Legal Terms and Definitions

Glossary of Legal Terms

Disposition The order of a Juvenile Court determining what is to be done with a minor already adjudged to be within the court's jurisdiction. In criminal or civil cases, the settlement of a case. Common law General provisions of law existing before codification or interpretation by courts. Bind over A judge's decision to hold a criminal defendant for trial. Entrapment In criminal procedures, a complete defense. The defendant must show that officers induced the defendant to commit a crime not contemplated by him, for the purpose of instituting a criminal prosecution against him. Conviction In a criminal case, a finding that the defendant is guilty. Polling the jury A practice whereby the jurors are asked individually on the record whether they agreed, and still agree, to the verdict. Negligence Failure to exercise the care that an ordinarily prudent person would exercise in the same circumstances. Et seq An abbreviation for et sequentes, or et sequentia, "and the following," ordinarily used in referring to a section of statutes.

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