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Subject : law
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1. A court order to protect a person from further harassment - service of process - or discovery.






2. Trial in which a jury decides issues of fact as opposed to trial only before a judge.






3. Conduct which tends to annoy all citizens - including unnecessary and distractingnoisemaking.






4. Physical condition of a child indicating that external or internal injuries result from acts committed by a parent or custodian.






5. 1. To discuss - ponder or reflect upon before reaching a decision. A judge will usually deliberate before announcing a judgment. 2. Intentional - characterized by consideration and awareness.






6. Asserted to be true as depicted or a person who is accused but has not yet been tried in court.






7. 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.






8. 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.






9. A defense to criminal charges alleging that agents of the government induced a person to commit a crime he or she otherwise would not have committed.






10. A lawsuit.






11. An allowance for expenses in prosecuting or defending a suit. Ordinarily this does not include attorney fees.






12. A proceeding similar to a trial - without a jury - and usually of shorter duration.






13. An imaginary situation - incorporating facts previously admitted into evidence - upon which an expert witness is permitted to give an opinion as to a condition resulting from the situation.






14. Any form of indecent or sexual activity on - involving - or surrounding a child under the state's designated age.






15. A judicial command or order proceeding from a court or judicial officer - directing the proper officer to enforce a judgment - sentence - or decree.






16. Stealing or theft.






17. Any factors associated with the commission of a crime which increase the seriousness of theoffense or add to its injurious consequences.






18. 1. Defendant's statement of a reason why the plaintiff or prosecutor has no valid case against defendant -especially a defendant's answer - denial - or plea. 2. Defendant's method and strategy in opposing the plaintiff or theprosecution. 3. One or mo






19. 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






20. A gift - not necessarily of monetary value - given to influence the conduct of the receiver.






21. Another term for arraignment.






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






23. A sentence imposed for the commission of a crime whereby a convicted criminal offender is released into the community - usually under conditions and under the supervision of a probation officer - instead of incarceration.






24. 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.






25. Voluntary statement made by one who is a defendant in a criminal trial - which - if true - discloses his or her guilt.






26. 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.






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






28. Pertinent and proper to be considered in reaching a decision.






29. The peril in which an accused is placed when he is properly charged with a crime before a court. Jeopardy normally attaches when the petit jury is impaneled.






30. One who commits a crime - such as a felony - misdemeanor - or other punishable unlawful act.






31. 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.






32. A court in which the proceedings are recorded - transcribed - and maintained as permanent records.






33. That which - under the rules of evidence - cannot be admitted as evidence in a trial or hearing.






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






35. A temporary location that is meant to secure the accused while waiting for trial to begin or continue.






36. 1. Written attestation. 2. Authorized declaration verifying that an instrument is a true and correct copy of the original.






37. A forejudgment - bias - a preconceived opinion.






38. Intentional - unlawful deception to deprive another person of property or to injure that person in some other way.






39. The process of photographing - fingerprinting - and recording identifying data of a suspect. This process follows the arrest.






40. Oral or written request made by a party to an action before - during - or after a trial asking the judge to issue a ruling or order in that party's favor.






41. 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.)






42. Confirmation or support of a witness' statement or other fact.






43. The transfer of a state case to federal court for trial; in civil cases - because the parties are from different states; in criminal and some civil cases - because there is a significant possibility that there could not be a fair trial in state court






44. 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.






45. A special kind of executor - permitted by the laws of certain states - who performs the duties of an executor without intervention by the court.






46. The first examination of a witness by the counsel who called the witness to testify.






47. The malicious burning of someone else's or one's own dwelling or of anyone's commercial or industrial property.






48. A federal or state public building or other place for the confinement of persons. It is used as either a punishment imposed by the law or otherwise in the course of the administration of justice






49. The authority of a court to review the official actions of other branches of government. Also - the authority to declare unconstitutional the actions of other branches.






50. Evidence that can be legally and properly introduced in a civil or criminal trial.