANDER
FAMILY ALLOWANCE
INDEMNIFY
11. A practice whereby a person or place is searched and evidence useful in the investigation and prosecution of a crime is seized or taken. The search is conducted after an order is issued by a judge.
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
DISSOLUTION
CORROBORATE
PEOPLE (PROSECUTION)
12. A party is said to rest or rest its case when it has presented all the evidence it intends to offer.
EXAMINATION - REDIRECT
INTESTATE
DEFAULT
REST
13. Punishment - civil or criminal - generally referring to payment of money.
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
BOOKING
BIND OVER
PENALTY
14. 1. The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. 2. The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
SHOPLIFTING
JURISDICTION
HANDCUFFS
JURY
15. This phrase - endorsed by a grand jury on the written indictment submitted to it for its approval - means that the evidence was found insufficient to indict.
RETURN
NO BILL
RELEVANT
SENTENCE - SUSPENDED
16. 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.
RESPONDENT
GROUNDS
DIVERSION
CHILD MOLESTATION
17. Unlawful intercourse with an individual without their consent.
RAPE
APPEARANCE
PURGE
QUASI JUDICIAL
18. One who has authority to act for another.
FAIR HEARING
AGENT
ALLEGATION
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
19. A formal written accusation - issued by a grand jury - charging a party with a crime.
INDICTMENT
CRIMINAL
DELIBERATION
DISPOSITION
20. Attested as being true or an exact reproduction.
PENITENTIARY
CERTIFIED
LIEN
CONSERVATORSHIP
21. To hold a person for trial on bond (bail) or in jail. If the judicial official conducting a hearing finds probable cause to believe the accused committed a crime - the official will bind over the accused - normally by setting bail for the accused's a
CONCURRENT SENTENCES
SEARCH WARRANT
REHEARING
BIND OVER
22. The unlawful killing of one human being by another.
SETTLOR
HOMICIDE
ESTATE
POSSESSION OF DRUGS
23. 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.
BREATHALYZER TEST
INSTRUCTIONS
FIND GUILTY
REPLEVIN
24. Estate property that may be disposed of by a will.
SELF-INCRIMINATION
OVERT ACT
ABANDONMENT
PROBATE ESTATE
25. 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.
ABSTRACT OF RECORD
DISBARMENT
CHILD ABUSE
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
26. Any willful attempt or threat to inflict injury upon the person of another - when coupled with the present ability to do so - and any intentional display of force such as would give victim reason to fear or expect immediate bodily harm.
PERJURY
INHERITANCE TAX
ASSAULT
FIRST APPEARANCE
27. An established standard - guide - or regulation.
OATH
ASSAULT - AGGRAVATED
RULE
COMPLAINT
28. The planning of a crime preceding the commission of the act - rather than committing the crime on the spur of the moment.
PRETERMITTED CHILD
JUDGE
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
PREMEDITATION
29. An offensive touching or use of force on a person without the person's consent.
GENERAL JURISDICTION
EVICTION
PATERNITY
BATTERY
30. Declarations by either side in a civil or criminal case reserving the right to appeal a judge's ruling upon a motion. Also - in regulatory cases - objections by either side to points made by the other side or to rulings by the agency or one of its he
COMMUTATION
IRRELEVANT
BENCH TRIAL
EXCEPTIONS
31. Testimony given in relation to some scientific - technical - or professional matter by experts - i.e. -person qualified to speak authoritatively by reason of their special training - skill - or familiarity with the subject.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
NO-FAULT PROCEEDINGS
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
EXPERT TESTIMONY
32. The initial statement made by attorneys for each side - outlining the facts each intends to establish during the trial.
IRRELEVANT
CONCILIATION
SMALL CLAIMS COURT
OPENING ARGUMENT
33. A method of determining whether a person is intoxicated using a motor skills test which is administered by testing the driver's speaking ability and/or physical coordination.
INCAPACITY
LIVING TRUST
EXCEPTIONS
FIELD SOBRIETY TEST
34. The first examination of a witness by the counsel who called the witness to testify.
DEFENSE ATTORNEY
FORGERY
PROBABLE CAUSE
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
35. The degree of certainty required for a juror to legally find a criminal defendant guilty
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
JEOPARDY
JURY BOX
FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER
36. A judge's decision not to allow an objection. A decision by a higher court finding that a lower court decision was wrong.
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
ORAL ARGUMENT
OVERRULE
COMMUTATION
37. An endeavor or effort to do an act or accomplish a crime - carries beyond preparation - but lacking execution.
REJOINDER
POLLING THE JURY
ATTEMPT
PERSONAL PROPERTY
38. To deprive a person of his liberty by legal authority.
CRIMINAL
ARREST
CONTINUANCE
CONCURRENT SENTENCES
39. Any behavior - contrary to law - which disturbs the public peace or decorum - scandalizes the community - or shocks the public sense of morality.
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
EQUITABLE ACTION
BENEFICIARY
CIVIL ACTION
40. A criminal case in which the allowable punishment includes death. CAPITAL CRIME - A crime punishable by death.
CAPITAL CASE
ALLEGATION
EXHIBIT - PEOPLE'S
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
41. 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.
COURT
CHAMBERS
RETURN
FALSE ARREST
42. Willful destruction of property - from actual ill will or resentment toward its owner or possessor.
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
DOMICILE
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES
DIRECT EVIDENCE
43. Witnesses are normally required to confine their testimony to statements of fact and are not allowed to give their opinions in court. However - if a witness is qualified as an expert in a particular field - he or she may be allowed to state an opinio
INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR
OPINION EVIDENCE
HUNG JURY
PRIORS
44. A final settlement or determination. The court decision terminating proceedings in a case before judgment.
DISPOSITION
ADOPTION
MENTAL HEALTH
COURT ADMINISTRATOR
45. A seizure; the obtaining of money by legal process through seizure and sale of property.
LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE
EXECUTE
LEVY
AGGRAVATING FACTORS
46. The dismissal of a case without preventing the plaintiff from bringing the same cause of action against the defendant in the future.
STATUTORY LAW
DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
REVOKE
REPLY
47. A suit which has been quashed and ended.
STATUTORY LAW
STANDING
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
ABATEMENT OF ACTION
48. A machine which records by a needle on a graph varying emotional disturbances when answering questions truly or falsely - as indicated by fluctuations in blood pressure - perspiration.respiration
DEFAMATION
PROBATE
RULE
LIE DETECTOR
49. Another hearing of a civil or criminal case by the same court in which the case was originally heard.
JURY - HUNG
CORROBORATION
DISTURBING THE PEACE
REHEARING
50. The act - after a jury verdict has been announced - of asking jurors individually whether they agree with the verdict.
POLLING THE JURY
MANSLAUGHTER - VOLUNTARY
INSTRUCTIONS
DEFENSE ATTORNEY
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