1203.03 PC MOTION – Request to cancel, modify, change or terminate probation.

1203.4 PC MOTION – Request to take back guilty plea or set aside a guilty verdict, and dismiss the accusations or information. (Made after probation has either terminated or defendant was discharged from probation prior to termination.)

170.6 PC MOTION – Request to disqualify the assigned judge from hearing a matter.

995 PC MOTION – Request made by a defendant to dismiss a count of information.

ABANDONMENT – When a parent leaves a child without enough care, supervision, support, or parental contact for an excessive period of time.

ABATE – To put an end to; to cancel out.

ABATEMENT OF ACTION – A suit which has been set aside and ended.

ABDUCTION – The offense of taking away a wife, child, or ward, by deceitful persuasion, force, or violence.

ABROGATE – To repeal or cancel an old law using another law or constitutional power.

ABSTRACT – A summary of what a court or government agency does. In Traffic, document that is sent to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to update driving record.

ABSTRACT OF JUDGEMENT – Summary of the court's final decision. Can be used as a lien if you file it with the county recorder.

ABSTRACT OF RECORD – Short form of the case.

ABUSE – (1) immoderate or improper use; (2) to do physical, sexual, or psychological harm to someone.

ABUSE OF PROCESS – Misuse of the power of the court.

ACCESSORY – A person who helps someone else commit a crime, either before or after the crime.

ACCIDENT & MISFORTUNE – an unintentional event; unforeseen event causing misfortune.

ACCOMPLICE – A person that helps someone else commit a crime. Can be on purpose or not.

ACCORD – A satisfaction agreed upon between the parties in a lawsuit, which prevents further actions after the claim.

ACCORD & SATISFACTION – Agreement by the parties to settle a claim or dispute in which the parties typically agree to give or accept something.

ACCRUAL – The total amount of child support payments that are owed or that are late.