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Law Vocab
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1. Confirmation or support of a witness' statement or other fact.
CORROBORATION
DEMURRER
CORONER
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
2. Any form of indecent or sexual activity on - involving - or surrounding a child under the state's designated age.
CHILD MOLESTATION
ATTORNEY
CLAIM
LAW CLERKS
3. 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
PROBATION BEFORE JUDGMENT (PBJ)
PENITENTIARY
RULES OF EVIDENCE
REMOVAL
4. A judge's decision not to allow an objection. A decision by a higher court finding that a lower court decision was wrong.
OVERRULE
ACCORD AND SATISFACTION
FIFTH AMENDMENT
POWER OF ATTORNEY
5. The dismissal of a case without preventing the plaintiff from bringing the same cause of action against the defendant in the future.
DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
RE-DIRECT EXAMINATION
DEPOSITION
DIVORCE
6. Law established by previous decisions of appellate courts - particularly the Supreme Court.
RIGHTS - CONSTITUTIONAL
CASE LAW
HEARING - PRELIMINARY
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
7. A form of alternative dispute resolution in which the parties bring their dispute to a neutral third party - who helps lower tensions - improve communications - and explore possible solutions. Conciliation is similar to mediation - but it may be less
CONCILIATION
OFFENDER
COMPLAINANT
FIFTH AMENDMENT
8. A court having jurisdiction to hear appeals and review a trial court's procedure.
PREJUDICIAL EVIDENCE
POSSESSION OF DRUGS
POSTPONEMENT
APPELLATE COURT
9. The process by which one state or country surrenders to another state - a person accused or convicted of a crime in the other state.
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
EXTRADITION
CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE
10. The time within a plaintiff must begin a lawsuit (in civil cases) or a prosecutor must bring charges (in criminal cases). There are different statutes of limitations at both the federal and state levels for different kinds of lawsuits or crimes.
CLERK OF COURT
BIFURCATE
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
APPELLATE COURT
11. Pertinent and proper to be considered in reaching a decision.
FORECLOSURE
MISDEMEANOR
ADMISSIBLE
HOLOGRAPHIC WILL
12. An attorney who represents a person accused of committing a crime.
JAIL
ALLEGE
DEFENSE ATTORNEY
QUASH
13. The court officer responsible for choosing the panel of persons to serve as potential jurors for a particular court term.
GOOD FAITH
RULE
JURY COMMISSIONER
PETTY THEFT
14. To give authority or legal authenticity to a statute - record - or other written instrument.
REPLY
AUTHENTICATE
ARBITRATION
SEXUAL MOLESTATION
15. The operation of a vehicle in an impaired state after consuming alcohol that when tested is above the state's legal alcohol limit.
DRUNK DRIVING
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
JUVENILE WAIVER
APPELLATE JURISDICTION
16. Responsible for a delinquency - crime - or other offense; not innocent.
GUILTY
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
DELIBERATION
LAY PERSON
17. A type of sentence where the convicted criminal is ordered to spend the rest of his or her life in prison
DISCOVERY
COUNTERCLAIM
STATUS OFFENDERS
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
18. 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
BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME (B.C.S.)
FOSTER CARE
RESTITUTION
19. An order by the court telling a person to stop performing a specific act.
AGENT
ENJOINING
RECOGNIZANCE
JUROR - ALTERNATE
20. Physical condition of a child indicating that external or internal injuries result from acts committed by a parent or custodian.
INFRACTION
CIVIL PROCEDURE
BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME (B.C.S.)
ATTEST
21. Remarks addressed by attorney to judge or jury on the merits of case or on points of law.
CONTRACT
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
ARGUMENT
REVOCABLE TRUST
22. An attack on a judgment other than a direct appeal to a higher court.
COLLATERAL ATTACK
INDEMNIFY
IMPANEL
REPORT
23. A contract by which owner of property grants to another the right to possess - use - and enjoy it for a specified period of time in exchange for payment of an agreed price (rent).
SMALL CLAIMS COURT
PROBATION OFFICER
LEASE
DIVERSION
24. Allowance ordered to be paid by one spouse to the other for support while the spouses are living apart but not divorced.
PRISON
AFFIANT
JURY
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
25. The process by which the property of a person who has died without a will passes on to others according to the state's distribution statutes.
BEST EVIDENCE
INTESTATE SUCCESSION
PRETERMITTED SPOUSE
JURY FOREMAN
26. A person who initiates a lawsuit against another. Also called the complainant.
CLAIM
PENALTY
INTERROGATORIES
PLAINTIFF
27. Money awarded by a court to a person injured by the unlawful act or negligence of another person.
JUROR - ALTERNATE
DAMAGES
HUNG JURY
CHILD MOLESTATION
28. One acting without formal appointment as guardian for the benefit of an infant - a person of unsound mind not judicially declared incompetent - or other person under some disability.
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
SETTLOR
NEXT FRIEND
NON-CAPITAL CASE
29. Money awarded to an injured person - over and above the measurable value of the injury - in order to punish the person who hurt him.
STATEMENT - CLOSING
GARNISHMENT
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
PETITIONER
30. One who has authority to act for another.
AGENT
FIDELITY BOND
GUARDIAN
MENTAL HEALTH
31. Supervised release of a prisoner before the expiration of his or her sentence.
PAROLE
COMPLAINANT
HUNG JURY
RETAINER
32. The legal obligation of parents to contribute to the economic maintenance - including education - of their children. Money paid by one parent to another toward the expenses of the children of the marriage.
CHILD SUPPORT
HANDCUFFS
RIGHTS - CONSTITUTIONAL
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
33. Declaration or document issued by a grand jury that either makes a neutral report or notes misdeeds by officials charged with specified public duties.
PRESENTMENT
SERVICE OF PROCESS
DUE PROCESS OF LAW
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
34. 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.
PUBLIC DEFENDER
AID AND ABET
FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER
KIDNAPPING
35. Formal conclusion by a judge or jury on issues of fact.
DEATH ROW
JURY COMMISSIONER
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
FINDING
36. A moot case or a moot point is one not subject to a judicial determination because it involves an abstract question or a pretended controversy that has not yet actually arisen or has already passed. Mootness usually refers to a court's refusal to con
MOOT
FINDING
JURY TRIAL
LIEN
37. A statement of the details of the charge made against the defendant.
LIBEL
BILL OF PARTICULARS
ENTER A GUILTY PLEA
ASSUMPTION OF RISK
38. A party is said to rest or rest its case when it has presented all the evidence it intends to offer.
AFFIRMED
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
REST
EXCEPTIONS
39. The facts that give rise to a lawsuit or a legal claim.
EYE WITNESS
LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
ASSAULT
CAUSE OF ACTION
40. Evidence which tends to indicate that a defendant did not commit the alleged crime.
CLAIM
SELF-DEFENSE
EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE
DISBARMENT
41. A hearing in which certain rights are respected such as the right to present evidence - to cross examine and to have findings supported by evidence.
BEQUESTS
COURT REPORTER
FAIR HEARING
CAPITAL CASE
42. Evidence given to explain - counteract - or disprove facts given by the opposing counsel.
REBUTTAL
PROBATION BEFORE JUDGMENT (PBJ)
GARNISHMENT
CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE
43. A child born or adopted after a will is executed - who is not provided for in the will.
NO-CONTEST CLAUSE
HOMICIDE
PATENT
PRETERMITTED CHILD
44. 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.
DEPRIVATION OF CUSTODY
IMPANEL
PROXIMATE CAUSE
BAIL BONDSMAN
45. To forge - to copy or imitate - without authority or right - and with the purpose to deceive or defraud - by passing off the copy as genuine.
PREJUDICIAL ERROR
COUNTERFEIT
LITIGATION
EXECUTOR
46. The act of claiming one's own writing to be that of another.
AGGRAVATED BATTERY
EXCEPTIONS
FORGERY
ABATEMENT OF ACTION
47. Legal right given to a person to be responsible for the food - housing - health care - and other necessities
PRECEDENT
ADJUDICATE
RAP SHEET
GUARDIANSHIP
48. Any of the drugs whose production and use are regulated by law - including narcotics - stimulants - and hallucinogens.
PROBATE ESTATE
EXPERT TESTIMONY
OBJECTION
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
49. A picture of an alleged criminal created by a professional police artist using verbal descriptionsgiven by the victim or a witness.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
COMPOSITE DRAWING
EXCLUSION OF WITNESSES
SODOMY
50. Act of giving the equivalent for any loss - damage or injury.
RESTITUTION
GOOD CAUSE
ADMONISH
ABANDONMENT
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