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Law Vocab
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1. A reduction in sentenced time in prison as a reward for good behavior. It usually is one-third to one-half of fthe maximum sentence.
CONFISCATE
REFEREE
JUSTICIABLE
GOOD TIME
2. In a trial - a foundation must be laid to establish the basis for the admissibility of certain types of evidence.
PLEA BARGAIN
FOUNDATION
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
INTERLOCUTORY
3. Begun - but not yet completed. Thus - an action is pending from its inception until the rendition of its final judgment.
PENDING
BIAS
JUDICIAL REVIEW
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
4. An order commanding an accused to appear in court.
ANNUAL REVIEW
DETENTION FACILITY
CRIMINAL SUMMONS
GUARDIAN
5. An established standard - guide - or regulation.
RELINQUISHMENT
PRESENTMENT
ISSUE
RULE
6. To place a paper in the official custody of the clerk of court to enter into the files or records of a case.
PERSONAL PROPERTY
FILE
EXHIBIT
PEOPLE (PROSECUTION)
7. A conference between the judge and lawyers - usually in the courtroom - out of earshot of the jury and spectators.
PREMEDITATION
SIDEBAR
OPINION EVIDENCE
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
8. To refuse a gift made in a will.
RECORD
DISCLAIM
NEXT FRIEND
PRELIMINARY HEARING
9. The facility where juvenile offenders are held in custody.
MEMORIALIZED
DETENTION FACILITY
FELONY MURDER
MAGISTRATE
10. Officer of the court who files pleadings - motions - judgments - etc. - issues process - and keeps records of court proceedings.
CLERK
COURTS - JUVENILE and DEPENDENCY
DISCLAIM
COUNT
11. Exposure to sight of the private parts of the body in a lewd or indecent manner in a public place.
EXPUNGEMENT
CRIME
INDECENT EXPOSURE
BEQUEATH
12. A case brought by the government against a person accused of committing a crime.
CRIMINAL CASE
COURT - TRAFFIC
COMMISSIONER
FIRST APPEARANCE
13. To make it appear that one is guilty of a crime.
MERITS
OBJECTION
PRISON
INCRIMINATE
14. The cause - price - or impelling influence which induces a party to enter into a contract.
PRIORS
CONSIDERATION
DECISION
ILLEGAL
15. The term pertains to liability for loss shifted from one person held legally responsible to another.
BANKRUPT
COUNTERFEIT
INDEMNIFY
ACQUIT
16. A violation of law - not punishable by imprisonment. Minor traffic offenses are generally considered infractions.
INFRACTION
ABSTRACT OF RECORD
BENCH WARRANT
DAMAGES
17. The hearing given to person accused of crime - by a magistrate or judge - to determine whether there is enough evidence to warrant the confinement and holding to bail the person accused.
HEARING - PRELIMINARY
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
DETENTION HEARING
LAWSUIT
18. Evidence given to explain - counteract - or disprove facts given by the opposing counsel.
REBUTTAL
CODICIL (kod'i-sil)
SEPARATION
FALSE ARREST
19. The correction of an error admitted in any process.
MANSLAUGHTER - VOLUNTARY
INSANITY PLEA
AMENDMENT
FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER
20. To seize or take private property for public use (the police confiscated the weapon).
HUNG JURY
AGENT
CONFISCATE
ACQUIT
21. To forge - to copy or imitate - without authority or right - and with the purpose to deceive or defraud - by passing off the copy as genuine.
COUNTERFEIT
RECKLESS DRIVING
EXPERT TESTIMONY
BANKRUPTCY
22. A list of cases to be heard by a court - or a log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
EXHIBIT - PEOPLE'S
NULL AND VOID
COURT REPORTER
DOCKET
23. Noncriminal case in which one private individual or business sues another to protect - enforce - or redress private or civil rights.
CRIMINAL CASE
IMPLIED CONTRACT
CIVIL ACTION
CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE
24. Law established by previous decisions of appellate courts - particularly the Supreme Court.
PETITION
CASE LAW
DETENTION HEARING
BANKRUPTCY
25. The act or fact of holding a person in custody; confinement or compulsory delay.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
STIPULATE
RIGHTS - CONSTITUTIONAL
DETENTION
26. 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.
COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE
BENCH CONFERENCE
FAIR HEARING
POLLING THE JURY
27. A reasonable belief that a crime has or is being committed; the basis for all lawful searches - seizures -and arrests.
DOCKET NUMBER
LEASE
PROBABLE CAUSE
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
28. Member of the jury.
PATENT
COMMUTATION
JUROR
LAW CLERKS
29. The power of the government to take private property for public use through condemnation.
EMINENT DOMAIN
ABSTRACTACT
INTERROGATORIES
STATUTORY RAPE
30. A special kind of executor - permitted by the laws of certain states - who performs the duties of an executor without intervention by the court.
BEQUESTS
MOTION DENIED
INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR
PERJURY
31. One who saw the act - fact - or transaction to which he or she testifies.
DIVERSION
ADVERSARY SYSTEM
ESTATE TAX
EYE WITNESS
32. Aka DOCKET NUMBER.
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
MALICE
CASE NUMBER
COMMON LAW
33. A certificate or evidence of a debt. Often used interchangeably with bail.
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
BOND
SEPARATION
CIVIL ACTION
34. Remarks addressed by attorney to judge or jury on the merits of case or on points of law.
BURDEN OF PROOF
PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE
ARGUMENT
PEOPLE (PROSECUTION)
35. The jury or the judge must determine that the defendant - because of mental disease or defect - could not form the intent required to commit the offense.
LEWD CONDUCT
ALLEGED
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
36. A party to a lawsuit. Litigation refers to a case - controversy - or lawsuit.
BREACH
LITIGANT
BREATHALYZER TEST
SANCTION
37. Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else.Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court.
FIND GUILTY
HEARSAY
CONCILIATION
ADOPTION
38. An order issued by a judge for the arrest of a person.
BOND
BENCH WARRANT
MORAL TURPITUDE
ACCORD AND SATISFACTION
39. Evil doing - ill conduct; the commission of some act which is positively prohibited by law.
COURTS - JUVENILE and DEPENDENCY
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
LIABILITY
MALFEASANCE
40. A court's recognition of the truth of basic facts without formal evidence.
FIELD SOBRIETY TEST
CONSIDERATION
OVERRULE
JUDICIAL NOTICE
41. 1. A statement of acceptance of responsibility. 2. The short declaration at the end of a legal paper showing that the paper was duly executed and acknowledged.
MEMORIALIZED
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE
INTESTATE
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
42. 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.
CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
AGGRAVATING FACTORS
PARDON
PURGE
43. Any of the drugs whose production and use are regulated by law - including narcotics - stimulants - and hallucinogens.
FORFEIT
JEOPARDY
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
MISTRIAL
44. Standard of proof commonly used in civil lawsuits and in regulatory agency cases. It governs the amount of proof that must be offered in order for the plaintiff to win the case.
BANKRUPT
CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE
INSTRUCTIONS
KNOWINGLY
45. 1. A person who has been found guilty of a crime and is serving a sentence for that crime; a prison inmate. 2. To find a person guilty of an offense by either a trial or a plea of guilty.
CONVICT
ACCORD
GRAND JURY
ADVERSARY SYSTEM
46. The practice which enables an accused awaiting trial to be released without posting any security other than a promise to appear before the court at the proper time.
RECOGNIZANCE
CUMULATIVE SENTENCES
ABSTRACT OF RECORD
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
47. A legal inquiry to discover and collect facts concerning a certain matter.
INVESTIGATION
GROUNDS
RAPE
ARRAIGN
48. The time in a lawsuit when the complaining party has stated his or her claim and the other side has responded with a denial and the matter is ready to be tried.
REFEREE
CONVICTION
AT ISSUE
COMMIT
49. To protest to the court against an act or omission by the opposing party.
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
OBJECT
POST CONVICTION RELIEF PROCEEDING
MORAL TURPITUDE
50. 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.
DISSOLUTION
ELEMENTS OF A CRIME
CHAMBERS
HOMICIDE