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1. A trial lawyer representing the government in a criminal case and the interests of the state in civil matters.
PERJURY
JURY TRIAL
BATTERY - SPOUSAL
PROSECUTOR
2. A second examination of a witness by the counsel who called the witness to testify. This examination is usually focused on certain matters that were discussed by the opposing counsel's examination.
EXAMINATION - REDIRECT
DOCKET
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
REMEDY
3. Lie detector test and the apparatus for conducting the test.
POLYGRAPH
RECUSE
PETITION
BEQUEATH
4. The court in which a matter must first be filed.
GRANTOR OR SETTLOR
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
APPELLATE COURT
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
5. Taking and carrying away the personal property of another person of a value in excess of an amount set by law with the .intent to deprive the owner or possessor of it.
GRAND THEFT
STATUS OFFENDERS
ARRAIGN
OBJECTION OVERRULED
6. Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
PERJURY
CERTIFICATION
EVIDENCE
EXPERT TESTIMONY
7. The continued - habitual - or compulsive commission of law violations after first having been convicted of prior offenses.
RECIDIVISM
CHAMBERS
CONTINUANCE
SERVICE OF PROCESS
8. 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.
GARNISHMENT
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
RULES OF EVIDENCE
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
9. Noncriminal case in which one private individual or business sues another to protect - enforce - or redress private or civil rights.
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
POSTPONEMENT
EXAMINATION - RECROSS
CIVIL ACTION
10. Objection to the seating of a particular juror for a stated reason (usually bias or prejudice for or against one of the parties in the lawsuit). The judge has the discretion to deny the challenge. This differs from peremptory challenge.
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
CORROBORATE
CHALLENGE FOR CAUSE
INSANITY PLEA
11. The constitutional prohibition under the Fifth Amendment against a person being put on trial more than once for the same offense.
REJOINDER
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
DEATH ROW
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
12. 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
FELONY MURDER
HEARING - CONTESTED
FAILURE TO APPEAR
HOSTILE WITNESS
13. That which - under the rules of evidence - cannot be admitted as evidence in a trial or hearing.
GUARDIANSHIP
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
DISTURBING THE PEACE
INADMISSIBLE
14. 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.
COMMON LAW
PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE
ASSUMPTION OF RISK
LOITERING
15. In criminal trial - a witness whose testimony is crucial to either the defense or prosecution.
EXTRADITION
ORAL ARGUMENT
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES
MATERIAL WITNESS
16. Legal debts and obligations.
MULTIPLICITY OF ACTIONS
CORROBORATE
LIABILITY
KNOWINGLY
17. An action for the recovery of a possession that has been wrongfully taken.
INVESTIGATION
REPLEVIN
LIABILITY
PRISON
18. A person who makes a word-for-word record of what is said in court and produces a transcript of the proceedings upon request.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
ADMISSION
COURT REPORTER
ENTRAPMENT
19. Attorney at law - lawyer - counselor at law.
FELONY
BAR
PERSONAL PROPERTY
ATTORNEY
20. That which tends to injure a person's reputation. Libel is published defamation - whereasslander is spoken.
LETTERS TESTAMENTARY
DEPRIVATION OF CUSTODY
DEFAMATION
DISCLAIM
21. The wellness of a person's state of mind.
LITIGANT
ADVERSARY SYSTEM
PRETERMITTED CHILD
MENTAL HEALTH
22. A person who is the liable party in paying the bond for the defendant's release from jail.
BENEFICIARY
FORECLOSURE
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT
BAIL BONDSMAN
23. An assault committed by one member of a household against another.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
COMMITMENT
MOTION DENIED
COMPLAINANT
24. Legal right given to a person to be responsible for the food - housing - health care - and other necessities
GUARDIANSHIP
PUBLIC DEFENDER
CONCURRENT SENTENCES
BAIL BONDSMAN
25. A civil case in which parties may resolve their dispute without a formal finding of error or fault.
NO-FAULT PROCEEDINGS
LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE
CRIMINAL SUMMONS
FILE
26. To lose - or lose the right to.
JUDGE
INDETERMINATE SENTENCE
FORFEIT
OVERRULE
27. A child who is homeless or without proper care through no fault of the parent - guardian - or custodian. DEPORTATION - The act of removing a person to another country. Order issued by an immigration judge - expelling an alien from the United States.
FAILURE TO APPEAR
INVESTIGATION
DEPENDENT CHILD
APPEARANCE
28. Procedure by which mortgaged property is sold on default of the mortgagor in satisfaction of mortgage debt.
FORECLOSURE
AUTO TAMPERING
COMMITMENT
FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER
29. A proceeding in which the accused is brought before the court to plead to the criminal charge in the indictment or information. The charge is read to him or her and he or she is asked to plead guilty or not guilty or - where permitted - nolo contende
GRAND JURY
REMOVAL
ARRAIGNMENT
SLANDER
30. 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
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
SPEEDY TRIAL
BAILIFF
31. A criminal case in which the allowable penalty does not include death.
CHALLENGE FOR CAUSE
AFFIDAVIT
NON-CAPITAL CASE
POST CONVICTION RELIEF PROCEEDING
32. An action instituted with intention of injuring the defendant and without probable cause -and which terminates in favor of the person prosecuted.
SELF-INCRIMINATION
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
FIREARM
DEMURRER
33. A method of determining whether a person is intoxicated using a motor skills test which is administered by testing the driver's speaking ability and/or physical coordination.
CAUSATION
CORONER
RAP SHEET
FIELD SOBRIETY TEST
34. A person confined to a prison - penitentiary - or jail.
EXTORTION
COMMISSIONER
INMATE
CASE LAW
35. Provisional; not final. An interlocutory order or an interlocutory appeal concerns only a part of the issues raised in a lawsuit. Compare to decree .
INTERLOCUTORY
CAUSE OF ACTION
GENERAL JURISDICTION
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
36. Presentation of evidence to the court (out of the hearing of the jury) for the court's decision of whether the evidence is admissible.
SHERIFF
AFFIRMED
LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE
OFFER OF PROOF
37. Two or more sentences of jail time to be served simultaneously.
SENTENCE - CONCURRENT
DELIBERATION
ACTION
ESCHEAT (ES-CHET)
38. To put off or delay a court hearing.
POSTPONEMENT
DISCLAIM
CAPTION
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR)
39. 1. To discuss - ponder or reflect upon before reaching a decision. A judge will usually deliberate before announcing a judgment. 2. Intentional - characterized by consideration and awareness.
DELIBERATE
ADOPTION
PAROLE EVIDENCE
PIMP
40. Ordinarily refers to a summary proceeding for restoring possession of land to one who has been wrongfully deprived of possession.
EQUAL PROTECTION
JOIN
COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE
FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER
41. To make it appear that one is guilty of a crime.
ESTOPPEL
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
DEFENSE ATTORNEY
INCRIMINATE
42. Pre-trial release based on the person's own promise that he or she will show up for trial (no bond required). Also referred to as release on own recognizance or ROR.
EVIDENCE - EVANESCENT
PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE
ACCOMPLICE
BENCH WARRANT
43. Violation of a professional duty to act with reasonable care and in good faith without fraud or collusion.
NEGLIGENCE
REAL EVIDENCE
ROBBERY
MALPRACTICE
44. A legal doctrine by which acts of the opposing parties are compared to determine the liability of each party to the other - making each liable only for his or her percentage of fault.
MURDER
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
OBJECT
COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE
45. Willful destruction of property - from actual ill will or resentment toward its owner or possessor.
HEARING - CONTESTED
BEST EVIDENCE
SEXUAL MOLESTATION
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
46. To support with evidence or authority; make more certain.
INTERROGATORIES
OBJECTION OVERRULED
PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS
CORROBORATE
47. The process by which a judge is disqualified from hearing a case - on his or her own motion or upon the objection of either party.
RECUSE
HOSPITAL WARRANT
ESTATE TAX
ARREST OF JUDGMENT
48. 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.
ARGUMENT
NEGLIGENCE
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
BAR
49. A husband or wife of a deceased spouse married after a will is executed who is not provided for in the will.
PRETERMITTED SPOUSE
PENITENTIARY
IRRELEVANT
COMPLY
50. The appellate court has the right to review and revise the lower court decision.
COURT ADMINISTRATOR
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
APPELLATE JURISDICTION
BREACH
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