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Search warrant
An order issued by a judge or magistrate commanding a sheriff, constable, or other officer to search a specified location.
Levy
A seizure; the obtaining of money by legal process through seizure and sale of property.
Allegation
The assertion, declaration, or statement of a party to an action, made in a pleading, establishing what the party expects to prove.
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)
Assault
A willful attempt to illegally inflict injury on or threaten a person.
Tort
An injury or wrong committed, either with or without force, to the person or property of another, for which civil liability may be imposed.
Abstract of record
A short, abbreviated form of the case as found in the record.
Burglary
The unlawful breaking into or entering of a building or dwelling with the intent to commit a serious crime or theft.
Circumstantial evidence
All evidence of an indirect nature. Testimony not based on actual personal knowledge or observation of the facts in controversy.
Fourteenth Amendment
Among other matters, the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits states from depriving any person of life, liberty, or property without adequate due process.
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