Chap 10 Vocab

Question 0

Adversary system

Answer 0

A judicial system in which the court of law is a neutral arena where two parties argue their differences

Question 1

Judicial Review

Answer 1

Power of a court to determine whether a law or government regulation is consistent with the US constitution

Question 2

Criminal law

Answer 2

A law that defines crimes against the public order

Question 3

Civil law

Answer 3

A law that governs relationships between individuals and defines their legal rights

Question 4

Prosecutor

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Government lawyer who tries criminal cases, referred to as district attorney

Question 5

Defendant

Answer 5

In a criminal action the person accused of an offense

Question 6

Plea bargain

Answer 6

An agreement between a prosecutor and a defendant that the defendant Weill plead guilty to a lesser offense to avoid standing trail for a more serious offense.

Question 7

Justiciable dispute

Answer 7

A dispute growing out of an actual case of controversy that is capable of settlement by legal methods

Question 8

Plantif

Answer 8

Party investigating a civil lawsuit

Question 9

U.S. attorney general

Answer 9

The chief law enforcement officer in the US and the head of the department of justice

Question 10

Solicitor general

Answer 10

Third ranking official in the depart of justice who is responsible for representing the U.S. in cases before the U.S. Supreme Court

Question 11

Public defender system

Answer 11

An arrangement whereby public officials are hired to provide legal assistance to those accused of crimes unable to hire their own attorney

Question 12

District courts

Answer 12

Courts in which criminal and civil