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 unlawful restraint by one person of another person's physical liberty.






2. A trust set up for the benefit of someone who the grantor believes would be incapable of managing his or her own financial affairs.






3. An attack on a judgment other than a direct appeal to a higher court.






4. 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






5. A person who aids or contributes in the commission of a crime.






6. List of cases scheduled for hearing in court.






7. A report to a judge by police on the implementation of an arrest or search warrant. Also - a report to a judge in reply to a subpoena - civil or criminal.






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






9. A procedure by which a convicted defendant challenges the conviction and/or sentence on the basis of some alleged violation or error.






10. A written direction or command delivered by a court or judge.






11. A ruling by the court against the party making the objection.






12. Sexual intercourse between persons so closely related that marriage between them would be unlawful.






13. Another term for arraignment.






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






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






16. The act of entering or remaining illegally in a movable or immovable structure - vehicle or dwelling with intent to commit a felony.






17. One who saw the act - fact - or transaction to which he or she testifies.






18. A meeting between the judge and the lawyers involved in a lawsuit to narrow the issues in the suit - agree on what will be presented at the trial - and make a final effort to settle the case without a trial.






19. 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.






20. The initial statement made by attorneys for each side - outlining the facts each intends to establish during the trial.






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






22. An advocate - counsel - or official agent employed in preparing - managing - and trying cases in the courts.






23. 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.






24. 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.






25. Dying without a will.






26. 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.






27. Gifts made in a will.






28. Exhibit and/or evidence that is offered by the prosecution.

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


29. A suit which has been quashed and ended.






30. The court in which a matter must first be filed.






31. A rule of law that courts and judges shall draw a particular inference from a particular fact - or from particular evidence.






32. 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.






33. An assault committed with the intention of committing some additional crime.






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






35. Another hearing of a civil or criminal case by the same court in which the case was originally heard.






36. An order of the court. A final decree is one that fully and finally disposes of the litigation. Aninterlocutory decree is a preliminary order that often disposes of only part of a lawsuit.






37. An attempt to cause serious bodily injury to another or purposely - knowingly or recklesslycausing such injury - or an attempt to cause or purposely or knowingly cause bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon.






38. State laws that provide for the distribution of estate property of a person who dies without a will. Same as intestacy laws.






39. Putting a person to death - usually by hanging - without legal authority.






40. The hearing given to person accused of crime - by a magistrate or judge - to determine whether there is enough evidence to warrant the confinement and holding to bail the person accused.






41. A jury whose members cannot agree upon a verdict.






42. An imaginary situation - incorporating facts previously admitted into evidence - upon which an expert witness is permitted to give an opinion as to a condition resulting from the situation.






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






44. The place where a person has his or her permanent legal home. A person may have several residences - but only one domicile.






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






46. The legal process by which the government takes private land for public use - paying the owners a fair price. See EMINENT DOMAIN.






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. A lesser offense than a felony and generally punishable by fine or limited jail time - but not in a penitentiary.






49. A court order to protect a person from further harassment - service of process - or discovery.






50. Acts or declarations by which one implicates oneself in a crime.