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Legal Terminology
Parts of Government
Criminal Law
Civil Law
Potpourri
100
The least number of year(s) one must serve in prison for committing a felony.
What is one year?
100
The law-making body of our government.
What is Congress?
100
The killing of one human being by another.
What is murder/homicide?
100
Another term for a law
What is a statute?
100
An alternative to going to court to solve an issue.
What is mediation?
200
A law that states neither spouse has to tell information on the other in court.
What is privilege?
200
The highest court in the United States of America.
What is the Supreme Court?
200
Acting with intent to harm or intimidate someone.
What is assault?
200
The party that sues the another party in a civil case.
What is a plaintiff?
200
The crime a parent can be charged with if they are not appropriately watching their children.
What is negligence?
300
A person that is facing charges in court.
What is a defendant?
300
The Amendment to the Constitution that gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment
300
This crime is also known as "mercy killing."
What is euthanasia?
300
Property owned by both husband and wife.
What is joint property?
300
Failing to give information to the police concerning a crime.
What is crime of omission?
400
A defendant agrees to plead guilty to a lesser offense.
What is a plea bargain?
400
The number of Supreme Court Justices.
What is 9?
400
The common name for this crime is blackmail.
What is extortion?
400
The type of insurance doctors and lawyers need in case they mess up.
What is malpractice insurance?
400
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution giving 18 year old's the right to vote.
What is the 26th Amendment?
500
A grand jury's formal charge for a crime.
What is an indictment?
500
The current Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is Justice John Roberts?
500
The official process of making a police record of an arrest.
What is booking?
500
The name of the fee that lawyers get paid if they take a percentage of the money they win in a case.
What is contingency fee?
500
Screening process in which opposing lawyers question prospective jurors to ensure as fair a jury as possible.
What is voir dire?