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Law Vocab
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1. The term pertains to liability for loss shifted from one person held legally responsible to another.
INDEMNIFY
FALSE IMPRISONMENT
INMATE
INTESTACY LAWS
2. 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.
LYNCHING
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
SEPARATION
DAMAGES
3. Mutual or successive relationships to the same right of property - or the same interest of one person with another which represents the same legal right.
PRIVITY
RECALL
FRAUD
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES
4. Written questions asked by one party in a lawsuit for which the opposing party must provide written answers.
INTERROGATORIES
HEARING - PRELIMINARY
GENERAL JURISDICTION
ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON
5. The legal right to bring a lawsuit. Only a person with something at stake has standing to bring a lawsuit.
DISMISS
PANDERING
CAUSE OF ACTION
STANDING
6. An undisclosed person who confidentially discloses material information of a crime to the police - which is usually done in exchange for a reward or special treatment.
ESTATE TAX
POUR-OVER WILL
PENDING
INFORMANT
7. An honest belief - the absence of malice - and the absence of design to defraud.
DEFENSE ATTORNEY
RETURN
GOOD FAITH
COURT REPORTER
8. A court in which the proceedings are recorded - transcribed - and maintained as permanent records.
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
COURT OF RECORD
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
LINEUP
9. A contract in which the promise made by the obligor is not expressed - but inferred by one's conduct or implied in law.
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
IMPLIED CONTRACT
SIDEBAR
CHIEF JUDGE
10. Aka PROSECUTOR and DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
BEQUEATH
MODIFICATION
LITIGANT
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
11. A rule of law that courts and judges shall draw a particular inference from a particular fact - or from particular evidence.
ASSAULT
PERMANENT INJUNCTION
CONCURRENT JURISDICTION
PRESUMPTION OF LAW
12. A protest to the court against an act or omission by the opposing party.
COMMIT
JUSTICIABLE
OBJECTION
REVOKE
13. A proceeding similar to a trial - without a jury - and usually of shorter duration.
COMPLY
CHALLENGE TO THE ARRAY
HEARING
JURISDICTION
14. 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
MALICE
BAIL BOND
PROBATION
STANDARD OF PROOF
15. Law enacted by the legislative branch of government - as distinguished from case law or common law .
STATUTORY LAW
AMEND
ARGUMENT
EXAMINATION - RECROSS
16. 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
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
CONTRACT
DEFENSE
REPORT
17. Dying without a will.
INTESTATE
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
DECISION
DAMAGES
18. A judge's written explanation of a decision of the court or of a majority of judges. A dissenting opinion disagrees with the majority opinion because of the reasoning and/or the principles of law on which the decision is based. A concurring opinion a
OPINION
CRIMINAL
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
19. Law established by previous decisions of appellate courts - particularly the Supreme Court.
NOTICE
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
CASE LAW
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
20. 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.
CHAMBERS
ABANDONMENT
COUNTERFEIT
SPEEDY TRIAL
21. Formal conclusion by a judge or jury on issues of fact.
FINDING
PRESENTMENT
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
PRE-INJUNCTION
22. 1. Historically - the partition separating the general public from the space occupied by the judges - lawyers - and other participants in a trial. 2. More commonly - the term means the whole body of lawyers.
MAYHEM
BAR
COURT ADMINISTRATOR
CAUSATION
23. Trial without a jury in which a judge decides the facts.
RATIFICATION
FINDING
LIE DETECTOR
BENCH TRIAL
24. A formal - written application to the court requesting judicial action on some matter.
PANDERING
LAW CLERKS
LAWSUIT
PETITION
25. A claim by a defendant that he or she lacks the soundness of mind required by law to accept responsibility for a criminal act.
EXCLUSIONARY RULE
PRELIMINARY HEARING
INSANITY PLEA
HUNG JURY
26. A listing of all the criminal convictions against an individual.
RAP SHEET
ESCROW
ALLEGE
DIRECTED VERDICT
27. The process by which one state or country surrenders to another state - a person accused or convicted of a crime in the other state.
CAUSATION
PLEA BARGAIN
SELF-DEFENSE
EXTRADITION
28. 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.
NOT GUILTY
PROCEDURAL LAW
BAIL REVIEW
NO BILL
29. A court order requiring that some action be taken - or that some party refrain from taking action. It differs from forms of temporary relief - such as a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction.
JUVENILE WAIVER
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
IMPEACHMENT OF WITNESS
PERMANENT INJUNCTION
30. That quality of evidence which tends to influence the trier of fact because of its logical connection with the issue.
EXHIBIT
INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY
PROSTITUTION
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
31. The reduction by a judge of the damages awarded by a jury.
MOTION GRANTED
REMITTITUR
MOTION
SETTLEMENT
32. Another hearing of a civil or criminal case by the same court in which the case was originally heard.
FINDING
REHEARING
ACCOMPLICE
INDETERMINATE SENTENCE
33. The legal obligation of parents to contribute to the economic maintenance - including education - of their children. Money paid by one parent to another toward the expenses of the children of the marriage.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
AUTO TAMPERING
CHILD SUPPORT
AGREEMENT
34. Willful destruction of property - from actual ill will or resentment toward its owner or possessor.
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
STRICT LIABILITY
ARSON
MANSLAUGHTER - VOLUNTARY
35. The taking or detaining of a person against his or her will and without lawful authority.
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
KIDNAPPING
CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
PROSECUTION
36. The unlawful use of force against another with unusual or serious consequences such as theuse of a dangerous weapon.
STIPULATE
AGGRAVATED BATTERY
PROFFER
PRESUMPTION OF LAW
37. Additional juror impaneled in case of sickness or disability of another juror.
MISDEMEANOR
HOSPITAL WARRANT
JUROR - ALTERNATE
OF COUNSEL
38. Stealing or theft.
HOSPITAL WARRANT
EQUAL PROTECTION
BREACH
LARCENY
39. A seizure; the obtaining of money by legal process through seizure and sale of property.
LEVY
ENTER A GUILTY PLEA
DELIBERATION
CHARGE TO THE JURY
40. A person who aids or contributes in the commission of a crime.
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
ACCESSORY
ABANDONMENT
HOLOGRAPHIC WILL
41. To legally certify the innocence of one charged with a crime. To set free - release or discharge from an obligation - burden or accusation. To find a defendant not guilty in a criminal trial.
ACQUIT
EXTRADITION
ALIMONY
MOOT
42. Placing a convicted defendant on conditional probation - the successful completion of which will prevent entry of the underlying judgment of conviction
REVERSE
RESTRAINING ORDER
PROBATION BEFORE JUDGMENT (PBJ)
OF COUNSEL
43. A judge's private office. A hearing in chambers takes place in the judge's office outside of the presence of the jury and the public.
INDECENT EXPOSURE
CHAMBERS
CONTEMPT OF COURT
MUGSHOT
44. Legal right given to a person to manage the property and financial affairs of a person deemed incapable of doing that for himself or herself. (Conservators have somewhat less responsibility than guardians. See also guardianship.)
SHOW CAUSE
RAPE
ATTEST
CONSERVATORSHIP
45. Asserted to be true as depicted or a person who is accused but has not yet been tried in court.
BOOKING
ALLEGED
REASONABLE PERSON
CERTIFIED
46. The distinctive pattern of lines on human fingertips that are used as a method of identification in criminal cases.
FINGERPRINT
OFFER OF PROOF
CAUSATION
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
47. An order issued by a judge for the arrest of a person.
NO-FAULT PROCEEDINGS
BENCH WARRANT
EVIDENCE - CIRCUMSTANTIAL
AMEND
48. A legal doctrine by which acts of the opposing parties are compared to determine the liability of each party to the other - making each liable only for his or her percentage of fault.
COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
ALIMONY
SLANDER
49. A certificate or evidence of a debt. Often used interchangeably with bail.
DISCLAIM
BOND
PRISON
STATUTORY RAPE
50. Declarations by either side in a civil or criminal case reserving the right to appeal a judge's ruling upon a motion. Also - in regulatory cases - objections by either side to points made by the other side or to rulings by the agency or one of its he
RECIDIVISM
PREJUDICE
INTESTATE SUCCESSION
EXCEPTIONS