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Law Vocab
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1. To make it appear that one is guilty of a crime.
DEPRIVATION OF CUSTODY
PREJUDICE
INCRIMINATE
DOMICILE
2. Two or more sentences of jail time to be served simultaneously.
MAGISTRATE
SENTENCE - CONCURRENT
PERMANENT INJUNCTION
HOME MONITORING
3. 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.
APPELLATE JURISDICTION
FAILURE TO COMPLY
ENTRAPMENT
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
4. One who supervises a person placed on probation and is required to report the progress and to surrender the and conditions of the probation.probationer if they violate the terms
LITIGANT
ASSUMPTION OF RISK
PROBATION OFFICER
ACCESSORY
5. A slang term meaning previous conviction(s) of the accused.
INFORMATION
DECREE
FORFEIT
PRIORS
6. To protest to the court against an act or omission by the opposing party.
MAGISTRATE
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
FILE
OBJECT
7. In tort law - a defense to a personal injury suit. The essence of an affirmative defense is that the plaintiff assumed the known risk of whatever dangerous condition caused the injury.
NEGLIGENCE
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
QUASH
ASSUMPTION OF RISK
8. To lose - or lose the right to.
BRIBE
SENTENCE - SUSPENDED
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
FORFEIT
9. Procedure by which mortgaged property is sold on default of the mortgagor in satisfaction of mortgage debt.
FORECLOSURE
SEARCH WARRANT
RATIFICATION
ADJUDICATION
10. 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.
FALSE IMPRISONMENT
HOSTILE WITNESS
INITIAL APPEARANCE
EXHIBIT - PEOPLE'S
11. Written or oral pledge by a witness to speak the truth.
DETENTION HEARING
OPINION
EMBEZZLE
OATH
12. A violation of law - not punishable by imprisonment. Minor traffic offenses are generally considered infractions.
ENHANCE
INFRACTION
FORGERY
ALLEGED
13. 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.
LENIENCY
SHOW CAUSE
PRIVITY
DISSENT
14. The legal right to bring a lawsuit. Only a person with something at stake has standing to bring a lawsuit.
ENTER A GUILTY PLEA
STANDING
MOTION GRANTED
COLLATERAL ATTACK
15. Trial without a jury in which a judge decides the facts.
FAILURE TO COMPLY
ILLEGAL
SEXUAL MOLESTATION
BENCH TRIAL
16. A seizure; the obtaining of money by legal process through seizure and sale of property.
LEVY
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR)
EYE WITNESS
DEPENDENT CHILD
17. The loss of money or property resulting from failure to meet a legal obligation or from the illegal nature or use of the money or property.
JURY COMMISSIONER
FIDUCIARY
JOYRIDING
FORFEITURE
18. A formal - written application to the court requesting judicial action on some matter.
CONCURRENT JURISDICTION
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
PETITION
JUVENILE
19. To obtain customers for a whore or prostitute. One who obtains customers for a whore or prostitute.
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
RELEVANT
FORGERY
PIMP
20. The trial method used in the U.S. and some other countries. This system is based on the belief that truth can best be determined by giving opposing parties full opportunity to present and establish their evidence - and totest by crossexamination the
AGENT
ADVERSARY SYSTEM
FIELD SOBRIETY TEST
ACCESSORY
21. An elected or appointed public official with authority to hear and decide cases in a court of law.
JUDGE
PIMP
CHIEF JUDGE
ATTACHMENT
22. A sentence of imprisonment to a specified minimum and maximum period of time -specifically authorized by statute - subject to termination by a parole board or other authorized agency after the prisoner has served the minimum term.
RAPE
INDETERMINATE SENTENCE
GUARDIANSHIP
RAP SHEET
23. 1. Property that is pledged as security against a debt. 2. A person belonging to the same ancestral stock (a relation) - but not in a direct line of descent.
COLLATERAL
POWER OF ATTORNEY
INTENT
NO-FAULT PROCEEDINGS
24. An assistant lawyer to the state's attorney.
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25. The distinctive pattern of lines on human fingertips that are used as a method of identification in criminal cases.
FINGERPRINT
MANSLAUGHTER - INVOLUNTARY
PETITION
ACCUSED
26. A building or structure used to house alleged criminals and/or convicted criminals of local area crimes.
PURGE
COUNTY JAIL
FIRST APPEARANCE
AGENT
27. Evidence in form of witness testimony - who actually saw - heard - or touched the subject of question.
COMMON LAW
PETIT JURY
EVIDENCE - DIRECT
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
28. Voluntary acknowledgment of the existence of certain facts relevant to the adversary's case.
ACCOMPLICE
ADMISSION
BOND
COMPLAINT
29. 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
OFFENSE
CONTRACT
JURY TRIAL
BOOKING NUMBER
30. The act of showing a weapon to another person - typically the police or the victim.
BRANDISHING A WEAPON
ATTEMPT
BRIEF
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
31. 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.
APPELLEE
BOOKMAKING
PRIVITY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
32. The first examination of a witness by the counsel who called the witness to testify.
SEARCH WARRANT
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
STAY
COMMISSIONER
33. To support with evidence or authority; make more certain.
BAIL FORFEITURE
RETURN
ADOPTION
CORROBORATE
34. Removal of a charge - responsibility or duty.
EXONERATE
ATTACHMENT
PRECEDENT
LEADING QUESTION
35. State-imposed death as punishment for a serious crime. Capital punishment.
DEATH PENALTY
PROOF
EVIDENCE - EVANESCENT
GARNISH
36. Needy and poor. A defendant who can demonstrate his or her indigence to the court may be assigned a court appointed attorney at public expense.
DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
OF COUNSEL
FRAUD
INDIGENT
37. A false statement given while under oath or in a sworn affidavit.
BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME (B.C.S.)
PERJURY
EXAMINATION - RECROSS
ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON
38. The court officer responsible for choosing the panel of persons to serve as potential jurors for a particular court term.
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
JURY COMMISSIONER
ABANDONMENT
39. The person who administers an estate. If named in a will - that person's title is an executor . If there is no valid will - that person's title is an administrator.
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
DEPOSITION
EXECUTOR
SENTENCE - CONCURRENT
40. Bail that is kept by the court as a result of not following a court order.
SENTENCE
BAIL FORFEITURE
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
41. 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.
CRIMINAL INSANITY
JEOPARDY
KIDNAPPING
AID AND ABET
42. Money awarded by a court to a person injured by the unlawful act or negligence of another person.
FALSE PRETENSES
DAMAGES
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
JOINT VENTURE
43. To set right; to remedy; to compensate; to remove the causes of a grievance.
SEARCH WARRANT
ATTEMPT
REDRESS
CHALLENGE FOR CAUSE
44. To give authority or legal authenticity to a statute - record - or other written instrument.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
HUNG JURY
AUTHENTICATE
CEASE AND DESIST ORDER
45. Strict legal rights of the parties; a decision 'on the merits' is one that reaches the right(s) of a party - as distinguished from disposition of a case on a ground not reaching the right(s) raised in an action;
SERVICE OF PROCESS
REJOINDER
JUVENILE
MERITS
46. Recommendation for a sentence less than the maximum allowed.
BAILIFF
DAMAGES
BOOKING NUMBER
LENIENCY
47. A listing of all the criminal convictions against an individual.
DIVORCE
PREMEDITATION
JURISDICTION
RAP SHEET
48. A witness whose testimony is not favorable to the party who calls him or her as a witness. A hostile witness may be asked be cross-examined by the party who calls him or be cross-examined by the party who calls him or leading questions and may her to
HOSTILE WITNESS
ABSTRACTACT
DISMISS
CERTIFIED
49. A contract in which the promise made by the obligor is not expressed - but inferred by one's conduct or implied in law.
REPLY
IMPLIED CONTRACT
MALPRACTICE
LIABLE
50. A state examination taken by prospective lawyers in order to be admitted and licensed to practice law.
CHARACTER EVIDENCE
BAR EXAMINATION
FOSTER CARE
DISTURBING THE PEACE