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Law Vocab
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1. A child who is homeless or without proper care through no fault of the parent - guardian - or custodian. DEPORTATION - The act of removing a person to another country. Order issued by an immigration judge - expelling an alien from the United States.
DEPENDENT CHILD
CAPITAL CASE
GENERAL JURISDICTION
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
2. Legal dissolution of a marriage by a court. Also termed dissolutionof marriage.
RECUSE
CONFESSION
DIVORCE
HIT AND RUN
3. Putting a person to death - usually by hanging - without legal authority.
JUVENILE WAIVER
EXECUTE
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
LYNCHING
4. An agreement by attorneys on both sides of a civil or criminal case about some aspect of the case; e.g. - to extend the time to answer - to adjourn the trial date - or to admit certain facts at the trial.
ACCORD AND SATISFACTION
STIPULATE
CLAIM
PAROLE
5. Opportunity for the side that opened the case to offer limited response to evidence presented during the rebuttal by the opposing side.
REJOINDER
INDEMNIFY
PERMANENT RESIDENT
CONVICT
6. The distinctive pattern of lines on human fingertips that are used as a method of identification in criminal cases.
INTESTACY LAWS
FINGERPRINT
EMBEZZLE
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
7. In civil cases when it is necessary to preserve the status quo prior to trial - the court may issue a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order ordering a party to carry out a specified activity.
GOOD CAUSE
COURT OF RECORD
SLANDER
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
8. 1. The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. 2. The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
JURISDICTION
LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE
PRE-INJUNCTION
PEOPLE (PROSECUTION)
9. Lie detector test and the apparatus for conducting the test.
INMATE
POLYGRAPH
HARMLESS ERROR
LIEN
10. A request made after a trial - asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial wasconducted properly. To make such a request is 'to appeal' or 'to take an appeal.'
PRELIMINARY HEARING
APPEAL
CAUSE
GOOD TIME
11. A person appointed by will or by law to assume responsibility for incompetent adults or minor children.
LINEUP
CROSS-EXAMINATION
DIRECT EXAMINATION
GUARDIAN
12. Needy and poor. A defendant who can demonstrate his or her indigence to the court may be assigned a court appointed attorney at public expense.
INDIGENT
REMAND
FIELD SOBRIETY TEST
PETTY OFFENSE
13. A meeting between the judge and the lawyers involved in a lawsuit to narrow the issues in the suit - agree on what will be presented at the trial - and make a final effort to settle the case without a trial.
CAUSATION
FAMILY ALLOWANCE
EMBEZZLE
PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE
14. Attested as being true or an exact reproduction.
CRIMINAL SUMMONS
FIDELITY BOND
MURDER
CERTIFIED
15. Remarks addressed by attorney to judge or jury on the merits of case or on points of law.
CASE
ATTACHMENT
MALICE
ARGUMENT
16. Sentences for two or more crimes to run consecutively - rather than concurrently. CUSTODY - 1. The care and control of a thing or person for inspection - preservation - or security. 2. The care - control - and maintenance of a child awarded by a cour
COURT OF RECORD
CUMULATIVE SENTENCES
INTERROGATORIES
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
17. 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.
LENIENCY
SPENDTHRIFT TRUST
CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE
PRETERMITTED SPOUSE
18. The lawyer who represents a client and is entitled to receive all formal documents from the court or from other parties. Also known as counsel of record.
PRECEDENT
CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
SHOW CAUSE
19. Any fact or evidence that leads to a judgment of the court.
MENTAL HEALTH
SPEEDY TRIAL
PROOF
ADJUDICATE
20. Physical condition of a child indicating that external or internal injuries result from acts committed by a parent or custodian.
BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME (B.C.S.)
ACQUIT
FELONY MURDER
ALIMONY
21. In criminal law - the hearing at which a judge determines whether there is sufficient evidence against a person charged with a crime to hold him or her for trial.
DISSOLUTION
MALFEASANCE
POSSESSION OF DRUGS
INITIAL APPEARANCE
22. A chronological summary of all official records and recorded documents affecting the title to aparcel of real property.
DECREE
ABSTRACT OF TITLE
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
PROSECUTOR
23. An action for the recovery of a possession that has been wrongfully taken.
REPLEVIN
GENERAL JURISDICTION
MEDIATION
ACQUIT
24. A claim by codefendant or co-plaintiffs against each other and not against persons on the opposite side of the lawsuit.
ACCORD
CROSS-CLAIM
HEARING
LYNCHING
25. Evidence which tends to indicate that a defendant did not commit the alleged crime.
RATIFICATION
EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE
INDETERMINATE SENTENCE
REJOINDER
26. The planning of a crime preceding the commission of the act - rather than committing the crime on the spur of the moment.
COURTROOM
PREMEDITATION
INTESTATE
RULE
27. The facts that give rise to a lawsuit or a legal claim.
FAMILY ALLOWANCE
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
CALLING THE DOCKET
CAUSE OF ACTION
28. The act of obtaining the property of another person through wrongful use of actual or threatened force - violence - or fear.
FOUNDATION
CHILD SUPPORT
CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
EXTORTION
29. Bail that is kept by the court as a result of not following a court order.
CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE
FORFEIT
BAIL FORFEITURE
ADOPTION
30. The presence of drugs on the accused for recreational use or for the purpose to sell.
POSSESSION OF DRUGS
INITIAL APPEARANCE
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
LAY PERSON
31. Refers to courts that have no limit on the types of criminal and civil cases they may hear.
LARCENY
APPELLEE
GENERAL JURISDICTION
STAY
32. 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
MAGISTRATE
DUE PROCESS OF LAW
CHARGE TO THE JURY
CAPTION
33. Evidence in form of witness testimony - who actually saw - heard - or touched the subject of question.
COURTS - JUVENILE and DEPENDENCY
EVIDENCE - DIRECT
DISCOVERY
PATERNITY
34. A reference to a source of legal authority. A direction to appear in court - as when a defendant is cited into court - rather than arrested.
CITATION
CONSIDERATION
COURT - APPEALS
COURT OF RECORD
35. Help - assist - or facilitate the commission of a crime.
AID AND ABET
PROSTITUTION
CODICIL (kod'i-sil)
REDRESS
36. Oral or verbal evidence rather than written. The Parole Evidence Rule limits the admissibility of parole evidence which would directly contradict the clear meaning of terms of a written contract.
LAW
PROBATION OFFICER
PAROLE EVIDENCE
DUE PROCESS OF LAW
37. Confirmation or support of a witness' statement or other fact.
RIGHTS - CONSTITUTIONAL
CORROBORATION
CIVIL CASE
DEFAMATION
38. A right guaranteed by the U. S. Constitution - interpreted by the federal courts; also - a right guaranteed by some other constitution (such as a state constitution).
PATENT
COURTROOM
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
BAIL BOND
39. Evidence that can be legally and properly introduced in a civil or criminal trial.
ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE
ESCHEAT (ES-CHET)
FIDUCIARY
OBJECTION SUSTAINED
40. The malicious burning of someone else's or one's own dwelling or of anyone's commercial or industrial property.
ADOPTION
CONCURRENT SENTENCES
ARSON
PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE
41. The adjournment or postponement of a session - hearing - trial - or other proceeding until a future date.
BRIEF
CONTINUANCE
ESTATE
PROBATE COURT
42. A body of persons temporarily selected from the citizens of a particular district sworn to listen to the evidence in a trial and declare a verdict on matters of fact.
PRELIMINARY HEARING
CRIMINAL
IRRELEVANT
JURY
43. 1. Property that is pledged as security against a debt. 2. A person belonging to the same ancestral stock (a relation) - but not in a direct line of descent.
COLLATERAL
CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
DEPOSITION
PLEADINGS
44. Ill will - hatred - or hostility by one person toward another which may prompt the intentional doing of a wrongful act without legal justification or excuse.
ABANDONMENT
MALICE
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES
SEALING
45. Written or oral pledge by a witness to speak the truth.
CALENDAR
OATH
STAY
HARMLESS ERROR
46. Exposure to sight of the private parts of the body in a lewd or indecent manner in a public place.
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE
INDECENT EXPOSURE
CASE LAW
BENCH WARRANT
47. To sentence a person convicted of an offense to pay a penalty in money.
FINE
BOOKING NUMBER
EXTORTION
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
48. To try issues separately - such as guilt and criminal responsibility in a criminal proceeding or liability and damages in a civil action.
BIFURCATE
IMPEACHMENT OF WITNESS
ASSUMPTION OF RISK
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
49. 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.
CIVIL ACTION
LINEUP
COURT - APPEALS
MEDIATION
50. With knowledge - willfully or intentionally with respect to a material element of an offense.
KNOWINGLY
OFFENSE
REMAND
HEARSAY