NEWS  RELEASE
                                                       
                                                        November  1,  2011

    The  2011  Michael  B.  King  Spelling  Legal-Bee  will  be  held  on  Saturday,  December  17,  
2011  at  the  United  States  National  Archives  in  Morrow,  Georgia.  The  spelling  contest  will  
begin  at  9:00  a.m.   

    The  Spelling  Legal-Bee  was  created  by  Jonesboro  attorney  Michael  B.  King,  a  former  
grade  school  teacher  in  Atlanta,  Georgia.  Attorney  King  believes  the  Legal-Bee  is  the  only  
legal  spelling  contest  for  grade  school  students  in  the  United  States.  The  first  Spelling  
Legal-Bee  was  held  in  December  2001  with  sixteen  students  participating  in  the  contest.  
In  December  2010,  over  eighty  (80)  students  participated  in  the  Spelling  Legal-Bee.

    Attorney  King  anticipates  over  one  hundred  students  will  participate  in  the  2011  
Spelling  Legal-Bee.  The  deadline  for  submitting  registration  forms  is  Friday,  December  16,  
2011.   There  is  no  registration  fee.

    The  top  spellers  in  the  elementary  school  division  (4-6)  and  middle  school  division  (7-
9)  will  receive  $150.00  and  trophies.  The  second  through  seventh  place  spellers  will  
receive  trophies  and  $100.00,  $75.00,  $50.00,  $25.00,  $15.00  and  $5.00,  respectively.  All  
participants  will  receive  T-shirts  and  certificates.

    The  public  is  invited  to  attend  the  historical  Michael  B.  King  Spelling  Legal-Bee  at  the  
National  Archives  in  Morrow,  Georgia  on  December  17,  2011.  Refreshments  will  be  
provided.




       2011  MICHAEL  B.  KING  SPELLING
LEGAL-BEE  REGISTRATION  FORM

Student __________________________________Grade _____________

Home  Address _______________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________

Phone _________________________E-mail ________________________

School _______________________________________________________

Parent _______________________________________________________

Teacher ______________________________________________________

    My  child  has  permission  to  participate  in  the  Michael  B.  King  Spelling  Legal-Bee.
                                                         ______________________________
                                                         Parent’s  Signature

    Return  completed  form  to  Attorney  Michael  B.  King,  116  South  Main  Street,  Suite  9,  
Jonesboro,  Georgia  30236  or  fax  it  to  
(770)  477-7068  or  e-mail  it  to kingmichael@talkamerica.net .

WHERE:                                    National  Archives
                                                    5780  Jonesboro  Road
                                                    Morrow,  Georgia  30260
                                                    (770)  968-2100

WHEN:                                       December  17,  2011,  9:00  a.m.

ENTRY  DEADLINE:               December  16,  2011

TOP  PRIZES:                           1st  Place:          $150.00
                                                    2nd  Place:           100.00
                                                    3rd   Place:            75.00




                                                                       WORD  LIST  FOR  GRADES  4th-6th


1.        subpoena --- A  writ  commanding  a  person  to  appear  in  court

2.        lawyer --- A  person  who  practices  law

3.        accusation --- A  document  alleging  minor  criminal  allegations

4.        prosecutor --- A  lawyer  who  represents  the  state  in  criminal  trials

5.        indictment --- A  document  alleging  major  criminal  allegations

6.        plaintiff --- A  person  who  files  a  civil  lawsuit

7.        clerk --- A  custodian  of  public  court  records

8.        defendant --- A  person  who  defends  legal  allegations

9.        juror --- A  person  selected  to  serve  on  the  jury

10.        judge --- A  person  who  presides  over  legal  court  disputes

11.        bailiff --- A  person  who  maintains  order  in  the  courtroom

12.        witness --- A  person  who  is  called  to  testify  during  trial

13.        sentence --- Punishment  imposed  by  the  court

14.        continuance --- The  resetting  of  a  court  hearing

15.        restitution --- Compensation  for  one’s  damages

16.        transcript --- A  typed  copy  of  trial  testimony

17.        verdict --- Final  jury  decision

18.        sequestration --- The  removal  of  witnesses  from  the  courtroom

19.        prosecute --- To  commence  legal  action  in  court

20.        plea --- a  formal  response  to  a  criminal  charge

21.        arrest --- Restraint  of  a  person  by  police

22.        interlocutory --- Not  final

23.        motion --- A  legal  request

24.        mistrial --- Ending  a  jury  trial  without  a  verdict

25.        misnomer --- A  mistake  in  name  on  a  legal  document

26.        presumption --- A  legal  inference  as  to  the  existence  of  facts

27.        intoxication --- Diminished  capacity  to  function  due  to  alcohol

28.        venue --- Legal  jurisdiction  for  trial

29.        alibi --- Legal  defense  of  being  somewhere  else  at  time  of  crime

30.        evidence --- Testimony  and  documents  offered  to  prove  facts

31.        recidivist --- A  person  repeatedly  commits  crimes

32.        expungement ---  The  sealing  of  court  records

33.        appeal --- To  seek  legal  review  from  a  higher  court

34.        quash --- To  make  void

35.        probation --- A  sentence  that  does  not  include  time  in  jail

36.        judgment --- A  final  court  decision

37.        innocent --- The  defendant  did  not  commit  the  alleged  crime

38.        statute --- A  state  law

39.        guilty ---  The  defendant  committed  the  crime

40.          To  assault --- To  place  another  in  fear  of  bodily  injury  by  contact

41.        abatement --- The  act  of  eliminating  a  legal  matter

42.        battery ---  The  offensive  touching  of  another  person

43.        demurrer --- A  legal  challenge  to  the  criminal  indictment

44.        appellee --- A  person  who  responds  to  an  appeal

45.        testify --- To  make  sworn  statements  during  a  trial

46.        conspiracy --- Agreeing  to  commit  a  criminal  act

47.        hypothetical --- A  factual  illustration

48.        entrapment --- Police  inducing  another  to  commit  a  crime

49.        jurisdiction --- Authority  of  the  court  to  act

50.        coercion --- Tricking  another  to  act

51.        misdemeanor --- A  minor  crime

52.        contempt --- Conduct  which  defies  authority

53.        felony --- A  major  crime

54.        intent --- A  desire  to  commit  an  act

55.        opinion --- An  appellate  court  decision

56.        warrant --- A  writ  authorizing  the  arrest  or  search  of  another

57.        record --- The  contents  in  a  court  file

58.        waiver --- Relinquishing  one’s  right

59.        denigrate  ----speak  ill  of  or  to  belittle

60.        solicitation --- Asking  another  person  to  commit  a  crime

61.        confession --- Admitting  you  committed  a  criminal  act

62.        ruling --- The  decision  of  the  court  on  legal  disputes

63.        burglary --- The  unlawful  breaking  into  a  house

64.        robbery --- Taking  property  from  another  person  by  force

65.        conversion --- Taking  possession  of  another  person’s  property

66.        holding --- The  ruling  in  a  case  on  appeal

67.        contraband --- Illegal  goods  seized

68.        acquittal --- A  criminal  finding  of  not  guilty

69.        competency --- The  capacity  to  understand  legal  rights

70.        allegation --- Declaring  something  to  be  true

71.        collusion --- An  agreement  to  defraud  another

72.        accomplice --- A  person  who  helps  another  commit  a  crime

73.        clemency --- Expunging  the  criminal  history  of  a  person

74.        affray --- An  agreement  by  two  or  more  persons  to  fight

75.        certiorari --- Discretionary  review  of  legal  issue  by  appeal  court

76.        alias --- Using  more  than  one  name

77.        carjacking --- Taking  another  person’s  car  by  force

78.        arson --- Burning  another  person’s  home

79.        bigamy --- To  marry  more  than  one  person  without  divorcing

80.        bail --- Security  offered  for  release  from  jail  pending  trial

81.        bias --- Giving  favor  to  a  party

82.        bequest --- Giving  property  by  will

83.        minor --- A  child  under  the  age  of  18

84.        conviction --- Finding  a  person  guilty  of  committing  a  crime

85.        laches --- Unreasonable  delay  in  filing  a  civil  action

86.        court  reporter --- A  person  who  records  trial  testimony

87.        investigate --- To  discover  information  from  witnesses

88.        crime --- A  violation  of  criminal  law

89.        intrinsic --- Not  dependent  on  external  circumstances

90.        deceit --- Giving  a  false  impression

91.        indigent --- A  person  who  cannot  afford  to  hire  an  attorney

92.        default --- Failure  to  perform  a  legal  duty

93.        incite --- To  provoke  someone  to  commit  a  criminal  act

94.        deliberation --- When  the  jury  meets  to  discusses  a  trial  issue

95.        exigency --- Requiring  immediate  action

96.        deposition --- A  person’s  sworn  out-of-court  testimony

97.        estoppel --- To  bar  a  person  from  raising  a  legal  claim

98.        dismiss --- To  terminate  a  case

99.        enjoin --- To  legally  prohibit  an  act

100.           empanel --- To  swear  persons  to  serve  on  the  trial  jury

101.           convict --- A  person  found  guilty  of  a  felony

102.           suspension ---- To  deprive  a  person  of  legal  privileges

103.           moot --- Lacking  legal  significance

104.           surrogate --- A  substitute

105.            motive --- A  willful  desire  to  act

106.            surplusage --- Irrelevant  wording  in  a  document

107.            negligence --- Failure  of  a  person  to  use  due  care

108.            supersedeas --- A  writ  which  suspends  action  on  a  judgment

109.            nullify --- To  make  void

110.            stirpes --- A  line  of  descent

111.            oath --- A  sworn  declaration

112.            stipulation --- To  agree

113.            pendent --- Not  yet  decided

114.           standing --- Right  to  file  a  legal  complaint

115.           perjury --- Making  a  false  statement  under  oath

116.           shoplifting --- Theft  of  store  merchandise

117.           renunciation --- To  abandon  a  legal  right

118.           sham --- A  counterfeit

119.           repose --- Cessation  of  activity

120.           seize --- To  forcibly  take  possession  a  person

121.           bequest --- A  gift  of  property  in  a  will

122.           swindle --- To  cheat  a  person  out  of  property

123.           averment --- A  positive  declaration  of  fact

124.           tangible --- Capable  of  being  possessed

125.           abandon --- Giving  up  all  claims  or  rights

126.           tenant --- One  who  possesses  land

127.           void ---  No  legal  effect

128.           tenure --- A  term  of  holding  

129.           vicarious --- Surrogate  

130.           testacy --- Leaving  a  valid  will  after  death

131.           vest --- To  confer  ownership

132.           tort --- A  civil  wrong

133.           venire --- A  panel  of  potential  jurors

134.           trial --- A  formal  judicial  hearing

135.           vague --- Broadly  indefinite

136.           unanimous --- In  complete  agreement

137.           unlawful --- Not  authorized  by  law

138.           unconscionable ---  Shocking  to  the  senses

139.           unilateral --- One  sided  action

140.           authenticate --- To  prove  the  genuineness  of  a  thing

141.           bankrupt --- A  person  unable  to  pay  his  bills  when  due

142.           brief --- A  written  legal  argument

143.           bar --- To  prevent  by  legal  objection

144.           code --- A  group  of  statutes

145.           bench --- Where  the  judge  sits  in  the  courtroom

146.           decedent --- A  dead  person

147.           bestow --- To  convey  as  a  gift

148.           domicile --- Where  a  person  resides

149.           bork --- To  reject  a  supreme  court  nominee

150.           easement --- Right  to  use  another’s  land

151.           bootleg --- To  illegally  distribute  a  product  for  money

152.           estate --- An  interest  in  real  property

153.           bondsman --- One  who  guarantees  a  bond

154.           fee --- Title  to  land

155.           heir --- A  person  who  succeeds  to  a  decedent’s  estate



      There are approximately 399 words on this list. Please obtain the complete lists from Mr. King
via his contact information in the application.