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Subject : law
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. With knowledge - willfully or intentionally with respect to a material element of an offense.






2. 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.






3. A general term for an action - cause - suit - or controversy brought before the court for resolution.






4. One who knowingly - voluntarily - and intentionally unites with the principal offender in the commission ofa crime. A partner in a crime.






5. The cause - price - or impelling influence which induces a party to enter into a contract.






6. The combination of those rules and principles of conduct promulgated by legislative authority - derived from court decisions - and established by local custom.






7. 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.






8. The closure of court records to inspection - except to the parties.






9. A hearing held for the purpose of deciding issues or fact of law that both parties are disputing.






10. The authority of a court to review the official actions of other branches of government. Also - the authority to declare unconstitutional the actions of other branches.






11. 1. Written attestation. 2. Authorized declaration verifying that an instrument is a true and correct copy of the original.






12. Questioning the qualifications of an entire jury panel - usually on the ground of partiality or some fault in the process of summoning the panel.






13. 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.






14. The state or condition of a person who is unable to pay his or her debts as they are or become due.






15. Act of the client in employing the attorney or counsel. Also denotes the fee the client pays when he or she retains the attorney to act for him or her.






16. Property owned in common by husband and wife each having an undivided one-half interest by reason of their marital status. For example - the earnings of one spouse during the marriage do not belong solely to that spouse; the earnings are community pr






17. Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start.






18. State laws that provide for the distribution of estate property of a person who dies without a will. Same as intestacy laws.






19. In criminal trial - a witness whose testimony is crucial to either the defense or prosecution.






20. A judge's decision not to allow an objection. A decision by a higher court finding that a lower court decision was wrong.






21. An agreement between parties that dictates what is being received from one party to the other.






22. A court officer who has charge of a court session in the matter of keeping order and has custody of the jury.






23. The assertion of a party to an action - setting out what he expects to prove.






24. To advise or caution. For example the Court may caution or admonish counsel for wrong practices.






25. The act - after a jury verdict has been announced - of asking jurors individually whether they agree with the verdict.






26. To lose - or lose the right to.






27. An action by which a third person who may be affected by a lawsuit is permitted to become a party to the suit. Differs from the process of becoming an amicus curiae.






28. Trial in which a jury decides issues of fact as opposed to trial only before a judge.






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






30. An action for the recovery of a possession that has been wrongfully taken.






31. Ruling or order issued by the judge granting the party's request.






32. The continued - habitual - or compulsive commission of law violations after first having been convicted of prior offenses.






33. Public official charged with duty to make inquiry into the causes and circumstances of any death which occurs through violence or suddenly - with marks of suspicion.






34. 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.






35. Member of the jury.






36. A civil case in which parties may resolve their dispute without a formal finding of error or fault.






37. To act in accordance with - to accept - to obey.






38. One not trained in law.






39. Voluntary acknowledgment of the existence of certain facts relevant to the adversary's case.






40. A court having jurisdiction to hear appeals and review a trial court's procedure.






41. The act of stopping a judicial proceeding by order of the court.






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






43. A lawsuit.






44. The operation of a vehicle in an impaired state after consuming alcohol that when tested is above the state's legal alcohol limit.






45. The testimony of witnesses who know the general character and reputation of a person in the community in which he or she lives.






46. For the judge or jury to determine and declare the guilt of the defendant.






47. 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.






48. The act of collecting the bets of others or making odds on future gambling events.






49. Each of the allegations of an offense listed in a charging document.






50. 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.