Law Education Review

Question 0

Said of evidence that can be used or introduced in a trial or other court proceeding

Answer 0

Admissible

Question 1

Person who helps commit a crime

Answer 1

Accessory

Question 2

Written statement sworn to or made under oath before someone authorized to administer an oath

Answer 2

Affidavit

Question 3

“Elsewhere”; excuse saying someone was somewhere else when the crime was committed

Answer 3

Alibi

Question 4

Court or religious order that declares a marriage never existed

Answer 4

Annulment

Question 5

To take a case to higher court for a rehearing

Answer 5

Appeal

Question 6

Court session at which a defendant is charged and enters a plea

Answer 6

Arraignment

Question 7

Court ordered document authorizing the police to arrest an individual on a specific charge

Answer 7

Arrest Warrant

Question 8

Money/property put up to be released from jail

Answer 8

Bail

Question 9

Intentional physical contact inflicted on someone by another without consent

Answer 9

Battery

Question 10

Formal process it making a police record of an arrest

Answer 10

Booking

Question 11

Breaking and entering with intention of committing a felony

Answer 11

Burglary

Question 12

Punish by death it life in jail

Answer 12

Capital

Question 13

Lawsuit brought by one or more persons on behalf of a larger group

Answer 13

Class Action

Question 14

Action of forcing a person to act against his/her free will

Answer 14

Coercion

Question 15

Accused person’s voluntary admission of wrongdoing

Answer 15

Confession

Question 16

Agreeing to do something

Answer 16

Consent

Question 17

Voting individual that’s are represented by an elected public official

Answer 17

Constituents

Question 18

Anyone who buys/uses a product/service

Answer 18

Consumer

Question 19

Any items that are illegal to posses

Answer 19

Contraband

Question 20

Physical punishment

Answer 20

Corporal

Question 21

Claim made by defendant against the plaintiff in a civil lawsuit

Answer 21

Counterclaim

Question 22

Care and keeping of someone/something

Answer 22

Custody

Question 23

Serious criminal offense punishable by a prison sentence of more than a year

Answer 23

Felony

Question 24

Court's decision in a case

Answer 24

Judgment

Question 25

Person who rents property

Answer 25

Tenant

Question 26

Give evidence under an oath

Answer 26

Testify

Question 27

Association of workers that seeks to secure favorable wages, improve working conditions/hours, and resolve grievances with employers

Answer 27

Union

Question 28

Factors that might increase the seriousness of an offense

Answer 28

Aggravating Circumstances

Question 29

All law that does not invoke criminal matters

Answer 29

Civil Law

Question 30

Written/spoken expression about a person that is false and damages that person's reputation

Answer 30

Defamation

Question 31

Person against who a claim is made

Answer 31

Defendant

Question 32

Consider carefully, discuss and work toward forming an opinion or making a decision

Answer 32

Deliberate

Question 33

Taking money or property by someone who was trusted with it

Answer 33

Embezzlement

Question 34

Group of 12-23 people who hear evidence to decide reason to charge someone

Answer 34

Grand Jury

Question 35

No unanimous decision

Answer 35

Hung Jury

Question 36

Grand jury's formal charge/accusation of criminal action

Answer 36

Indictment

Question 37

Legal responsibility

Answer 37

Liable

Question 38

Ill will; deliberate intent to harm

Answer 38

Malice

Question 39

Criminal offense, less serious than a felony

Answer 39

Misdemeanor

Question 40

Reason a person commits a crime

Answer 40

Motive

Question 41

County or city law

Answer 41

Ordinance

Question 42

Injured party against wrongdoer

Answer 42

Plaintiff

Question 43

Government's attorney

Answer 43

Prosecutor

Question 44

Removal of elected official from office by vote of the people

Answer 44

Recall

Question 45

Take back/cancel

Answer 45

Revoke

Question 46

Laws enacted by legislatures

Answer 46

Statutes

Question 47

Court order to appear in court or turn over documents on a specified date and time

Answer 47

Subpoena

Question 48

Give up some right, privilege, or benefit voluntarily

Answer 48

Waive

Question 49

Judge's order that something be done

Answer 49

Writ

Question 50

Amendments

Answer 50

``` Freedom of speech Right to bear arms No quartering soldiers Slavery prohibited Civil rights to exslaves Black suffrage Direct election of senators Prohibition Women's suffrage End of Prohibition No third term Vice President to president Voting age 18 ```