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Law Vocab
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1. The finding of the court that an act was committed with the intent of embarrassing the court - disobeying its lawful orders - or obstructing the administration of justice in some way.
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
NO-CONTEST CLAUSE
BATTERY
CONTEMPT OF COURT
2. Evil doing - ill conduct; the commission of some act which is positively prohibited by law.
OVERT ACT
JURY COMMISSIONER
MALFEASANCE
FIDUCIARY
3. Law enacted by the legislative branch of government - as distinguished from case law or common law .
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
DISSENT
STATUTORY LAW
PRETERMITTED SPOUSE
4. An elected or appointed public official with authority to hear and decide cases in a court of law.
SMALL CLAIMS COURT
INCAPACITY
JUDGE
ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON
5. The purpose to use a particular means to bring about a certain result.
MOTION DENIED
SEXUAL MOLESTATION
FAMILY ALLOWANCE
INTENT
6. Tangible physical property (such as cars - clothing - furniture - and jewelry) and intangible personal property. This does not include real property such as land or rights in land.
DISPOSITION
PERSONAL PROPERTY
EVICTION
PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE
7. Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
PRISON
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
REAL EVIDENCE
ATTACHMENT
8. 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.
OATH
MEDIATION
INMATE
CORROBORATION
9. A proceeding instituted and carried on in order to determine the guilt or innocence of the accused.
CASE NUMBER
POLLING THE JURY
PROSECUTION
JURY BOX
10. 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.
POLLING THE JURY
MULTIPLICITY OF ACTIONS
INDIGENT
JUVENILE
11. The legal document that usually begins a civil lawsuit. It states the facts and identifies the action the court is asked to take. 2. Formal written charge that a person has committed a criminal offense.
PIMP
COMPLAINT
ACCOMPLICE
ALLOCUTION
12. The party appealing a final decision or judgment.
MURDER
INDETERMINATE SENTENCE
APPELLANT
ESCROW
13. Chains or shackles for the hands to secure prisoners.
JURY COMMISSIONER
BILL OF PARTICULARS
HANDCUFFS
DIRECT EXAMINATION
14. 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.
PRIVILEGE
PRIVITY
BREACH
JURISPRUDENCE
15. A legal inquiry to discover and collect facts concerning a certain matter.
LIE DETECTOR
INVESTIGATION
FALSE ARREST
MEMORIALIZED
16. An honest belief - the absence of malice - and the absence of design to defraud.
EXCEPTIONS
INITIAL APPEARANCE
COLLATERAL
GOOD FAITH
17. The matter can only be filed in one court.
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
MOOT
NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
18. 1. The action of sending a person to a penal or mental institution. 2. The order directing an officer to take a person to a penal or mental institution.
COMMITMENT
CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
FELONY MURDER
AT ISSUE
19. Summary of a larger work - wherein the principal ideas of the larger work are contained.
BIAS
ABSTRACTACT
EXTORTION
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
20. 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.
BIND OVER
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
AID AND ABET
CHARGING DOCUMENT
21. The jury or the judge must determine that the defendant - because of mental disease or defect - could not form the intent required to commit the offense.
PRISON
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
COMMISSIONER
NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
22. Now called Judgment as a Matter of Law. An instruction by the judge to the jury to return a specific verdict.
PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE
KNOWINGLY
CHANGE OF VENUE
DIRECTED VERDICT
23. The act of sending a case back to the trial court and ordering the trial court to conduct limited new hearings or an entirely new trial.
HOSPITAL WARRANT
REMAND
BODY ATTACHMENT
RELINQUISHMENT
24. Formal conclusion by a judge or jury on issues of fact.
LAW CLERKS
CROSS-CLAIM
FINDING
FRAUD
25. Persons trained in the law who assist judges in researching legal opinions.
LAW CLERKS
MORAL TURPITUDE
COURT OF RECORD
CHARGE TO THE JURY
26. A person to whom the court refers a pending case to take testimony - hear the parties - and report to the court.
JUDGMENT
HEARING - CONTESTED
REFEREE
EXAMINATION - RECROSS
27. The facts that give rise to a lawsuit or a legal claim.
CAUSE OF ACTION
AGGRAVATED BATTERY
ACCUSATION
NUNCUPATIVE WILL
28. Recovery of land or rental property from another by legal process.
COUNSEL
GAMBLING
CHIEF JUDGE
EVICTION
29. The unlawful killing of a human being with deliberate intent to kill.
MURDER
ABATEMENT OF ACTION
EXCLUSIONARY RULE
INCARCERATE
30. The court-supervised process by which a will is determined to be the will-maker's final statement regarding how the will-maker wants his or her property distributed.
PROBATE
FIDELITY BOND
EXAMINATION - RECROSS
SENTENCE
31. A contract by which owner of property grants to another the right to possess - use - and enjoy it for a specified period of time in exchange for payment of an agreed price (rent).
AFFIDAVIT
ESCHEAT (ES-CHET)
LEASE
AT ISSUE
32. Generally - justice or fairness.
POSTPONEMENT
ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEY
PETIT JURY
EQUITY
33. Legal debts and obligations.
PROBATE COURT
LIABILITY
ACQUIT
AFFIANT
34. The act of claiming one's own writing to be that of another.
SPEEDY TRIAL
FILE
FORGERY
DOCKET
35. Unlawful sexual intercourse with a person under the age of 18 - regardless of whether they consent to the act.
PRETERMITTED CHILD
STATUTORY RAPE
ASSAULT
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
36. 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.
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
PLEADINGS
MALICE
PETITION
37. A judgment entered against a party who fails to appear in court - respond to the charges - or does not comply with an order - especially an order to provide or permit discovery.
ARREST
ESTOPPEL
DEFAULT-JUDGMENT
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
38. The performance or agreement to perform a sexual act for hire.
QUASI JUDICIAL
PROSTITUTION
REHEARING
RECOGNIZANCE
39. The closing statement - by counsel - to the trier of facts after all parties have concluded their presentation of evidence.
CLOSING ARGUMENT
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
PATENT
CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
40. A weapon which acts by force of gunpowder - such as a rifle - shotgun or revolver.
FIREARM
MALPRACTICE
DISSENT
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
41. 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.
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
LIE DETECTOR
JURY BOX
EN BANC
42. One who has authority to act for another.
SERVE A SENTENCE
AGENT
ORDINANCE
DEFAULT-JUDGMENT
43. The cause - price - or impelling influence which induces a party to enter into a contract.
CONSIDERATION
AUTO TAMPERING
MENTAL HEALTH
MALICE
44. The taking or detaining of a person against his or her will and without lawful authority.
MOOT
DECREE
CONVICTION
KIDNAPPING
45. The judgment reached or given by a court of law.
PRIVILEGE
DECISION
CHILD MOLESTATION
DISSOLUTION
46. The lack of power or the legal ability to act.
CRIMINAL INSANITY
LAWSUIT
INCAPACITY
RAPE
47. The written statements of fact and law filed by the parties to a lawsuit.
LIBEL
PLEADINGS
BENEFICIARY
IMPANEL
48. The rules of conduct that govern the legal profession. The Codecontains general ethical guidelines and specific rules written by the American Bar Association.
ALIBI
CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
EXTRADITION
MURDER
49. To determine finally.
OBJECTION SUSTAINED
ACTION
ALFORD PLEA
ADJUDICATE
50. To terminate legal action involving outstanding charges against a defendant in a criminal case.
LEASE
DISMISS
BIFURCATE
EXHIBIT