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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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