Practical Law
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- administrative division of govt. setup to carry out certain laws.
- Agencies
- accusation that has not been proven.
- allegations
- defendant's response to a complaint, made in a written statement and filed with court.
- answer
- to take a case to a higher court for rehearing
- appeal
- a court in which appeals from trial court decisions are heard.
- appeals court
- way of settling dispute without going to trial.
- arbitration
- first legal document filed in civil lawsuit
- complaint
- the level of proof required to convict a person of a crime (96-98%)
- beyond a reasonable doubt
- a non criminal lawsuit brought to enforce a right or redress a wrong
- civil action
- the formal process of making a police record of an arrest
- booking
- system in which court decisions established legal principles and rules of law
- common law
- claim made by a defendant against the plaintiff in a civil lawsuit
- counter claims
- voting individuals that are represented b an elected public official
- constituents
- person against whom a claim was made
- defendant
- pretial process of exchanging info btw. the opposing sides
- discovery
- a person cant be convicted twice for same crime
- double jeopardy
- every person involved in a legal dispute is entitled to a fair hearing or trial.
- due process of law
- mistake made by judge
- error of law
- serious criminal offense, prison sent. more than 1 year
- felony
- federal govt. primary consumer protection agency
- FTC
- situation in which jury cannot reach a decision
- hung jury
- group of 12 to 23 people who hear preliminary evidence to decide if there is sufficient reason to formally charge a person with a crime
- grand jury
- grand jurys formal charge
- indictment
- process which courts decide whether the laws passed by congress are consitutional
- judicial review
- prosecution attorneys formal accusation of the defendant for supposedly commiting a crime
- information
- study of law and philosophy
- jurisprudence
- act of resolving a dispute btw. two or more parties
- meditation
- influencing legislators to take action to introduce a bill or vote a certain way on a proposed law
- lobbying
- rights and wrongs
- morals
- criminal offense less than one year
- misdemeanor
- people concerned with taking part in any legal matter
- party
- develops regulations governing health and safety on the job
- OSHA
- county or city law
- ordinances
- process of discussing an issue to reach a settlement
- negotiation
- requests made by one party to a lawsuit that a judge take away specific action or make decision
- motions
- court decisions on legal questions that guide future cases
- precedent
- in criminal case, negotiations btw. the prosecutor, defendant, and def's attorney
- plea bargain
- standard proof used in civil lawsuit
- preponderance of evidence
- may dismiss ceratin number of jurors without reason
- peremptory challenge
- issues are voted on directly by the citizens rather than by theirs rep's of govt.
- referenda
- side bringing a case against another party
- prosecution
- removal of any juror for fair verdict
- removal for cause
- rule made by govt. agency
- regulations
- laws enacted by legislatures
- statue
- both sides agree
- stipulation
- mutual agreement btw. both sides
- settlement
- courts that listen to testimony
- trial courts
- jurys decision on case
- verdict
- legally authorized process of taking a persons money generally by taking part of the persons wages in order to pay credits
- garnishment
- opposing lawyres question prospective jurors to get as favorable or as fair a jury as possible
- voir dire
- cheif justice of supreme court
- william rehnquist