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24 Cards in this Set
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Election Contest
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A litigation when a loosing candidate alleges voter fraud, listing a specific number of challenged voters to overturn the election results in their favor
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Identity Theft
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Taking and using another persons name, ID #'s, and documents such as birth certificate, SS#, DL, passport, and credit card it is a felony
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Sheriff
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Highest-Ranking elected law enforcement in a county, can also be custodian of the courthouse
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Common Law
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Laws, Principles and rules of action derived primary from usage and custom.
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Constable
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Lowest ranking elected law enforcement official in county/precinct
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bail
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the amount of money to procure release from jail (normally 10% of bond is accepted for release) , it acts as insurance as attendance in court
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Vosr Dire
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The preliminary exam undertaken by the attorneys and the judge of persons presented to serve as witness or jurrors to determine competency,interest,bias, and preudice
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Forum Shopping
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Where a petitioner can file a case in verious places and then chooses what judge they want to preside over the case
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Grand Jury
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A body of 12 people that is chosen from a pool of 15-20 people apointed by te jury commissioners to reside over criminal cases, normally a grand jury term is three months in length
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Trial Jury
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A jury at the distrect level that normally contains 12 people and only overseas one case; it can be criminal or civil.. in lower courts the jury may only contain 6 people.
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True Bill
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An actual bill of indictment saying the jury has found enough evidence and truth to the allegation to ring the accused to trial
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No Bill
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the indication that a grand jury didnt find sufficient evidence or truth in allegation to ring the accused to trial
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Indictment
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The result of the grand jry process leading to formal charges of wrongdoing against a person
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Sequestered
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To keep bias,prejudice, and opinion away from a jury once the trial has begun, a judge may order a jury to stay at the hotel during the trial and deliberation
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Shuffling
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when the baliff removes the jury panel and reorganizes the group into a different seating order
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De novo
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a new trial in another court, usually a court of record
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Fines
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Amounts assessed for specific crimes, that must be paid by the one who they are held against
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court costs
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Assessments made by the court to defray the expenses incurred in the case at hand
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Magistrate
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A person with limited judicial power who explains to the accused their legal rights and the charge leveled against them...normally the justice of the peace or municipal judge
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Compensatory Damages
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Money paid to plaintiff to compensate for loss, detriment, or injury to property or person under the law from negligence of another
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Punitive Damages
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Money assessed by the jury or court as punishment to the wrongdoer and negligent person for outrageous conduct.
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Tort Reform
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Political movement whose memers oppose large monetary amounts awarded to plaintiffs by juries in negligence cases
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Title Judge
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a judge that hears only cases dealing with child support issues
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Rescue
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when a judge with and itrest or conflict in a case in favor of another impartial judge, in an ELECTION CONTEST case all judges who sit within the election district being contested mus rescue themselves and a visiting judge must be bought in to hear the case
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