Judicial Terms

Here's a bunch:

http://www.jud.state.ct.us/legalterms.htm

Just pull out those that are applicable for your purposes. Good luck!

Criminal law is generally defined by the state so be aware that some terms, such as indictment, are not universal (in some states, a prosecutor's information is used instead).

I think that Gefilte Fish is judishal term.

LOOOOOL Very good!

Anyway, in a common criminal trial you got:
- at least one defendant who's innocent until proven guilty
- the defence (one counselor if a poor bastard, and at least five if a Godfather)
- the prosecution (that may represent either the state or the injuried/the family of the killed person etc)
- evidence: concrete objects (bloody gloves, guns) / testimony (by everyof the witnesses) / hear-say evidence (indirect testimony)
- witnesses
- jurors (12, in some criminal stories at least one of them is sent by the Godfather to corrupt the others - just look at John Gotti's trial in 1991)
- judge
Anything else... Well, *double jeopardy* is important - you cannot be charged for the same crime more than once... *Bail* is also important - the sum you pay to get out of jail... *Plea bargain* is in 90% of the cases important - you don't go to a trial and agree to plea guilty/reveal some background information about other crimes/criminals and get a shorter term in prison (Salvatore Gravano - a hitman of Cosa Nostra got 5 years for 18 murders)...
Uhm, well, if there's anything else i can tell you, just ask.