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Subject : law
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1. A hallowed principle of criminal law that a person is innocent of a crime until proven guilty.






2. Evil doing - ill conduct; the commission of some act which is positively prohibited by law.






3. A procedural error during a trial or hearing sufficiently harmful to justify reversing the judgment of a lower court.






4. Sexual intercourse between persons so closely related that marriage between them would be unlawful.






5. The jury's decision-making process after hearing the evidence and closing arguments and being giventhe court's instructions.






6. Persons trained in the law who assist judges in researching legal opinions.






7. The assertion of a right to money or property.






8. An oral (unwritten) will.






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






10. Tangible physical property (such as cars - clothing - furniture - and jewelry) and intangible personal property. This does not include real property such as land or rights in land.






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






12. A lawsuit brought to enforce - redress - or protect private rights or to gain payment for a wrong done to a person or party by another person or party. In general - all types of actions other than criminal proceedings.






13. A mutual understanding and intention between two or more parties. The writing or instrument which isevidence of an agreement. (Although often used as synonymous with contract - agreement is a broader term.)






14. A husband or wife of a deceased spouse married after a will is executed who is not provided for in the will.






15. A formal - written application to the court requesting judicial action on some matter.






16. 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.






17. An amendment to a will.

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18. To state - recite - assert - claim - maintain - charge or set forth. To make an allegation.






19. Voluntary acknowledgment of the existence of certain facts relevant to the adversary's case.






20. A prison or place of confinement where convicted felons are sent to serve out the term of their sentence.






21. The reduction of a sentence - such as from death to life imprisonment.






22. A claim by codefendant or co-plaintiffs against each other and not against persons on the opposite side of the lawsuit.






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






24. To seat a jury. When voir dire is finished and both sides have exercised their challenges - the jury is impaneled.The jurors are sworn in and the trial is ready to proceed.






25. Successive sentences - one beginning at the expiration of another - imposed against a person convicted of two or more violations.






26. An agreement by two or more persons to commit an unlawful act; in criminal law - conspiracy is a separate offense from the crime that is the object of the conspiracy.






27. A defense attorney designated by the court to represent a defendant who does not have the funds to retain an attorney. COURT COSTS - The expenses of prosecuting or defending a lawsuit - other than the attorneys' fees. An amount of moneymay be awarded






28. A formal written accusation - issued by a grand jury - charging a party with a crime.






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






30. A party is said to rest or rest its case when it has presented all the evidence it intends to offer.






31. Jury of inquiry. The jury which determines which charges - if any - are to be brought against a defendant.






32. Primary evidence; the best evidence available. Evidence short of this is 'secondary.' That is - anoriginal letter is 'best evidence -' and a photocopy is 'secondary evidence.'






33. 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.






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






35. The referral of a dispute to an impartial third person chosen by the parties to the dispute who agree in advance to abide by the arbitrator's award issued after a hearing at which both parties have an opportunity to be heard.






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






37. An attorney appointed by a court or employed by a government agency whose work consists primarily of defending people who are unable to hire a lawyer due to economic reasons.






38. The act - after a jury verdict has been announced - of asking jurors individually whether they agree with the verdict.






39. The process by which the property of a person who has died without a will passes on to others according to the state's distribution statutes.






40. Objection to the seating of a particular juror for a stated reason (usually bias or prejudice for or against one of the parties in the lawsuit). The judge has the discretion to deny the challenge. This differs from peremptory challenge.






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






42. A person who makes and signs an affidavit.






43. False and defamatory spoken words tending to harm another's reputation - community standing - office - trade - business - or means of livelihood.






44. A person who directs a commission; a member of a commission. The officer in charge of a department or bureau of a public service.






45. Attorney at law - lawyer - counselor at law.






46. Words - gestures - and actions which tend to annoy - alarm - and verbally abuse another person.






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 .






48. 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.






49. Immorality. An element of crimes inherently bad - as opposed to crimes bad merely because they are forbidden by statute.






50. In juvenile court - a judicial hearing - usually held after the filing of a petition - to determine interim custody of a minor pending a judgment.