Mock Trial Vocabulary

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A person who knowingly helps another in a crime or wrongdoing.

Back

Accomplice

Front

to help or make the action easier

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facilitate

Front

to help, assist or support in the achievement of something

Back

to aid

Front

a minor breaking the rules

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misdemeanor

Front

to encourage or assist someone to do something wrong, in particular, to commit a crime or other offence

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abetting

Front

to plan or think of something beforehand

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to premeditate

Front

BONUS: Prosecution...

Back

attempts to find the defendant guilty

Front

BONUS: The Defense...

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attempts to find the defendant not guilty

Front

BONUS: The direct examination is...

Back

The friendly interrogation of your own witnesses

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BONUS: The jury is...

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A group of citizens selected and sworn, according to the law, to inquire about certain facts about evidence presented to them.