Law Vocab

4. Transfer of accused fugitive from state where arrested to state where charged
6. Isolate jury
10. Command to appear in court and testify
11. International abandonment of right
15. Court order authorizing action by public officer usually arrest or search and seizure
16. Damages in excess of actual loss awarded to wrong plaintiff to punish defendant
17. Oral evidence given by witness
18. Corpus “Have the body”; court order requiring that detained prisoner be produced in court to inquire into legality of detention
19. Annul or rescind a document decision or offer
20. Offer money or property to fulfill an obligation
21. Condition of release of accused person without payment of bail
23. “After the fact”; fixing or changing punishment for an act after it was committed, now forbidden by the U.S. constitution.
24. Legally authorized period of delay
25. Trial Consideration of case by the jury, as opposed to by judge or arbitrator

1. Written court order issued to serve administration of justice; usually stipulating that something be done or not be done.
2. Holding of prisoners without bail.
3. Official inquiry or examination before jury: coroner’s investigation of cause of death
5. Criminal charges made by grand jury
7. Action to recover actual item of personal property rather than its value
8. Defendant's answer to plaintiff's declaration accused’s answer to criminal charge
9. written authority allowing one person to act for another
12. Written questions answered under oath
13. Legal case considered in court
14. “I DO not wish to contest”
22. Legislative act limiting time in which plaintiff may bring civil suit or state may bring criminal action