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. The means by which a right is enforced or the violation of a right is prevented - redressed or compensated.






2. A forsaking - abandoning - renouncing - or giving over a right.






3. An amendment to a will.

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


4. To give authority or legal authenticity to a statute - record - or other written instrument.






5. A crime composed of some - but not all - of the elements of a greater crime; commission of the greater crime automatically includes commission of the lesser included offense.






6. A legal doctrine by which acts of the opposing parties are compared to determine the liability of each party to the other - making each liable only for his or her percentage of fault.






7. List of cases scheduled for hearing in court.






8. Supplementary evidence that tends to strengthen or confirm the initial evidence.






9. A will entirely written - dated - and signed by the testator in his/her own handwriting.






10. A person's own act - or acceptance of facts - which preclude his or her later making claims to the contrary.






11. Recommendation for a sentence less than the maximum allowed.






12. See DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION STATUTES.






13. Member of the jury.






14. 1. The action of sending a person to a penal or mental institution. 2. The order directing an officer to take a person to a penal or mental institution.






15. 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.






16. The final statements by the attorneys to the jury or court summarizing the evidence that they have established and the evidence that the other side has failed to establish.






17. The combination of those rules and principles of conduct promulgated by legislative authority - derived from court decisions - and established by local custom.






18. To take into one's family the child of another and give him or her the rights - privileges - and duties of a child and heir.






19. To confine in jail.






20. Money or other security (such as a bail bond) provided to the court to temporarily allow a person's release from jail and assure his or her appearance in court. Bail and Bond are often used interchangeably.






21. A form of executive clemency preventing criminal prosecution or removing or extinguishing a criminal conviction.






22. 1) The disputed point in a disagreement between parties in a lawsuit. 2) To send out officially - as in to issue an order.






23. Oral or anal copulation between humans - or between humans or animals.






24. A police identification procedure by which the suspect to a crime is exhibited - along with others - before the victim or witness to determine if the victim or witness can identify the committed the crime.suspect as the person who






25. The ordinary jury of twelve (or fewer) persons for the trial of a civil or criminal case. So called to distinguish it from the grand jury.






26. The continued - habitual - or compulsive commission of law violations after first having been convicted of prior offenses.






27. A murder committed during the commission of a felony such as robbery - burglary - or kidnapping.






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






29. An honest belief - the absence of malice - and the absence of design to defraud.






30. Bail that is kept by the court as a result of not following a court order.






31. A practice whereby a person or place is searched and evidence useful in the investigation and prosecution of a crime is seized or taken. The search is conducted after an order is issued by a judge.






32. The postconviction stage in which the defendant is brought before the court for imposition of sentence.






33. 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 .






34. To bear witness to - to affirm to be true or genuine - to certify.






35. Judge's explanation to the jury before it begins deliberations of the questions it must answer and the applicable law governing the case. Also called charge.






36. The court transfer of legal custody of a person from parents or legal guardian to another person - agency - or institution. It may be temporary or permanent.






37. Objection to the seating of a particular juror for a stated reason (usually bias or prejudice for or against one of the parties in the lawsuit). The judge has the discretion to deny the challenge. This differs from peremptory challenge.






38. The state - as in the People of the State of Florida.






39. The process by which a deceased person's property goes to the state if no heir can be found.






40. Substantial reason - one that affords a legal excuse.






41. A reduction in sentenced time in prison as a reward for good behavior. It usually is one-third to one-half of fthe maximum sentence.






42. Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.






43. A judgment entered against a party who fails to appear in court - respond to the charges - or does not comply with an order - especially an order to provide or permit discovery.






44. Without denying the charge - the defendant raises circumstances such as insanity - self-defense -or entrapment to avoid civil or criminal responsibility.






45. A legal proceeding in which a debtor's money - in the possession of another (the garnishee) - is applied to the debts of the debtor - such as when an employer garnishes a debtor's wages.






46. Punishment by death for capital crimes. Death penalty.






47. A lawyer appointed or elected to represent the state in criminal cases in his or her respective judicial districts. See PROSECUTOR.






48. A person - business - or government agency actively involved in the prosecution or defense of a legal proceeding.






49. A civil case in which parties may resolve their dispute without a formal finding of error or fault.






50. Lie detector test and the apparatus for conducting the test.