law terms

4. transfer of accused fugitive from state where arrested to state where charged
5. Defendants answer to plaintiff's declaration; accused’s answer to criminal charge
6. Recognizance: Condition of release of accused person without payment of bail
12. Trial: Consideration of case by jury, as opposed to by judge or arbitrator
15. written questions answered under oath
17. post facto: “after the fact”; fixing or changing punishment for an act after it was committed, now forbidden by U.S. Constitution
18. Action to recover actual item of personal property rather than its value
20. Oral evidence given by witness
22. detention: holding of prisoner without bail
25. of Limitations: Legislative act limiting time in which a plaintiff may bring civil suit or state may bring criminal action.

1. Command to appear in court and testify
2. Offer money or property to fulfill an obligation
3. Legally authorized period of delay
7. : Criminal Charges made by grand jury
8. Isolate Jury
9. Legal case contested in court
10. Annul or rescind a document decision or offer
11. Intentional abandonment of right
13. of Attorney: written authority allowing one person to act for another
14. Corpus: “have the body”; court order requiring that detained prisoner be produced in court to inquire into legality of detention
16. Damages: damages in excess of actual loss awarded to wronged plaintiff to punish defendant
19. Contendance: “I do not wish to contest”
21. court order authorizing action by public officer, usually arrest or search and seizure
23. Official inquiry or examination before jury; coroner’s investigation of cause of death
24. Written court order issued to serve administration of justice; usually stipulating that something be done or not to be done