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Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The degree of certainty required for a juror to legally find a criminal defendant guilty






2. The delivery of a legal document - such as a complaint - summons - or subpoena - notifying a person of a lawsuit or other legal action taken against him or her. Service - which constitutes formal legal notice - must be made by an officially authorize






3. The generic name for the defendant in a criminal case.






4. Act of giving the equivalent for any loss - damage or injury.






5. Evidence that helps to prove a point or issue in a case.






6. 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.






7. The judgment formally pronounced by the court or judge upon the defendant after his or her conviction by imposing a punishment to be inflicted either in the form of a fine - incarceration or probation.






8. 1. The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. 2. The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.






9. A procedural error during a trial or hearing sufficiently harmful to justify reversing the judgment of a lower court.






10. The study of law and the structure of the legal system.






11. Substantial reason - one that affords a legal excuse.






12. 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.






13. That quality of evidence which tends to influence the trier of fact because of its logical connection with the issue.






14. Chains or shackles for the hands to secure prisoners.






15. Help - assist - or facilitate the commission of a crime.






16. An established standard - guide - or regulation.






17. The combination of those rules and principles of conduct promulgated by legislative authority - derived from court decisions - and established by local custom.






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






19. The response by a party to charges raised in a pleading by the other party.






20. A court's recognition of the truth of basic facts without formal evidence.






21. The rules and process by which a civil case is tried and appealed - including the preparations for trial - the rules of evidence and trial conduct - and the procedure for pursuing appeals.






22. A case summary or commentary on the law cases - statutes - and rules illustrating its interpretation.






23. Member of the jury.






24. A method of discharging a claim upon agreement by the parties to give and accept something in settlement of the claim.






25. Exposure to sight of the private parts of the body in a lewd or indecent manner in a public place.






26. Conduct which tends to annoy all citizens - including unnecessary and distractingnoisemaking.






27. To seize or take private property for public use (the police confiscated the weapon).






28. A person who directs a commission; a member of a commission. The officer in charge of a department or bureau of a public service.






29. To place a paper in the official custody of the clerk of court to enter into the files or records of a case.






30. An aggravated unlawful assault in which there is threat to do bodily harmwithout justification or excuse by use of any instrument calculated to do serious bodily harm or cause death.






31. Someone named to receive property or benefits in a will. In a trust - a person who is to receive benefits from the trust.






32. Recovery of land or rental property from another by legal process.






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






34. 1. An act of omission or commission in violation of law which carries criminal consequences. 2. Criminal activity in general relating to a specific time or place.






35. A person who makes and signs an affidavit.






36. The initial appearance of an arrested person before a judge to determine whether there is probable cause for his or her arrest. Generally the person comes before a judge within hours of the arrest - and are informed of the charges against him or her






37. 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






38. An order of the court. A final decree is one that fully and finally disposes of the litigation. Aninterlocutory decree is a preliminary order that often disposes of only part of a lawsuit.






39. The area of a state or federal prison where criminals who are sentenced to death are confined until their sentence is commuted or carried out.






40. A short - abbreviated form of the case as found in the record.






41. Legal right given to a person to manage the property and financial affairs of a person deemed incapable of doing that for himself or herself. (Conservators have somewhat less responsibility than guardians. See also guardianship.)






42. The act which produces an effect.






43. Law established by previous decisions of appellate courts - particularly the Supreme Court.






44. A gift - not necessarily of monetary value - given to influence the conduct of the receiver.






45. A state tax on property that an heir or beneficiary under a will receives from a deceased person's estate. The heir or beneficiary pays this tax.






46. 1. Historically - the partition separating the general public from the space occupied by the judges - lawyers - and other participants in a trial. 2. More commonly - the term means the whole body of lawyers.






47. The act of sending a case back to the trial court and ordering the trial court to conduct limited new hearings or an entirely new trial.






48. Dying without a will.






49. A court order forbidding the defendant from doing any action or threatened action until a hearing on the application can be conducted.






50. 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.