Arraignment: The initial step in a criminal prosecution whereby the defendant is brought before the court to hear the charges and to enter a plea.

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Administrative License Suspension: 

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Bifurcation: To separate into two parts, especially for convenience.

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Bind Over: To put (a person) under a bond or other legal obligation to do something, especially to appear in court.

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Bulk: (of goods) not divided into parts.

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Complicity: Involvement in a crime together with other people; association or participation in a criminal act as an accomplice.

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Contempt: Conduct that defies the authority or dignity of a court or legislature.

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Discovery: The pretrial phase of a lawsuit during which deposition, interrogatories, and other forms of discovery are conducted.

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Evidentiary Hearing: 

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Grand Jury: A body of (usually 12-23) people who are chosen to sit permantently for at least a month — and some times a year — and who, in ex parte proceedings, decide whether to issue indictments.

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Gross Sexual Imposition: 

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Hearing:

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Joint Tenancy: 

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Lien: 

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Magistrate: 
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Magistrate's Decision: 

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Magistrate's Order: 

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Mandamus: 

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Pandering Obscenity: 

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Personal Recognizance:  

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Petit Jury:

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Pretrial:

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Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO): 

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Quash:

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Replevin: 

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Security Suspension: 

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SR22: 

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Subpoena:

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