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Law Vocab
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1. With knowledge - willfully or intentionally with respect to a material element of an offense.
INJUNCTION
KNOWINGLY
FORFEIT
ADVERSARY SYSTEM
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.
NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
LITIGATION
REFEREE
CALLING THE DOCKET
3. A general term for an action - cause - suit - or controversy brought before the court for resolution.
CASE
ACCUSATION
DEFENSE
JURY TRIAL
4. One who knowingly - voluntarily - and intentionally unites with the principal offender in the commission ofa crime. A partner in a crime.
INDICTMENT
ASSAULT - AGGRAVATED
PROTECTIVE ORDER
ACCOMPLICE
5. The cause - price - or impelling influence which induces a party to enter into a contract.
PARDON
CONSIDERATION
LEASE
BIFURCATE
6. The combination of those rules and principles of conduct promulgated by legislative authority - derived from court decisions - and established by local custom.
SODOMY
LAW
MORAL TURPITUDE
COLLATERAL ATTACK
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.
OBJECTION
ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON
ADOPTION
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
8. The closure of court records to inspection - except to the parties.
ADOPTION
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR)
SEALING
PARDON
9. A hearing held for the purpose of deciding issues or fact of law that both parties are disputing.
PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE
HEARING - CONTESTED
DIVERSION
RECUSE
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.
JUDICIAL REVIEW
DOCKET NUMBER
PLAINTIFF
CAPTION
11. 1. Written attestation. 2. Authorized declaration verifying that an instrument is a true and correct copy of the original.
CONDITIONAL RELEASE
STIPULATE
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
CERTIFICATION
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.
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
FOUNDATION
BRIEF
CHALLENGE TO THE ARRAY
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.
BREACH
CONVICTION
REVOKE
COMMITMENT
14. The state or condition of a person who is unable to pay his or her debts as they are or become due.
BANKRUPT
FALSE PRETENSES
DEMURRER
CORONER
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.
MERITS
ESCHEAT (ES-CHET)
PROTECTIVE ORDER
RETAINER
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
PRETERMITTED CHILD
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
COMMITMENT ORDER
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.
BANKRUPTCY
CRIMINAL INSANITY
COLLATERAL
AUTO TAMPERING
18. State laws that provide for the distribution of estate property of a person who dies without a will. Same as intestacy laws.
DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES
ALIMONY
CHANGE OF VENUE
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
19. In criminal trial - a witness whose testimony is crucial to either the defense or prosecution.
CLERK
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
FILE
MATERIAL WITNESS
20. A judge's decision not to allow an objection. A decision by a higher court finding that a lower court decision was wrong.
FALSE IMPRISONMENT
LEWD CONDUCT
COUNTERCLAIM
OVERRULE
21. An agreement between parties that dictates what is being received from one party to the other.
STATEMENT - OPENING
CONTINUANCE
JUDGMENT
SETTLEMENT
22. A court officer who has charge of a court session in the matter of keeping order and has custody of the jury.
LYNCHING
DISCOVERY
JURY - HUNG
BAILIFF
23. The assertion of a party to an action - setting out what he expects to prove.
ALLEGATION
DIRECT EVIDENCE
LITIGANT
SEARCH WARRANT
24. To advise or caution. For example the Court may caution or admonish counsel for wrong practices.
CLEMENCY OR EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY
ADMONISH
OBJECTION OVERRULED
FORFEITURE
25. The act - after a jury verdict has been announced - of asking jurors individually whether they agree with the verdict.
POLLING THE JURY
MOOT
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
CAPTION
26. To lose - or lose the right to.
GRANTOR OR SETTLOR
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
POSTPONEMENT
FORFEIT
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.
INTERVENTION
OBJECTION OVERRULED
ESTATE TAX
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
28. Trial in which a jury decides issues of fact as opposed to trial only before a judge.
CONTRACT
CONCURRENT JURISDICTION
BRIEF
JURY TRIAL
29. To unite - to combine - to enter into an alliance.
EXECUTE
DEFENSE ATTORNEY
FIRST APPEARANCE
JOIN
30. An action for the recovery of a possession that has been wrongfully taken.
PEOPLE (PROSECUTION)
REPLEVIN
CHALLENGE FOR CAUSE
ENHANCE
31. Ruling or order issued by the judge granting the party's request.
PENITENTIARY
PENALTY
COMMUTATION
MOTION GRANTED
32. The continued - habitual - or compulsive commission of law violations after first having been convicted of prior offenses.
RECIDIVISM
REBUTTAL
PROBATE ESTATE
ARSON
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.
DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES
CORONER
PENALTY
CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE
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.
ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEY
BAR
DIRECT EVIDENCE
BAILIFF
35. Member of the jury.
SODOMY
HOSPITAL WARRANT
COMMIT
JUROR
36. A civil case in which parties may resolve their dispute without a formal finding of error or fault.
MALFEASANCE
NO-FAULT PROCEEDINGS
REBUTTAL
BENCH WARRANT
37. To act in accordance with - to accept - to obey.
SHOW CAUSE
LIE DETECTOR
COMPLY
AMENDMENT
38. One not trained in law.
DELIBERATE
CROSS-CLAIM
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
LAY PERSON
39. Voluntary acknowledgment of the existence of certain facts relevant to the adversary's case.
ADMISSION
REAL PROPERTY
COMMON LAW
SEARCH WARRANT
40. A court having jurisdiction to hear appeals and review a trial court's procedure.
CASE
APPELLATE COURT
INTERLOCUTORY
EYE WITNESS
41. The act of stopping a judicial proceeding by order of the court.
CONCILIATION
INCAPACITY
STAY
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
42. A previously decided case that guides the decision of future cases.
GUARDIAN
INTENT
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
PRECEDENT
43. A lawsuit.
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
LITIGATION
REHEARING
COMMISSIONER
44. The operation of a vehicle in an impaired state after consuming alcohol that when tested is above the state's legal alcohol limit.
BENCH CONFERENCE
PEOPLE (PROSECUTION)
CAUSE OF ACTION
DRUNK DRIVING
45. The testimony of witnesses who know the general character and reputation of a person in the community in which he or she lives.
CHARACTER EVIDENCE
LIE DETECTOR
RECUSE
COLLATERAL ATTACK
46. For the judge or jury to determine and declare the guilt of the defendant.
JOINT VENTURE
ATTEST
COLLATERAL
FIND GUILTY
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.
DEMURRER
CLASS ACTION
PETITION
PRIVITY
48. The act of collecting the bets of others or making odds on future gambling events.
DIRECT EXAMINATION
PANDERING
BOOKMAKING
COMMUTATION
49. Each of the allegations of an offense listed in a charging document.
EQUITABLE ACTION
COUNT
HOLDING CELL
COMMIT
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.
JUVENILE WAIVER
ROBBERY
PARDON
BENCH