law terms vocab packet

2. damages in excess of actual loss awarded to wronged plaintiff to punish defendant
4. written authority allowing one person to act for another
6. written court order issued to serve administration of justice usually stipulating that something be done or not done
8. “i do not wish to contest”
10. of limitations legislative act limiting time in which plaintiff may bring civil suit or state may bring criminal action
11. annual or rescind a document decision or offer
12. legal case contested in court
13. transfer of accused fugitive from state where arrested to state where charged
17. isolate jury
19. holding of prisoner without bail
21. intentional abandonment of right
23. “have the body”; court order requiring that detained prisoner be produced in court to inquire into legality of detention

1. written questions answered under oath
3. offer money or property to fulfill an obligation
5. recognizance condition of release of accused person without payment of bail
7. oral evidence given by witness
9. “after the fact”; fixing or changing punishment for an act after it was committed, now forbidden by the U.S. constitution
14. defendant's answer to plaintiff's declaration; accuser’s answer to criminal charge
15. court order authorizing action by public officer, usually arrest or search and seizure
16. consideration of case by jury, as opposed to by judge or arbitrator
18. official inquiry or examination before jury; coroner’s investigation of cause of death
20. criminal charges made by grand jury
22. legally authorized period of delay