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Legal Terms Wk 1 Lis
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Accomplice | one who knowingly, voluntarily, and intentionally unites with the principal offender in the commission of a crime as a principal, accessory, or aider or abettor |
| Adjudication | judicial decision or sentence |
| Agent | one authorized to act for someone else |
| Antenuptial | made or done before marriage |
| Automatic Stay | injunction that stops lawsuits, foreclosures, garnishments, and most collection activities against the debtor the moment a bankruptcy petition is filed |
| Case File | a complete collection of every document filed in court in a case |
| Complainant | one who makes a complaint |
| Contingent Claim | a claim that may be owed by the debtor under certain circumstances, where the debtor is a cosigner on another person's loan and that person fails to pay |
| Counterclaim | defendant's claim against the plaintiff |
| Defamation | publication of the statement that injures a person's reputation |
| Dismissal With Prejudice | court action that prevents an identical lawsuit from being filed later |
| Duress | pressure; threat of injury or imprisonment |
| Estate | anything that a person owns, whether real or personal property |
| Hearsay | evidence presented by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else |
| In Forma Pauperis | permission given by the court to a person to file a case without payment of the required court fees because the person cannot afford legal representation |
| Magistrate Judge | a judicial officer of a district court who conducts initial proceedings in criminal cases, pretrial civil and criminal matters on behalf of district judges, and decides civil cases with the consent of the parties |
| Motion | a request by a litigant to a judge for a decision on an issue relating to the case |
| Non Sui Juris | a person incapable of being sued |
| Peremptory Challenge | removes a prospective juror for no reason stated |
| Plea In Abatement | waiting; biding time ad |
| Pro Tem | temporary |
| Res Gestae | transactions; things that are admissible in court |
| Stare Decisis | to abide by decided cases; follow previous law |
| Uphold | the appellate court agrees with the lower court decision and allows it to stand |
| Witness | a person called upon by either side in a lawsuit to give testimony before the court or jury |
| Abeyance | a lapse in succession during which there is no person to whom title is vested |
| Acquit | to set free or discharge from an accusation of guilt of a crime or responsibility for a civil liability |
| Admissible | a term used to describe evidence that may be considered by a jury or judge in civil and criminal cases |
| Alternate Juror | a juror selected in the same manner as a regular juror who hears all the evidence but does not help decide the case unless called on to replace a regular juror |
| Appellate Court | court with the power to review the judgment of a lower court (trial court) or tribunal |
| Bench Trial | a trial without a jury, in which the judge serves as the fact-finder |
| Case Law | the law as established in previous court decisions (legal precedent) |
| Clerk of the Court | the court officer who oversees administrative functions, especially managing the flow of cases through the court |
| De Novo | anew |
| Exculpatory Evidence | evidence indicating that a defendant did not commit the crime (clears defendant from guilt) |
| Mortgagee | the party lending the money |
| Nunc Pro Tunc | now for then; a decree of judgment done now as if to have the same effect as if it were done earlier |
| Personal Property | nonreal estate; goods; chattels |
| Preponderance | greater weight |
| Quash | set aside as void; to suppress |
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