Chapter 18 Vocabulary Practice Quiz

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  1. A wrongful act that injures persons or their property

    2. Your answer:
    tort
    criminal law
    venue

  2. The conditional early release of a prisoner who has served the minimum sentence

    3. Your answer:
    probation
    amnesty
    parole

  3. A trial by a judge, rather than by a jury

    4. Your answer:
    arraignment
    bench trial
    petit jury trial

  4. A sworn statement, filed by a prosecutor after a preliminary hearing, that there is enough evidence to take an accused person to trial

    5. Your answer:
    venue
    information
    deposition

  5. The decision in a trial (whether in a civil suit or a criminal case)

    6. Your answer:
    verdict
    indictment
    arraignment

  6. The body of law that deals with the relations between people (sometimes called "private law")

    7. Your answer:
    regulatory law
    civil law
    civilian law

  7. The branch of the legal system that deals with the relationship between the government and citizens

    8. Your answer:
    private law
    civil law
    public law

  8. A sentence in which a person convicted of a crime does not spend time in jail but must follow certain restrictions

    9. Your answer:
    parole
    sequester
    probation

  9. A statute or regulation enacted by a local legislative body (such as a city or town)

    10. Your answer:
    public law
    ordinance
    plaintiff

  10. To isolate jury members to prevent public influence during a trial

    11. Your answer:
    venue
    sequester
    plea bargaining

  11. The disqualification, without a stated reason, of a potential juror by an attorney (during the jury selection process)

    12. Your answer:
    peremptory challenge
    sequester
    sentence

  12. The Justice Department's legal officer who decides which cases the federal government will appeal to the Supreme Court and who represents the government before the Court

    13. Your answer:
    Solicitor General
    United States Attorney
    High Plaintiff

  13. Fairness or justice under the law, a kind of law based on fairness rather than statutes or common-law precedents

    14. Your answer:
    cross examination
    deposition
    equity

  14. A court's decision that an accused person is not guilty

    15. Your answer:
    acquittal
    conviction
    adversary proceeding

  15. Land and everything attached to it, such as houses and barns

    16. Your answer:
    private property
    real property
    public property

  16. The formal reading in an open court of the charges against a defendant

    17. Your answer:
    hearing
    plea bargaining
    arraignment

  17. The defense's questioning of the prosecution's witnesses (during a trial) in an effort to discredit their testimony

    18. Your answer:
    deposition
    examination
    cross examination

  18. The rules and regulations issued by governmental agencies

    19. Your answer:
    administrative law
    agency rules
    adversary proceeding

  19. A formal interview given by a witness under oath before a trial is held

    20. Your answer:
    plea bargaining
    interview
    deposition

  20. During a trial, if a jury cannot agree on a verdict of "guilty" or "not guilty," they are called this

    21. Your answer:
    sequester
    hung jury
    mistrial

  21. The legal system separate from the criminal justice system for adults, that deals with persons under 18 accused of committing crimes, and is intended to rehabilitate rather than punish

    22. Your answer:
    justice system
    juvenile justice system
    legal system

  22. The rules and principles that guide relations among nations

    23. Your answer:
    public law
    civil law
    international law

  23. A trial that becomes invalid because the judge believes fairness has been jeopardized or because the jury cannot agree on a verdict

    24. Your answer:
    mistrial
    change of venue
    retrial

  24. The person or group who files suit in a civil case

    25. Your answer:
    plaintiff
    petit jury
    defendant

  25. The body of law that specifies offenses against the public and the penalties for committing those offenses

    26. Your answer:
    criminal law
    federal law
    public law

  26. An adversary in a lawsuit or a criminal trial

    27. Your answer:
    plaintiff
    defendant
    litigant

  27. A trial in which the two opposing sides argue before an unbiased jury and a neutral judge

    28. Your answer:
    bench trial
    adversary proceeding
    court martial

  28. A professional lender of bail money

    29. Your answer:
    bondsman
    litigant
    plaintiff

  29. Pre-trial negotiations in which the prosecutor tries to dispose of a case before going to trial by agreeing to reduce the charges if the defendant agrees to plead guilty

    30. Your answer:
    probation
    plea bargaining
    change of venue

  30. The location of a trial – where the trial is held

    31. Your answer:
    sequester
    venue
    deposition

  31. A formal legal agreement between two or more individuals, businesses, or other organizations

    32. Your answer:
    plea
    contract
    sentence

  32. The punishment decided by a court (usually by a judge) after a criminal trial

    33. Your answer:
    plea bargaining
    probation
    sentence

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