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adjudication
amicus curiae
appeals court
appellate court
arbitration
arraignment
assumption of risk
bifurcate
bookmaking
case law
cause
cause of action
caveat
chain of custody
challenge for cause
challenge to the array
charge to the jury
chief judge
circumstantial evidence
claim
clear and convincing evidence
clemency
code
code of criminal procedure
code of federal regulations
collateral attack
common law
commutation
complaint
concurrent jurisdiction
concurrent sentences
concurring opinion
condemnation
consecutive sentences
contested hearing
corroborating evidence
court of record
criminal case
cross claim
cumulative sentences
declaratory judgment
decree
default
defendant
demurrer
deposition
deputy d. a.
descent and distribution statutes
detention hearing
direct evidence
direct examination
directed verdict
disclaim
discovery
dismissal with prejudice
dismissal without prejudice
disposition
dissent
dissenting opinion
district court
diversion
doctrine of unjust enrichment
domicile
double jeopardy
eminent domain
en banc
enjoining
equitable action
equity
escheat
estoppel
evanescent evidence
ex delicto
exclusion of witnesses
exclusionary rule
exculpatory evidence
extraordinary writ
fee simple
forcible entry and detainer
general assignment
general jurisdiction
grand jury
grand theft
grantor or settlor
holographic will
impanel
impeachment of witness
incapacity
indemnify
indeterminate sentence
injunction
instructions
interlocutory
intervention
intestate
jurisprudence
justiciable
law and motion
letters of administration
letters testamentary
levy
malfeasance
master
material evidence
material witness
mayhem
merits
mitigating circumstances
mitigating factors
moral turpitude
municipal court
next friend
no bill
nolle prosequi
nominal party
nuncupative will
offer of proof
opinion
opinion evidence
oral argument
pandering
parole evidence
people's exhibit
per curium opinion
peremptory challenge
petit jury
polling the jury
pour-over-will
prejudicial evidence
preliminary hearing
preponderence of the evidence
presentment
pretermitted child
privity
procedural law
proffer
proximate cause
quasi judicial
ratification
real evidence
recall
recidivism
recross examination
recuse
redirect examination
rejoinder
relevant
remand
remittitur
removal
replevin
res judicata
return
sanction
self proving will
sequestration of witnesses
show cause
sovereign immunity
spendthrift trust
standing
statutory construction
stay
substantive law
summary judgment
support trust
surety bond
suspended sentence
tenancy
testament
testamentary capacity
testate
testator
tort
trier of fact
true bill
true test copy
turncoat witness
unconscionability
writ
writ of execution