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Law and motion
A setting before a judge at which time a variety of motions, pleas, sentencing, orders to show cause or procedural requests may be presented. Normally, evidence is not taken. Defendants must be present.
Clerk of the court
Court official who keeps court records, files pleadings, motions, and judgments, and administers the oath to jurors and witnesses
Bind over
A judge's decision to hold a criminal defendant for trial.
Trial
A judicial examination of issues between parties to an action.
Battery
Actual physical violence, whether serious or minor, inflicted on a person. (A mere threat is called assault, whereas the completed act is called battery).
Challenge to the array
Questioning the qualifications of an entire jury panel, usually on the grounds of partiality or some fault in the process of summoning the panel.
Power of attorney
A written instrument authorizing another (not necessarily a lawyer) to act as one's agent or attorney.
Abstract of record
A short, abbreviated form of the case as found in the record.
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