- Adults convicted of misdemeanors are most likely to serve time in
Your answer:
city or county jails
federal penitentiaries
state prisons
- If a defense attorney asks for a change of ___?__, he or she is asking that the trial be held in a different court or location.
Your answer:
sentence
district
venue
- Before arresting a suspect, police must usually obtain a warrant from a
Your answer:
judge
federal marshal
police commissioner
- Which of the following is not one of the branches of civil law?
Your answer:
international law
torts
family law
- Laws passed by local legislative bodies - such as town councils - are known as
Your answer:
statutes
regulations
ordinances
- When a citizen has a dispute with a government agency, such as the Federal Trade Commission, the issue is decided by
Your answer:
private law
criminal law
administrative law
- The main source of American law came from Great Britain, where for centuries judges kept records of their rulings in "year books" - this law is called
Your answer:
common law
criminal law
international law
- Most actual legal work involving the United States government is handled by the
Your answer:
Secretary of State
Solicitor General
U.S. Marshalls
- The person who files suit in a civil case is called the
Your answer:
district attorney
defendant
plaintiff
- A prisoner who has served the minimum sentence and behaved well in prison might be
Your answer:
retried for the original crime
given a suspended sentence
freed on parole
- Which of the following is not true of international law?
Your answer:
Severe penalties can be imposed on nations that do not comply.
It is based on customs, treaties, and executive agreements.
It is intended to govern relations among sovereign states.
- Which of the following is not a true statement?
Your answer:
A person released "on recognizance" must pay the full amount of bail.
If a defendant does not appear for trial, he or she forfeits the bail money.
Bail is a sum of money the defendant must leave with the court until he or she returns for trial.
- The procedure by which the defense attorney questions the prosecution's witnesses or vice versa is known as
Your answer:
sequestration
cross-examination
peremptory challenge
- Critics of plea bargaining charge that it
Your answer:
prevents police from apprehending criminals.
forces the courts to allow guilty people to go free.
allows criminals to escape the full consequences of their actions.
- In legal terminology, if someone is legally responsible, he or she is said to be
Your answer:
accountable.
answerable.
liable.
- While statutory law is made by legislators, common law is made by
Your answer:
judges
the people.
Justice Department employees.
- ___?___ normally involves legal actions initiated by the government to benefit the people as a whole.
Your answer:
International law
Public law
Private law
- The meeting at which formal charges are read to the defendant in an open courtroom is known as
Your answer:
a sentencing.
a preliminary hearing.
a deposition.
- Most often, the last step in a criminal trial before jury deliberations is
Your answer:
a closing statement from the defense attorney.
a closing statement from the prosecutor.
the defendant's personal statement.
- In legal terminology, land and everything attached to it is called
Your answer:
public property.
personal property.
real property.