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Law Vocab
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1. The act of taking and carrying away the personal property of another of a value less than $300 with the intent to deprive the owner or possessor of it permanently.
ARSON
RESTRAINING ORDER
PETTY THEFT
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
2. 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.
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
BAR
RELEVANT
REMOVAL
3. Chains or shackles for the hands to secure prisoners.
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
HANDCUFFS
JUVENILE
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
4. In the practice of appellate courts - the word means that the decision of the trial court is correct.
EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES
DISMISS
CHILD ABUSE
AFFIRMED
5. The legal document that usually begins a civil lawsuit. It states the facts and identifies the action the court is asked to take. 2. Formal written charge that a person has committed a criminal offense.
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
REVOCABLE TRUST
PUBLIC DEFENDER
COMPLAINT
6. The study of law and the structure of the legal system.
JURISPRUDENCE
CERTIFIED
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
BIAS
7. Now called Judgment as a Matter of Law. An instruction by the judge to the jury to return a specific verdict.
ENTER A GUILTY PLEA
REJOINDER
DIRECTED VERDICT
CHARGE TO THE JURY
8. Evidence given to explain - counteract - or disprove facts given by the opposing counsel.
DISCOVERY
OBJECTION OVERRULED
REBUTTAL
STATUTE
9. Any fact or evidence that leads to a judgment of the court.
PENALTY
PROOF
PUBLIC DEFENDER
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
10. A ruling by the court in favor of the party making the objection.
BAIL
OBJECTION SUSTAINED
DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
POST CONVICTION RELIEF PROCEEDING
11. An established standard - guide - or regulation.
PREJUDICIAL EVIDENCE
RULE
COMMITMENT ORDER
DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE
12. Willful destruction of property - from actual ill will or resentment toward its owner or possessor.
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
BRIBE
LEGAL AID
13. The party against whom an appeal is taken. Sometimes called a respondent.
EN BANC
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
APPELLEE
MAGISTRATE
14. 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.
COMMIT
SENTENCE - SUSPENDED
INDEMNIFY
CLERK
15. 1. A statement of acceptance of responsibility. 2. The short declaration at the end of a legal paper showing that the paper was duly executed and acknowledged.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
CONCILIATION
LITIGATION
DETENTION FACILITY
16. 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.
REBUTTAL
CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE
LIMITED JURISDICTION
ABSTRACTACT
17. A county court that handles civil claims for amounts less than $5 -00. People often represent themselves rather than hire an attorney.
SMALL CLAIMS COURT
COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE
RECORD
ESCHEAT (ES-CHET)
18. An assault committed with the intention of committing some additional crime.
ASSAULT - AGGRAVATED
BILL OF PARTICULARS
FAIR HEARING
JUVENILE WAIVER
19. The term pertains to liability for loss shifted from one person held legally responsible to another.
INDEMNIFY
REGULATION
EXCEPTIONS
ENTRAPMENT
20. That which tends to injure a person's reputation. Libel is published defamation - whereasslander is spoken.
IMMUNITY
PERMANENT RESIDENT
DEFAMATION
RATIFICATION
21. In criminal law - the hearing at which a judge determines whether there is sufficient evidence against a person charged with a crime to hold him or her for trial.
CROSS-EXAMINATION
PRETERMITTED CHILD
ABSTRACT OF TITLE
INITIAL APPEARANCE
22. 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.
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
JURY
ADMINISTRATOR
STATUTORY LAW
23. 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.
IMPANEL
CONCILIATION
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR)
HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION
24. A trust that the grantor may change or revoke.
SEXUAL MOLESTATION
ALLEGED
REVOCABLE TRUST
COMMUTATION
25. The standard in a criminal case requiring that the jury be satisfied to a moralcertainty that every element of a crime has been proven by the prosecution. This standard of proof does not require that the state establish absolute certainty by eliminat
GARNISH
BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
EMBEZZLE
REASONABLE DOUBT - BEYOND A
26. A young person who has not yet attained the age at which he or she should be treated as an adult for purposes of criminal law and other legal matters.
PROOF
PRE-SENTENCE REPORT
JUVENILE
COMMUTATION
27. Any form of indecent or sexual activity on - involving - or surrounding a child under the state's designated age.
ORDINANCE
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
CLERK OF COURT
CHILD MOLESTATION
28. Two or more sentences of jail time to be served simultaneously.
LEADING QUESTION
NOTICE TO PRODUCE
SENTENCE - CONCURRENT
INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY
29. The continued - habitual - or compulsive commission of law violations after first having been convicted of prior offenses.
IRRELEVANT
RECIDIVISM
JEOPARDY
SODOMY
30. A witness whose testimony is not favorable to the party who calls him or her as a witness. A hostile witness may be asked be cross-examined by the party who calls him or be cross-examined by the party who calls him or leading questions and may her to
DIVORCE
HOSTILE WITNESS
RETURN
INCEST
31. 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.
PROCEDURAL LAW
DEATH ROW
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
JURY FOREMAN
32. A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it - before a notary or officer havingauthority to administer oaths.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
AFFIDAVIT
APPELLATE JURISDICTION
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE
33. A written or verbal command from a court directing or forbidding an action.
FINGERPRINT
CHILD MOLESTATION
GUILTY
ORDER - COURT
34. A mutual understanding and intention between two or more parties. The writing or instrument which isevidence of an agreement. (Although often used as synonymous with contract - agreement is a broader term.)
GAMBLING
GARNISHMENT
AGREEMENT
ESCROW
35. To obtain customers for a whore or prostitute. One who obtains customers for a whore or prostitute.
PIMP
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
ROBBERY
DETENTION
36. Gifts made in a will.
MERITS
CAUSE OF ACTION
BEQUESTS
PROBATION OFFICER
37. The number assigned to the criminal record that corresponds to the person's arrest.
BREATHALYZER TEST
DELIBERATION
GOOD CAUSE
BOOKING NUMBER
38. Money awarded by a court to a person injured by the unlawful act or negligence of another person.
OVERT ACT
DAMAGES
SENTENCE
DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
39. The right of all persons to receive the guarantees and safeguards of the law and the judicial process. It includes such constitutional requirements as adequate notice - assistance of counsel - the right to remain silent - theright to a speedy and pub
MOTION
DUE PROCESS OF LAW
STATE'S ATTORNEY
REMITTITUR
40. Stealing or theft.
PROTECTIVE ORDER
KIDNAPPING
LARCENY
SENTENCE - CONSECUTIVE
41. The process whereby the accused and the prosecutor in a criminal case work out a mutually satisfactory disposition of the case subject to court approval. Usually involves the defendant's pleading guilty to a lesser offense or to only one.
SEARCH WARRANT
PETITIONER
INHERITANCE TAX
PLEA BARGAIN
42. 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.
LINEUP
SANCTION
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
ASSUMPTION OF RISK
43. Physical condition of a child indicating that external or internal injuries result from acts committed by a parent or custodian.
BIFURCATE
EXCLUSIONARY RULE
JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY
BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME (B.C.S.)
44. A document containing background material on a convicted person. It is prepared to guide the judge in the imposition of a sentence. Sometimes called a pre-sentence report.
PREJUDICE
EVIDENCE - EVANESCENT
SENTENCE REPORT
CONTEMPT OF COURT
45. 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.
SHOPLIFTING
NOMINAL PARTY
MISTRIAL
PEOPLE (PROSECUTION)
46. Money or other security (such as a bail bond) provided to the court to temporarily allow a person's release from jail and assure his or her appearance in court. Bail and Bond are often used interchangeably.
BAIL
CRIMINAL SUMMONS
LEGAL AID
FORFEIT
47. A list of cases to be heard by a court - or a log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
COMMUTATION
DOCKET
BATTERY - SPOUSAL
OPENING ARGUMENT
48. To bear witness to - to affirm to be true or genuine - to certify.
DEFENDANT
REGULATION
ATTEST
CONTRACT
49. A lawyer appointed or elected to represent the state in criminal cases in his or her respective judicial districts. See PROSECUTOR.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
CALENDAR
CHARGE TO THE JURY
FIRST APPEARANCE
50. A legal representative - attorney - lawyer.
EXTORTION
JUROR
COUNSEL
ARREST