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Subject : law
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1. 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.






2. The rights of a person guaranteed by the state or federal constitutions.






3. Generally - a tax on the privilege of transferring property to others after a person's death. In addition to federal estate taxes - many states have their own estate taxes.






4. The legal process by which the government takes private land for public use - paying the owners a fair price. See EMINENT DOMAIN.






5. Any unlawful physical restraint of another's personal liberty - whether or not carried out by a peace officer.






6. A lawsuit brought to enforce - redress - or protect private rights or to gain payment for a wrong done to a person or party by another person or party. In general - all types of actions other than criminal proceedings.






7. The lack of power or the legal ability to act.






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






9. To seat a jury. When voir dire is finished and both sides have exercised their challenges - the jury is impaneled.The jurors are sworn in and the trial is ready to proceed.






10. Refers to courts that are limited in the types of criminal and civil cases they may hear. For example - traffic violations generally are heard by limited jurisdiction courts.






11. To make greater in value - to increase.






12. False and defamatory spoken words tending to harm another's reputation - community standing - office - trade - business - or means of livelihood.






13. A form of executive clemency preventing criminal prosecution or removing or extinguishing a criminal conviction.






14. 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.






15. Placing a convicted defendant on conditional probation - the successful completion of which will prevent entry of the underlying judgment of conviction






16. Among other rights - the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees that a person cannot be compelled to present self-incriminating testimony in a criminal proceeding.






17. A person who aids or contributes in the commission of a crime.






18. Any behavior - contrary to law - which disturbs the public peace or decorum - scandalizes the community - or shocks the public sense of morality.






19. A murder committed during the commission of a felony such as robbery - burglary - or kidnapping.






20. An attorney appointed by a court or employed by a government agency whose work consists primarily of defending people who are unable to hire a lawyer due to economic reasons.






21. A government grant giving an inventor the exclusive right to make or sell his or her invention for a term of years.






22. A rule or order prescribed for management or government.






23. A crime - such as a felony - misdemeanor - or other punishable unlawful act.






24. Responsible for a delinquency - crime - or other offense; not innocent.






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






26. Circumstances which render a crime less aggravated - heinous - or reprehensible than it would otherwise be.






27. 1. A real or seeming incompatibility between one's private interests and one's public or fiduciary duties. 2. A real or seeming incompatibility between the interests of two of a lawyer's clients - such that the lawyer is disqualified from representin






28. One not trained in law.






29. The purpose to use a particular means to bring about a certain result.






30. A will entirely written - dated - and signed by the testator in his/her own handwriting.






31. The willful taking and concealing of merchandise from a store or business establishment with the intention of using the goods for one's personal use without paying the purchase price.






32. The party against whom an appeal is taken. Sometimes called a respondent.






33. Generally - justice or fairness.






34. A remedy requiring a person who has breached a contract to perform specifically what he or she has agreed to do. Specific performance is ordered when damages would be inadequate compensation.






35. A final settlement or determination. The court decision terminating proceedings in a case before judgment.






36. An order issued by a judge for the arrest of a person.






37. A contract in which the promise made by the obligor is not expressed - but inferred by one's conduct or implied in law.






38. Punishment by death for capital crimes. Death penalty.






39. 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.






40. 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.






41. Allowance ordered to be paid by one spouse to the other for support while the spouses are living apart but not divorced.






42. A private person (who is not necessarily a lawyer) authorized by another to act in his or her place - either for some particular purpose - as to do a specific act - or for the transaction of business in general - not of legal character. This authorit






43. Evidence which might unfairly sway the judge or jury to one side or the other.






44. The formal statement before the court that the accused admits committing the criminal act.






45. The questioning of a witness produced by the other side.






46. An amendment to a will.

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47. 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.






48. Among other matters - the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from depriving any person of life - liberty - or property without adequate due process .






49. Formal conclusion by a judge or jury on issues of fact.






50. The quality in a witness which makes his or her testimony believable.