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Law Vocab
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1. 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.
RETAINER
LENIENCY
DIVERSION
CLEMENCY OR EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY
2. The final decision of the court - resolving the dispute; an opinion; an award of damages.
JUDGMENT
EXECUTOR
ATTORNEY
LYNCHING
3. A person to whom the court refers a pending case to take testimony - hear the parties - and report to the court.
REFEREE
REPLEVIN
CROSS-EXAMINATION
CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE
4. Outline or summary of the nature of the case and of the anticipated proof presented by the attorney to the jury before any evidence is submitted. Also known as opening argument .
JURY TRIAL
INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR
PERMANENT RESIDENT
STATEMENT - OPENING
5. A written statement prepared by the counsel arguing a case in court. It contains a summary of the facts of a case -the pertinent laws - and an argument of how the law applies to the facts supporting counsel's position.
LIMITED JURISDICTION
BRIEF
COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE
SPENDTHRIFT TRUST
6. 1. One who has been convicted of a criminal offense. 2. That which is connected with the law of crimes; That which has the character of a crime (criminal justice; criminal intent).
CORONER
FAILURE TO APPEAR
REST
CRIMINAL
7. A second examination of a witness by the counsel who called the witness to testify. This examination is usually focused on certain matters that were discussed by the opposing counsel's examination.
ENJOINING
EXAMINATION - REDIRECT
DIRECT EVIDENCE
BENCH WARRANT
8. A previously decided case that guides the decision of future cases.
BATTERY
SEPARATION
PRECEDENT
INDEMNIFY
9. The act of not following an order that is directed by the court.
EXCLUSION OF WITNESSES
COUNSEL
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
FAILURE TO COMPLY
10. Punishment - civil or criminal - generally referring to payment of money.
ARGUMENT
ARSON
COUNSEL
PENALTY
11. A legal proceeding in which a debtor's money - in the possession of another (the garnishee) - is applied to the debts of the debtor - such as when an employer garnishes a debtor's wages.
SENTENCE - CONSECUTIVE
DEPOSITION
SEALING
GARNISHMENT
12. Keeping all witnesses (except plaintiff and defendant) out of the courtroom except for their time on the stand - and cautioning them not to discuss their testimony with other witnesses. Also called separation of witnesses. This prevents a witness fro
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
INVESTIGATION
INITIAL APPEARANCE
SEALING
13. Legal document issued by a court that shows an administrator's legal right to take control of assets in the deceased person's name.
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
ALLEGED
FIDELITY BOND
INFRACTION
14. An action for the recovery of a possession that has been wrongfully taken.
PETTY OFFENSE
REPLEVIN
FIDUCIARY
BAIL FORFEITURE
15. A legal inquiry to discover and collect facts concerning a certain matter.
INVESTIGATION
DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
STANDARD OF PROOF
STRICT LIABILITY
16. See DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES.
INTESTACY LAWS
NO-FAULT PROCEEDINGS
BATTERY
PROSECUTOR
17. To lose - or lose the right to.
FORFEIT
COURT OF RECORD
STIPULATE
REGULATION
18. A legal doctrine that makes each of the parties who are responsible for an injury liable for all the damages awarded in a lawsuit if the other parties responsible cannot pay.
STATUTORY RAPE
ESCROW
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
INTERVENTION
19. Willful destruction of property - from actual ill will or resentment toward its owner or possessor.
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
EXECUTE
FIFTH AMENDMENT
INITIAL APPEARANCE
20. The reduction of a sentence - such as from death to life imprisonment.
STATUTORY RAPE
ESTOPPEL
GOOD CAUSE
COMMUTATION
21. 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.
PROBABLE CAUSE
NO-CONTEST CLAUSE
RE-DIRECT EXAMINATION
SELF-DEFENSE
22. The judge's instructions to the jury concerning the law that applies to the facts of the case on trial.
DEATH PENALTY
DIVORCE
CHARGE TO THE JURY
CRIMINAL RECORD
23. A picture of an alleged criminal created by a professional police artist using verbal descriptionsgiven by the victim or a witness.
CLASS ACTION
EXTORTION
COMPOSITE DRAWING
CAPITAL CASE
24. A protest to the court against an act or omission by the opposing party.
PRESUMPTION
HOSPITAL WARRANT
GUILTY
OBJECTION
25. A trust that the grantor may change or revoke.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
INDETERMINATE SENTENCE
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
REVOCABLE TRUST
26. Written or oral pledge by a witness to speak the truth.
OATH
RETURN
ARREST OF JUDGMENT
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
27. In juvenile court - a judicial hearing - usually held after the filing of a petition - to determine interim custody of a minor pending a judgment.
HARASSMENT
PERSONAL PROPERTY
DETENTION HEARING
CAUSE
28. Money or other security (such as a bail bond) provided to the court to temporarily allow a person's release from jail and assure his or her appearance in court. Bail and Bond are often used interchangeably.
BAIL
FELONY MURDER
CHILD MOLESTATION
DEFAULT-JUDGMENT
29. To change - correct - revise - improve - modify - or alter.
AMEND
STIPULATE
PARALEGAL
RESTITUTION
30. The state - as in the People of the State of Florida.
DEATH PENALTY
PATENT
PEOPLE (PROSECUTION)
PANDERING
31. A belief in the American legal system which states that all people accused of a criminal act are considered not to have committed the crime until the evidence leaves no doubt in the mind of the court or the jury .
BAIL BOND
INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY
FORFEITURE
EXTORTION
32. Written questions asked by one party in a lawsuit for which the opposing party must provide written answers.
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
COMMUTATION
INTERROGATORIES
33. The right to challenge a juror without assigning a reason for the challenge.
ISSUE
CLAIM
PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT
34. 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.
COMMON LAW
EXAMINATION - RECROSS
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
35. The department that oversees the actions of probationers as well as the location of where probation officers work.
DRUNK DRIVING
JUVENILE
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
DEATH ROW
36. A suit which has been quashed and ended.
ABATEMENT OF ACTION
INDEMNIFY
EQUAL PROTECTION
SENTENCING
37. Officer of the court who files pleadings - motions - judgments - etc. - issues process - and keeps records of court proceedings.
GOOD TIME
CLERK
JUROR
FRAUD
38. A statement of all important facts - which all the parties agree is true and correct -which is submitted to a court for ruling.
AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS
BEST EVIDENCE
STRICT LIABILITY
ADOPTION
39. A person who makes and signs an affidavit.
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
OFFENSE
COMMITMENT ORDER
AFFIANT
40. Legal dissolution of a marriage by a court. Also termed dissolutionof marriage.
DIVORCE
REVERSIBLE ERROR
SETTLEMENT
EVICTION
41. A prison or place of confinement where convicted felons are sent to serve out the term of their sentence.
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
PENITENTIARY
COMPLAINANT
PREJUDICIAL EVIDENCE
42. To sentence a person convicted of an offense to pay a penalty in money.
FINE
SMALL CLAIMS COURT
ADMINISTRATOR
LIEN
43. Mental capacity of a person - especially with regard to his or her ability to stand trial and to assist counsel in his or her defense.
COMPETENCY
PETTY THEFT
NULL AND VOID
HOMICIDE
44. 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.
COMMUTATION
PROBATION
CLOSING ARGUMENT
JAIL
45. An order requiring a person to appear in court and present reasons why a certain order - judgment - or decree should not be issued.
SHOW CAUSE
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
DEATH PENALTY
NOTICE TO PRODUCE
46. The person to whom property rights or power are transferred by another - a grantee.
SELF-PROVING WILL
JUDGE
ASSIGNEE
ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON
47. The lack of power or the legal ability to act.
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
INCAPACITY
LYNCHING
ARSON
48. A lawsuit - litigation - or action. Any question - civil or criminal - litigated or contested before a court of justice.
CONVICTION
ADJUDICATE
EXECUTOR
CAUSE
49. Unlawful killing of another - without malice - when the death is caused by some other unlawful act not usually expected to result in great bodily harm.
LEGAL AID
INDICTMENT
MANSLAUGHTER - INVOLUNTARY
DOCKET NUMBER
50. Cancellation by a court of a warrant before its execution by the arrest of a defendant; also - a process by which a retired judge may be asked to sit on a particular case.
NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
SECURED DEBT
PROBABLE CAUSE
RECALL