English 11B - Legal Vocab --PART 1 Question Preview (ID: 41739)


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Affidavit
a) a written statement made under oath
b) happening at the same time
c) of no practical value; unimportant
d) a document giving authorization; a permit or license

Amendment
a) requiring other conditions; depending on
b) evidence that absolves, exonerates, or proves someone innocent
c) the obligation to establish or prove an argument
d) a change made to a legal document

Brief
a) statements made out of court and reported by another person
b) a short statement; summary of a legal position
c) a civil, not criminal, wrong
d) a sworn statement; word of honor

Burden of proof
a) failure to fulfill an obligation, pay a penalty
b) someone sued or accused in court
c) the obligation to establish or prove an argument
d) a jury, normally of 23 jurors, selected to examine the validity of an accusation

Concurrent
a) happening at the same time
b) failure to fulfill an obligation, pay a penalty
c) evidence that absolves, exonerates, or proves someone innocent
d) statements made out of court and reported by another person

Contingent
a) a sworn statement; word of honor
b) a model or example to follow, something that happened before
c) a civil, not criminal, wrong
d) requiring other conditions; depending on

Default
a) failure to fulfill an obligation, pay a penalty
b) someone sued or accused in court
c) a model or example to follow, something that happened before
d) the process of taking legal action, legal proceedings

Defendant
a) a written statement made under oath
b) someone sued or accused in court
c) the obligation to establish or prove an argument
d) a person who brings a case to court against another

Exculpatory evidence
a) an order to restrain or stop something
b) the extent or area of power to make legal decisions
c) evidence that absolves, exonerates, or proves someone innocent
d) a sworn statement; word of honor

Grand Jury
a) statements made out of court and reported by another person
b) Acts that are the product of involuntary neurological responses such as sleepwalking
c) a jury, normally of 23 jurors, selected to examine the validity of an accusation before trial
d) someone sued or accused in court

Hearsay
a) an order to restrain or stop something
b) statements made out of court and reported by another person
c) the obligation to establish or prove an argument
d) a sworn statement; word of honor

Injunction
a) an order to restrain or stop something
b) a sworn statement; word of honor
c) a model or example to follow, something that happened before
d) a document giving authorization; a permit or license

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