1203.03 PC MOTION
- Request to cancel, modify, change or terminate probation.
1203.4 PC MOTION
- Request to take back guilty plea or set aside a guilty verdict, and dismiss theaccusations or information. (Made after probation has either terminated or defendant was discharged fromprobation prior to termination.)
170.6 PC MOTION
- Request to disqualify the assigned judge from hearing a matter.
995 PC MOTION
- Request made by a defendant to dismiss a count of information.
ABANDONMENT
- When a parent leaves a child without enough care, supervision, support, or parentalcontact for an excessive period of time.
ABATE -
To put an end to; to cancel out.
ABATEMENT OF ACTION
- A suit which has been set aside and ended.
ABDUCTION –
The offense of taking away a wife, child, or ward, by deceitful persuasion, force, orviolence.
ABROGATE -
To repeal or cancel an old law using another law or constitutional power.
ABSTRACT
- A summary of what a court or government agency does. In Traffic, document that is sent tothe Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to update driving record.
ABSTRACT OF JUDGMENT-
Summary of the court's final decision. Can be used as a lien if you file itwith the county recorder.
ABSTRACT OF RECORD
- Short form of the case.
ABUSE
– (1) immoderate or improper use; (2) to do physical, sexual, or psychological harm to someone.
ABUSE OF PROCESS -
Misuse of the power of the court.
ACCESSORY
- A person who helps someone else commit a crime, either before or after the crime.
ACCIDENT AND MISFORTUNE –
An unintentional event; unforeseen event causing misfortune.
ACCOMPLICE
- A person that helps someone else commit a crime. Can be on purpose or not.
ACCORD
- A satisfaction agreed upon between the parties in a lawsuit, which prevents further actionsafter the claim.
ACCORD AND SATISFACTION
- Agreement by the parties to settle a claim or dispute in which theparties typically agree to give or accept something.
ACCRUAL
– The total amount of child support payments that are owed or that are late.
ACCUSATION
- A formal charge against a person.
ACCUSED
- The person that is charged with a crime and has to go to criminal court. (SeeDEFENDANT).
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
- Saying, testifying, or assuring that something is true.
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