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Law Vocab
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1. Presiding or Administrative Judge in a court.
HUNG JURY
COMPOSITE DRAWING
CHIEF JUDGE
LEGAL AID
2. 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.
LIABLE
SANCTION
SERVICE
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
3. Conduct which tends to annoy all citizens - including unnecessary and distractingnoisemaking.
DISTURBING THE PEACE
SELF-INCRIMINATION
CONVICTION
INVESTIGATION
4. Court order requiring action or forbidding action until a decision can be made whether to issue a permanent injunction. It differs from a temporary restraining order.
SELF-PROVING WILL
FINDING
PRE-INJUNCTION
ESTATE TAX
5. An assault committed with the intention of committing some additional crime.
CITATION
AMENDMENT
ASSAULT - AGGRAVATED
PETTY THEFT
6. The wellness of a person's state of mind.
HEARING - CONTESTED
MENTAL HEALTH
SENTENCE REPORT
INDEMNIFY
7. 1. A statement of acceptance of responsibility. 2. The short declaration at the end of a legal paper showing that the paper was duly executed and acknowledged.
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
POLYGRAPH
BAIL
8. The act which produces an effect.
PROBABLE CAUSE
INDECENT EXPOSURE
CAUSATION
EN BANC
9. The unlawful killing of a human being with deliberate intent to kill.
MURDER
FINGERPRINT
PAROLE EVIDENCE
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY
10. In juvenile court - a judicial hearing - usually held after the filing of a petition - to determine interim custody of a minor pending a judgment.
POLLING THE JURY
DETENTION HEARING
JAIL
BIND OVER
11. The method - established normally by rules to be followed in a case; the formal steps in a judicial proceeding.
PRECEDENT
CONSIDERATION
PROCEDURAL LAW
COURT - APPEALS
12. Legal document issued by a court that shows an administrator's legal right to take control of assets in the deceased person's name.
ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEY
REVERSIBLE ERROR
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
INDETERMINATE SENTENCE
13. 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.
PLEA BARGAIN
INSTRUCTIONS
PETTY THEFT
HOLDING CELL
14. Aka PROSECUTOR and DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
BAIL FORFEITURE
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
CONDITIONAL RELEASE
JUDICIAL REVIEW
15. A case brought by the government against a person accused of committing a crime.
CRIMINAL CASE
LEGAL AID
QUASI JUDICIAL
REST
16. An assault committed by one member of a household against another.
EXCLUSION OF WITNESSES
INCARCERATE
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
17. The state - as in the People of the State of Florida.
NOTICE
PEOPLE (PROSECUTION)
NULL AND VOID
FRAUD
18. In practice - a notice in writing requiring the opposite party to produce a certain described paper or document at the trial - or in the course of pre-trial discovery.
RECKLESS DRIVING
ARGUMENT
INSTRUCTIONS
NOTICE TO PRODUCE
19. 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
DEFENSE
SENTENCE REPORT
FAIR HEARING
IMPANEL
20. In the practice of appellate courts - the word means that the decision of the trial court is correct.
PRE-SENTENCE REPORT
AFFIRMED
RETURN
ORAL ARGUMENT
21. The first examination of a witness by the counsel who called the witness to testify.
NO-CONTEST CLAUSE
GUARDIAN
CHALLENGE TO THE ARRAY
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
22. A violation of law - not punishable by imprisonment. Minor traffic offenses are generally considered infractions.
INFRACTION
STATUTORY LAW
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
GARNISH
23. Questioning the qualifications of an entire jury panel - usually on the ground of partiality or some fault in the process of summoning the panel.
ABSTRACT OF TITLE
AFFIRMED
CHALLENGE TO THE ARRAY
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
24. A protest to the court against an act or omission by the opposing party.
OBJECTION
DEPRIVATION OF CUSTODY
FAILURE TO COMPLY
EVIDENCE - EVANESCENT
25. 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
ACCUSED
DOCKET
STANDARD OF PROOF
CODICIL (kod'i-sil)
26. 1. Written attestation. 2. Authorized declaration verifying that an instrument is a true and correct copy of the original.
CERTIFICATION
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
FIELD SOBRIETY TEST
INSANITY PLEA
27. Each of the allegations of an offense listed in a charging document.
BURGLARY
COUNT
NOMINAL PARTY
PAROLE
28. An attempt to cause serious bodily injury to another or purposely - knowingly or recklesslycausing such injury - or an attempt to cause or purposely or knowingly cause bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon.
BEQUEATH
INDIGENT
FINE
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
29. Voluntary statement made by one who is a defendant in a criminal trial - which - if true - discloses his or her guilt.
GARNISHMENT
CONFESSION
OBJECTION OVERRULED
GOOD FAITH
30. A forsaking - abandoning - renouncing - or giving over a right.
SETTLEMENT
RELINQUISHMENT
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
DAMAGES
31. A legal inquiry to discover and collect facts concerning a certain matter.
INVESTIGATION
NEGLIGENCE
EVIDENCE - DIRECT
REVERSIBLE ERROR
32. The act or fact of holding a person in custody; confinement or compulsory delay.
INMATE
PREJUDICE
RESTITUTION
DETENTION
33. A meeting between the judge and the lawyers involved in a lawsuit to narrow the issues in the suit - agree on what will be presented at the trial - and make a final effort to settle the case without a trial.
CODE
PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE
PIMP
ORAL ARGUMENT
34. The power of the government to take private property for public use through condemnation.
COLLATERAL ATTACK
PROSTITUTION
EMINENT DOMAIN
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
35. The act of staking money - or other thing of value - on an uncertain event or outcome.
COMMITMENT ORDER
ENJOINING
GAMBLING
INDETERMINATE SENTENCE
36. The assertion of a party to an action - setting out what he expects to prove.
ENTRAPMENT
EXPUNGEMENT
JURY COMMISSIONER
ALLEGATION
37. 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.
PROBATION
CERTIFICATION
EXONERATE
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
38. To hold a person for trial on bond (bail) or in jail. If the judicial official conducting a hearing finds probable cause to believe the accused committed a crime - the official will bind over the accused - normally by setting bail for the accused's a
PATERNITY
DEATH ROW
COLLATERAL ATTACK
BIND OVER
39. An order by the court telling a person to stop performing a specific act.
COUNSEL
PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE
ENJOINING
MENTAL HEALTH
40. Evidence which is of greater weight or more convincing than the evidence which is offered in opposition to it.
PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE
GAMBLING
SENTENCE
DIVERSION
41. The section of a courthouse in which the judge presides over the proceedings.
SANCTION
LAWSUIT
COMPLAINT
COURTROOM
42. A formal written document filed by the prosecutor detailing the criminal charges against the defendant. An alternative to an indictment - it serves to bring a defendant to trial.
IRRELEVANT
INFORMATION
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
COMPLAINANT
43. A person confined to a prison - penitentiary - or jail.
SEARCH WARRANT
COMPLAINANT
INMATE
DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
44. To withhold a debtor's money - and turn it over to another in order to pay a debt. Typically - the one withholding the money is the debtor's employer.
CERTIFIED
PRIVITY
GARNISH
ABSTRACTACT
45. The juror who chairs the jury during deliberations and speaks for the jury in court when announcing the verdict.
INMATE
JURY FOREMAN
BATTERY - SPOUSAL
REPLEVIN
46. A second examination of a witness by the counsel who called the witness to testify. This examination is usually focused on certain matters that were discussed by the opposing counsel's examination.
JOYRIDING
EXAMINATION - REDIRECT
ENTRAPMENT
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
47. Member of the jury.
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
JUROR
FINGERPRINT
INDECENT EXPOSURE
48. 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.
FELONY
RULES OF EVIDENCE
ESTATE TAX
GROUNDS
49. A release from custody which imposes regulations on the activities and associations of the defendant. If a defendant fails to meet the conditions - the release is revoked.
SELF-PROVING WILL
CONDITIONAL RELEASE
HEARING - PRELIMINARY
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
50. The closing statement - by counsel - to the trier of facts after all parties have concluded their presentation of evidence.
INDETERMINATE SENTENCE
CLOSING ARGUMENT
NON-CAPITAL CASE
REPLEVIN