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Law Vocab
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1. A failure to respond to a lawsuit within the specified time.
DEFAULT
BAR EXAMINATION
BAIL REVIEW
COMMITMENT
2. A county court that handles civil claims for amounts less than $5 -00. People often represent themselves rather than hire an attorney.
SMALL CLAIMS COURT
BAIL REVIEW
CIVIL CASE
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
3. A special kind of executor - permitted by the laws of certain states - who performs the duties of an executor without intervention by the court.
INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR
NEGLIGENCE
BAIL BOND
AGENT
4. The party who complains or sues; one who applies to the court for legal redress. Also called the plaintiff.
COMMISSIONER
COMPLAINANT
PAROLE EVIDENCE
EXCEPTIONS
5. The right to challenge a juror without assigning a reason for the challenge.
SODOMY
PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE
BENCH TRIAL
STATEMENT - OPENING
6. That which tends to injure a person's reputation. Libel is published defamation - whereasslander is spoken.
BURGLARY
MOOT
LENIENCY
DEFAMATION
7. Ruling or order issued by the judge granting the party's request.
MOTION GRANTED
INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR
BAIL BOND
ORAL ARGUMENT
8. The act of bringing to an end; termination. The dissolution of a marriage or other relationship.
EXHIBIT
OBJECTION
PREJUDICE
DISSOLUTION
9. An action instituted with intention of injuring the defendant and without probable cause -and which terminates in favor of the person prosecuted.
FIND GUILTY
CHAMBERS
NOTICE TO PRODUCE
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
10. Law enacted by the legislative branch of government - as distinguished from case law or common law .
BODY ATTACHMENT
STATUTORY LAW
PRESENTMENT
LEGAL AID
11. The party against whom an appeal is taken. Sometimes called a respondent.
SANCTION
IRRELEVANT
APPELLEE
PRETERMITTED SPOUSE
12. In a trial - a foundation must be laid to establish the basis for the admissibility of certain types of evidence.
RESPONDENT
FOUNDATION
FIDUCIARY
INCRIMINATE
13. Unlawful killing of another - without malice - when the death is caused by some other unlawful act not usually expected to result in great bodily harm.
SELF-DEFENSE
COURTROOM
MANSLAUGHTER - INVOLUNTARY
REVOKE
14. A place of confinement that is more than a police station and less than a prison. It is usually used to hold persons convicted of misdemeanors or persons awaiting trial.
COURTROOM
JAIL
COUNSEL
PAROLE EVIDENCE
15. Settling a dispute without a full - formal trial. Methods includemediation - conciliation - arbitration - and settlement - among others.
LYNCHING
PROBATE
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR)
INCRIMINATE
16. A punitive act designed to secure enforcement by imposing a penalty for its violation. For example - a sanction may be imposed for failure to comply with discovery orders.
PROBABLE CAUSE
SANCTION
REVOKE
PERMANENT RESIDENT
17. Removal of a charge - responsibility or duty.
RESPONDENT
RULES OF EVIDENCE
EXONERATE
BENCH WARRANT
18. Recovery of land or rental property from another by legal process.
EVICTION
JURY TRIAL
PERJURY
PROCEDURAL LAW
19. Specific factors that define a crime which the prosecution must prove beyond a reasonable doubt in order to obtain a conviction. The elements that must be proven are 1) that a crime has actually occurred - 2) the accused intended the crime to happen
POLLING THE JURY
JUDGE
LOITERING
ELEMENTS OF A CRIME
20. 1. A unit of the judiciary authorized to decide disputed matters of fact - cases or controversies. 2. Figuratively - the judge or judicial officer. Judges sometimes use 'court' to refer to themselves in the third person - as in 'the court has read
BIAS
COURT
KIDNAPPING
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT
21. Judge's explanation to the jury before it begins deliberations of the questions it must answer and the applicable law governing the case. Also called charge.
CHALLENGE FOR CAUSE
OPINION
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
INSTRUCTIONS
22. Exhibit and/or evidence that is offered by the prosecution.
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23. The quality in a witness which makes his or her testimony believable.
CLAIM
CREDIBILITY
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
INFRACTION
24. 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
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE
JURY TRIAL
DAMAGES
25. To support with evidence or authority; make more certain.
CORROBORATE
COMPLY
APPELLANT
OF COUNSEL
26. The taking or detaining of a person against his or her will and without lawful authority.
JOINT VENTURE
KIDNAPPING
COUNSEL TABLE
INMATE
27. 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
DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES
OBJECTION
CHILD SUPPORT
28. The jury's decision-making process after hearing the evidence and closing arguments and being giventhe court's instructions.
INFORMATION
PERMANENT RESIDENT
DELIBERATION
CASE NUMBER
29. Each of the allegations of an offense listed in a charging document.
LIVING TRUST
ADMISSIBLE
COUNT
IMPLIED CONTRACT
30. A person who aids or contributes in the commission of a crime.
NO-CONTEST CLAUSE
CONCILIATION
ACCESSORY
SERVICE
31. The degree of certainty required for a juror to legally find a criminal defendant guilty
JAIL
SERVICE
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
SENTENCE - CONCURRENT
32. The specific place in the courtroom where the jury sits during the trial.
ORDER - COURT
CONTRACT
ALLEGE
JURY BOX
33. The act of stopping a judicial proceeding by order of the court.
MURDER
CRIMINAL
PIMP
STAY
34. A formal written accusation - issued by a grand jury - charging a party with a crime.
INDICTMENT
REMOVAL
RECKLESS DRIVING
LIABLE
35. Trial without a jury in which a judge decides the facts.
JURY FOREMAN
COURTROOM
PROCEDURAL LAW
BENCH TRIAL
36. A malicious injury which disables or disfigures another.
AFFIRMED
LARCENY
MAYHEM
CRIMINAL
37. An arrangement whereby a husband and wife live apart from each other while remaining married either by mutual consent or by a judicial order.
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
SEPARATION
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
PETTY OFFENSE
38. Authority or discretion vested in an officer whose acts partake of a judicial character.
GUARDIAN
QUASI JUDICIAL
HIT AND RUN
FAILURE TO APPEAR
39. Lack of capacity to understand the nature and object of the proceedings - to consult with counsel - and to assist in preparing a defense.
INCOMPETENCY
MENTAL HEALTH
AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS
ENTER A GUILTY PLEA
40. A case brought by the government against a person accused of committing a crime.
CRIMINAL CASE
ATTEST
PATENT
PARDON
41. A crime - such as a felony - misdemeanor - or other punishable unlawful act.
LAY PERSON
OFFENSE
INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR
INSTRUCTIONS
42. To act in accordance with - to accept - to obey.
BOOKING NUMBER
COMPLY
OF COUNSEL
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
43. The court-supervised process by which a will is determined to be the will-maker's final statement regarding how the will-maker wants his or her property distributed.
REMOVAL
ESTOPPEL
COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE
PROBATE
44. State laws that provide for the distribution of estate property of a person who dies without a will. Same as intestacy laws.
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES
DEFENDANT
APPELLATE COURT
45. The jurisdiction of two or more courts - each authorized to deal with the same subject matter.
REMITTITUR
CONCURRENT JURISDICTION
NULL AND VOID
RECIDIVISM
46. The person who sets up a trust. Also called the grantor.
STANDING
EXTRADITION
NO BILL
SETTLOR
47. The reduction of a sentence - such as from death to life imprisonment.
QUASI JUDICIAL
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
DIRECT EXAMINATION
COMMUTATION
48. An action which may be brought for the purpose of restraining the threatened infliction of wrongs or injuries - and the prevention of threatened illegal action.
PERMANENT INJUNCTION
EQUITABLE ACTION
ARRAIGN
MOTION GRANTED
49. 1. Property that is pledged as security against a debt. 2. A person belonging to the same ancestral stock (a relation) - but not in a direct line of descent.
SETTLOR
COLLATERAL
OFFENDER
COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL
50. List of cases scheduled for hearing in court.
CONSIDERATION
PERMANENT RESIDENT
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES
CALENDAR