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Law Vocab
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1. A legal doctrine that makes each of the parties who are responsible for an injury liable for all the damages awarded in a lawsuit if the other parties responsible cannot pay.
CHAMBERS
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
INTERLOCUTORY
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
2. An action instituted with intention of injuring the defendant and without probable cause -and which terminates in favor of the person prosecuted.
MALICIOUS PROSECUTION
LINEUP
ABATEMENT OF ACTION
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
3. One not trained in law.
CRIMINAL INSANITY
LAY PERSON
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
BEQUESTS
4. The facts that give rise to a lawsuit or a legal claim.
CAUSE OF ACTION
PROSTITUTION
GRAND THEFT
INADMISSIBLE
5. The process of photographing - fingerprinting - and recording identifying data of a suspect. This process follows the arrest.
PREJUDICIAL EVIDENCE
ACCOMPLICE
BOOKING
STATUS OFFENDERS
6. The person who sets up a trust.
PRIVILEGE
MODIFICATION
PANDERING
GRANTOR OR SETTLOR
7. Summary of a larger work - wherein the principal ideas of the larger work are contained.
ABSTRACTACT
BIAS
CASE NUMBER
INTESTACY LAWS
8. A chronological summary of all official records and recorded documents affecting the title to aparcel of real property.
MITIGATING FACTORS
CHAMBERS
ABSTRACT OF TITLE
PROBATE
9. Juvenile found to have committed a status offense rather than a crime that would provide a basis for a finding of delinquency. Typical status offenses are habitual truancy - violating a curfew - or running away from home. These are not crimes - but t
PERSON IN NEED OF SUPERVISION
JEOPARDY
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
PRELIMINARY HEARING
10. Opportunity for the side that opened the case to offer limited response to evidence presented during the rebuttal by the opposing side.
ADMINISTRATOR
INDIGENT
INCARCERATE
REJOINDER
11. Any factors associated with the commission of a crime which increase the seriousness of theoffense or add to its injurious consequences.
ATTORNEY OF RECORD
ENTER A GUILTY PLEA
AGGRAVATING FACTORS
MOOT
12. A person who is the liable party in paying the bond for the defendant's release from jail.
CALENDAR
LEVY
BAIL BONDSMAN
CAPTION
13. Taking and carrying away the personal property of another person of a value in excess of an amount set by law with the .intent to deprive the owner or possessor of it.
ANNUAL REVIEW
GRAND THEFT
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
AFFIRMED
14. A case brought by the government against a person accused of committing a crime.
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
CRIMINAL CASE
HOSTILE WITNESS
OBJECT
15. The confirmation or adoption of a previous act done either by the party himself or by another.
GOOD TIME
RATIFICATION
CRIMINAL SUMMONS
KIDNAPPING
16. That which - under the rules of evidence - cannot be admitted as evidence in a trial or hearing.
INADMISSIBLE
DETENTION
AFFIDAVIT
STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
17. The state or condition of a person who is unable to pay his or her debts as they are or become due.
BANKRUPT
BREATHALYZER TEST
COURT ADMINISTRATOR
SIDEBAR
18. State-imposed death as punishment for a serious crime. Capital punishment.
CONCILIATION
INSTRUCTIONS
POSSESSION OF DRUGS
DEATH PENALTY
19. Jury of inquiry. The jury which determines which charges - if any - are to be brought against a defendant.
PROBATION
DEFAMATION
CONFISCATE
GRAND JURY
20. An offensive touching or use of force on one's spouse without the spouse's consent.
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
ASSIGNEE
ANNUAL REVIEW
BATTERY - SPOUSAL
21. 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.
PETIT JURY
PLEA BARGAIN
PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE
COMMIT
22. 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.
CONFISCATE
FELONY
PENALTY
SHOW CAUSE
23. The act of showing a weapon to another person - typically the police or the victim.
ATTACHMENT
BRANDISHING A WEAPON
OVERRULE
CREDIBILITY
24. A written direction or command delivered by a court or judge.
NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
DISPOSITION
COURT ORDER
CHIEF JUDGE
25. One which implicitly instructs the witness how to answer or which suggests to the witness the answer desired.
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
ESCHEAT (ES-CHET)
BRIBE
LEADING QUESTION
26. 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
LIVING TRUST
MITIGATING FACTORS
PROBATION OFFICER
BEQUESTS
27. A seizure; the obtaining of money by legal process through seizure and sale of property.
DEPRIVATION OF CUSTODY
AUTHENTICATE
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
LEVY
28. A reduction in sentenced time in prison as a reward for good behavior. It usually is one-third to one-half of fthe maximum sentence.
OF COUNSEL
ORAL ARGUMENT
CONTRACT
GOOD TIME
29. Issues and claims capable of being properly examined in court.
JUSTICIABLE
REDRESS
MANDATE
BIAS
30. Presentation of evidence to the court (out of the hearing of the jury) for the court's decision of whether the evidence is admissible.
EXHIBIT
ENTRAPMENT
OFFER OF PROOF
APPELLATE JURISDICTION
31. Evidence given to explain - counteract - or disprove facts given by the opposing counsel.
REBUTTAL
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
PETITION
INCARCERATE
32. A lawyer elected to represent the state in criminal cases in his or her respective juicial circuit. See PROSECUTOR.
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33. 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).
BIAS
CHARGING DOCUMENT
EXPUNGEMENT
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
34. Postponing the effect of a judgment already entered - ordinarily because of an error apparent on the record .
PREMEDITATION
ARREST OF JUDGMENT
ESTOPPEL
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
35. To disagree. An appellate court opinion setting forth the minority view and outlining the disagreement of one or more judges with the decision of the majority.
INDEMNIFY
DISSENT
REASONABLE PERSON
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
36. A claim by a defendant that he or she lacks the soundness of mind required by law to accept responsibility for a criminal act.
INSANITY PLEA
INTESTATE SUCCESSION
PLEA BARGAIN
CHILD SUPPORT
37. A form of executive clemency preventing criminal prosecution or removing or extinguishing a criminal conviction.
SENTENCE - SUSPENDED
ANNOTATION
PARDON
DEATH ROW
38. Settling a dispute without a full - formal trial. Methods includemediation - conciliation - arbitration - and settlement - among others.
CAPTION
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR)
BENCH WARRANT
FIRST APPEARANCE
39. An offer of proof as to what the evidence would be if a witness were called to testify or answer a question.
ACCORD AND SATISFACTION
SELF-INCRIMINATION
PROFFER
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
40. A defense attorney designated by the court to represent a defendant who does not have the funds to retain an attorney. COURT COSTS - The expenses of prosecuting or defending a lawsuit - other than the attorneys' fees. An amount of moneymay be awarded
BREACH
SENTENCE - CONSECUTIVE
COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL
COLLATERAL
41. An invalid trial caused by some legal error. When a judge declares a mistrial - the trial must start again from the beginning - including the selection of a new jury.
LINEUP
FALSE IMPRISONMENT
MISTRIAL
PROBATE COURT
42. Money awarded to an injured person - over and above the measurable value of the injury - in order to punish the person who hurt him.
HOSTILE WITNESS
MATERIAL EVIDENCE
BEQUEATH
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
43. One who is joined as a party or defendant merely because the technical rules of pleading require his presence in the record.
CHARGE TO THE JURY
ACCORD
NOMINAL PARTY
ORDINANCE
44. 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.
CONCILIATION
PROBATE
EXECUTE
FIREARM
45. Responsible for a delinquency - crime - or other offense; not innocent.
JURY BOX
EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
GUILTY
AID AND ABET
46. Another hearing of a civil or criminal case by the same court in which the case was originally heard.
REHEARING
GARNISHMENT
CHALLENGE FOR CAUSE
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
47. The court with authority to supervise estate administration.
MANDATE
BEST EVIDENCE
RECUSE
PROBATE COURT
48. An attorney appointed by a court or employed by a government agency whose work consists primarily of defending people who are unable to hire a lawyer due to economic reasons.
INCRIMINATE
PUBLIC DEFENDER
COURT OF RECORD
SENTENCE - CONCURRENT
49. Evidence which is of greater weight or more convincing than the evidence which is offered in opposition to it.
COLLATERAL
JUROR
PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT
50. A judgment entered against a party who fails to appear in court - respond to the charges - or does not comply with an order - especially an order to provide or permit discovery.
OATH
REVOCABLE TRUST
DEFAULT-JUDGMENT
CAUSE
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