SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Law Vocab
Start Test
Study First
Subject
:
law
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The act of spending an allotted amount of time in a designated location such as a prison as punishment for the crime committed.
BOOKING
BOOKMAKING
JUDGMENT
SERVE A SENTENCE
2. A jury which is unable to agree on a verdict after a suitable period of deliberation.
JURY - HUNG
PROBABLE CAUSE
ARBITRATION
REBUTTAL
3. Legal debts and obligations.
CRIME
LIABILITY
EQUAL PROTECTION
BENEFICIARY
4. The distinctive pattern of lines on human fingertips that are used as a method of identification in criminal cases.
CAUSE OF ACTION
PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS
FINGERPRINT
ACQUIT
5. To state - recite - assert - claim - maintain - charge or set forth. To make an allegation.
BURGLARY
EXTORTION
ALLEGE
LARCENY
6. Each of the allegations of an offense listed in a charging document.
FINE
DISCLAIM
REDRESS
COUNT
7. Estate property that may be disposed of by a will.
CONSERVATORSHIP
PROBATE ESTATE
SEQUESTRATION OF WITNESSES
COMMUNITY PROPERTY
8. An agreement between parties that dictates what is being received from one party to the other.
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
MATERIAL WITNESS
COURT ADMINISTRATOR
SETTLEMENT
9. A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it - before a notary or officer havingauthority to administer oaths.
BENCH
AFFIDAVIT
PROXIMATE CAUSE
SLANDER
10. The rule preventing illegally obtained evidence to be used in any trial.
HEARING - CONTESTED
FAILURE TO APPEAR
GOOD FAITH
EXCLUSIONARY RULE
11. A hallowed principle of criminal law that a person is innocent of a crime until proven guilty.
PROCEDURAL LAW
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE
ACCUSATION
PANDERING
12. To unite - to combine - to enter into an alliance.
JOIN
ALLEGATION
EXTRAORDINARY WRIT
GROUNDS
13. State laws that provide for the distribution of estate property of a person who dies without a will. Same as intestacy laws.
DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES
DEFAULT
BILL OF PARTICULARS
COMMON LAW
14. The planning of a crime preceding the commission of the act - rather than committing the crime on the spur of the moment.
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR)
PANDERING
AGGRAVATING FACTORS
PREMEDITATION
15. To stand idly around - particularly in a public place.
MANSLAUGHTER - INVOLUNTARY
ALLEGE
IMMUNITY
LOITERING
16. Aka SURETY BOND.
ABSTRACT OF TITLE
ACCOMPLICE
FIDELITY BOND
LIMITED JURISDICTION
17. One not trained in law.
LAY PERSON
CRIMINAL CASE
OBJECT
ORDER - COURT
18. To disagree. An appellate court opinion setting forth the minority view and outlining the disagreement of one or more judges with the decision of the majority.
NO BILL
DISSENT
INMATE
SENTENCE - CONSECUTIVE
19. The act of bringing to an end; termination. The dissolution of a marriage or other relationship.
RETURN
DISSOLUTION
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEY
20. An aggravated unlawful assault in which there is threat to do bodily harmwithout justification or excuse by use of any instrument calculated to do serious bodily harm or cause death.
AFFIRMED
LINEUP
ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON
MAYHEM
21. Evidence which can disappear relatively quickly - such as the amount of alcohol in a person's blood.
LEWD CONDUCT
EVIDENCE - EVANESCENT
CIVIL CASE
CONVICTION
22. The voluntary transfer - by a debtor - of all property to a trustee for thebenefit of all of his or her creditors.
BANKRUPT
GENERAL ASSIGNMENT
LITIGANT
JURY TRIAL
23. The party who makes an answer to a bill or other proceedings in equity; also refers to the party against whom an appeal is brought. Sometimes called an appellee.
RESPONDENT
PUNITIVE DAMAGES
AGGRAVATED BATTERY
COMPLAINT
24. An action by which a third person who may be affected by a lawsuit is permitted to become a party to the suit. Differs from the process of becoming an amicus curiae.
REVOKE
COURT OF RECORD
FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER
INTERVENTION
25. The judgment reached or given by a court of law.
CONCURRENT JURISDICTION
DECISION
STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
SETTLEMENT
26. An endeavor or effort to do an act or accomplish a crime - carries beyond preparation - but lacking execution.
ATTEMPT
SHERIFF
PUBLIC DEFENDER
DISCLAIM
27. Sentences for more than one crime that are to be served at the same time - rather than one after the other. See also CUMULATIVE SENTENCES.
ANNOTATION
ALFORD PLEA
CONCURRENT SENTENCES
HARMLESS ERROR
28. An amendment to a will.
29. Sexual intercourse between persons so closely related that marriage between them would be unlawful.
RECALL
INCEST
PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS
REAL PROPERTY
30. An honest belief - the absence of malice - and the absence of design to defraud.
SERVICE OF PROCESS
DEATH PENALTY
PIMP
GOOD FAITH
31. Notifying a person that he or she has been named as a party to a lawsuit or has been accused of some offense. Process consists of a summons - citation or warrant - to which a copy of the complaint is attached.
CASE LAW
DIRECT EXAMINATION
SERVICE OF PROCESS
MOOT
32. A criminal case in which the allowable punishment includes death. CAPITAL CRIME - A crime punishable by death.
DEFAMATION
INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY
AGREEMENT
CAPITAL CASE
33. To give a gift to someone through a will.
BEQUEATH
COMPOSITE DRAWING
RELINQUISHMENT
LAWSUIT
34. A person who aids or contributes in the commission of a crime.
DISSENT
PRELIMINARY HEARING
ACCESSORY
PRESUMPTION OF LAW
35. To act in accordance with - to accept - to obey.
LIABILITY
PREJUDICIAL EVIDENCE
COMPLY
CLERK
36. Numerous and unnecessary attempts to litigate the same issue.
MAYHEM
COUNSEL
ORAL ARGUMENT
MULTIPLICITY OF ACTIONS
37. Taking and carrying away the personal property of another person of a value in excess of an amount set by law with the .intent to deprive the owner or possessor of it.
APPELLATE COURT
INITIAL APPEARANCE
INCAPACITY
GRAND THEFT
38. The specific place in the courtroom where the jury sits during the trial.
HUNG JURY
COMPOSITE DRAWING
NON-CAPITAL CASE
JURY BOX
39. A forsaking - abandoning - renouncing - or giving over a right.
HOME MONITORING
COURTS - JUVENILE and DEPENDENCY
RELINQUISHMENT
PRIVITY
40. A violation of law - not punishable by imprisonment. Minor traffic offenses are generally considered infractions.
LIMITED JURISDICTION
POUR-OVER WILL
INFRACTION
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE
41. A document or other item introduced as evidence during a trial or hearing.
DOCKET
GUILTY
EXHIBIT
COMMIT
42. A lawyer appointed or elected to represent the state in criminal cases in his or her respective judicial districts. See PROSECUTOR.
BAR EXAMINATION
BATTERY - SPOUSAL
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
PAROLE EVIDENCE
43. Fatherhood.
PATERNITY
BRANDISHING A WEAPON
COURTS - JUVENILE and DEPENDENCY
OPINION
44. A proceeding similar to a trial - without a jury - and usually of shorter duration.
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
CAPTION
HEARING
MALICIOUS MISCHIEF
45. An obligation signed by the accused to secure his or her presence at the trial. This obligation means that the accused may lose money by not properly appearing for the trial. Often referred to simply as bond.
MIRANDA RIGHTS
CONDEMNATION
BAIL BOND
DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE
46. In juvenile court - a judicial hearing - usually held after the filing of a petition - to determine interim custody of a minor pending a judgment.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
HIT AND RUN
DETENTION HEARING
ARRAIGNMENT
47. Unlawful sexual intercourse with a person under the age of 18 - regardless of whether they consent to the act.
BOND
RAPE
CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE
STATUTORY RAPE
48. Exhibit and/or evidence that is offered by the prosecution.
49. A court's recognition of the truth of basic facts without formal evidence.
ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON
PRISON
ADJUDICATION
JUDICIAL NOTICE
50. A legal claim against another person's property as security for a debt.
LIEN
COURT - APPEALS
REMOVAL
DEPENDENT CHILD