English Vocab

2. Command to appear in court and testify
5. Official Inquiry or examination before jury; corners investigation of cause of death
7. Trial Consideration of case by jury, as opposed to by judge or arbitrator
8. Intentional abandonment of right
11. Criminal chargers made by grand jury
12. Contendere ¨I do not wish to contest¨
13. Written questions answered under oath
16. Legally authorized period of delay
17. Defendantś answer to plaintiffś declaration; accusedś answer to criminal charge
18. Offer money or property to fulfill an obligation
21. Transfer of accused fugitive from a state where arrested to state were charged
23. Isolate jury

1. Oral evidence given by witness
3. Recognizance Condition of release of accused person without payment of bail
4. Action to recover actual item of personal property rather than its value
6. Court order authorizing action by public officer, usually arrest or search and seizure
8. Written court order issued to serve administration of justice; usually stipulating that something be done or not be done
9. Legal case contested in court
10. of Attorney Written authority allowing one person to act for another
14. Detention Holding of prisoner without bail
15. Damages Damages in excess of prisoner without bail
19. Post Facto ¨After the fact¨, fixing or changing punishment for an act after it was committed, now forbidden by U.S. Constitution
20. Corpus ¨Have the body¨, court order requiring that detained prisoner be produced in court to inquire into legality of detention
22. Annul or resend a document decision or offer