vocab

3. ¨have the body¨; court order requiring that detained prisoner be produced in court to inquire into legality of detention
8. “I do not wish to contest”
10. written authority allowing one person to act for another
15. intentional abandonment of right
16. holding of prisoner without bail
18. court order authorizing action by public officer, usually arrest or search and seizure
19. legal case contested in court
20. official inquiry or examination before jury; coroners investigation of cause of death
21. legislative act limiting time in which plaintiff may bring civil suit or state may bring criminal action
23. command to appear in court and testify
24. criminal charges made by grand jury
25. “after the fact”; fixing or changing punishment for an act after it was committed, now forbidden by US Constitution

1. isolate jury
2. oral evidence given by witness
4. defendant’s answer to plaintiffs declaration; accused’s answer to criminal charge
5. annul or rescind a document decision or offer
6. written court order issued to serve administration of justice; usually stipulating that something be done or not be done
7. legally authorized period of delay
9. action to recover actual item of personal property rather than its value
11. condition of release of the accused person without payment of bail
12. transfer of accused fugitive from state where arrested to state where charged
13. written questions answered under oath
14. damages in excess of actual loss awarded to wronged plaintiff to punish defendant
17. offer money or property to fulfill an obligation
22. consideration of case by jury, as opposed to by judge or arbitrator