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Subject : law
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1. Estate property that may be disposed of by a will.






2. A person appointed by will or by law to assume responsibility for incompetent adults or minor children.






3. A punitive act designed to secure enforcement by imposing a penalty for its violation. For example - a sanction may be imposed for failure to comply with discovery orders.






4. Written questions asked by one party in a lawsuit for which the opposing party must provide written answers.






5. Judicial officer having strictly limited jurisdiction exercising some of the functions of a judge.






6. 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.






7. In criminal trial - a witness whose testimony is crucial to either the defense or prosecution.






8. The act of sending a case back to the trial court and ordering the trial court to conduct limited new hearings or an entirely new trial.






9. Oral or written request made by a party to an action before - during - or after a trial asking the judge to issue a ruling or order in that party's favor.






10. An assault committed by one member of a household against another.






11. The judgment reached or given by a court of law.






12. A court's recognition of the truth of basic facts without formal evidence.






13. Yearly judicial review - usually in juvenile dependency cases - to determine whether the child requirescontinued court supervision or placement.






14. 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.






15. To unite - to combine - to enter into an alliance.






16. 1) The disputed point in a disagreement between parties in a lawsuit. 2) To send out officially - as in to issue an order.






17. 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






18. The procedure by which one or both parties disclose evidence which will be used at trial. The specific tools of discovery include depositions - interrogatories and motions for the production of documents.






19. The act of staking money - or other thing of value - on an uncertain event or outcome.






20. A person who makes and signs an affidavit.






21. Official and formal erasure of a record or partial contents of a record.






22. The act or fact of holding a person in custody; confinement or compulsory delay.






23. To place a paper in the official custody of the clerk of court to enter into the files or records of a case.






24. To take into one's family the child of another and give him or her the rights - privileges - and duties of a child and heir.






25. 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.






26. A court order directing that an individual be kept in custody - usually in a penal or mental facility.






27. All the documents and evidence plus transcripts of oral proceedings in a case.






28. Synonymous with reversible error ; an error which warrants the appellate court in reversing the judgment before it.






29. To act in accordance with - to accept - to obey.






30. The continued - habitual - or compulsive commission of law violations after first having been convicted of prior offenses.






31. Without denying the charge - the defendant raises circumstances such as insanity - self-defense -or entrapment to avoid civil or criminal responsibility.






32. The closure of court records to inspection - except to the parties.






33. The right of all persons to receive the guarantees and safeguards of the law and the judicial process. It includes such constitutional requirements as adequate notice - assistance of counsel - the right to remain silent - theright to a speedy and pub






34. A release from custody which imposes regulations on the activities and associations of the defendant. If a defendant fails to meet the conditions - the release is revoked.






35. An advocate - counsel - or official agent employed in preparing - managing - and trying cases in the courts.






36. Standard of proof commonly used in civil lawsuits and in regulatory agency cases. It governs the amount of proof that must be offered in order for the plaintiff to win the case.






37. An invalid trial caused by some legal error. When a judge declares a mistrial - the trial must start again from the beginning - including the selection of a new jury.






38. The ordinary jury of twelve (or fewer) persons for the trial of a civil or criminal case. So called to distinguish it from the grand jury.






39. Another term for arraignment.






40. A program of parental care for children who do not have an in-home parental relationship with either biological or adoptive parents.






41. The act that caused an event to occur. A person generally is liable only if an injury was proximately caused by his or her action or by his or her failure to act when he or she had a duty to act.






42. Recommendation for a sentence less than the maximum allowed.






43. A formal - written statement by legislature declaring - commanding - or prohibiting something.






44. Provisional; not final. An interlocutory order or an interlocutory appeal concerns only a part of the issues raised in a lawsuit. Compare to decree .






45. The distinctive pattern of lines on human fingertips that are used as a method of identification in criminal cases.






46. Among other rights - the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees that a person cannot be compelled to present self-incriminating testimony in a criminal proceeding.






47. Having no force - legal power to bind - or validity.






48. Ordinarily refers to a summary proceeding for restoring possession of land to one who has been wrongfully deprived of possession.






49. A statement of the details of the charge made against the defendant.






50. An order issued by a judge for the arrest of a person.