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Law Vocab
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1. 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.'
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
AGENT
IMPLIED CONTRACT
BEST EVIDENCE
2. Acts or declarations by which one implicates oneself in a crime.
DIVORCE
SELF-INCRIMINATION
SHOPLIFTING
EVICTION
3. A change - alteration - or amendment which introduces new elements into the details - or cancels some of them - but leaves the general purpose and effect of the subject-matter intact.
MODIFICATION
CHALLENGE TO THE ARRAY
DEPOSITION
BEQUEATH
4. A second examination of a witness by the opposing counsel after the second examination (or redirect examination) by the counsel who called the witness to testify is completed.
OATH
ARREST OF JUDGMENT
EXAMINATION - RECROSS
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES
5. A contract in which the promise made by the obligor is not expressed - but inferred by one's conduct or implied in law.
IMPLIED CONTRACT
MEDIATION
ESTOPPEL
NON-CAPITAL CASE
6. There are essentially three standards of proof applicable in most court proceedings. In criminal cases - the offense must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt - the highest standard. In civil cases and neglect and dependency proceedings - the lowest
REHEARING
STANDARD OF PROOF
CLOSING ARGUMENT
STATUTORY LAW
7. Having no force - legal power to bind - or validity.
NO BILL
ON A PERSON'S OWN RECOGNIZANCE
HEARSAY
NULL AND VOID
8. 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
CONTRACT
JUSTICIABLE
CLERK OF COURT
RESTITUTION
9. A coming into court as party or interested person or as a lawyer on behalf of party or interested person.
CROSS-CLAIM
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR)
APPEARANCE
PETTY THEFT
10. The final statements by the attorneys to the jury or court summarizing the evidence that they have established and the evidence that the other side has failed to establish.
STATEMENT - CLOSING
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
LITIGANT
CLERK
11. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree. Also the judgment given.
ADJUDICATION
CASE LAW
ESTATE TAX
EQUAL PROTECTION
12. In juvenile court - a judicial hearing - usually held after the filing of a petition - to determine interim custody of a minor pending a judgment.
STATUS OFFENDERS
ARBITRATION
DETENTION HEARING
NO-CONTEST CLAUSE
13. 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.
CAUSE OF ACTION
LEASE
RECALL
FALSE ARREST
14. Evidence that helps to prove a point or issue in a case.
BANKRUPT
IMPLIED CONTRACT
CODICIL (kod'i-sil)
RELEVANT
15. Confirmation or support of a witness' statement or other fact.
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
STATUTORY RAPE
CAUSE OF ACTION
CORROBORATION
16. The right of an accused to a speedy trial as guaranteed by the 6th Amendment of the United States Constitution.
SPEEDY TRIAL
EMBEZZLE
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
CHARACTER EVIDENCE
17. A crime of a more serious nature than a misdemeanor - usually punishable by imprisonment in a penitentiary for more than a year and/or substantial fines.
EVIDENCE
FELONY
INFORMANT
AFFIRMED
18. A lesser offense than a felony and generally punishable by fine or limited jail time - but not in a penitentiary.
DIVORCE
APPELLATE JURISDICTION
ATTACHMENT
MISDEMEANOR
19. The party appealing a final decision or judgment.
APPELLANT
BAR
OVERRULE
REPLEVIN
20. 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.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
RETAINER
NEXT FRIEND
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
21. 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.
DEPOSITION
REASONABLE PERSON
SANCTION
QUASI JUDICIAL
22. To give a gift to someone through a will.
COUNT
BEQUEATH
EVIDENCE - CIRCUMSTANTIAL
HOMICIDE
23. 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.
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
BURGLARY
FAIR HEARING
BOND
24. The operation of a vehicle in an impaired state after consuming alcohol that when tested is above the state's legal alcohol limit.
BAIL REVIEW
BANKRUPT
DRUNK DRIVING
MISTRIAL
25. The doctrine that the government - state or federal - is immune to lawsuit unless it gives its consent.
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
ADOPTION
RULES OF EVIDENCE
26. Declaration or document issued by a grand jury that either makes a neutral report or notes misdeeds by officials charged with specified public duties.
PRESENTMENT
FINDING
SELF-PROVING WILL
APPELLEE
27. The act of stopping a judicial proceeding by order of the court.
PRETERMITTED CHILD
STAY
PROTECTIVE ORDER
BANKRUPTCY
28. Property owned in common by husband and wife each having an undivided one-half interest by reason of their marital status. For example - the earnings of one spouse during the marriage do not belong solely to that spouse; the earnings are community pr
HIT AND RUN
OFFER OF PROOF
JUVENILE
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
29. An order issued by a judge or magistrate commanding a sheriff - constable - or other officer to search a specified location.
INTERLOCUTORY
SEARCH WARRANT
NULL AND VOID
MOOT
30. Judicial officer having strictly limited jurisdiction exercising some of the functions of a judge.
ATTACHMENT
NOTICE TO PRODUCE
DIRECT EVIDENCE
MAGISTRATE
31. 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
FINGERPRINT
LIE DETECTOR
FIFTH AMENDMENT
INFORMATION
32. Grant by the court which assures someone will not face prosecution in return for providing evidence in a criminal proceeding.
INDETERMINATE SENTENCE
CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE
ISSUE
IMMUNITY
33. Crime in which the driver of a vehicle leaves the scene of an accident without identifying himself or herself.
ADOPTION
INTERVENTION
HIT AND RUN
CLERK
34. 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
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
REVOCABLE TRUST
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
CHALLENGE TO THE ARRAY
35. A claim by a defendant that he or she lacks the soundness of mind required by law to accept responsibility for a criminal act.
INSANITY PLEA
DEATH ROW
MEMORIALIZED
INITIAL APPEARANCE
36. The reduction of a sentence - such as from death to life imprisonment.
POUR-OVER WILL
BIFURCATE
OFFENSE
COMMUTATION
37. The area of a state or federal prison where criminals who are sentenced to death are confined until their sentence is commuted or carried out.
SHERIFF
DEATH ROW
INJUNCTION
APPELLATE JURISDICTION
38. 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.
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
ISSUE
COMMON LAW
FALSE PRETENSES
39. 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.
PRISON
ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEY
LEGAL AID
BREATHALYZER TEST
40. Inferences drawn from proven facts.
OVERRULE
REMEDY
EVIDENCE - CIRCUMSTANTIAL
JOYRIDING
41. The act of taking and carrying away the personal property of another of a value less than $300 with the intent to deprive the owner or possessor of it permanently.
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT
COMPETENCY
JUROR
PETTY THEFT
42. A defense claim that the accused was somewhere else at the time a crime was committed.
JUDICIAL REVIEW
ALIBI
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT
PAROLE
43. Presiding or Administrative Judge in a court.
CHIEF JUDGE
DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES
MALFEASANCE
PROTECTIVE ORDER
44. A moot case or a moot point is one not subject to a judicial determination because it involves an abstract question or a pretended controversy that has not yet actually arisen or has already passed. Mootness usually refers to a court's refusal to con
BOND
SELF-INCRIMINATION
MOOT
LAW
45. Ruling or order issued by the judge granting the party's request.
PETTY THEFT
MOTION GRANTED
SENTENCING
FORECLOSURE
46. An endeavor or effort to do an act or accomplish a crime - carries beyond preparation - but lacking execution.
CITATION
ATTEMPT
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
MANSLAUGHTER - INVOLUNTARY
47. A proceeding instituted and carried on in order to determine the guilt or innocence of the accused.
COMMITMENT
SELF-PROVING WILL
PROSECUTION
BRANDISHING A WEAPON
48. Written questions asked by one party in a lawsuit for which the opposing party must provide written answers.
DEFENSE
GOOD FAITH
AGREEMENT
INTERROGATORIES
49. A lawsuit brought by one or more persons on behalf of a larger group.
BAIL REVIEW
CLASS ACTION
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
50. The form of verdict in criminal cases where the jury acquits the defendant - finds him or her not guilty.
INVESTIGATION
NOT GUILTY
INDEMNIFY
RECALL