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Law Vocab
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1. 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.)
CONSERVATORSHIP
PERMANENT RESIDENT
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
2. A general term for an action - cause - suit - or controversy brought before the court for resolution.
MOOT
COURT REPORTER
OVERRULE
CASE
3. Willful destruction of property - from actual ill will or resentment toward its owner or possessor.
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
GAMBLING
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
4. A protest to the court against an act or omission by the opposing party.
JUDGMENT
OBJECTION
INTERROGATORIES
EXHIBIT
5. The operation of a vehicle in an impaired state after consuming alcohol that when tested is above the state's legal alcohol limit.
STANDARD OF PROOF
DRUNK DRIVING
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
CASE
6. Stealing or theft.
CIVIL CASE
LARCENY
JURY TRIAL
ACCUSED
7. State-imposed death as punishment for a serious crime. Capital punishment.
DEATH PENALTY
ALFORD PLEA
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
EXCLUSIONARY RULE
8. Representation of some fact or circumstance which is not true and is calculated to mislead - whereby a person obtains another's money or goods.
COURT ORDER
IMPANEL
FALSE PRETENSES
ACQUIT
9. In a criminal proceeding - it is the defendant's declaration in open court that he or she is guilty or not guilty. The defendant's answer to the charges made in the indictment or information.
SEXUAL MOLESTATION
COMPETENCY
PLEA
FILE
10. A person's own act - or acceptance of facts - which preclude his or her later making claims to the contrary.
SECURED DEBT
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
ESTOPPEL
11. A will that leaves some or all estate assets to a trust established before the will-maker's death.
COURT OF RECORD
POUR-OVER WILL
ASSUMPTION OF RISK
AFFIDAVIT
12. Bail that is kept by the court as a result of not following a court order.
COLLATERAL
APPEARANCE
ESCHEAT (ES-CHET)
BAIL FORFEITURE
13. Confidential communications to certain persons that are protected by law against any disclosure - including forced disclosure in legal proceedings.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS
KNOWINGLY
PROBATE COURT
14. A court order requiring that some action be taken - or that some party refrain from taking action. It differs from forms of temporary relief - such as a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction.
EXAMINATION - REDIRECT
PERMANENT INJUNCTION
JOYRIDING
AGREEMENT
15. Legal document issued by a court that shows an executor's legal right to take control of assets in the deceased person's name.
ENTER A GUILTY PLEA
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY
DISSOLUTION
CODICIL (kod'i-sil)
16. Yearly judicial review - usually in juvenile dependency cases - to determine whether the child requirescontinued court supervision or placement.
ANNUAL REVIEW
COMMIT
CHARACTER EVIDENCE
PROBATE ESTATE
17. 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.
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
BODY ATTACHMENT
BAILIFF
CHAMBERS
18. 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.
CONSIDERATION
SHERIFF
LYNCHING
APPELLEE
19. All the judges of a court sitting together. Appellate courts can consist of a dozen or more judges - but often they hear cases in panels of three judges. If a case is heard or reheard by the full court - it is heard en banc.
PLEA BARGAIN
REVOKE
EN BANC
AFFIRMED
20. The process by which a deceased person's property goes to the state if no heir can be found.
ESCHEAT (ES-CHET)
HARMLESS ERROR
INTESTATE
RECUSE
21. A will entirely written - dated - and signed by the testator in his/her own handwriting.
HOLOGRAPHIC WILL
MURDER
DIRECT EVIDENCE
EVIDENCE - EVANESCENT
22. Any form of cruelty to a child's physical - moral - or mental well-being.
ELEMENTS OF A CRIME
HEARSAY
CHILD ABUSE
LIEN
23. Case - cause - suit - or controversy disputed or contested before a court of justice.
SETTLEMENT
RULE OF COURT
PRECEDENT
ACTION
24. A temporary location that is meant to secure the accused while waiting for trial to begin or continue.
RATIFICATION
HOLDING CELL
MISTRIAL
CHAMBERS
25. The correction of an error admitted in any process.
AMENDMENT
CASE
BREATHALYZER TEST
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
26. State laws that provide for the distribution of estate property of a person who dies without a will. Same as intestacy laws.
DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES
ORDINANCE
INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY
PERSONAL PROPERTY
27. Property owned in common by husband and wife each having an undivided one-half interest by reason of their marital status. For example - the earnings of one spouse during the marriage do not belong solely to that spouse; the earnings are community pr
PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE
BIFURCATE
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE
28. Having addressed any matter in writing.
MEMORIALIZED
SMALL CLAIMS COURT
ABATEMENT OF ACTION
FAILURE TO COMPLY
29. A legal representative - attorney - lawyer.
COUNSEL
DISSOLUTION
INCARCERATE
PUBLIC DEFENDER
30. One who commits a crime - such as a felony - misdemeanor - or other punishable unlawful act.
JURY COMMISSIONER
NO BILL
PRESUMPTION OF LAW
OFFENDER
31. 1. In a criminal case - the person accused of the crime. 2. In a civil case - the person being sued.
DEFENDANT
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
RELEVANT
GENERAL JURISDICTION
32. The public calling of the docket or list of causes at commencement of term of court - for setting a time for trial or entering orders.
MUGSHOT
PROBATION
CALLING THE DOCKET
CHARGING DOCUMENT
33. Lack of capacity to understand the nature and object of the proceedings - to consult with counsel - and to assist in preparing a defense.
STANDARD OF PROOF
INCOMPETENCY
DEPENDENT CHILD
ATTEMPT
34. Crime in which the driver of a vehicle leaves the scene of an accident without identifying himself or herself.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
REDRESS
HIT AND RUN
IRRELEVANT
35. A form of alternative dispute resolution in which the parties bring their dispute to a neutral third party - who helps lower tensions - improve communications - and explore possible solutions. Conciliation is similar to mediation - but it may be less
CLOSING ARGUMENT
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
CONCILIATION
OFFENDER
36. The heading on a legal document listing the parties - the court - the case number - and related information.
PRECEDENT
CAPTION
ARRAIGNMENT
OBJECTION OVERRULED
37. 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.
PROBATION OFFICER
PENDING
PLEA BARGAIN
COMMUTATION
38. An alternative to incarceration where an individual is confined to his or her home and monitored electronically.
LEWD CONDUCT
ALIBI
HOME MONITORING
DECISION
39. Evidence which is of greater weight or more convincing than the evidence which is offered in opposition to it.
PROSECUTION
PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE
APPEARANCE
OBJECTION
40. 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
COURT
COMMITMENT ORDER
REGULATION
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
41. Provisional; not final. An interlocutory order or an interlocutory appeal concerns only a part of the issues raised in a lawsuit. Compare to decree .
OATH
CONSPIRACY
INTERLOCUTORY
SPEEDY TRIAL
42. The matter can only be filed in one court.
RETURN
INDEMNIFY
PAROLE EVIDENCE
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
43. A personal representative - named in a will - who administers an estate.
CITATION
ESTATE
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
EXECUTOR
44. The unlawful operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
MAYHEM
PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
JUVENILE WAIVER
45. A type of sentence where the convicted criminal is ordered to spend the rest of his or her life in prison
DEFENSE
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES
DETENTION FACILITY
46. 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.
PERJURY
INFORMATION
INCAPACITY
COUNTERFEIT
47. A sentence imposed for the commission of a crime whereby a convicted criminal offender is released into the community - usually under conditions and under the supervision of a probation officer - instead of incarceration.
PROBATION
EXECUTOR
NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
PROBATION BEFORE JUDGMENT (PBJ)
48. A lawsuit brought by one or more persons on behalf of a larger group.
BATTERY
AFFIDAVIT
LIABILITY
CLASS ACTION
49. The distinctive pattern of lines on human fingertips that are used as a method of identification in criminal cases.
COUNT
OPINION EVIDENCE
FINGERPRINT
INTERLOCUTORY
50. A concept applied by courts in product liability cases in which a seller is liable for any and all defective or hazardous products which unduly threaten a consumer's personal safety.
STRICT LIABILITY
BAIL REVIEW
CERTIFIED
AGGRAVATED BATTERY