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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.
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.