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Law Vocab
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1. Formal notification to the party that has been sued in a civil case of the fact that the lawsuit has been filed. Also - any form of notification of a legal proceeding.
ACQUITTAL
CHILD ABUSE
NOTICE
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
2. Issues and claims capable of being properly examined in court.
JUSTICIABLE
RIGHTS - CONSTITUTIONAL
INFORMATION
COLLATERAL
3. 1. Arrest record. A written account listing all the instances in which a person has been arrested. 2. A form completed by a police officer when a person is arrested.
CRIMINAL RECORD
EXONERATE
REVOKE
JEOPARDY
4. Legally responsible.
LIABLE
OBJECTION SUSTAINED
COMMON LAW
CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
5. A proceeding instituted and carried on in order to determine the guilt or innocence of the accused.
FIDELITY BOND
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE
PROSECUTION
6. Pertinent and proper to be considered in reaching a decision.
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
ALLEGED
ADMISSIBLE
DEPENDENT CHILD
7. The purpose to use a particular means to bring about a certain result.
NON-CAPITAL CASE
INTENT
PROBATION BEFORE JUDGMENT (PBJ)
PETITIONER
8. The dismissal of a case - by which the same cause of action cannot be brought against thedefendant again at a later date.
INDETERMINATE SENTENCE
ARBITRATION
MIRANDA RIGHTS
DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE
9. The procedure where the accused is brought before the court to hear the criminal charge(s) against him or her and to enter a plea of either guilty - not guilty or no contest.
FAMILY ALLOWANCE
POSSESSION OF DRUGS
MALPRACTICE
ARRAIGN
10. 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.
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
FAIR HEARING
COMMUTATION
CONFISCATE
11. Procedure by which mortgaged property is sold on default of the mortgagor in satisfaction of mortgage debt.
RECOGNIZANCE
COLLATERAL
FORECLOSURE
INCOMPETENCY
12. All the documents and evidence plus transcripts of oral proceedings in a case.
REPLY
MALPRACTICE
RECORD
CRIMINAL RECORD
13. A defendant's statement in mitigation of punishment.
ALLOCUTION
PEOPLE (PROSECUTION)
RULE
DEMURRER
14. Trial without a jury in which a judge decides the facts.
FORGERY
BENCH TRIAL
COURT - NIGHT
NOT GUILTY
15. An obligation signed by the accused to secure his or her presence at the trial. This obligation means that the accused may lose money by not properly appearing for the trial. Often referred to simply as bond.
QUASH
BAIL BOND
ABSTRACT OF TITLE
CAPTION
16. Successive sentences - one beginning at the expiration of another - imposed against a person convicted of two or more violations.
CRIME
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES
SECURED DEBT
COMMUTATION
17. Standards governing whether evidence in a civil or criminal case is admissible.
INADMISSIBLE
KIDNAPPING
RULES OF EVIDENCE
FIELD SOBRIETY TEST
18. Oral or anal copulation between humans - or between humans or animals.
SODOMY
MEDIATION
HOLOGRAPHIC WILL
PROBATION
19. A defense to criminal charges alleging that agents of the government induced a person to commit a crime he or she otherwise would not have committed.
REPLY
ENTRAPMENT
INCEST
ACCESSORY
20. A misdemeanor or minor offense or comparatively insignificant criminal act.
BIND OVER
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
DAMAGES
PETTY OFFENSE
21. Punishment - civil or criminal - generally referring to payment of money.
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
PENALTY
RECOGNIZANCE
GENERAL JURISDICTION
22. Each of the allegations of an offense listed in a charging document.
COUNT
IRREVOCABLE TRUST
COMMITMENT
CORONER
23. The physical location where the defense and prosecuting parties are seated throughout the duration of the trial.
COUNSEL TABLE
CREDIBILITY
STANDING
CASE LAW
24. 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.
COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL
HEARING - PRELIMINARY
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
DIVERSION
25. Intentional - unlawful deception to deprive another person of property or to injure that person in some other way.
CIVIL CASE
FRAUD
EXTORTION
PRETERMITTED CHILD
26. A seizure; the obtaining of money by legal process through seizure and sale of property.
LEVY
BIAS
ESTATE
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
27. Formal authorization of a person to act in the interest of another person.
GOOD FAITH
POWER OF ATTORNEY
EXHIBIT - PEOPLE'S
SEALING
28. To stand idly around - particularly in a public place.
IMPANEL
EMINENT DOMAIN
LOITERING
CASE NUMBER
29. To overthrow - to vacate - to annul or make void.
FAILURE TO COMPLY
LINEUP
ADMISSION
QUASH
30. To determine finally.
EXECUTOR
ARRAIGN
ADJUDICATE
PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE
31. 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.)
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
JUDICIAL NOTICE
EXAMINATION - RECROSS
CONSERVATORSHIP
32. The party who complains or sues; one who applies to the court for legal redress. Also called the plaintiff.
COMPLAINANT
DEFAULT-JUDGMENT
BIND OVER
FALSE IMPRISONMENT
33. A claim presented by a defendant in a civil lawsuit against the plaintiff. In essence - a counter lawsuit within a lawsuit.
NOTICE
LARCENY
COUNTERCLAIM
GUARDIANSHIP
34. A court officer who has charge of a court session in the matter of keeping order and has custody of the jury.
APPELLANT
PARDON
POLYGRAPH
BAILIFF
35. The performance or agreement to perform a sexual act for hire.
CASE NUMBER
PROSTITUTION
ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEY
GARNISHMENT
36. Claim that an act otherwise criminal was legally justifiable because it was necessary to protect a person or property from the threat or action of another.
OBJECTION
REPLY
SELF-DEFENSE
INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR
37. A list of cases to be heard by a court - or a log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
REASONABLE PERSON
PENITENTIARY
DOCKET
JURISPRUDENCE
38. 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
BREACH
LIE DETECTOR
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
EXECUTE
39. A certificate or evidence of a debt. Often used interchangeably with bail.
BOND
CAUSE OF ACTION
SANCTION
INDECENT EXPOSURE
40. The initial statement made by attorneys for each side - outlining the facts each intends to establish during the trial.
PETTY OFFENSE
OPENING ARGUMENT
JURISPRUDENCE
PROSECUTION
41. Dying without a will.
SHOPLIFTING
FOUNDATION
INTESTATE
GOOD FAITH
42. Voluntary statement made by one who is a defendant in a criminal trial - which - if true - discloses his or her guilt.
MALFEASANCE
PENDING
EXAMINATION - REDIRECT
CONFESSION
43. List of cases scheduled for hearing in court.
PLEADINGS
DEATH PENALTY
CALENDAR
STATUTORY RAPE
44. The process of photographing - fingerprinting - and recording identifying data of a suspect. This process follows the arrest.
APPELLANT
OPINION EVIDENCE
CAUSATION
BOOKING
45. Evidence given to explain - repel - counteract - or disprove facts given in evidence by the adverse party.
STANDARD OF PROOF
AID AND ABET
REAL EVIDENCE
CALLING THE DOCKET
46. Another term for arraignment.
INVESTIGATION
COLLATERAL ATTACK
PRELIMINARY HEARING
COUNTY JAIL
47. The malicious burning of someone else's or one's own dwelling or of anyone's commercial or industrial property.
DEFAULT
ALFORD PLEA
ARSON
REST
48. An alternative to incarceration where an individual is confined to his or her home and monitored electronically.
BENCH
LOITERING
HOME MONITORING
ATTEST
49. Removal of a charge - responsibility or duty.
LAWSUIT
DRUNK DRIVING
INADMISSIBLE
EXONERATE
50. Representation of some fact or circumstance which is not true and is calculated to mislead - whereby a person obtains another's money or goods.
APPELLANT
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
FALSE PRETENSES
PRETERMITTED CHILD