The person who sets up a trust.

A hearing held for the purpose of deciding issues or fact of law that both parties are disputing.

The hearing given to person accused of crime, by a magistrate or judge, to determine whether there is enough evidence to warrant the confinement and holding to bail the person accused.

Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else. Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court.

Crime in which the driver of a vehicle leaves the scene of an accident without identifying himself or herself.

A temporary location that is meant to secure the accused while waiting for trial to begin or continue.

A will entirely written, dated, and signed by the testator in his/her own handwriting.

An alternative to incarceration where an individual is confined to his or her home and monitored electronically.

The unlawful killing of one human being by another.

A warrant that a court issues under Health-General Article Section 12-120 after a probable cause determination that the named defendant has violated a conditional release under Title 12 of the Health-General Article.

A witness whose testimony is not favorable to the party who calls him or her as a witness. A hostile witness may be asked leading questions and may be cross-examined by the party who calls him or her to the stand.

A foundation or basis; points relied on.

A jury whose members cannot agree upon a verdict.

An imaginary situation, incorporating facts previously admitted into evidence, upon which an expert witness is permitted to give an opinion as to a condition resulting from the situation.

Against, or not authorized by law; unlawful.

Grant by the court which assures someone will not face prosecution in return for providing evidence in a criminal proceeding.

To seat a jury. When voir dire is finished and both sides have exercised their challenges, the jury is impaneled. The jurors are sworn in and the trial is ready to proceed.

To call into question the truthfulness of a witness.

A contract in which the promise made by the obligor is not expressed, but inferred by one's conduct or implied in law.

That which, under the rules of evidence, cannot be admitted as evidence in a trial or hearing.

The lack of power or the legal ability to act.

To confine in jail.

A person appointed by will or by law to assume responsibility for incompetent adults or minor children. If a parent dies, this will usually be the other parent. If both die, it probably will be a close relative.

Sexual intercourse between persons so closely related that marriage between them would be unlawful.

Legal right given to a person to be responsible for the food, housing, health care, and other necessities of a person deemed incapable of providing these necessities for himself or herself, usually an incompetent adult or minor child.

Responsible for a delinquency, crime, or other offense; not innocent.

Chains or shackles for the hands to secure prisoners.

Words, gestures, and actions which tend to annoy, alarm, and verbally abuse another person.

An error committed during a trial that was corrected or was not serious enough to affect the outcome of a trial and therefore was not sufficiently harmful (prejudicial) to be reversed on appeal.

A proceeding similar to a trial, without a jury, and usually of shorter duration.