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Subject : law
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1. A machine which records by a needle on a graph varying emotional disturbances when answering questions truly or falsely - as indicated by fluctuations in blood pressure - perspiration.respiration






2. A protest to the court against an act or omission by the opposing party.






3. Representation of some fact or circumstance which is not true and is calculated to mislead - whereby a person obtains another's money or goods.






4. A right guaranteed by the U. S. Constitution - interpreted by the federal courts; also - a right guaranteed by some other constitution (such as a state constitution).






5. A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it - before a notary or officer havingauthority to administer oaths.






6. Ruling or order issued by the judge granting the party's request.






7. 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.






8. Aka DOCKET NUMBER.






9. A judicial command or order proceeding from a court or judicial officer - directing the proper officer to enforce a judgment - sentence - or decree.






10. The judge's instructions to the jury concerning the law that applies to the facts of the case on trial.






11. An estate consists of personal property (car - household items - and other tangible items) - real property - and intangible property - such as stock certificates and bank accounts - owned in the individual name of a person at the time of the person's






12. A trust set up and in effect during the lifetime of the grantor. Also called inter vivos trust.






13. Judicial officer having strictly limited jurisdiction exercising some of the functions of a judge.






14. An amendment to a will.

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15. A person who aids or contributes in the commission of a crime.






16. One who is joined as a party or defendant merely because the technical rules of pleading require his presence in the record.






17. Having no force - legal power to bind - or validity.






18. 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.






19. The assertion of a right to money or property.






20. The referral of a dispute to an impartial third person chosen by the parties to the dispute who agree in advance to abide by the arbitrator's award issued after a hearing at which both parties have an opportunity to be heard.






21. A rule or order prescribed for management or government.






22. 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.






23. A sentence imposed for the commission of a crime whereby a convicted criminal offender is released into the community - usually under conditions and under the supervision of a probation officer - instead of incarceration.






24. Attorney at law - lawyer - counselor at law.






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






26. Lie detector test and the apparatus for conducting the test.






27. 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.






28. Those which do not constitute a justification or excuse for an offense but which may be considered as reasons for reducing the degree of blame.






29. A reference to a source of legal authority. A direction to appear in court - as when a defendant is cited into court - rather than arrested.






30. One who supervises a person placed on probation and is required to report the progress and to surrender the and conditions of the probation.probationer if they violate the terms






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






32. A pretrial discovery device by which one party questions the other party or a witness for the other party. It usually takes place in the office of one of the lawyers - in the presence of a court reporter - who transcribes what is said. Questions are






33. 1. To execute - perpetrate - or carry out an act. To commit a crime. 2. To send a person to prison - asylum - or reformatory by a court order.






34. Removal of a charge - responsibility or duty.






35. That which tends to injure a person's reputation. Libel is published defamation - whereasslander is spoken.






36. Summary of a larger work - wherein the principal ideas of the larger work are contained.






37. Without denying the charge - the defendant raises circumstances such as insanity - self-defense -or entrapment to avoid civil or criminal responsibility.






38. A failure to respond to a lawsuit within the specified time.






39. Supplementary evidence that tends to strengthen or confirm the initial evidence.






40. A type of sentence where the convicted criminal is ordered to spend the rest of his or her life in prison






41. A formal charge against a person - to the effect that he has engaged in a punishable offense.






42. The dismissal of a case - by which the same cause of action cannot be brought against thedefendant again at a later date.






43. The continued - habitual - or compulsive commission of law violations after first having been convicted of prior offenses.






44. In a trial - a foundation must be laid to establish the basis for the admissibility of certain types of evidence.






45. Settling a dispute without a full - formal trial. Methods includemediation - conciliation - arbitration - and settlement - among others.






46. Evidence which tends to indicate that a defendant did not commit the alleged crime.






47. The right of an accused to a speedy trial as guaranteed by the 6th Amendment of the United States Constitution.






48. 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






49. The procedure where the accused is brought before the court to hear the criminal charge(s) against him or her and to enter a plea of either guilty - not guilty or no contest.






50. 1. A real or seeming incompatibility between one's private interests and one's public or fiduciary duties. 2. A real or seeming incompatibility between the interests of two of a lawyer's clients - such that the lawyer is disqualified from representin