Basic Terms 3

Question 1

Securities

Answer 1

stocks, bonds, and other investments

Question 2

Rules of Court

Answer 2

Administrative regulations allowing the courts to control their workload

Question 3

Statute of limitations

Answer 3

A law prescribing the max. period of time after the occurrence of an injury or crime, during which a civil or criminal action may be taken

Question 4

Attorney-Client Privilege

Answer 4

Most info a client tells their attorney in connection with their representation can’t be made public by the attorney or staff

Question 5

Work product doctrine

Answer 5

material produced by an attorney while preparing for a trial

Question 6

Ex post facto law

Answer 6

a law making a person criminally liable for an act that wasn’t criminal at the time it was committed

Question 7

Fiduciary

Answer 7

A person entrusted with handling money or property for someone else

Question 8

Adversarial System

Answer 8

system of justice practiced in this country where opposing parties battle against each other in court trying to get a result that favors them

Question 9

Sanctions

Answer 9

penalties

Question 10

Probable Cause

Answer 10

reasonable basis for belief in something or that something is reasonably more likely to have occurred than not