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Law Vocab
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1. Allowance ordered to be paid by one spouse to the other for support while the spouses are living apart but not divorced.
ARGUMENT
EXAMINATION - REDIRECT
STATUS OFFENDERS
SEPARATE MAINTENANCE
2. Presentation of evidence to the court (out of the hearing of the jury) for the court's decision of whether the evidence is admissible.
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT
SENTENCE - CONSECUTIVE
OFFER OF PROOF
DEATH PENALTY
3. Evidence which can disappear relatively quickly - such as the amount of alcohol in a person's blood.
FORFEIT
CUMULATIVE SENTENCES
DOCKET NUMBER
EVIDENCE - EVANESCENT
4. 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.
DETENTION HEARING
OF COUNSEL
DISSENT
SETTLEMENT
5. To obtain customers for a whore or prostitute. One who obtains customers for a whore or prostitute.
PRESENTMENT
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
HOSTILE WITNESS
PIMP
6. A warrant that a court issues under Health-General Article Section 12-120 after a probable cause determination
PLEA BARGAIN
PAROLE
HOSPITAL WARRANT
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE
7. An order issued by a judge for the arrest of a person.
BENCH WARRANT
ABSTRACT OF TITLE
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
APPEAL
8. 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).
FAIR HEARING
JURY
DISBARMENT
SMALL CLAIMS COURT
9. Words - gestures - and actions which tend to annoy - alarm - and verbally abuse another person.
HARASSMENT
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
FORFEITURE
PERMANENT INJUNCTION
10. A legal right - exemption or immunity granted to a person - company or class - that is beyond the common advantages of other citizens.
PRIVILEGE
EXAMINATION - DIRECT
ADJUDICATE
ARSON
11. A person who makes and signs an affidavit.
AFFIANT
DEFENSE ATTORNEY
MURDER
BILL OF PARTICULARS
12. A misdemeanor or minor offense or comparatively insignificant criminal act.
APPELLATE JURISDICTION
PEOPLE (PROSECUTION)
PETTY OFFENSE
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
13. A written statement prepared by the counsel arguing a case in court. It contains a summary of the facts of a case -the pertinent laws - and an argument of how the law applies to the facts supporting counsel's position.
EVIDENCE - EVANESCENT
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
DOCKET NUMBER
BRIEF
14. Lie detector test and the apparatus for conducting the test.
POLYGRAPH
HOLOGRAPHIC WILL
DUE PROCESS OF LAW
BIAS
15. The guarantee in the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that all persons be treated equally by the law.
CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
EQUAL PROTECTION
SPEEDY TRIAL
MODIFICATION
16. Act ofconsequences of a criminal act - accusation - or conviction. It may take the form of commutation or pardon.
DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
CLEMENCY OR EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY
JOINT VENTURE
ARGUMENT
17. A special type of guilty plea by which a defendant does not admit guilt but concedes that the State hasufficient evidence to convict; normally made to avoid the threat of greater punishment. Source: Black's Law Dictionary(1996); North Carolina v. Alf
ARRAIGNMENT
ALFORD PLEA
DEFENSE ATTORNEY
MITIGATING FACTORS
18. Money awarded by a court to a person injured by the unlawful act or negligence of another person.
CAUSATION
ORDER - COURT
DAMAGES
MAYHEM
19. The lack of power or the legal ability to act.
ALLEGATION
NULL AND VOID
JURY - HUNG
INCAPACITY
20. A lawyer appointed or elected to represent the state in criminal cases in his or her respective judicial districts. See PROSECUTOR.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
COUNSEL TABLE
COMMON LAW
SLANDER
21. The final decision of the court - resolving the dispute; an opinion; an award of damages.
RELEVANT
EXHIBIT
JUDGMENT
INCARCERATE
22. Elected officer of a county whose job is to conserve peace within his or her territorial jurisdiction as well as aid in the criminal and civil court processes.
SHERIFF
BOND
LIABLE
STATUS OFFENDERS
23. To make greater in value - to increase.
ENHANCE
OPENING ARGUMENT
COUNTY JAIL
PROCEDURAL LAW
24. A temporary location that is meant to secure the accused while waiting for trial to begin or continue.
CORROBORATING EVIDENCE
SEALING
NEGLIGENCE
HOLDING CELL
25. A conference between the judge and lawyers - usually in the courtroom - out of earshot of the jury and spectators.
COURT - APPEALS
SIDEBAR
ROBBERY
AUTHENTICATE
26. To legally certify the innocence of one charged with a crime. To set free - release or discharge from an obligation - burden or accusation. To find a defendant not guilty in a criminal trial.
ENHANCE
ACQUIT
DEFAULT
DELIBERATION
27. The court with authority to supervise estate administration.
FIRST APPEARANCE
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
PROBATE COURT
REST
28. The hearing available to a person charged with a felony to determine if there is enough evidence (probable cause) to hold him for trial.
PROSTITUTION
INTENT
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
INTESTATE
29. An assistant lawyer to the state's attorney.
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30. 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.
CRIMINAL SUMMONS
SENTENCE
CHAIN OF CUSTODY
SENTENCING
31. Numerous and unnecessary attempts to litigate the same issue.
MULTIPLICITY OF ACTIONS
DECREE
BODY ATTACHMENT
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
32. An assault committed with the intention of committing some additional crime.
DIVERSION
LEASE
ASSAULT - AGGRAVATED
COURT ADMINISTRATOR
33. 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.
APPELLEE
AUTO TAMPERING
COMPLAINT
INSANITY PLEA
34. Writ or order by a court prohibiting a specific action from being carried out by a person or group.
SECURED DEBT
FIREARM
INJUNCTION
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
35. Law enacted by the legislative branch of government - as distinguished from case law or common law .
ARREST OF JUDGMENT
BREACH
SELF-PROVING WILL
STATUTORY LAW
36. 1. Written attestation. 2. Authorized declaration verifying that an instrument is a true and correct copy of the original.
CERTIFICATION
LITIGATION
DIRECT EXAMINATION
PREJUDICIAL EVIDENCE
37. One who knowingly - voluntarily - and intentionally unites with the principal offender in the commission ofa crime. A partner in a crime.
COURT - NIGHT
ACCOMPLICE
IMMUNITY
COURT ORDER
38. An individual appointed by the court to oversee administrative matters.
EMBEZZLE
CLERK OF COURT
REMAND
JUROR - ALTERNATE
39. 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
EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE
SPEEDY TRIAL
COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL
FORECLOSURE
40. Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.
ATTACHMENT
ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON
DUE PROCESS OF LAW
LIABLE
41. A proceeding in which the accused is brought before the court to plead to the criminal charge in the indictment or information. The charge is read to him or her and he or she is asked to plead guilty or not guilty or - where permitted - nolo contende
PROBATION OFFICER
ASSAULT
ARRAIGNMENT
PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE
42. A form of executive clemency preventing criminal prosecution or removing or extinguishing a criminal conviction.
PARDON
RULES OF EVIDENCE
OPINION EVIDENCE
COURTROOM
43. 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.
SEARCH WARRANT
CHARGE TO THE JURY
ALIMONY
JUDGE
44. The juror who chairs the jury during deliberations and speaks for the jury in court when announcing the verdict.
ATTACHMENT
JURY FOREMAN
RECOGNIZANCE
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
45. A court order forbidding the defendant from doing any action or threatened action until a hearing on the application can be conducted.
MALFEASANCE
PURGE
STATUS OFFENDERS
RESTRAINING ORDER
46. A statement of all important facts - which all the parties agree is true and correct -which is submitted to a court for ruling.
EQUITABLE ACTION
REBUTTAL
MEMORIALIZED
AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS
47. A satisfaction agreed upon between the parties in a lawsuit which bars subsequent actions on the claim.
AT ISSUE
ACCORD
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
SENTENCE REPORT
48. The referral of a dispute to an impartial third person chosen by the parties to the dispute who agree in advance to abide by the arbitrator's award issued after a hearing at which both parties have an opportunity to be heard.
PROSECUTION
CODE
ARBITRATION
MISTRIAL
49. The form of verdict in criminal cases where the jury acquits the defendant - finds him or her not guilty.
EXONERATE
NOT GUILTY
APPEAL
JEOPARDY
50. The department that oversees the actions of probationers as well as the location of where probation officers work.
PROBATION DEPARTMENT
CREDIBILITY
GRANTOR OR SETTLOR
DISMISSAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE