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Law Vocab
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1. An action between two or more persons in the courts of law - not a criminal matter.
LAWSUIT
PROSTITUTION
IRRELEVANT
POSSESSION OF DRUGS
2. 1. An act of omission or commission in violation of law which carries criminal consequences. 2. Criminal activity in general relating to a specific time or place.
CRIME
PROTECTIVE ORDER
PREJUDICIAL EVIDENCE
SHERIFF
3. A formal written accusation - issued by a grand jury - charging a party with a crime.
DIRECT EXAMINATION
LAW
INDICTMENT
COUNTERFEIT
4. Proof of facts by witnesses who saw acts done or heard words spoken.
ANNUAL REVIEW
ADJUDICATION
DIRECT EVIDENCE
CIVIL ACTION
5. To refuse a gift made in a will.
EXHIBIT
BAIL
CORROBORATE
DISCLAIM
6. A contract in which the promise made by the obligor is not expressed - but inferred by one's conduct or implied in law.
OPENING ARGUMENT
IMPLIED CONTRACT
SENTENCING
INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR
7. A hearing established to re-evaluate the bail amount that was originally set for the accused.
ATTEMPT
ANSWER
CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
BAIL REVIEW
8. Officer of the court who files pleadings - motions - judgments - etc. - issues process - and keeps records of court proceedings.
COMMIT
FIDELITY BOND
CLERK
PRIVITY
9. Official and formal erasure of a record or partial contents of a record.
EXPUNGEMENT
JURY COMMISSIONER
OF COUNSEL
JOIN
10. A writ - often issued by an appellate court - making available remedies not regularly within the powers of lower courts. They include writs of habeas corpus - mandamus - prohibition and quo warranto.
PENITENTIARY
REJOINDER
PROBATE ESTATE
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
11. A general term for an action - cause - suit - or controversy brought before the court for resolution.
CASE
BEST EVIDENCE
RECALL
MITIGATING FACTORS
12. A lawsuit - litigation - or action. Any question - civil or criminal - litigated or contested before a court of justice.
COUNT
BAIL REVIEW
CAUSE
DEFENSE
13. An order requiring a person to appear in court and present reasons why a certain order - judgment - or decree should not be issued.
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
CHALLENGE FOR CAUSE
SHOW CAUSE
JURY BOX
14. Facts that do not constitute a justification or excuse for an offense but which may be considered as reasons for reducing the degree of blame.
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
CALENDAR
LENIENCY
MITIGATING FACTORS
15. 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.
FOSTER CARE
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
LEWD CONDUCT
MEDIATION
16. Evidence that helps to prove a point or issue in a case.
REVOKE
DUE PROCESS OF LAW
JURY
RELEVANT
17. Refers to courts that have no limit on the types of criminal and civil cases they may hear.
GENERAL JURISDICTION
CALENDAR
CALLING THE DOCKET
ADJUDICATION
18. The judgment reached or given by a court of law.
CAUSE OF ACTION
CAPTION
DECISION
HEARING - PRELIMINARY
19. Written or oral pledge by a witness to speak the truth.
JUROR - ALTERNATE
ENTRAPMENT
OATH
CIVIL PROCEDURE
20. The party appealing a final decision or judgment.
OFFENDER
APPELLANT
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
GAMBLING
21. Trial in which a jury decides issues of fact as opposed to trial only before a judge.
ARRAIGN
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
JURY TRIAL
GARNISHMENT
22. An action instituted with intention of injuring the defendant and without probable cause -and which terminates in favor of the person prosecuted.
NULL AND VOID
DEMURRER
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
HOMICIDE
23. A trust that - once set up - the grantor may not revoke.
IRREVOCABLE TRUST
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
SIDEBAR
PAROLE
24. Taking and carrying away the personal property of another person of a value in excess of an amount set by law with the .intent to deprive the owner or possessor of it.
DEFENDANT
PROBATE
GRAND THEFT
SENTENCE REPORT
25. False and defamatory spoken words tending to harm another's reputation - community standing - office - trade - business - or means of livelihood.
SLANDER
ESCHEAT (ES-CHET)
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
MANDATE
26. The jury's decision-making process after hearing the evidence and closing arguments and being giventhe court's instructions.
DELIBERATION
CLERK
GOOD TIME
COLLATERAL
27. The cause - price - or impelling influence which induces a party to enter into a contract.
LEWD CONDUCT
RATIFICATION
CONSIDERATION
CONSERVATORSHIP
28. Immorality. An element of crimes inherently bad - as opposed to crimes bad merely because they are forbidden by statute.
INDECENT EXPOSURE
MORAL TURPITUDE
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
BRANDISHING A WEAPON
29. Putting a person to death - usually by hanging - without legal authority.
ARRAIGN
REAL EVIDENCE
PRESENTMENT
LYNCHING
30. Judicial officer having strictly limited jurisdiction exercising some of the functions of a judge.
ALIBI
MAGISTRATE
COUNTERCLAIM
GRAND THEFT
31. A legal proceeding in which a debtor's money - in the possession of another (the garnishee) - is applied to the debts of the debtor - such as when an employer garnishes a debtor's wages.
EXPUNGEMENT
POLLING THE JURY
GARNISHMENT
BILL OF PARTICULARS
32. The seat occupied by judges in courts.
HANDCUFFS
PURGE
SENTENCE REPORT
BENCH
33. The manipulation of an automobile and its parts for a specific purpose.
BENCH CONFERENCE
PARDON
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
AUTO TAMPERING
34. A previously decided case that guides the decision of future cases.
OPINION EVIDENCE
STANDING
INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY
PRECEDENT
35. Having addressed any matter in writing.
MEMORIALIZED
GARNISHMENT
ARREST
BAIL BOND
36. An attack on a judgment other than a direct appeal to a higher court.
POUR-OVER WILL
HARASSMENT
BODY ATTACHMENT
COLLATERAL ATTACK
37. All the judges of a court sitting together. Appellate courts can consist of a dozen or more judges - but often they hear cases in panels of three judges. If a case is heard or reheard by the full court - it is heard en banc.
EN BANC
HEARING
SENTENCE - CONSECUTIVE
JEOPARDY
38. Lie detector test and the apparatus for conducting the test.
SODOMY
BANKRUPTCY
ARREST
POLYGRAPH
39. The constitutional prohibition under the Fifth Amendment against a person being put on trial more than once for the same offense.
FELONY MURDER
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEY
REBUTTAL
40. Recovery of land or rental property from another by legal process.
EVICTION
LOITERING
JOYRIDING
MODIFICATION
41. To try issues separately - such as guilt and criminal responsibility in a criminal proceeding or liability and damages in a civil action.
BAIL REVIEW
PROBATE ESTATE
BIFURCATE
CAUSATION
42. A case summary or commentary on the law cases - statutes - and rules illustrating its interpretation.
OATH
ANNOTATION
HEARSAY
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
43. The jurisdiction of two or more courts - each authorized to deal with the same subject matter.
CONCURRENT JURISDICTION
CAPITAL CASE
DEATH PENALTY
OPENING ARGUMENT
44. The judgment formally pronounced by the court or judge upon the defendant after his or her conviction by imposing a punishment to be inflicted either in the form of a fine - incarceration or probation.
SENTENCE
ENTER A GUILTY PLEA
CLAIM
JUVENILE
45. The act of obtaining the property of another person through wrongful use of actual or threatened force - violence - or fear.
COURT
ARSON
EXTORTION
COUNTERCLAIM
46. A judge's decision not to allow an objection. A decision by a higher court finding that a lower court decision was wrong.
FAILURE TO APPEAR
OVERRULE
DISMISS
AFFIRMED
47. An honest belief - the absence of malice - and the absence of design to defraud.
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES
GOOD FAITH
ELEMENTS OF A CRIME
COURT - NIGHT
48. Process by which a court seeks to interpret the meaning and scope of legislation.
GOOD CAUSE
AT ISSUE
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
STATEMENT - CLOSING
49. An order commanding an accused to appear in court.
COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE
INFORMANT
DEPOSITION
CRIMINAL SUMMONS
50. Substantial reason - one that affords a legal excuse.
GOOD CAUSE
JOINT VENTURE
CRIMINAL
IMPLIED CONTRACT