Courtroom terms

1: Adjournment

When the date of the hearing is set to another date.

Arriving for the first day of a new charge

2: Arraignment:

Arriving for the first day of a new charge

When the date of the hearing is set to another date.

3: Bail:

When someone pays a certain amount of money to be let go from jail, until their trial has begun.

When a warrant of arrest is ordered by the judge or court of the culprit.

4: Bail Denied:

When there is a risk of the accused to flee or be dangerous to the public.

When the suspect elects whether the judge or jury makes the decision on being guilty or not guilty

5: Bench Warrant:

The suspect’s answer in court on whether he/she is guilty or not guilty.

When a warrant of arrest is ordered by the judge or court of the culprit.

6: Dual Remand

: When someone is apprehended and is sent to both psych ward for evaluation and to the correctional facility to see if that individual is fit for court or not.

Every citizen has legal right to rightfully defend themselves in court.

7: Election:

When the suspect elects whether the judge or jury makes the decision on being guilty or not guilty.

The suspect’s answer in court on whether he/she is guilty or not guilty.

8: Due course of law:

Every citizen has legal right to rightfully defend themselves in court.

When someone is found guilty to pay a fine, but instead decides not to accept the charge. He will get punished even more.

9: Order to Transport/Pick-up Order:

The suspect’s answer in court on whether he/she is guilty or not guilty.

When called upon, the prisoner in holding will be transported to the court. Getting picked up is the complete opposite, once the trial is finished or is paused, the people in charge will be called upon to transfer the prisoner.

10: Plea:

The suspect’s answer in court on whether he/she is guilty or not guilty.

When someone is found guilty to pay a fine, but instead decides not to accept the charge. He will get punished even more.

11: Recognizance

: When someone is found guilty to pay a fine, but instead decides not to accept the charge. He will get punished even more.

When Sheriffs have the authority to transport the prisoner to a correctional facility until the next hearing in court.

12: Show cause hearing

When Sheriffs have the authority to transport the prisoner to a correctional facility until the next hearing in court.

: When a judge decides to let the individual out on bail till the final decision is made in court, or to let him stay in jail until the hearing. This decision is made by the judge or a justice of the peace.

13: Variation:

When someone is accused for something but is defended by other evidence proving it wrong.

Is when someone pays a deposit for the release of the suspect in holding, holding the money for the reappearance of the suspect in the next hearing.