law terms vocab packet

2. annual or rescind a document decision or offer
6. court order authorizing action by public officer, usually arrest or search and seizure
7. transfer of accused fugitive from state where arrested to state where charged
10. criminal charges made by grand jury
13. intentional abandonment of right
14. trial consideration of case by jury, as opposed to by judge or arbitrator
15. of limitations legislative act limiting time in which plaintiff may bring civil suit or state may bring criminal action
17. recognizance condition of release of accused person without payment of bail
19. contendere “i do not wish to contest”
20. official inquiry or examination before jury; coroner’s investigation of cause of death
21. legally authorized period of delay
22. post facto “after the fact”; fixing or changing punishment for an act after it was committed, now forbidden by the U.S. constitution

1. written questions answered under oath
3. defendant's answer to plaintiff's declaration; accuser’s answer to criminal charge
4. oral evidence given by witness
5. written authority allowing one person to act for another
8. damages damages in excess of actual loss awarded to wronged plaintiff to punish defendant
9. legal case contested in court
11. corpus “have the body”; court order requiring that detained prisoner be produced in court to inquire into legality of detention
12. detention holding of prisoner without bail
15. offer money or property to fulfill an obligation
16. isolate jury
18. written court order issued to serve administration of justice usually stipulating that something be done or not done