Glossary of Law Terms
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- 333.7411
- 5K1 Motion
- 6.500 Motion
- 769.4a
A
- Abscond Bond
- Acquittal
- Advisement
- Allocution
- Appeal
- Appearance Ticket
- Arraignment
- Arrest Warrant
- Assaultive Crime
B
C
- Carjacking
- Charge
- Child Abuse
- Child Erotica
- Child Pornography
- Circuit Court
- Civil Contempt
- Civil Infraction
- Clear and Convincing
- Cobbs Agreement
- Cobbs Plea
- Collateral Estoppel
- Community Service
- Commutation
- Compassionate Release
- Complainant
- Complaint
- Concurrent Sentence
- Conditional Release
- Consecutive Sentence
- Consent
- Consultation
- Controlled Substance
- Controlled Substance
- Conviction
- Cooperation
- Costs
- Crime
- Crime of Moral Turpitude (CMT)
- Criminal Contempt
- Criminal Sexual Conduct
- CSAM
- CSC
- CSC First Degree – Minor Under 13 years old
- Curtilage
- Custodial Interrogation
- Custody
- Custody Hearing
D
- DAAD
- Defendant
- Deferral
- Deferral Program
- Delayed Sentence (MCL 771.1)
- Deportation
- Deposition
- Detainer
- Deviation
- Diminished Capacity
- Discovery
- Dismissal
- Dismissal with Prejudice
- Dismissal without Prejudice
- Disorderly Conduct
- Disposition
- District Court
- Disturbing the Peace
- DLAD
- Docket
- Domestic Violence
- Double Jeopardy
- Drug Court
- Drunk Driving
- DUI
- Dwelling
- DWI (Driving While Intoxicated)
- DWLS
E
- Early Discharge
- Embezzlement
- Entrapment
- ETG Test
- Evidentiary Hearing
- Excited Utterance
- Exculpatory Evidence
- Exigent Circumstances
- Expunged
- Expungement
- Extradition
F
- Federal Court
- Federal Detention
- Federal Detention Center
- Felonious Assault
- Felony
- Felony Firearm
- Field Sobriety Tests
- Fines
- Flight Risk
- Flop
- Forfeiture
- Franks Motion
- Fraud
- Fruit of the Poisonous Tree
G
- Garrity Rights
- Giglio Materials
- Ginther Hearing
- Governor’s Warrant
- GPS Tether
- Grand Jury
- Guilty Plea
H
- Habeas Corpus
- Habitual Offender
- Halfway House
- Hardship License
- Hearsay
- Hearsay Exception
- Heller Issue
- Home Invasion
- Homicide
- House Arrest
- Human Trafficking
- Hung Jury
- Hung Jury
- HYTA
I
- Immobilization
- Impeachment
- Implied Consent Suspension
- In Camera
- Inculpatory Evidence
- Inculpatory statement
- Indictment
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- Information
- Innocence
- Insane
- Irrelevant
J
K
- Kastigar Agreement
- Kidnapping
- Killebrew Agreement
L
- Larceny
- Larceny from a Person
- Larceny from a Vehicle
- License Restoration
- Lockridge case
- Loitering
M
- Magistrate
- Mandatory Minimum
- Manslaughter – Involuntary
- Manslaughter – Voluntary
- MCL 333.7411
- MCL 769.4a
- Mega-Case
- Memorandum of Law
- Mentally Ill
- Michigan Department of Corrections
- Minor Offense
- MIP
- Miranda Warnings
- Misdemeanor
- Mistaken Identity
- Mistrial
- Motion for a New Trial
N
- No Contest Plea
- Nolle Prosequi
- Nolo Contendere Plea
- Nonreporting Probation
- Not Guilty
- Not Guilty Plea
- Notice of Hearing
- Nunc Pro Tunc
O
P
- Pardon
- Personal Bond
- Personal Recognizance
- Plea Bargain
- Plea Agreement
- Possession of a Controlled Substance
- Post-judgement Relief
- PR Bond
- Prejudice
- Preliminary Examination
- Preponderance
- Pretrial
- Pretrial Conference
- Prison
- Probable Cause
- Probable Cause Conference
- Probation
- Proffer
R
S
- Search Warrant
- Sentencing
- Sentencing Guidelines
- Sentencing Memorandum
- Serious Misdemeanor
- Stanaway Motion
- Stand Mute
- Surety Bond
- Suspended Sentence