Legal Procedures and Court Proceedings

• accusation
• acknowledgment
• action
• adjourn
• admission
• affidavit
• allegation
• amended complaint
• amendment
• appeal
• arbitration
• argument
• arraignment
• arrest
• assignment
• assize
• assumpsit
• bail
• bench warrant
• bill of attainder
• bill of particulars
• binding arbitration
• bind over
• case
• cause
• ceriorari
• cessation
• challenge
• charge
• charter
• citation
• cite
• citizen’s arrest
• civil action
• civil case
• claim
• class action
• closing
• codicil
• committal
• commitment
• community property
• confession
• constitution
• contest
• continuance
• contract
• cop a plea
• copyright law
• counterclaim
• counterplea
• court hearing
• court-martial
• court trial
• criminal case
• cross-claim
• cross-complaint
• cross-examination
• cross-question
• deed
• defense
• deliberations
• depose
• deposition
• direct examination
• direct testimony
• discovery
• double jeopardy
• enter plea
• ex delicto
• ex post facto
• fair hearing
• file
• gag rule
• go to trial
• habeas corpus
• hearing
• impanel
• impeachment of witness
• in camera
• indictment
• information
• in personam
• inquest
• in rem
• instructions
• interrogatories
• intervention
• jurat
• jury is out
• jury trial
• law
• lawsuit
• legal age
• legality
• litigation
• majority
• minutes
• motion
• nolle prosequi
• nolo contendere
• novation
• objection
• offer of proof
• open court
• own recognizance
• patent
• preemptory challenge
• personal injury
• plea
• plea bargaining
• plead
• post bail
• power of attorney
• preliminary hearing
• presentment
• press charges
• pretrial hearing
• preventive detention
• prior restraint
• probate
• proceeding
• process
• process service
• prosecution
• rebuttal
• recess
• reconvene
• recording
• reference
• replevin
• restraining order
• RICO
• search warrant
• sequester
• service
• stand trial
• statute
• statute of limitations
• statutory
• stipulation
• subpoena
• substituted
• service
• sue
• suit
• summons
• tender
• testimony
• tort
• transcript
• trial
• trial by jury
• true bill
• venire facias
• voir dire
• waiver
• warrant
• writ
• writ of certiorari