Criminal Law B

Question 0

Bailiff

Answer 0

A person acting with legal authority in the seizure of personal property; and, also, the official in each courtroom who attends to security within.

Question 1

Bail

Answer 1

The pledge of cash or property to secure the release of a thing or person which would otherwise be held in custody.

Question 2

Barrator

Answer 2

A person who, on more than one occasion, incites litigation or spreads false rumours.

Question 3

Barratry

Answer 3

An intentional wrongful act committed by the crew or master of a ship to the prejudice of the owner or the charterer.

Question 4

Battered Woman Syndrome

Answer 4

A species of self-defence to manslaughter or murder in which expert evidence is led to demonstrate that a female defendant in an abusive relationship comes to believe that to save herself she must kill her husband first.

Question 5

Battering Cycle

Answer 5

A three-phase cycle of violent behavior within a spousal relationship.

Question 6

Battery

Answer 6

Offensive and intentional contact, direct or indirect, which causes injury.

Question 7

Bawdy House

Answer 7

A brothel; an establishment of ill repute - within which occur acts of prostitution or lewd sex.

Question 8

Bench

Answer 8

A Judge in court session.

Question 9

Bigamy

Answer 9

Being married to more than one person at the same time; a criminal offence in most jurisdictions.

Question 10

Bill of Attainder

Answer 10

Conviction and sentence to death directly by statute, as opposed to resulting from trial.

Question 11

Blackmail

Answer 11

The obtaining or attempting to obtain something by the use of threats.

Question 12

Blasphemy

Answer 12

The scurrilous, deriding or intemperate expression of dissent or criticism of God or a state’s official religion.

Question 13

Blue Ribbon Jury

Answer 13

A jury consisting of highly qualified persons.

Question 14

Bootlegging

Answer 14

The making of an unauthorized copy of a commercially unreleased performance.

Question 15

Booze Can

Answer 15

An establishment wherein liquor is sold without a permit and after legal bar hours.

Question 16

Brady Rule

Answer 16

The suppression by the prosecution of evidence favorable to an accused upon request violates due process where the evidence is material either to guilt or punishment.

Question 17

Break and Enter

Answer 17

A burglary; to break and enter onto another’s premises, land or real property with the intent to there commit a crime, most typically theft

Question 18

Breathalyzer

Answer 18

A device which records alcohol impairment.

Question 19

Bribery

Answer 19

A secret payment to a public officer in exchange for preferential treatment.

Question 20

Buggery

Answer 20

Synonymous with sodomy and referring to ‘unnatural’ sex acts, including copulation, either between two persons of the same sex or between a person and an animal.

Question 21

Bullying

Answer 21

Repeated, persistent and aggressive behaviour intended to cause fear, distress, or harm to another person’s body, emotions, self-esteem or reputation.

Question 22

Burden of Proof

Answer 22

A rule of evidence that makes a person prove a certain thing or the contrary will be assumed by the court.

Question 23

Burglary

Answer 23

Breaking and entering a residence for the intention of committing a crime or while lawfully within, commit a crime and to thereafter break out.