Test your basic knowledge |

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. To confine in jail.






2. The written statements of fact and law filed by the parties to a lawsuit.






3. An order by the court telling a person to stop performing a specific act.






4. The act of obtaining the property of another person through wrongful use of actual or threatened force - violence - or fear.






5. 1. The process of removing some minor criminal traffic - or juvenile cases from the full judicial process - on the condition that the accused undergo some sort of rehabilitation or make restitution for damages. 2. Unauthorized use of funds.






6. The authority of a court to review the official actions of other branches of government. Also - the authority to declare unconstitutional the actions of other branches.






7. Circumstances which render a crime less aggravated - heinous - or reprehensible than it would otherwise be.






8. To act in accordance with - to accept - to obey.






9. A hearing in which certain rights are respected such as the right to present evidence - to cross examine and to have findings supported by evidence.






10. The purpose to use a particular means to bring about a certain result.






11. The transfer of a state case to federal court for trial; in civil cases - because the parties are from different states; in criminal and some civil cases - because there is a significant possibility that there could not be a fair trial in state court






12. Official and formal erasure of a record or partial contents of a record.






13. One who lives in a location for a period of time and denotes it as their official address or residence.






14. A collection - compendium - or revision of laws - rules - and regulations enacted by legislative authority.






15. A pretrial discovery device by which one party questions the other party or a witness for the other party. It usually takes place in the office of one of the lawyers - in the presence of a court reporter - who transcribes what is said. Questions are






16. A criminal case in which the allowable penalty does not include death.






17. A written or verbal command from a court directing or forbidding an action.






18. The initial appearance of an arrested person before a judge to determine whether there is probable cause for his or her arrest. Generally the person comes before a judge within hours of the arrest - and are informed of the charges against him or her






19. A state examination taken by prospective lawyers in order to be admitted and licensed to practice law.






20. An undisclosed person who confidentially discloses material information of a crime to the police - which is usually done in exchange for a reward or special treatment.






21. A sentence imposed for the commission of a crime whereby a convicted criminal offender is released into the community - usually under conditions and under the supervision of a probation officer - instead of incarceration.






22. A statement of all important facts - which all the parties agree is true and correct -which is submitted to a court for ruling.






23. A witness whose testimony is not favorable to the party who calls him or her as a witness. A hostile witness may be asked be cross-examined by the party who calls him or be cross-examined by the party who calls him or leading questions and may her to






24. Sentences for two or more crimes to run consecutively - rather than concurrently. CUSTODY - 1. The care and control of a thing or person for inspection - preservation - or security. 2. The care - control - and maintenance of a child awarded by a cour






25. A ruling by the court in favor of the party making the objection.






26. The designation assigned to each case filed in a particular court. Also called a case number.






27. To seize or take private property for public use (the police confiscated the weapon).






28. 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.






29. A special type of guilty plea by which a defendant does not admit guilt but concedes that the State hasufficient evidence to convict; normally made to avoid the threat of greater punishment. Source: Black's Law Dictionary(1996); North Carolina v. Alf






30. A will whose validity does not have to be testified to in court by the witnesses to it - because the witnesses executed an affidavit reflecting proper execution of the will prior to the maker's death.






31. A formal written accusation - issued by a grand jury - charging a party with a crime.






32. A temporary location that is meant to secure the accused while waiting for trial to begin or continue.






33. An oral (unwritten) will.






34. Outline or summary of the nature of the case and of the anticipated proof presented by the attorney to the jury before any evidence is submitted. Also known as opening argument .






35. A lawyer elected to represent the state in criminal cases in his or her respective juicial circuit. See PROSECUTOR.

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


36. In the practice of appellate courts - the word means that the decision of the trial court is correct.






37. The act of taking and carrying away the personal property of another of a value less than $300 with the intent to deprive the owner or possessor of it permanently.






38. The rights of a person guaranteed by the state or federal constitutions.






39. A hearing held for the purpose of deciding issues or fact of law that both parties are disputing.






40. A form of alternative dispute resolution in which the parties bring their dispute to a neutral third party - who helps lower tensions - improve communications - and explore possible solutions. Conciliation is similar to mediation - but it may be less






41. To state - recite - assert - claim - maintain - charge or set forth. To make an allegation.






42. 1. To execute - perpetrate - or carry out an act. To commit a crime. 2. To send a person to prison - asylum - or reformatory by a court order.






43. Act ofconsequences of a criminal act - accusation - or conviction. It may take the form of commutation or pardon.






44. Grant by the court which assures someone will not face prosecution in return for providing evidence in a criminal proceeding.






45. 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.






46. That quality of evidence which tends to influence the trier of fact because of its logical connection with the issue.






47. Unlawful killing of another - without malice - when the death is caused by some other unlawful act not usually expected to result in great bodily harm.






48. The person to whom property rights or power are transferred by another - a grantee.






49. Test to determine content of alcohol in one arrested for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor by analyzing a breath sample.






50. The reduction of a sentence - such as from death to life imprisonment.