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Subject : law
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1. One acting without formal appointment as guardian for the benefit of an infant - a person of unsound mind not judicially declared incompetent - or other person under some disability.






2. A lawsuit - litigation - or action. Any question - civil or criminal - litigated or contested before a court of justice.






3. One not trained in law.






4. The CFR is the annual listing of executive agency regulations published in the daily Federal Register - and the regulations issued previously which are still in effect. The CFR contains regulatory laws governing practice and procedure before federal






5. A trust set up for the benefit of someone who the grantor believes would be incapable of managing his or her own financial affairs.






6. Recovery of land or rental property from another by legal process.






7. In criminal law - a finding of not guilty. In contract law - a release - absolution - or discharge from an obligation - liability - or engagement.






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






9. 1. A statement of acceptance of responsibility. 2. The short declaration at the end of a legal paper showing that the paper was duly executed and acknowledged.






10. Money or a written instrument such as a deed that - by agreement between two parties - is held by a neutral third party (held in escrow) until all conditions of the agreement are met.






11. 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.






12. Responsible for a delinquency - crime - or other offense; not innocent.






13. Evidence which tends to indicate that a defendant did not commit the alleged crime.






14. A hearing established to re-evaluate the bail amount that was originally set for the accused.






15. The voluntary transfer - by a debtor - of all property to a trustee for thebenefit of all of his or her creditors.






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






17. The court-supervised process by which a will is determined to be the will-maker's final statement regarding how the will-maker wants his or her property distributed.






18. An oral (unwritten) will.






19. A form of alternative dispute resolution in which the parties bring their dispute to a neutral third party - who helps them agree on a settlement.






20. Process by which a court seeks to interpret the meaning and scope of legislation.






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






22. To bear witness to - to affirm to be true or genuine - to certify.






23. A person who is the liable party in paying the bond for the defendant's release from jail.






24. A government grant giving an inventor the exclusive right to make or sell his or her invention for a term of years.






25. A parent's or custodian's act of leaving a child without adequate care - supervision - support - or parental






26. A person confined to a prison - penitentiary - or jail.






27. To overthrow - to vacate - to annul or make void.






28. A forsaking - abandoning - renouncing - or giving over a right.






29. 1. A real or seeming incompatibility between one's private interests and one's public or fiduciary duties. 2. A real or seeming incompatibility between the interests of two of a lawyer's clients - such that the lawyer is disqualified from representin






30. Law established by previous decisions of appellate courts - particularly the Supreme Court.






31. A forejudgment - bias - a preconceived opinion.






32. Test to determine content of alcohol in one arrested for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor by analyzing a breath sample.






33. Refers to courts that have no limit on the types of criminal and civil cases they may hear.






34. A personal representative - named in a will - who administers an estate.






35. This phrase - endorsed by a grand jury on the written indictment submitted to it for its approval - means that the evidence was found insufficient to indict.






36. Published words or pictures that falsely and maliciously harm the reputation of a person. See DEFAMATION.






37. A jury which is unable to agree on a verdict after a suitable period of deliberation.






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






39. An offer of proof as to what the evidence would be if a witness were called to testify or answer a question.






40. A form of legal co-ownership of property (also known as survivor ship ). At the death of one co-owner - the surviving co-owner becomes sole owner of the property.






41. An individual appointed by the court to oversee administrative matters.






42. The person who administers an estate. If named in a will - that person's title is an executor . If there is no valid will - that person's title is an administrator.






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






44. Now called Judgment as a Matter of Law. An instruction by the judge to the jury to return a specific verdict.






45. A legally enforceable agreement between two or more competent parties made either orally or in writing. CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE - A legal doctrine that says if the plaintiff in a civil action for negligence also was negligent - he or she cannot recov






46. The act of not following an order that is directed by the court.






47. Evidence in form of witness testimony - who actually saw - heard - or touched the subject of question.






48. Legally responsible.






49. An official or formal statement of facts or proceedings.






50. The act of spending an allotted amount of time in a designated location such as a prison as punishment for the crime committed.