law terms

5. Command to appear in court and testify
6. of Attorney: Written authority allowing one person to act for another
8. Detention: Holding of prisoner without bail
9. Intentional abandonment of right
11. Contendere: “I do not wish to contest”
12. of limitations: Legislative act limiting time in which plaintiff may bring civil suit or state may bring criminal action
15. Legally authorized period of delay
16. Criminal charges made by grand jury
18. Transfer of accused fugitive from state where arrested to state where charged
20. Post Facto: “After the fact”; fixing or changing punishment for an act after it was committed, now forbidden by U.S. Constitution.
22. Oral evidence given by witness
23. Defendant’s answer to plaintiff’s declaration; accused’s answer to criminal charge

1. Legal case contested in court
2. Action to recover actual item of personal property rather than its value
3. Trial: Consideration of case by jury, as opposed to by judge or arbitrator
4. Recognizance: Condition of release of accused person without payment of bail
5. Isolate jury
7. Annul or rescind a document decision or offer
9. Written court order issued to serve administration of justice; usually stipulating that something be done or not be done.
10. Official Inquiry or examination before jury; coroner’s investigation of cause of death
13. Damages: Damages in excess of actual loss awarded to wronged plaintiff to punish defendant
14. Written questions answered under oath
17. Court order authorizing action by public officer, usually arrest or search and seizure
19. Offer money or property to fulfill an obligation
21. Corpus: “Have the body”; court order requiring that detained prisoner be produced in court to inquire into legality of detention