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Order to show cause
Court order requiring a party to appear and show cause why the court should not take a particular course of action. If the party fails to appear or to give sufficient reasons why the court should take no action, the court will take the action. In criminal cases, the defendant must show why probation should not be revoked.
Polling the jury
A practice whereby the jurors are asked individually on the record whether they agreed, and still agree, to the verdict.
Extradition
The surrender by one state to another of an individual accused or convicted of an offense outside its own territory, and within the territorial jurisdiction of the other.
Pardon
Action by an official of an executive branch of government relieving a criminal from a conviction.
Holographic will
A will entirely written, dated and signed by the testator in his/her own handwriting.
Certification
Generally used to refer to the process of transferring a minor's case from the Juvenile Court to the adult court for trial. Usually reserved for capital or first-degree felonies or for chronic offenders.
Deposition
The taking of testimony of a witness under oath outside of court, usually transcribed in writing by a court reporter, or less frequently, recorded on videotape.
Code
A collection, compendium or revision of laws, rules and regulations enacted by the legislature, i.e., Utah Code Annotated.
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