Unit 3 Lesson 22

Question 0

Arson

Answer 0

The crime of setting fire to property in order to collect insurance.

Question 1

Amicus curiae

Answer 1

A friend of the court; a lawyer or layman who advises the court on legal matters.

Question 2

Barrister

Answer 2

Lawyer in England

Question 3

Embezzle

Answer 3

To steal money which was entrusted to your care.

Question 4

Extradition

Answer 4

Turning over a fugitive from one jurisdiction. To another

Question 5

Habeas corpus

Answer 5

A court order requiring that a prison be produced to determine the legality of his imprisonment; a procedure which lawyers use to get clients out of illegal detention

Question 6

Immaterial

Answer 6

Without substance; unimportant

Question 7

Incarcerate

Answer 7

To jail; confine

Question 8

Indeterminate

Answer 8

Having in exact limits; indefinite

Question 9

Larceny

Answer 9

Theft

Question 10

Litigious

Answer 10

Quarrelsome; given to carrying on lawsuits

Question 11

Miscreant

Answer 11

Villain; criminal; evil person

Question 12

Perpetrator

Answer 12

A person who commits an offense

Question 13

Plagiarism

Answer 13

Passing off someone else’s writings or ideas as your own

Question 14

Probation

Answer 14

A period of testing or trial