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Test your basic knowledge |

Subject : law
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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 assertion of a right to money or property.






2. A lawsuit brought by one or more persons on behalf of a larger group.






3. A judge's written explanation of a decision of the court or of a majority of judges. A dissenting opinion disagrees with the majority opinion because of the reasoning and/or the principles of law on which the decision is based. A concurring opinion a






4. 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.






5. Written or oral pledge by a witness to speak the truth.






6. Standard of proof commonly used in civil lawsuits and in regulatory agency cases. It governs the amount of proof that must be offered in order for the plaintiff to win the case.






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


8. A defendant's statement in mitigation of punishment.






9. The hearing available to a person charged with a felony to determine if there is enough evidence (probable cause) to hold him for trial.






10. The voluntary transfer - by a debtor - of all property to a trustee for thebenefit of all of his or her creditors.






11. A failure to respond to a lawsuit within the specified time.






12. The practice which enables an accused awaiting trial to be released without posting any security other than a promise to appear before the court at the proper time.






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






14. The rule preventing illegally obtained evidence to be used in any trial.






15. Elected officer of a county whose job is to conserve peace within his or her territorial jurisdiction as well as aid in the criminal and civil court processes.






16. A defense to criminal charges alleging that agents of the government induced a person to commit a crime he or she otherwise would not have committed.






17. The act of bringing to an end; termination. The dissolution of a marriage or other relationship.






18. All the judges of a court sitting together. Appellate courts can consist of a dozen or more judges - but often they hear cases in panels of three judges. If a case is heard or reheard by the full court - it is heard en banc.






19. Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.






20. Chains or shackles for the hands to secure prisoners.






21. The act - after a jury verdict has been announced - of asking jurors individually whether they agree with the verdict.






22. Conduct which tends to annoy all citizens - including unnecessary and distractingnoisemaking.






23. The party who complains or sues; one who applies to the court for legal redress. Also called the plaintiff.






24. Pertinent and proper to be considered in reaching a decision.






25. An attorney who represents a person accused of committing a crime.






26. To obtain customers for a whore or prostitute. One who obtains customers for a whore or prostitute.






27. Inferences drawn from proven facts.






28. Process by which a court seeks to interpret the meaning and scope of legislation.






29. An action instituted with intention of injuring the defendant and without probable cause -and which terminates in favor of the person prosecuted.






30. A phrase used to denote a hypothetical person who exercises qualities of attention - knowledge - intelligence - and judgment that society requires of its members for the protection of his or her own interest and the interests of others.






31. The delivery of a legal document - such as a complaint - summons - or subpoena - notifying a person of a lawsuit or other legal action taken against him or her. Service - which constitutes formal legal notice - must be made by an officially authorize






32. One who is joined as a party or defendant merely because the technical rules of pleading require his presence in the record.






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






34. The questioning of a witness produced by the other side.






35. A malicious injury which disables or disfigures another.






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






37. The facility where juvenile offenders are held in custody.






38. The section of a courthouse in which the judge presides over the proceedings.






39. A person who makes a word-for-word record of what is said in court and produces a transcript of the proceedings upon request.






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






41. A change - alteration - or amendment which introduces new elements into the details - or cancels some of them - but leaves the general purpose and effect of the subject-matter intact.






42. A husband or wife of a deceased spouse married after a will is executed who is not provided for in the will.






43. Mutual or successive relationships to the same right of property - or the same interest of one person with another which represents the same legal right.






44. The obligation of a party to establish by evidence a requisite degree of belief concerning a fact in the mind of the trier of fact or the court.






45. A suit which has been quashed and ended.






46. A trust that the grantor may change or revoke.






47. The judgment formally pronounced by the court or judge upon the defendant after his or her conviction by imposing a punishment to be inflicted either in the form of a fine - incarceration or probation.






48. The judgment reached or given by a court of law.






49. 1. An act of omission or commission in violation of law which carries criminal consequences. 2. Criminal activity in general relating to a specific time or place.






50. 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.






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