Legal Terms

Question 1

Accessory after the fact

Answer 1

Person that is aware a crime has been committed, conceals, hides assists or protects a person who has committed a crime.

Question 2

Accessory before the fact

Answer 2

Person who plans or aids the commission of a crime, is absent when crime is committed.

Question 3

Armed Robbery

Answer 3

Felonious action of taking another’s personal property against their will by force and with the use of a deadly weapon.

Question 4

Attorney

Answer 4

Lawyer, officer of the court.

Question 5

Burden of proof

Answer 5

Duty imposed on plaintiff or prosecution to prove the charges that have been brought against the defendant in a legal proceeding.

Question 6

Conspiracy

Answer 6

Two or more people to agree to join together to commit a crime

Question 7

Criminal intent

Answer 7

Knowledge or awareness that one is committing a criminal act

Question 8

Criminal Law

Answer 8

Branch of law that deals with crimes and their punishment

Question 9

Cross-examination

Answer 9

Questioning of a witness by an attorney of the opposite side during a legal proceeding after the direct examination has taken place.

Question 10

Defendant

Answer 10

Accused person in a criminal case or the person from whom damages are sought in a civil case.

Question 11

Felony

Answer 11

Serious or major crime against the law

Question 12

Felony-Murder rule

Answer 12

The rule which holds that if a homicide takes place in the commission of a crime, a person can be held accountable for the charge of murder.

Question 13

Hearsay

Answer 13

Some information or evidence that is second-hand experience, or not witnessed.

Question 14

Judge

Answer 14

Legal person who is authorized to preisde over, hear or decide a case in court.

Question 15

Jury

Answer 15

Number of individuals who are chosen to hear, determine the facts, and render a decision in a trial

Question 16

Objection

Answer 16

A point of order raised by a lawyer to an attempted statement, action of an attorney or judge in a trial

Question 17

Objection overruled

Answer 17

Words used by a judge when he disagrees with a lawyer who raised an objection

Question 18

Objection Sustained

Answer 18

The words used by a judge when he agrees with a lawyer who raised an objection.

Question 19

Opening Statement

Answer 19

Speech made by an attorney to a jury or judge in order to give his explanation of the case.

Question 20

Perjury

Answer 20

Wilful giving of false testimony under oath

Question 21

Presumption of Innocense

Answer 21

Assumption that a person is innocent until proven guilty

Question 22

Reasonable Doubt

Answer 22

Term used to decide the kind and amount of uncertainty that a reasonable person might have in reaching a conclusion in ordinary matters, the reasonable doubt in the mind of a juror could justify an acquittal.

Question 23

Testimony

Answer 23

An oral statement of evidence given by a witness while under oath during a court proceeding

Question 24

Verdict

Answer 24

Formal decision made by a jury, judge in a trial

Question 25

Witness

Answer 25

Individual who testifies under oath at a trial.