Gideon vs Wainwright vocabulary

Question 1

Feloniously

Answer 1

(ADVERB) in a felonious manner

Question 2

Deliberation

Answer 2

(NOUN) the action of thinking carefully about something especially In order to reach a decision; careful consideration; an act or instance of this.

Question 3

Verdict

Answer 3

(NOUN) Law. The decision of a jury in a civil or criminal cause upon an issue which has been submitted to their judgment.

Question 4

Delouse

Answer 4

(VERB) transitive. To clear of lice.

Question 5

Writ

Answer 5

(VERB) intransitive. To inscribe letters, symbols, words, etc. on paper or another surface, typically using a pen, pencil, or similar implement; to engage.

Question 6

Larceny

Answer 6

(NOUN) the felonious taking and carrying away of the personal goods of another with the intent to convert them to the taker’s use. Also gen. Theft.

Question 7

Burglary

Answer 7

(NOUN) the crime of breaking (formerly by night) into a house with intent to commit felony. Now a statutory crime of entering a building by day or night…

Question 8

Robbery

Answer 8

(NOUN) The action or practice of unlawfully taking property belonging to another, esp. By force or the threat of force. In early use also: plundering

Question 9

Encumbered

Answer 9

(VERB) transitive. To hamper, embarrass (persons, their movements, actions, etc.) with a clog or burden. Also things: to act as a clog or restraint upon

Question 10

Extraneous

Answer 10

(ADJECTIVE) External to, not comprised in or forming part of, the object under consideration

Question 11

Federalism

Answer 11

(NOUN) the federal principle or system of political organization ( later often viewed in contrast to centralism.)

Question 12

Retroactive

Answer 12

(ADJECTIVE) retrospective, (of a regulation, enactment, etc.) extending in scope or effect to matter or actions which have occurred in the past.