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-A-

ABA

abet

abode

abstract (of judgment)

abstract (of record)

acknowledgment (instruments)

Actions Against State Officers

adjourn, adjournment

Administration/Out of Office (Time Reporting)

administrative agency

administrative law

Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC).

adopt

adversary system

adverse possession

advisory opinion

advocate (noun)

advocate (verb)

affidavit of prejudice

affidavit of service

affirmative defense

aggrieved party

alia

alias

alibi

alleged (adjective)

amend

ancillary administration

AOC

appeal in forma pauperis

appellate court

Application (Time Reporting)

AR

ARMA

arrest of judgment

arson

attorney of record

authenticated copy

avow

-B-

bill of particulars

BJA

bond

breach of the peace

brief

BTCE

burden of proof

-C-

Case

cause of action

certificate of probable cause

Certified From Federal Court

change of venue

charge (criminal)

charge (to jury)

cite

civil action (civil case)

claim

claim and delivery

claim property bond

code

committing magistrate

committing magistrate

community property

comparative negligence

complaint (civil)

complaint (criminal)

compromise of a minor's claim

conclusions of law

conclusive evidence

concurrent, concurrently

confession (of judgment)

confession (voluntary)

confiscate, confiscation

consanguinity, collateral

consanguinity, lineal

consecutive, consecutively

contempt, contempt of court

continue, continuance

Core (Time Reporting)

Core ITG Analysis & Sizing (Time Reporting)

Core JISC Support (Time Reporting)

Core Legislation Analysis & Sizing (Time Reporting)

coroner's inquest

costs

count

court

court administrator

court commissioner

Court Management Council

Court of Appeals

court of record

Court, District

Court, Juvenile

Court, Municipal

Court, Small Claims

Court, Superior

Courts of Limited Jurisdiction

CR

crime

cross-claim, cross-complaint

cross-examination

CrR

-D-

DA

day (or date) certain

declaration of invalidity

declaratory judgment

declaratory judgment

default judgement

default, default judgment

defense attorney

deferred sentence

degree of kindred

deliberate (verb)

detention hearing

detention order

devise (noun or verb)

direct examination

directed verdict

DIS

discretionary review

Discretionary Review

dismissal with prejudice

DOC

docket, docketing, docket entry

Doe, John or Jane

DOL

domicilary administration

DOT

double jeopardy

driving while intoxicated (DWI)

DSHS

Duly

-E-

e.g.

enter

ER

error coram nobis

Estimate to Complete (ETC)

et al

et ux

-F-

failure of proof

fair and impartial trial

false pretenses

fees

filiation action

fine

first appearance

foreign judgment

forfeiture of bond

forge

fraud

friend of the court

fugitive from justice

-G-

garnish, garnishment

garnishee, or garnishee defendant

general administrator

GR

gross misdemeanor

guardian ad litem

-H-

habitual offender, habitual criminal

holographic will

hostile witness

hypothetical question

-I-

i.e.

in forma pauperis

In re

indigent (noun or adjective)

interested person, interested party

interrogatories

Interstate Compact on Juveniles

involuntary dismissal

IRM

ISD

issue

-J-

JIS

JISC

JSA

JuCR

judge, visiting

judgment creditor, debtor

judgment notwithstanding the verdict (judgment n.o.v.)

Judicial Council

Judicial Needs Estimates

judicial notice

judiciary, judicial system

jurat

jury

jury instructions

justice of the peace

-L-

lack of jurisdiction

law

LBC

LC

leading question

LEAP

letters of administration

letters of conservatorship

letters of guardianship

letters testamentary

lien

lodge

lodging of transcript

-M-

MAR

matter (issue) of fact

mechanic's lien

medical examiner

mentally deficient

mini

minor

minutes, minute entries

MIS

moot

MPR

Municipal Court

-N-

NACM

NACO

nolo contendere

non prosequitur

Notice Of Appeal

Notice Of Appeal

notice of appeal, notice for discretionary review

-O-

OAC

oath

occupational license

opening statement

opinion, per curiam

order

order to show cause

original jurisdiction

OSE

-P-

paternity action

PC

penalty assessment

peremptory challenge

personal property

personal recognizance

personal representative (PR)

personal restraint petition (PRP)

Personal Restraint Petitions

personal service

petit

Petitions For Expenditures Of Public Funds

Petitions For Review

pink and greens

plea

plea bargaining

polling of jury

posse comitatus

power of attorney

prejudice, with (or without)

preliminary hearing

preliminary injunction

presiding judge

pretermitted heir

pretrial conference

prevailing party

prima facie evidence

prior conviction

pro tem (or tempore) judge

prohibition, writ of

Projects (Time Reporting)

prosecute, prosecution

prosecuting attorney

prosecuting witness

proximate cause

PRP

public administrator

publication, service by

putative father

-Q-

quash

quasi

quo warranto, writ of

-R-

RALJ

RAP

RCW

recuse, recusal

redirect examination

remand (verb or noun)

removal from state court

reply

res ipsa loquitur

restraining order

revoke, revocation

right of representation

-S-

satisfaction (of judgment or other instrument)

separate maintenance

service by mail

service by publication

service, service of process

show cause order

Small Claims Court

special administrator

special proceedings

specific performance

SPR

statute of limitations

stay (verb and noun)

substantive law

suit

summary judgment

summary judgment

summary probation

supersedeas, supersedeas bond

suspended sentence

-T-

Task

temporary restraining order (TRO)

term

Test

testamentary disposition

testamentary guardian

testamentary trustee

Timesheet Status

tort

trial

-U-

unlawful detainer

-V-

vague

valid

venue

voluntary dismissal

-W-

WAC

WACO

ward

Washington Administrative Code

WCCD

will

with (or without) prejudice

Work Schedule Calendar

writ

writ of attachment

writ of certiorari

writ of execution

writ of mandamus

writ of prohibition

writ of replevin

writ of restitution

writ of restitution

writ of supersedeas

WSAC

WSBA

WSP