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Law Vocab
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1. Dying without a will.
SEPARATION
INTESTATE
PAROLE
REMITTITUR
2. Punishment - civil or criminal - generally referring to payment of money.
EMBEZZLE
NOT GUILTY
PENALTY
PENDING
3. Provisional; not final. An interlocutory order or an interlocutory appeal concerns only a part of the issues raised in a lawsuit. Compare to decree .
CIVIL ACTION
IMPLIED CONTRACT
INTERLOCUTORY
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
4. The court-supervised process by which a will is determined to be the will-maker's final statement regarding how the will-maker wants his or her property distributed.
LINEUP
REHEARING
CERTIFIED
PROBATE
5. A hearing held for the purpose of deciding issues or fact of law that both parties are disputing.
HEARING
HEARING - CONTESTED
DOMICILE
CRIMINAL
6. Formal authorization of a person to act in the interest of another person.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
PRIORS
PROBATE COURT
AUTO TAMPERING
7. Procedure by which mortgaged property is sold on default of the mortgagor in satisfaction of mortgage debt.
FORECLOSURE
PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE
NEXT FRIEND
REFEREE
8. A release from custody which imposes regulations on the activities and associations of the defendant. If a defendant fails to meet the conditions - the release is revoked.
COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL
DISCLAIM
DECREE
CONDITIONAL RELEASE
9. Estate property that may be disposed of by a will.
PROBATE ESTATE
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE
BENCH WARRANT
10. A suit which has been quashed and ended.
EVIDENCE - DIRECT
ENTER A GUILTY PLEA
REST
ABATEMENT OF ACTION
11. A method of determining whether a person is intoxicated using a motor skills test which is administered by testing the driver's speaking ability and/or physical coordination.
DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
FIELD SOBRIETY TEST
PLEA
HOMICIDE
12. A lawyer appointed or elected to represent the state in criminal cases in his or her respective judicial districts. See PROSECUTOR.
PROBATION
PROTECTIVE ORDER
PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
13. A specialized court that hears crimes dealing with traffic offenses.
MIRANDA RIGHTS
COMPLAINANT
COURT - TRAFFIC
PROSECUTION
14. To obtain customers for a whore or prostitute. One who obtains customers for a whore or prostitute.
JUROR - ALTERNATE
PIMP
PERMANENT RESIDENT
MISTRIAL
15. Refers to courts that are limited in the types of criminal and civil cases they may hear. For example - traffic violations generally are heard by limited jurisdiction courts.
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
DEPOSITION
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
LIMITED JURISDICTION
16. 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.
GROUNDS
CONDITIONAL RELEASE
RECALL
ADOPTION
17. The state - as in the People of the State of Florida.
BENEFICIARY
ENTRAPMENT
PEOPLE (PROSECUTION)
PRETERMITTED SPOUSE
18. 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.
FELONY
PRIVILEGE
EXPERT TESTIMONY
SENTENCE - SUSPENDED
19. To determine finally.
AGREEMENT
EXTRADITION
ADJUDICATE
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
20. The jury's decision-making process after hearing the evidence and closing arguments and being giventhe court's instructions.
DELIBERATION
PRESENTMENT
PROBATE ESTATE
MATERIAL WITNESS
21. Aka PROSECUTOR and DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
COURTROOM
ARREST
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
22. A formal - written application to the court requesting judicial action on some matter.
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
COUNT
PETITION
PRESUMPTION
23. The judge's instructions to the jury concerning the law that applies to the facts of the case on trial.
ARRAIGN
CHARGE TO THE JURY
PARTY
EXCLUSIONARY RULE
24. An amendment to a will.
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25. To put off or delay a court hearing.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
FILE
POSTPONEMENT
26. One who is joined as a party or defendant merely because the technical rules of pleading require his presence in the record.
HUNG JURY
REHEARING
NOMINAL PARTY
MANDATE
27. To advise or caution. For example the Court may caution or admonish counsel for wrong practices.
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
ADMONISH
ESCROW
ADJUDICATION
28. Ordinarily refers to a summary proceeding for restoring possession of land to one who has been wrongfully deprived of possession.
AT ISSUE
SELF-INCRIMINATION
LAY PERSON
FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER
29. A procedural error during a trial or hearing sufficiently harmful to justify reversing the judgment of a lower court.
CONFESSION
OFFENSE
FALSE ARREST
REVERSIBLE ERROR
30. The planning of a crime preceding the commission of the act - rather than committing the crime on the spur of the moment.
EVIDENCE - DIRECT
PRIVITY
PREMEDITATION
SENTENCE - CONCURRENT
31. A child born or adopted after a will is executed - who is not provided for in the will.
LIVING TRUST
PRETERMITTED CHILD
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
LIABLE
32. The questioning of a witness produced by the other side.
JUVENILE WAIVER
DELIBERATE
CROSS-EXAMINATION
EXECUTE
33. 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.
INFORMANT
OBJECTION OVERRULED
ARBITRATION
MEDIATION
34. 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.
JUDGMENT
STATE'S ATTORNEY
EXCLUSIONARY RULE
DECREE
35. The process of photographing - fingerprinting - and recording identifying data of a suspect. This process follows the arrest.
INDECENT EXPOSURE
BOOKING
ESCHEAT (ES-CHET)
BIND OVER
36. Evidence that helps to prove a point or issue in a case.
INDIGENT
RELEVANT
CHILD SUPPORT
INTESTATE
37. A claim presented by a defendant in a civil lawsuit against the plaintiff. In essence - a counter lawsuit within a lawsuit.
PENDING
DOMICILE
DEATH PENALTY
COUNTERCLAIM
38. An act of legislation of a local governing body such as a city - town or county.
SENTENCE REPORT
PRETERMITTED CHILD
PRESENTMENT
ORDINANCE
39. Putting a person to death - usually by hanging - without legal authority.
ABSTRACTACT
DELINQUENCY - JUVENILE
LYNCHING
BRANDISHING A WEAPON
40. An established standard - guide - or regulation.
RULE
CASE LAW
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
ATTEST
41. A picture of an alleged criminal created by a professional police artist using verbal descriptionsgiven by the victim or a witness.
BANKRUPTCY
COMPOSITE DRAWING
CRIMINAL INSANITY
SIDEBAR
42. Officer of the court who files pleadings - motions - judgments - etc. - issues process - and keeps records of court proceedings.
CLERK
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
MUGSHOT
43. 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.
LAY PERSON
CRIME
BAR
RESTITUTION
44. The time in a lawsuit when the complaining party has stated his or her claim and the other side has responded with a denial and the matter is ready to be tried.
PROXIMATE CAUSE
IRRELEVANT
AT ISSUE
REMOVAL
45. A second examination of a witness by the opposing counsel after the second examination (or redirect examination) by the counsel who called the witness to testify is completed.
CONDITIONAL RELEASE
PLAINTIFF
JOYRIDING
EXAMINATION - RECROSS
46. A person who directs a commission; a member of a commission. The officer in charge of a department or bureau of a public service.
CRIMINAL CASE
CODE
COMMISSIONER
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
47. The quality in a witness which makes his or her testimony believable.
NO-FAULT PROCEEDINGS
CREDIBILITY
ESCROW
GOOD CAUSE
48. To annul or make void by recalling or taking back.
BAILIFF
INDETERMINATE SENTENCE
REVOKE
ACCUSED
49. A murder committed during the commission of a felony such as robbery - burglary - or kidnapping.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
FELONY MURDER
PERSONAL PROPERTY
PRISON
50. Act of giving the equivalent for any loss - damage or injury.
MENTAL HEALTH
ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE
DETENTION
RESTITUTION
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