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Law Vocab
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1. 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.
AGGRAVATED BATTERY
ACQUIT
ACTION
SHERIFF
2. The act of entering or remaining illegally in a movable or immovable structure - vehicle or dwelling with intent to commit a felony.
BURGLARY
HOSTILE WITNESS
PREJUDICE
INDICTMENT
3. A trust that - once set up - the grantor may not revoke.
BENCH CONFERENCE
IRREVOCABLE TRUST
FOURTH AMENDMENT
JURY BOX
4. 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
MALICE
RETURN
CODE
5. Act of the client in employing the attorney or counsel. Also denotes the fee the client pays when he or she retains the attorney to act for him or her.
EQUITY
RETAINER
MANSLAUGHTER - INVOLUNTARY
SERVE A SENTENCE
6. Gifts made in a will.
STATEMENT - CLOSING
CROSS-CLAIM
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR)
BEQUESTS
7. The first examination of a witness by the counsel who called the witness to testify.
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
PRESENTMENT
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES
8. Two or more sentences of jail time to be served in sequence.
DELINQUENCY - JUVENILE
REASONABLE PERSON
PROBABLE CAUSE
SENTENCE - CONSECUTIVE
9. 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.
JURY
STATEMENT - OPENING
RECOGNIZANCE
DELINQUENCY - JUVENILE
10. The unlawful killing of a human being with deliberate intent to kill.
RETURN
INMATE
MURDER
PETTY THEFT
11. 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.
HEARSAY
EXAMINATION - RECROSS
JUVENILE WAIVER
ACQUITTAL
12. A report to a judge by police on the implementation of an arrest or search warrant. Also - a report to a judge in reply to a subpoena - civil or criminal.
COLLATERAL ATTACK
QUASI JUDICIAL
RETURN
PROXIMATE CAUSE
13. A court's recognition of the truth of basic facts without formal evidence.
JUDICIAL NOTICE
BEQUEATH
JUVENILE WAIVER
PROSTITUTION
14. The section of a courthouse in which the judge presides over the proceedings.
BENCH
HEARSAY
COURTROOM
JUSTICIABLE
15. An order commanding an accused to appear in court.
CRIMINAL SUMMONS
MALICE
ADJUDICATE
CHAMBERS
16. 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.
SENTENCE - CONSECUTIVE
NUNCUPATIVE WILL
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
FAILURE TO COMPLY
17. To state - recite - assert - claim - maintain - charge or set forth. To make an allegation.
INITIAL APPEARANCE
ALLEGE
DELIBERATION
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
18. The matter can only be filed in one court.
OBJECTION OVERRULED
CRIMINAL CASE
ACCORD AND SATISFACTION
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
19. The facility where juvenile offenders are held in custody.
DETENTION FACILITY
GARNISHMENT
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
PLEADINGS
20. A remedy requiring a person who has breached a contract to perform specifically what he or she has agreed to do. Specific performance is ordered when damages would be inadequate compensation.
CONCURRENT SENTENCES
ALLEGE
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
INADMISSIBLE
21. The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
JUVENILE
COMMON LAW
LITIGATION
JUVENILE WAIVER
22. Immorality. An element of crimes inherently bad - as opposed to crimes bad merely because they are forbidden by statute.
DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
MORAL TURPITUDE
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE
23. In the practice of appellate courts - the word means that the decision of the trial court is correct.
CONDEMNATION
AFFIRMED
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
ACCUSED
24. The act of taking and carrying away the personal property of another of a value less than $300 with the intent to deprive the owner or possessor of it permanently.
PARTY
MULTIPLICITY OF ACTIONS
PETTY THEFT
DETENTION HEARING
25. A child who is homeless or without proper care through no fault of the parent - guardian - or custodian. DEPORTATION - The act of removing a person to another country. Order issued by an immigration judge - expelling an alien from the United States.
RECOGNIZANCE
MURDER
DEPENDENT CHILD
FAILURE TO APPEAR
26. The manipulation of an automobile and its parts for a specific purpose.
BENCH TRIAL
AUTO TAMPERING
HANDCUFFS
RETAINER
27. 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
ABSTRACTACT
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
LEASE
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
28. A method of discharging a claim upon agreement by the parties to give and accept something in settlement of the claim.
INDECENT EXPOSURE
INTERROGATORIES
ACCORD AND SATISFACTION
QUASI JUDICIAL
29. 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.
DIRECT EXAMINATION
EYE WITNESS
INITIAL APPEARANCE
SETTLOR
30. To terminate legal action involving outstanding charges against a defendant in a criminal case.
ABATEMENT OF ACTION
BOND
LEGAL AID
DISMISS
31. To advise or caution. For example the Court may caution or admonish counsel for wrong practices.
ADMONISH
REMITTITUR
COURT ADMINISTRATOR
SLANDER
32. 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.
JUVENILE
JAIL
OF COUNSEL
PREJUDICIAL EVIDENCE
33. Declaration or document issued by a grand jury that either makes a neutral report or notes misdeeds by officials charged with specified public duties.
PRESENTMENT
MIRANDA RIGHTS
DECISION
PENDING
34. A crime - such as a felony - misdemeanor - or other punishable unlawful act.
REPLEVIN
CRIMINAL CASE
OFFENSE
MATERIAL WITNESS
35. Legal right given to a person to manage the property and financial affairs of a person deemed incapable of doing that for himself or herself. (Conservators have somewhat less responsibility than guardians. See also guardianship.)
INDEMNIFY
CONSERVATORSHIP
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
IMPLIED CONTRACT
36. The unlawful restraint by one person of another person's physical liberty.
BENCH
CONFISCATE
FALSE IMPRISONMENT
DOMICILE
37. A contract by which owner of property grants to another the right to possess - use - and enjoy it for a specified period of time in exchange for payment of an agreed price (rent).
OPINION EVIDENCE
LEASE
CONFISCATE
ESTATE TAX
38. Removal of a charge - responsibility or duty.
CODE
OATH
NUNCUPATIVE WILL
EXONERATE
39. 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
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
SHERIFF
CREDIBILITY
ALFORD PLEA
40. A meeting either on or off the record at the judge's bench between the judge - counsel - and sometimes the defendant - out of the hearing of the jury.
STATEMENT - CLOSING
BENCH CONFERENCE
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
CRIMINAL CASE
41. An action by which a third person who may be affected by a lawsuit is permitted to become a party to the suit. Differs from the process of becoming an amicus curiae.
JURY FOREMAN
MENTAL HEALTH
INTERVENTION
COMPLAINANT
42. The adjournment or postponement of a session - hearing - trial - or other proceeding until a future date.
SELF-DEFENSE
CONTINUANCE
BAIL BOND
INDEMNIFY
43. A person who is the liable party in paying the bond for the defendant's release from jail.
CLERK
BOOKMAKING
STATUTORY LAW
BAIL BONDSMAN
44. A legal claim against another person's property as security for a debt.
MALICE
LIEN
PIMP
LAW CLERKS
45. A person - business - or government agency actively involved in the prosecution or defense of a legal proceeding.
PARTY
ESCROW
EN BANC
OBJECTION OVERRULED
46. The CFR is the annual listing of executive agency regulations published in the daily Federal Register - and the regulations issued previously which are still in effect. The CFR contains regulatory laws governing practice and procedure before federal
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
NEXT FRIEND
REAL EVIDENCE
FAIR HEARING
47. The party who makes an answer to a bill or other proceedings in equity; also refers to the party against whom an appeal is brought. Sometimes called an appellee.
RESPONDENT
GLUE SNIFFING
PRESENTMENT
CONCURRENT JURISDICTION
48. A judgment of the court that explains what the existing law is or expresses the opinion of the court without the need for enforcement.
GOOD CAUSE
JURISDICTION
DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE
49. 1. A unit of the judiciary authorized to decide disputed matters of fact - cases or controversies. 2. Figuratively - the judge or judicial officer. Judges sometimes use 'court' to refer to themselves in the third person - as in 'the court has read
COUNTY JAIL
RELEVANT
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
COURT
50. Crime in which the driver of a vehicle leaves the scene of an accident without identifying himself or herself.
HIT AND RUN
COMPLAINT
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE
FOUNDATION