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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.
