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A
Admission
Affidavit of service
Alibi
Allegation
Alleged (unproven)
Alleged facts
Alternative charge
Amicus curiae
Appeal
Appear for
Appearance
Apply
Authority/authorities (case law)
B
Bail
Bail conditions
Balance of probabilities
Bar table
Bench
Beyond reasonable doubt
Breach of contract
Burden of proof
C
Call-over or Call-over list
Case conference
Chambers
Claim
Common Law (Australia)
Compensation
Conciliation
Conditional discharge
Confession
Consideration
Contest the charges
Contract
Court transcript
Court’s discretion
Crime
Crime scene
Curfew
Custody
D
De facto
Discovery
Disregard
Dock
E
Elements of the offence
Ex-officio indictment
Execute a search warrant
F
Family law
Flight
Forfeiture
Fresh charges
H
Habeas corpus
I
Identify
Illegal
In-camera
Indictable offence
Indictment
Innocent until proven guilty
Instruct
Interim order
Interrogatories
J
Joint criminal enterprise
Joint custody
Judge’s ruling
Judiciary
Jurisdiction
Juvenile
L
Law
Lawful
Legal
Legal aid
Legislature
Local government
M
Marked For Identification (MFI)
Matter
Mens rea
Minor
Mitigating circumstances
Motive
N
Non-indictable offence
Notice to Appear (NTA)
O
Oath
Offender
Offensive weapon
On remand
Onus of proof
Operational period
Opinion evidence
P
Parole
Plea bargain (also called charge bargaining)
Plea of guilty
Plea of not guilty
Pleadings
Police custody
Possession (real estate)
Post-Mortem
Pre-hearing mention
Precedent
Prejudice
Premeditated crime
Presumption of innocence
Prima facie
Privileged information
Pro-bono
Produce documents
Public gallery
Q
Quash a conviction
R
Re-offend
Read someone their rights
Remand (remand in custody)
Remote witness room
Repeat offender
Revoke
S
Search warrant
Seek leave to appear
Seek leave to withdraw
Separation of powers
Show cause situation
Standard of proof
Statement
Statement of claim
Statute
Statutory declaration
Summary offence
Summons
Swear
T
Tender evidence
Testify
Testimony
To give an Undertaking
U
Under duress
V
Vacate a court date
Victim impact statement
W
Warrant
Warrant of apprehension
Withdraw a question/comment
Without prejudice
Witness statement

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