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1. A form of alternative dispute resolution in which the parties bring their dispute to a neutral third party - who helps them agree on a settlement.
MEDIATION
POST CONVICTION RELIEF PROCEEDING
CORROBORATION
PENALTY
2. A court order directing that an individual be kept in custody - usually in a penal or mental facility.
FAILURE TO COMPLY
JUSTICIABLE
BREACH
COMMITMENT ORDER
3. The method - established normally by rules to be followed in a case; the formal steps in a judicial proceeding.
BAR
PROCEDURAL LAW
CHIEF JUDGE
NEXT FRIEND
4. The hearing given to person accused of crime - by a magistrate or judge - to determine whether there is enough evidence to warrant the confinement and holding to bail the person accused.
JURY - HUNG
AFFIANT
LIABLE
HEARING - PRELIMINARY
5. The legal right to bring a lawsuit. Only a person with something at stake has standing to bring a lawsuit.
BIAS
STANDING
CRIMINAL INSANITY
RAP SHEET
6. A sentence of imprisonment to a specified minimum and maximum period of time -specifically authorized by statute - subject to termination by a parole board or other authorized agency after the prisoner has served the minimum term.
COLLATERAL ATTACK
BOOKMAKING
INDETERMINATE SENTENCE
ASSUMPTION OF RISK
7. State-imposed death as punishment for a serious crime. Capital punishment.
ALLEGATION
DEATH PENALTY
LEGAL AID
STATEMENT - CLOSING
8. The hearing available to a person charged with a felony to determine if there is enough evidence (probable cause) to hold him for trial.
ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEY
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
JUVENILE
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
9. 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.
HANDCUFFS
INSTRUCTIONS
RECIDIVISM
PEOPLE (PROSECUTION)
10. The written statements of fact and law filed by the parties to a lawsuit.
LENIENCY
CLERK OF COURT
HARASSMENT
PLEADINGS
11. To obtain customers for a whore or prostitute. One who obtains customers for a whore or prostitute.
INTESTACY LAWS
GUILTY
KNOWINGLY
PIMP
12. The questioning of a witness produced by the other side.
CROSS-EXAMINATION
LAY PERSON
GRANTOR OR SETTLOR
JUDGE
13. The person who sets up a trust. Also called the grantor.
HUNG JURY
EXCLUSIONARY RULE
CONVICT
SETTLOR
14. In criminal law - a finding of not guilty. In contract law - a release - absolution - or discharge from an obligation - liability - or engagement.
PERSONAL PROPERTY
CAUSE
ACQUITTAL
SERVICE
15. Intentional - unlawful deception to deprive another person of property or to injure that person in some other way.
FRAUD
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
IMPEACHMENT OF WITNESS
SEXUAL MOLESTATION
16. The right to challenge a juror without assigning a reason for the challenge.
ANNUAL REVIEW
FIRST APPEARANCE
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE
17. The unlawful operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
MORAL TURPITUDE
MULTIPLICITY OF ACTIONS
INSTRUCTIONS
18. An accounting for the whereabouts of the tangible evidence from the moment it is received in custody until it is offered in evidence in court.CHALLENGE - An objection - such as when an attorney objects at a hearing to the seating of a particular pers
SMALL CLAIMS COURT
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
PLAINTIFF
INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR
19. That which tends to injure a person's reputation. Libel is published defamation - whereasslander is spoken.
OPINION
CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
DEFAMATION
CIVIL CASE
20. The process of photographing - fingerprinting - and recording identifying data of a suspect. This process follows the arrest.
DIVORCE
MISTRIAL
BOOKING
PEOPLE (PROSECUTION)
21. Requirement that police tell a suspect in their custody of his or her constitutional rights before they question him or her: specifically - the right to remain silent; that any statement made may be used against him or her; the right to an attorney;
MIRANDA RIGHTS
SENTENCE - CONSECUTIVE
BAIL FORFEITURE
OBJECT
22. Standards governing whether evidence in a civil or criminal case is admissible.
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
PROBATE ESTATE
RULES OF EVIDENCE
STATUTE
23. A person who makes a word-for-word record of what is said in court and produces a transcript of the proceedings upon request.
APPELLANT
PETIT JURY
RELINQUISHMENT
COURT REPORTER
24. A short - abbreviated form of the case as found in the record.
PROBABLE CAUSE
MOTION DENIED
COMPOSITE DRAWING
ABSTRACT OF RECORD
25. The presence of drugs on the accused for recreational use or for the purpose to sell.
PRIVITY
PARDON
FOURTH AMENDMENT
POSSESSION OF DRUGS
26. Unlawful intercourse with an individual without their consent.
REASONABLE PERSON
HOLOGRAPHIC WILL
GRAND THEFT
RAPE
27. 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.
SANCTION
PERSONAL PROPERTY
ARGUMENT
IMPEACHMENT OF WITNESS
28. 1. Written attestation. 2. Authorized declaration verifying that an instrument is a true and correct copy of the original.
PENITENTIARY
CERTIFICATION
ADJUDICATION
PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE
29. A statement of all important facts - which all the parties agree is true and correct -which is submitted to a court for ruling.
AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS
OBJECT
DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
FORFEITURE
30. A previously decided case that guides the decision of future cases.
CLOSING ARGUMENT
PRECEDENT
INTESTACY LAWS
ACTION
31. A trust set up for the benefit of someone who the grantor believes would be incapable of managing his or her own financial affairs.
CHILD MOLESTATION
PROFFER
DEFENDANT
SPENDTHRIFT TRUST
32. A legal right - exemption or immunity granted to a person - company or class - that is beyond the common advantages of other citizens.
PRIVILEGE
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES
ACCORD AND SATISFACTION
PROBATE COURT
33. An imaginary situation - incorporating facts previously admitted into evidence - upon which an expert witness is permitted to give an opinion as to a condition resulting from the situation.
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
SETTLOR
COUNTERCLAIM
IRRELEVANT
34. The generic name for the defendant in a criminal case.
PREJUDICIAL EVIDENCE
COMPETENCY
SECURED DEBT
ACCUSED
35. Official and formal erasure of a record or partial contents of a record.
APPEARANCE
COMPLY
ESTATE
EXPUNGEMENT
36. The jury's decision-making process after hearing the evidence and closing arguments and being giventhe court's instructions.
CONFISCATE
DISSENT
DELIBERATION
INSTRUCTIONS
37. A claim by codefendant or co-plaintiffs against each other and not against persons on the opposite side of the lawsuit.
CROSS-CLAIM
OFFENSE
BATTERY - SPOUSAL
SANCTION
38. Settling a dispute without a full - formal trial. Methods includemediation - conciliation - arbitration - and settlement - among others.
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR)
EXECUTE
COURTS - JUVENILE and DEPENDENCY
SENTENCE
39. A protest to the court against an act or omission by the opposing party.
STAY
BAIL BOND
OBJECTION
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
40. Opportunity to present rebuttal evidence after one's evidence has been subjected to cross-examination.
PERSONAL PROPERTY
MALICE
RESPONDENT
RE-DIRECT EXAMINATION
41. Any form of indecent or sexual activity on - involving - or surrounding a child under the state's designated age.
CHILD MOLESTATION
REJOINDER
OFFER OF PROOF
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
42. One who saw the act - fact - or transaction to which he or she testifies.
IMPLIED CONTRACT
PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS
COURTS - JUVENILE and DEPENDENCY
EYE WITNESS
43. The act of entering or remaining illegally in a movable or immovable structure - vehicle or dwelling with intent to commit a felony.
RATIFICATION
BURGLARY
EMBEZZLE
CONVICTION
44. A legal doctrine by which acts of the opposing parties are compared to determine the liability of each party to the other - making each liable only for his or her percentage of fault.
ACTION
AGGRAVATING FACTORS
GARNISH
COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE
45. A chronological summary of all official records and recorded documents affecting the title to aparcel of real property.
PROBABLE CAUSE
COUNSEL TABLE
ABSTRACT OF TITLE
STIPULATE
46. Standard of proof commonly used in civil lawsuits and in regulatory agency cases. It governs the amount of proof that must be offered in order for the plaintiff to win the case.
OF COUNSEL
CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE
CODICIL (kod'i-sil)
INVESTIGATION
47. To bear witness to - to affirm to be true or genuine - to certify.
BATTERY
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
COMPOSITE DRAWING
ATTEST
48. The department that oversees the actions of probationers as well as the location of where probation officers work.
LINEUP
PERSON IN NEED OF SUPERVISION
MOOT
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
49. A court order to protect a person from further harassment - service of process - or discovery.
PRE-INJUNCTION
PRIORS
BAR
PROTECTIVE ORDER
50. A special type of guilty plea by which a defendant does not admit guilt but concedes that the State hasufficient evidence to convict; normally made to avoid the threat of greater punishment. Source: Black's Law Dictionary(1996); North Carolina v. Alf
COURTS - JUVENILE and DEPENDENCY
ALFORD PLEA
DELINQUENCY - JUVENILE
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
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