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100
When a lawyer questions the other side's witness...
What is cross-examination?
100
Any type of legal proff that is given at a trial; it can include witnesses, testimony, and exhibits
What is evidence?
100
A formal accusation agaisnt a person
What is indictment?
100
The branch of the national government that makes the laws
What is the legislative branch?
100
The type of trial where the lawyers for the prosecution represent the government.
What is criminal trial?
200
The authority to interpet and apply the law
What is Jurisdiction?
200
A court case in which the defendant is accused of sommitting a crime
What is Criminal Case?
200
Unlawfully threatening someone or trying to seriously hurt someone
What is aggravated assault?
200
The actions or laws that are not allowed by the constitution.
What is unconstitutional?
200
The privilege between the client and their lawyer that gives a right to confidential conversations.
What is attorney-client priviledge?
300
This is when a lawyer questions his or her side's witness
What is Direct Examination?
300
A court case about a noncriminal matter.
What is a civil case?
300
A juvenile who has done something wrong that is not a crime, like breaking curfew
What is a status offender?
300
The court in which the Cheif Justice of the United States is the leader
What is the Supreme Court?
300
The type of jury that issues a formal charge against a defendant.
What is the grand jury?
400
The court in which the facts of a case are heard
What is Trial Court
400
A crime that is less serious than a felony
What is misdemeanor?
400
Being absent from school
What is truancy?
400
The number of banches in the United States government.
What is three (3)?
400
The ban on making, transporting, and selling alcoholic drinks.
What is prohibition?
500
A court that can review and overturn the decision of a lower court
What is court of appeals
500
The most seious type of crime
What is a felony?
500
A juvenile who has committed a crime
What is a delinquent child
500
The amendment that gives Americans freedom of speech
What is the First Amendment?
500
The amendment that protects people from self-incrimination.
What is the Fifth Amendment?