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Subject : law
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1. Yearly judicial review - usually in juvenile dependency cases - to determine whether the child requirescontinued court supervision or placement.






2. Oral or verbal evidence rather than written. The Parole Evidence Rule limits the admissibility of parole evidence which would directly contradict the clear meaning of terms of a written contract.






3. Immorality. An element of crimes inherently bad - as opposed to crimes bad merely because they are forbidden by statute.






4. Legal document issued by a court that shows an executor's legal right to take control of assets in the deceased person's name.






5. An act of legislation of a local governing body such as a city - town or county.






6. Pictures taken after a suspect is taken into custody (booked) - usually used as an official photograph by police officers.






7. To stand idly around - particularly in a public place.






8. A chronological summary of all official records and recorded documents affecting the title to aparcel of real property.






9. Legally responsible.






10. Exposure to sight of the private parts of the body in a lewd or indecent manner in a public place.






11. A criminal case in which the allowable punishment includes death. CAPITAL CRIME - A crime punishable by death.






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






13. A state tax on property that an heir or beneficiary under a will receives from a deceased person's estate. The heir or beneficiary pays this tax.






14. To put off or delay a court hearing.






15. Case - cause - suit - or controversy disputed or contested before a court of justice.






16. Written questions asked by one party in a lawsuit for which the opposing party must provide written answers.






17. A case brought by the government against a person accused of committing a crime.






18. The generic name for the defendant in a criminal case.






19. 1. One who administers the estate of a person who dies without a will. 2. A court official.






20. 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.






21. Moving a lawsuit or criminal trial to another place for trial.






22. Writ or order by a court prohibiting a specific action from being carried out by a person or group.






23. 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.






24. A court in which the proceedings are recorded - transcribed - and maintained as permanent records.






25. The response by a party to charges raised in a pleading by the other party.






26. 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.






27. The rules of conduct that govern the legal profession. The Codecontains general ethical guidelines and specific rules written by the American Bar Association.






28. The standard in a criminal case requiring that the jury be satisfied to a moralcertainty that every element of a crime has been proven by the prosecution. This standard of proof does not require that the state establish absolute certainty by eliminat






29. Exhibit and/or evidence that is offered by the prosecution.

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30. Test to determine content of alcohol in one arrested for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor by analyzing a breath sample.






31. The performance or agreement to perform a sexual act for hire.






32. The act that caused an event to occur. A person generally is liable only if an injury was proximately caused by his or her action or by his or her failure to act when he or she had a duty to act.






33. A person - business - or government agency actively involved in the prosecution or defense of a legal proceeding.






34. The matter can only be filed in one court.






35. Evil doing - ill conduct; the commission of some act which is positively prohibited by law.






36. 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.






37. The study of law and the structure of the legal system.






38. Against - or not authorized by law; unlawful.






39. An honest belief - the absence of malice - and the absence of design to defraud.






40. Standard of proof commonly used in civil lawsuits and in regulatory agency cases. It governs the amount of proof that must be offered in order for the plaintiff to win the case.






41. To confine in jail.






42. The transfer of a state case to federal court for trial; in civil cases - because the parties are from different states; in criminal and some civil cases - because there is a significant possibility that there could not be a fair trial in state court






43. The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.






44. The seat occupied by judges in courts.






45. 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.






46. 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






47. An amendment to a will.

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48. 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.






49. An action between two or more persons in the courts of law - not a criminal matter.






50. To protest to the court against an act or omission by the opposing party.