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Subject : law
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1. Willful destruction of property - from actual ill will or resentment toward its owner or possessor.






2. A procedural error during a trial or hearing sufficiently harmful to justify reversing the judgment of a lower court.






3. To clean or clear - such as eliminating inactive records from court files; with respect to civil contempt - to cure the noncompliance that caused the contempt finding.






4. The judgment reached or given by a court of law.






5. Testimony given in relation to some scientific - technical - or professional matter by experts - i.e. -person qualified to speak authoritatively by reason of their special training - skill - or familiarity with the subject.






6. A private person (who is not necessarily a lawyer) authorized by another to act in his or her place - either for some particular purpose - as to do a specific act - or for the transaction of business in general - not of legal character. This authorit






7. To seat a jury. When voir dire is finished and both sides have exercised their challenges - the jury is impaneled.The jurors are sworn in and the trial is ready to proceed.






8. To take into one's family the child of another and give him or her the rights - privileges - and duties of a child and heir.






9. A special type of guilty plea by which a defendant does not admit guilt but concedes that the State hasufficient evidence to convict; normally made to avoid the threat of greater punishment. Source: Black's Law Dictionary(1996); North Carolina v. Alf






10. A previously decided case that guides the decision of future cases.






11. The act of taking money - personal property - or any other article of value that is in the possession of another done by means of force or fear.






12. A contract in which the promise made by the obligor is not expressed - but inferred by one's conduct or implied in law.






13. 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.






14. Evidence given to explain - counteract - or disprove facts given by the opposing counsel.






15. The dismissal of a case - by which the same cause of action cannot be brought against thedefendant again at a later date.






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






17. 1. A unit of the judiciary authorized to decide disputed matters of fact - cases or controversies. 2. Figuratively - the judge or judicial officer. Judges sometimes use 'court' to refer to themselves in the third person - as in 'the court has read






18. With knowledge - willfully or intentionally with respect to a material element of an offense.






19. Evidence given to explain - repel - counteract - or disprove facts given in evidence by the adverse party.






20. The rule preventing illegally obtained evidence to be used in any trial.






21. The juror who chairs the jury during deliberations and speaks for the jury in court when announcing the verdict.






22. To unite - to combine - to enter into an alliance.






23. The court in which a matter must first be filed.






24. 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).






25. The rights of a person guaranteed by the state or federal constitutions.






26. A formal - written application to the court requesting judicial action on some matter.






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






28. A court order to protect a person from further harassment - service of process - or discovery.






29. Help - assist - or facilitate the commission of a crime.






30. Standards governing whether evidence in a civil or criminal case is admissible.






31. A legal right - exemption or immunity granted to a person - company or class - that is beyond the common advantages of other citizens.






32. A belief in the American legal system which states that all people accused of a criminal act are considered not to have committed the crime until the evidence leaves no doubt in the mind of the court or the jury .






33. Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree. Also the judgment given.






34. A violation of law - not punishable by imprisonment. Minor traffic offenses are generally considered infractions.






35. The distinctive pattern of lines on human fingertips that are used as a method of identification in criminal cases.






36. A weapon which acts by force of gunpowder - such as a rifle - shotgun or revolver.






37. 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.






38. To annul or make void by recalling or taking back.






39. Generally - justice or fairness.






40. Official and formal erasure of a record or partial contents of a record.






41. Persons trained in the law who assist judges in researching legal opinions.






42. To disagree. An appellate court opinion setting forth the minority view and outlining the disagreement of one or more judges with the decision of the majority.






43. The means by which a right is enforced or the violation of a right is prevented - redressed or compensated.






44. Any fact or evidence that leads to a judgment of the court.






45. Remarks addressed by attorney to judge or jury on the merits of case or on points of law.






46. A young person who has not yet attained the age at which he or she should be treated as an adult for purposes of criminal law and other legal matters.






47. To sentence a person convicted of an offense to pay a penalty in money.






48. A seizure; the obtaining of money by legal process through seizure and sale of property.






49. To change - correct - revise - improve - modify - or alter.






50. The party appealing a final decision or judgment.