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| Marital rights of both husband and wife toward each other |
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| Latin for "himself"; to represent oneself without the aid of legal counsel |
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| Latin for "the public good"; services or work performed for free or without compensation |
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| Guilty knowldegement; criminal intent |
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| A formal declaration that a case will not be prosecuted |
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| Compels someone to bring certain specified documents and other items to court when he/she answers the subpoena |
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| Requirement that a person receive certain warnings relating to self-incrimination and to receive advice from an attorney |
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| Essential to support an arrest without a warrant |
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| Take away; return of the parties to the status quo |
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| Destroy legality; to make void |
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| Doesn't like what the judge says; an objection to a ruling or order of a court, or calling an error to the attention of the court in some manner |
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| A special guardian appointed by the court to represent an infant, ward, or unborn person in a particular litigation |
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| First pleading of a plaintiff (sets out facts on which the claim for relief is based) |
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| First pleading of a defendent (files in response to plaintiff's complaint) |
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| Persons summoned to act as jurors |
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| How many Justices are on the US Supreme Court? |
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| Legal term for an agreement |
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| The doing of a wrongful or unlawful act |
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| Records and transcribes an official verbatim record of the legal proceedings of a court; swears in a witness |
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| How often is the RPR certification renewed? |
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| What can cause you to lose your RPR certification? |
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| How much time is allowed for the RPR WKT? |
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| How should a reporter store their notes? |
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| What should a court reporter do when an attorney says, "off the record" during a trial? |
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| Seek permission from the judge to go off the record |
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| What should a court reporter do when an attorney says, "off the record" in a deposition? |
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| Seek permission from the other attorney(s) to go off the record |
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| Closing arguments are also known as? |
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| What does it mean to "poll a jury"? |
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| Question jurors after the verdict |
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| What is a criminal state court normally limited to? (What is heard in a criminal state court?) |
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| Misdemeanors, preliminary hearings, or inquiries in felony cases |
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