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Law Vocab
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1. Someone named to receive property or benefits in a will. In a trust - a person who is to receive benefits from the trust.
BATTERY - SPOUSAL
INJUNCTION
MODIFICATION
BENEFICIARY
2. A police identification procedure by which the suspect to a crime is exhibited - along with others - before the victim or witness to determine if the victim or witness can identify the committed the crime.suspect as the person who
EXTRADITION
LINEUP
MISTRIAL
DEATH PENALTY
3. To act in accordance with - to accept - to obey.
REST
PRE-INJUNCTION
COMPLY
NULL AND VOID
4. The confirmation or adoption of a previous act done either by the party himself or by another.
ABSTRACTACT
PETTY THEFT
COMMITMENT ORDER
RATIFICATION
5. The act - after a jury verdict has been announced - of asking jurors individually whether they agree with the verdict.
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
MORAL TURPITUDE
RE-DIRECT EXAMINATION
POLLING THE JURY
6. The reduction by a judge of the damages awarded by a jury.
ACQUIT
PROBATE ESTATE
REMITTITUR
PREJUDICIAL ERROR
7. A civil case in which parties may resolve their dispute without a formal finding of error or fault.
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
NO-FAULT PROCEEDINGS
DEFENDANT
CORROBORATE
8. 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.
INDEMNIFY
POUR-OVER WILL
BATTERY - SPOUSAL
DEPENDENT CHILD
9. A forsaking - abandoning - renouncing - or giving over a right.
RELINQUISHMENT
RECALL
GROUNDS
DEFAULT
10. An attack on a judgment other than a direct appeal to a higher court.
ADOPTION
COLLATERAL ATTACK
LIVING TRUST
LEASE
11. Settling a dispute without a full - formal trial. Methods includemediation - conciliation - arbitration - and settlement - among others.
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR)
DUE PROCESS OF LAW
GROUNDS
RECKLESS DRIVING
12. Ill will - hatred - or hostility by one person toward another which may prompt the intentional doing of a wrongful act without legal justification or excuse.
MALICE
REHEARING
JUROR
BRIBE
13. The person to whom property rights or power are transferred by another - a grantee.
ASSIGNEE
MERITS
HIT AND RUN
NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
14. 1. Written attestation. 2. Authorized declaration verifying that an instrument is a true and correct copy of the original.
MURDER
MALFEASANCE
DISCOVERY
CERTIFICATION
15. 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.
AT ISSUE
PIMP
ADJUDICATE
DEFENSE ATTORNEY
16. A written order issued by a court directing a sheriff or peace officer to take custody of and bring before the court: 1) A witness who fails to comply with a subpoena - 2) a party who fails to comply with a court order in a civil action - or 3) a mat
PURGE
FOSTER CARE
LEADING QUESTION
BODY ATTACHMENT
17. The dismissal of a case without preventing the plaintiff from bringing the same cause of action against the defendant in the future.
PENDING
DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
CHARACTER EVIDENCE
CONCILIATION
18. A lawyer elected to represent the state in criminal cases in his or her respective juicial circuit. See PROSECUTOR.
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19. The response by a party to charges raised in a pleading by the other party.
MURDER
DISPOSITION
DISCOVERY
REPLY
20. To sentence a person convicted of an offense to pay a penalty in money.
JURY TRIAL
DAMAGES
FINE
STANDARD OF PROOF
21. The process whereby the accused and the prosecutor in a criminal case work out a mutually satisfactory disposition of the case subject to court approval. Usually involves the defendant's pleading guilty to a lesser offense or to only one.
MOTION DENIED
PLEA BARGAIN
DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
REHEARING
22. State-imposed death as punishment for a serious crime. Capital punishment.
GROUNDS
OBJECTION
DEATH PENALTY
PREJUDICIAL ERROR
23. Exhibit and/or evidence that is offered by the prosecution.
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24. 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.
GUARDIANSHIP
RESPONDENT
MOTION GRANTED
EVIDENCE - DIRECT
25. The term pertains to liability for loss shifted from one person held legally responsible to another.
EXCLUSION OF WITNESSES
RETURN
INDEMNIFY
PRECEDENT
26. To seize or take private property for public use (the police confiscated the weapon).
INFORMATION
CONFISCATE
REVOKE
DELIBERATE
27. 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
ELEMENTS OF A CRIME
HEARING - CONTESTED
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
COURT ORDER
28. A protest to the court against an act or omission by the opposing party.
CAPITAL CASE
PETITIONER
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
OBJECTION
29. 1. Property that is pledged as security against a debt. 2. A person belonging to the same ancestral stock (a relation) - but not in a direct line of descent.
DEFENSE
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
COLLATERAL
HOME MONITORING
30. Any form of cruelty to a child's physical - moral - or mental well-being.
APPELLEE
ALLOCUTION
ARBITRATION
CHILD ABUSE
31. Evidence which can disappear relatively quickly - such as the amount of alcohol in a person's blood.
EVIDENCE - EVANESCENT
SLANDER
FOSTER CARE
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
32. Bail that is kept by the court as a result of not following a court order.
DUE PROCESS OF LAW
BAIL FORFEITURE
CHILD MOLESTATION
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
33. Aka SURETY BOND.
FIDELITY BOND
STATUTE
PRESUMPTION OF LAW
CREDIBILITY
34. The questioning of a witness produced by the other side.
CROSS-EXAMINATION
SELF-INCRIMINATION
OFFER OF PROOF
FELONY MURDER
35. 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.
STATEMENT - OPENING
COUNTERFEIT
NON-CAPITAL CASE
RATIFICATION
36. An act of legislation of a local governing body such as a city - town or county.
ORDINANCE
AFFIRMED
OFFENDER
ESTOPPEL
37. Numerous and unnecessary attempts to litigate the same issue.
DEMURRER
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
MULTIPLICITY OF ACTIONS
GLUE SNIFFING
38. Punishment by death for capital crimes. Death penalty.
STATUTORY LAW
HEARSAY
BIFURCATE
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
39. Estate property that may be disposed of by a will.
PROBATE ESTATE
PROFFER
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
SETTLEMENT
40. An order by the court telling a person to stop performing a specific act.
SELF-PROVING WILL
ENJOINING
RELINQUISHMENT
BAIL FORFEITURE
41. To bear witness to - to affirm to be true or genuine - to certify.
BAILIFF
ARBITRATION
EXTRADITION
ATTEST
42. An attorney who represents a person accused of committing a crime.
CLASS ACTION
INSANITY PLEA
DEFENSE ATTORNEY
SIDEBAR
43. 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.
ASSAULT
ATTEMPT
INMATE
FALSE PRETENSES
44. Operation of a motor vehicle that shows a reckless disregard of possible consequences and indifference of others rights.
FIFTH AMENDMENT
EXPERT TESTIMONY
ACQUITTAL
RECKLESS DRIVING
45. Aka DOCKET NUMBER.
PROFFER
BREACH
EYE WITNESS
CASE NUMBER
46. The jurisdiction of two or more courts - each authorized to deal with the same subject matter.
CONCURRENT JURISDICTION
RECOGNIZANCE
ATTEST
COURT ORDER
47. Among other matters - the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from depriving any person of life - liberty - or property without adequate due process .
ALLEGATION
RATIFICATION
DEFENDANT
FOURTH AMENDMENT
48. Generally - justice or fairness.
COMMITMENT ORDER
STANDING
EQUITY
RELINQUISHMENT
49. An amendment to a will.
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50. A proceeding similar to a trial - without a jury - and usually of shorter duration.
ASSIGNEE
STIPULATE
HEARING
ABANDONMENT