Unit 4 Lesson 38

Question 0

Abscond

Answer 0

To run away and hide in order to escape the law

Question 1

Abnegation

Answer 1

Giving up of rights; self-denial

Question 2

Affidavit

Answer 2

A written statement made on oath, usually before a notary public

Question 3

Altercation

Answer 3

A quarrel; an angry or heated dispute

*synonyms - spat / squabble

Question 4

Battery

Answer 4

A pounding; illegal beating

Question 5

Bequest

Answer 5

That which is given by inheritance; a gift specified in a will

Question 6

Cause célèbre

Answer 6

A celebrated law case, trial, or controversy

Question 7

Caveat emptor

Answer 7

Let the buyer beware; one buys at his own risk

Question 8

Codicil

Answer 8

A addition to a will; an appendix or supplement

Question 9

Contiguous

Answer 9

Adjacent; touching

Question 10

Contraband

Answer 10

Goods forbidden by the law to be exported

Question 11

Contumacious

Answer 11

Insubordinate; disobedient

Question 12

Disenfranchise

Answer 12

To deprive of the rights of citizenship; to deprive of a privilege

Question 13

Injunction

Answer 13

A command or order; a court order stopping a person or group from carrying out a given action

Question 14

Jurisprudence

Answer 14

The science or philosophy of law; a system of laws