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Legal procedure

Acquittal
The legal result of a verdict of not guilty
Appeal
Resort to a superior court to review the decision of an inferior court or administrative agency
Arrest
Law enforcement action
Arrest warrant
Warrant authorizing the arrest and detention of an individual
Bail
Conditional release of a defendant with the promise to appear in court
Civil procedure
Body of law that sets out the rules and standards that courts follow when adjudicating civil lawsuits I
Closing argument
Concluding statement of each party's counsel in a trial
Complaint
Legal document, the filing of which initiates a lawsuit
Conviction
Legal verdict
Criminal investigation
Process that attempts to determine the facts of a crime and circumstances
Criminal procedure
Adjudication process in criminal law
Cross-examination
The interrogation of a witness called by one's opponent
Defendant
Accused person
Deposition (law)
Out-of-court oral testimony of a witness, reduced to writing
Direct examination
The questioning of a witness in a trial by the party who called the witness
Discovery (law)
Pre-trial procedure in common law countries for obtaining evidence
Filing (law)
Legal filing
Gavel
Ceremonial mallet used to maintain order during gatherings
Guilt (law)
State of being legally responsible for the commission of an offense
Hearing (law)
Proceeding before a court or other decision-making body or officer
Interrogation
Interviews by police, military or intelligence personnel
Judgment (law)
Formal decision made by a court
Judgment notwithstanding verdict
Type of judgment as a matter of law
Lawsuit
Civil action brought in a court of law
Legal proceeding
Proceedings in any civil lawsuit or criminal prosecution
Master (judiciary)
Judicial officer in common law jurisdictions
Motion (legal)
In US law, a procedural device to bring a limited, contested issue before a court for decision
Objection (United States law)
Formal protest raised in court during a trial
Opening statement
Beginning statement in a court case
Plaintiff
Party which initiates a court case
Plea
Answer to a claim made by someone in a criminal case under common law using the adversarial system
Plea bargain
Agreement in a criminal case between the prosecutor and defendant
Pleading
In law, statement of a party's claims to another party's claims in a civil action
Procedural law
Sum of the legal norms in court procedures
Record sealing
Practice of sealing or, in some cases, destroying court records that would otherwise be publicly accessible as public records
Right to silence
Right to refuse to answer questions
Sanctions (law)
Penalty or other mean of enforcement used to provide incentives for obedience with the law
Search warrant
Type of court order
Sentence (law)
Decree of punishment in law
Settlement (litigation)
Resolution between disputing parties about a legal case
Subpoena
Writ to compel testimony or the yielding of evidence
Substitution (law)
Legal concept, the right to change the presiding court official with or without cause
Summary judgment
Court judgment without a full trial
Trial
Coming together of parties to a dispute, to present information in a tribunal
Verdict
Legal term
Warrant (law)
An order that serves as a specific type of authorization
Writ (disambiguation)
Topics referred to by the same term