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ACTION - ACCURATE- a lawsuit
ADVERSE WITNESS - ACCURATE- a witness whose testimony is prejudicial to the
case ofthe party who called him
AFFIDAVIT - ACCURATE- written statement of facts made under oath
AFFIANT - ACCURATE- signs an affidavit
AFFIRM - ACCURATE- to declare solemnly and formally
AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES - ACCURATE- considerations which increase a
sentence imposed
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES - ACCURATE- considerations which decrease a
sentenceimposed
ALLOCUTION - ACCURATE- formal statement by convicted defendant as to whether
thereis any reason why judgment should not be rendered against him
AMENDMENT - ACCURATE- change/correction
ACCURATE - ACCURATE- response by defendant denying plaintiff's complaint
ARBITRATION - ACCURATE- dispute mediation by impartial 3rd party
ARRAIGNMENT - ACCURATE- bringing an accused person to court to plead a criminal
charge
ARREST - ACCURATE- restraint and detention of a person suspected of a crime
BAIL - ACCURATE- amount of money deposited as form of collateral to guarantee that a
person charged with a crime will appear in court when scheduled
BENCH CONFERENCE - ACCURATE- a discussion between attorneys and the judge
outside the hearing of courtroom
,BENCH WARRANT - ACCURATE- authority to find and to bring into court someone who
hasfailed to appear
BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT - ACCURATE- standard for conviction in a criminal
trial
PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE - ACCURATE- standard for winning a civil matter
BIRFUCATION - ACCURATE- trial of certain issues separately
BLACK LETTER LAW - ACCURATE- basic principles of law
BLACKS LAW DICTIONARY - ACCURATE- standard legal reference work
BRIEFS - ACCURATE- papers submitted by attorneys
BURDEN OF PROOF - ACCURATE- obligation to provide affirmative proof on an issue
STANDARD OF EVIDENCE - ACCURATE- how much evidence (or what type) is
needed tobear that burden
CALENDAR - ACCURATE- court schedule
CASE IN CHIEF - ACCURATE- primary presentation of evidence by a party
CASE LAW - ACCURATE- printed decisions and opinions of appellate jurisdictions
CAUSE OF ACTION - ACCURATE- situations causing a lawsuit
WRIT OF CERTIORARI - ACCURATE- appellate court order granting a hearing to an
appellant
CHAIN OF CUSTODY - ACCURATE- record showing proper maintenance of real
evidence
CHALLENGE - ACCURATE- objection to having someone serve as a juror
CHAMBERS - ACCURATE- judges office within a court house
CHARGE TO THE JURY - ACCURATE- instructions from the judge concerning the law
which governs a case
CHATTEL - ACCURATE- an article of personal or movable property
CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL - ACCURATE- federal appellate level immediately below
theSupreme Court
, CLASS ACTION - ACCURATE- suit joined in by a group of people who share a common
interest in matter
CLOSING STATEMENT - ACCURATE- attorneys final statement
CLOUD ON TITLE - ACCURATE- claim or lien which impairs an owners otherwise free
rightto use property
QUIET TITLE - ACCURATE- remove a claim or lien
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS - ACCURATE- federal regulatory agency rules
andregulations which implement federal law
COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL - ACCURATE- a bar to re litigating an issue already been
triedbetween the same parties
COLLOQUY - ACCURATE- any formal conference, conversation or discussion
COMMON LAW - ACCURATE- customary law
COMPLAINT - ACCURATE- plaintiff's initial pleading which a defendant initially
ACCURATEs
CONCURRENT SENTENCES - ACCURATE- 2 or more sentences served at the same
time
CONFLICT OF INTEREST - ACCURATE- conflict between the private interests an public
obligations
CONFRONT ACCUSERS - ACCURATE- right of a person accused of a crime to face
thosemaking accusations
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES - ACCURATE- 2 or more sentences which must be
servedone after the other
CONTEMPT - ACCURATE- willfully disobeying a court order
COUNTER CLAIM - ACCURATE- defendant's claim against plaintiff
COURT MINUTES - ACCURATE- summary record of events in a case
CROSS EXAMINATION - ACCURATE- questions by an opposing party after the side
callingthe witness has examined
DEADLOCKED - ACCURATE- jury is unable to agree on a verdict
DECLARANT - ACCURATE- having an interest in a matter who makes an unsworn
statement