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Miscellaneous
100
The person on trial.
What is the defendant?
100
The people that are called to testify.
What are the witnesses?
100
Guessing about something.
What is speculation?
100
Not an expert or not the expert's area.
What is improper opinion?
100
The person that swears in the witness.
What is court clerk?
200
The side that brought the case to trial.
What is the prosecution?
200
The answers to the questions asked by the lawyers.
What is the testimony?
200
Witness has already testified about this.
What is asked and answered?
200
Getting the witness to say what you want instead of letting them tell their story.
What is leading the witness?
200
The type of trial when a person accuse another person of something.
What is a civil trial?
300
When a judge throws does not accept an objection.
What is overruled?
300
Witness seems to be evading the question.
What is non-responsive?
300
The counsel during closing, brings up information that was not heard during the trial.
What is arguing fact not in evidence?
300
Objects presented during a trial.
What is evidence?
400
The questioning to discredit a witness.
What is cross examination?
400
The final decision after a trial.
What is the verdict?
400
Didn't take the information in small steps or build on the ideas correctly.
What is lack of foundation?
400
Doesn't have information about a particular issue.
What is lack of personal knowledge?
400
When something is irrelevant.
What is not important to the case?
500
To absolutely clear; proof is clearly presented.
What is beyond a reasonable doubt?
500
Out of court statement to prove the truth of the matter.
What is hearsay?
500
Objection for only re-crossing or re-direct over information not brought up.
What is scope of trial?
500
When the attorney that called in the witness is allowed to ask that witness more questions after the opposing side has asked them questions.
What is re-direct?
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