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1. 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






2. All the judges of a court sitting together. Appellate courts can consist of a dozen or more judges - but often they hear cases in panels of three judges. If a case is heard or reheard by the full court - it is heard en banc.






3. 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.






4. To call into question the truthfulness of a witness.






5. The act of spending an allotted amount of time in a designated location such as a prison as punishment for the crime committed.






6. A satisfaction agreed upon between the parties in a lawsuit which bars subsequent actions on the claim.






7. The public calling of the docket or list of causes at commencement of term of court - for setting a time for trial or entering orders.






8. In tort law - a defense to a personal injury suit. The essence of an affirmative defense is that the plaintiff assumed the known risk of whatever dangerous condition caused the injury.






9. An association of persons jointly undertaking some commercial enterprise. Unlike a partnership - a joint venture does not entail a continuing relationship among the parties.






10. A court-ordered allowance that one spouse pays the other spouse for maintenance and support while they areeither separated - pending suit for divorce - or after they are divorced.






11. Words - gestures - and actions which tend to annoy - alarm - and verbally abuse another person.






12. The designation assigned to each case filed in a particular court. Also called a case number.






13. Formal conclusion by a judge or jury on issues of fact.






14. 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.






15. Formal authorization of a person to act in the interest of another person.






16. A sentence postponed in which the defendant is not required to serve time unless he or she commits another crime or violates a court-imposed condition.






17. The party against whom an appeal is taken. Sometimes called a respondent.






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






19. An error committed during a trial that was corrected or was not serious enough to affect the outcome of a trial and (prejudicial) to be reversed on appeal.






20. A defense claim that the accused was somewhere else at the time a crime was committed.






21. The testimony of witnesses who know the general character and reputation of a person in the community in which he or she lives.






22. The obligation of a party to establish by evidence a requisite degree of belief concerning a fact in the mind of the trier of fact or the court.






23. Aka SURETY BOND.






24. An open act showing the intent to commit a crime.






25. A court order requiring that some action be taken - or that some party refrain from taking action. It differs from forms of temporary relief - such as a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction.






26. Land - buildings - and other improvements affixed to the land.






27. The act of bringing to an end; termination. The dissolution of a marriage or other relationship.






28. A body of persons temporarily selected from the citizens of a particular district sworn to listen to the evidence in a trial and declare a verdict on matters of fact.






29. The heading on a legal document listing the parties - the court - the case number - and related information.






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






31. A meeting between the judge and the lawyers involved in a lawsuit to narrow the issues in the suit - agree on what will be presented at the trial - and make a final effort to settle the case without a trial.






32. The party appealing a final decision or judgment.






33. Form of discipline of a lawyer resulting in the loss (often permanently) of that lawyer's right to practice law. It differs from censure (an official reprimand or condemnation) and from suspension (a temporary loss of the right to practice law).






34. 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.






35. Moving a lawsuit or criminal trial to another place for trial.






36. A judge's decision not to allow an objection. A decision by a higher court finding that a lower court decision was wrong.






37. The court with authority to supervise estate administration.






38. Lie detector test and the apparatus for conducting the test.






39. Allowance ordered to be paid by one spouse to the other for support while the spouses are living apart but not divorced.






40. An obligation signed by the accused to secure his or her presence at the trial. This obligation means that the accused may lose money by not properly appearing for the trial. Often referred to simply as bond.






41. Written questions asked by one party in a lawsuit for which the opposing party must provide written answers.






42. To advise or caution. For example the Court may caution or admonish counsel for wrong practices.






43. The term pertains to liability for loss shifted from one person held legally responsible to another.






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






45. One who has authority to act for another.






46. Another term for arraignment.






47. A suit which has been quashed and ended.






48. The degree of certainty required for a juror to legally find a criminal defendant guilty






49. Any form of cruelty to a child's physical - moral - or mental well-being.






50. To confine in jail.






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