Unit 2 Lesson 14

Question 0

Appellate

Answer 0

Having the power to hear appeals and to reverse lower court decisions.

Question 1

Adjudicate

Answer 1

To hear and settle a case by judicial procedure.

• as a transitive verb- to settle the rights of the parties in a court case.
• as an intransitive verb- simply to act as a judge.

Question 2

Collusion

Answer 2

A secret agreement for a deceitful or fraudulent purpose; conspiracy.

Question 3

Deposition

Answer 3

Testimony under oath,especially a written statement by a witness for use in court in his absence.

Question 4

Equity

Answer 4

Something that is just, impartial and fair; the value of a business or property in excess of any claim against it; justice applied in circumstances not covered by law.

Question 5

Exhume

Answer 5

To dig out of earth; disinter; reveal

Question 6

Incommunicado

Answer 6

Without the means or right of communication with others, as one held in solitary confinement

Question 7

Intestate

Answer 7

Having made no valid will; one who dies without a legal will.

Question 8

Ipso facto

Answer 8

By the fact itself; by that very fact.

Question 9

Lien

Answer 9

The right to take and hold or sell the property of a debtor as security or payment for a debt; mortgage

Question 10

Litigation

Answer 10

Legal action or process

Question 11

Perjury

Answer 11

The deliberate, willful giving of false, misleading, or incomplete testimony by a witness under oatH in a criminal proceeding.

Question 12

Pettifogger

Answer 12

A petty, quibbling, unscrupulous lawyer; a shyster.

Question 13

Tort

Answer 13

Any wrongful act not involving breach of contract for which a civil suit can be brought

Question 14

Tribunal

Answer 14

A seat or court of justice