Just Mercy Vocab

Question 1

Litigation

Answer 1

A legal proceeding in court

Question 2

Clerical

Answer 2

Appropriate for or engaged in office work

Question 3

Paralegal

Answer 3

A person with specialized training who assists lawyers

Question 4

Brusquely

Answer 4

In a blunt direct matter

Question 5

Conviction

Answer 5

A final judgment of guilty in a criminal case

Question 6

Condemn

Answer 6

Pronounce a punishment, as in a court of law

Question 7

Appellate

Answer 7

Of or relating to a legal appeal or a court of appeals

Question 8

Marginalized

Answer 8

Put in a lower or a outer position and treated as unimportant

Question 9

Formidable

Answer 9

Extremely impressive in strength or excellence

Question 10

Exonerated

Answer 10

Freed from any question of guilt

Question 11

Redemption

Answer 11

The act of delivering from sin or saving from evil

Question 12

Implicated

Answer 12

Culpably involved

Question 13

Legitimate

Answer 13

In accordance with accepted principles or standards

Question 14

Contempt

Answer 14

Disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body

Question 15

Subpoena

Answer 15

A writ issued to compel the attendance of a witness

Question 16

Subordination

Answer 16

The quality of obedient submissiveness

Question 17

Incarcerate

Answer 17

Lock up or confine, in or as in jail

Question 18

Empathy

Answer 18

Understanding and entering into another’s feelings

Question 19

Defendant

Answer 19

Someone against whom an action is brought in a court of law

Question 20

Affidavit

Answer 20

Written declaration made under oath

Question 21

Prosecution

Answer 21

Legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior

Question 22

Recant

Answer 22

Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief

Question 23

Culpability

Answer 23

A state of guilt

Question 24

Mitigation

Answer 24

The action of lessening in severity or intensity