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1. A formal charge against a person - to the effect that he has engaged in a punishable offense.

2. A report to a judge by police on the implementation of an arrest or search warrant. Also - a report to a judge in reply to a subpoena - civil or criminal.

3. Pimping. Arranging for acts of prostitution.

4. The lawyer who represents a client and is entitled to receive all formal documents from the court or from other parties. Also known as counsel of record.

5. Substantial reason - one that affords a legal excuse.

6. Land - buildings - and other improvements affixed to the land.

7. To advise or caution. For example the Court may caution or admonish counsel for wrong practices.

8. To forge - to copy or imitate - without authority or right - and with the purpose to deceive or defraud - by passing off the copy as genuine.

9. Legal dissolution of a marriage by a court. Also termed dissolutionof marriage.

10. A practice whereby a person or place is searched and evidence useful in the investigation and prosecution of a crime is seized or taken. The search is conducted after an order is issued by a judge.

11. The degree of certainty required for a juror to legally find a criminal defendant guilty

12. The obligation of a party to establish by evidence a requisite degree of belief concerning a fact in the mind of the trier of fact or the court.

13. A statement of all important facts - which all the parties agree is true and correct -which is submitted to a court for ruling.

14. Lack of mental capacity to do or abstain from doing a particular act; inability to distinguish right from wrong. State of mind rendering a defendant incapable of distinguishing between right and wrong - such that he or shecannot be held accountable f

15. The illegal taking of an automobile without intent to deprive the owner permanently of the vehicle - often involving reckless driving.

16. An arrangement whereby a husband and wife live apart from each other while remaining married either by mutual consent or by a judicial order.

17. 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.

18. The legal obligation of parents to contribute to the economic maintenance - including education - of their children. Money paid by one parent to another toward the expenses of the children of the marriage.

19. 1. An act of omission or commission in violation of law which carries criminal consequences. 2. Criminal activity in general relating to a specific time or place.

20. In tort law - a defense to a personal injury suit. The essence of an affirmative defense is that the plaintiff assumed the known risk of whatever dangerous condition caused the injury.

21. The form of verdict in criminal cases where the jury acquits the defendant - finds him or her not guilty.

22. The performance or agreement to perform a sexual act for hire.

23. Acts or declarations by which one implicates oneself in a crime.

24. To support with evidence or authority; make more certain.

25. Aka PROSECUTOR and DISTRICT ATTORNEY.

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