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Law Vocab
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1. 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
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
SPEEDY TRIAL
OPENING ARGUMENT
PLEA
2. A state examination taken by prospective lawyers in order to be admitted and licensed to practice law.
JURY - HUNG
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
INITIAL APPEARANCE
BAR EXAMINATION
3. A criminal case in which the allowable punishment includes death. CAPITAL CRIME - A crime punishable by death.
PROBABLE CAUSE
CAPITAL CASE
SPENDTHRIFT TRUST
DIRECT EXAMINATION
4. The generic name for the defendant in a criminal case.
ACCUSED
CAUSE
COUNTERFEIT
ACCORD
5. The physical location where the defense and prosecuting parties are seated throughout the duration of the trial.
CONTRACT
DELINQUENCY - JUVENILE
SELF-DEFENSE
COUNSEL TABLE
6. A type of sentence where the convicted criminal is ordered to spend the rest of his or her life in prison
AGREEMENT
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
STATUS OFFENDERS
ABANDONMENT
7. In a criminal proceeding - it is the defendant's declaration in open court that he or she is guilty or not guilty. The defendant's answer to the charges made in the indictment or information.
PLEA
DELIBERATION
PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE
RETAINER
8. An order requiring a person to appear in court and present reasons why a certain order - judgment - or decree should not be issued.
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
HARMLESS ERROR
SHOW CAUSE
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
9. The guarantee in the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that all persons be treated equally by the law.
INSANITY PLEA
EQUAL PROTECTION
DELIBERATE
MALICE
10. Now called Judgment as a Matter of Law. An instruction by the judge to the jury to return a specific verdict.
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
DIRECTED VERDICT
INFRACTION
AGGRAVATED BATTERY
11. Circumstances which render a crime less aggravated - heinous - or reprehensible than it would otherwise be.
INCEST
APPELLATE COURT
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
PERMANENT INJUNCTION
12. A crime of a more serious nature than a misdemeanor - usually punishable by imprisonment in a penitentiary for more than a year and/or substantial fines.
PROBATE ESTATE
FELONY
AMEND
BAR
13. A court officer who has charge of a court session in the matter of keeping order and has custody of the jury.
MALFEASANCE
LARCENY
BAILIFF
NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
14. A final settlement or determination. The court decision terminating proceedings in a case before judgment.
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
MEMORIALIZED
BRIBE
DISPOSITION
15. 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.
INSTRUCTIONS
PANDERING
CONTRACT
REPORT
16. 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.
FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER
REHEARING
MORAL TURPITUDE
INTESTATE SUCCESSION
17. The trial method used in the U.S. and some other countries. This system is based on the belief that truth can best be determined by giving opposing parties full opportunity to present and establish their evidence - and totest by crossexamination the
CIVIL CASE
LIVING TRUST
ADVERSARY SYSTEM
INSANITY PLEA
18. 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.
NEXT FRIEND
CAPTION
ASSIGNEE
JURISDICTION
19. To act in accordance with - to accept - to obey.
COMPLY
DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
LIBEL
DOCKET NUMBER
20. The closure of court records to inspection - except to the parties.
SELF-DEFENSE
SEALING
OATH
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
21. Summary of a larger work - wherein the principal ideas of the larger work are contained.
CAUSE
RESPONDENT
ABSTRACTACT
MODIFICATION
22. An order made by a court having competent jurisdiction. Rules of court are either general or special; the former are the regulations by which the practice of the court is governed - the latter are special orders made in particular cases.
EVICTION
CHALLENGE FOR CAUSE
RULE OF COURT
SENTENCE - SUSPENDED
23. An order commanding an accused to appear in court.
COMMON LAW
PROTECTIVE ORDER
CRIMINAL SUMMONS
SIDEBAR
24. The response by a party to charges raised in a pleading by the other party.
CHARGING DOCUMENT
REPLY
EXONERATE
MEDIATION
25. A ruling by the court in favor of the party making the objection.
FORECLOSURE
OBJECTION SUSTAINED
INTERLOCUTORY
ESCROW
26. The continued - habitual - or compulsive commission of law violations after first having been convicted of prior offenses.
ACCESSORY
STATUS OFFENDERS
RECIDIVISM
FAIR HEARING
27. Ill will - hatred - or hostility by one person toward another which may prompt the intentional doing of a wrongful act without legal justification or excuse.
CLASS ACTION
ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON
MALICE
FRAUD
28. Among other rights - the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees that a person cannot be compelled to present self-incriminating testimony in a criminal proceeding.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
PARALEGAL
GARNISHMENT
FIFTH AMENDMENT
29. A specialized court that deals with cases during the late evening and early morning hours.
CEASE AND DESIST ORDER
BAIL BOND
DECREE
COURT - NIGHT
30. The process of photographing - fingerprinting - and recording identifying data of a suspect. This process follows the arrest.
CREDIBILITY
BOOKING
APPEARANCE
PROSECUTION
31. A formal - written application to the court requesting judicial action on some matter.
BENCH TRIAL
MODIFICATION
PETITION
ADMISSION
32. Evidence not sufficiently related to the matter in issue.
IRRELEVANT
OATH
INMATE
PLEA
33. An order of the court requiring all witnesses to remain outside the courtroom until each is called to testify - except the plaintiff or defendant. The witnesses are ordered not to discuss their testimony with each other and may be held in contempt if
COMPOSITE DRAWING
DISMISS
RE-DIRECT EXAMINATION
EXCLUSION OF WITNESSES
34. The right of an accused to a speedy trial as guaranteed by the 6th Amendment of the United States Constitution.
FORFEIT
SPEEDY TRIAL
CONSERVATORSHIP
ADMONISH
35. A parent's or custodian's act of leaving a child without adequate care - supervision - support - or parental
LOITERING
PROXIMATE CAUSE
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
ABANDONMENT
36. A reasonable belief that a crime has or is being committed; the basis for all lawful searches - seizures -and arrests.
COMMIT
FIRST APPEARANCE
PROBABLE CAUSE
CLERK
37. A person who directs a commission; a member of a commission. The officer in charge of a department or bureau of a public service.
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
COMMISSIONER
REST
BAIL BOND
38. The defendant's response to the plaintiff's allegations as stated in a complaint. An item-by-item - paragraph-by-paragraph response to points made in a complaint; part of the pleadings.
ANSWER
MISDEMEANOR
GRAND JURY
ARREST OF JUDGMENT
39. Lack of capacity to understand the nature and object of the proceedings - to consult with counsel - and to assist in preparing a defense.
MALFEASANCE
GOOD CAUSE
INCOMPETENCY
DISBARMENT
40. Officer of the court who files pleadings - motions - judgments - etc. - issues process - and keeps records of court proceedings.
REBUTTAL
BIAS
PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE
CLERK
41. Two or more sentences of jail time to be served in sequence.
SENTENCE - CONSECUTIVE
DIRECT EXAMINATION
CALENDAR
CRIMINAL INSANITY
42. Generally - a tax on the privilege of transferring property to others after a person's death. In addition to federal estate taxes - many states have their own estate taxes.
ARRAIGN
JOYRIDING
SEPARATION
ESTATE TAX
43. The act of claiming one's own writing to be that of another.
INSTRUCTIONS
OBJECTION
FORGERY
MISDEMEANOR
44. A satisfaction agreed upon between the parties in a lawsuit which bars subsequent actions on the claim.
PREJUDICIAL EVIDENCE
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
FORFEIT
ACCORD
45. Money awarded by a court to a person injured by the unlawful act or negligence of another person.
PRIVITY
DAMAGES
INADMISSIBLE
EVICTION
46. Tangible physical property (such as cars - clothing - furniture - and jewelry) and intangible personal property. This does not include real property such as land or rights in land.
JOINT VENTURE
PERSONAL PROPERTY
SPEEDY TRIAL
ADMISSIBLE
47. To give a gift to someone through a will.
POLLING THE JURY
BEQUEATH
PAROLE
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
48. To terminate legal action involving outstanding charges against a defendant in a criminal case.
CLAIM
DISMISS
SHOW CAUSE
GRAND JURY
49. To complete the legal requirements (such as signing before witnesses) that make a will valid. Also - to execute a judgment or decree means to put the final judgment of the court into effect.
CASE
CERTIFICATION
EXECUTE
PROBATE
50. 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
MALICE
BENCH TRIAL
AID AND ABET