Courtroom Vocabulary

Any hearing or court appearance related to the adjudication of a case.

• Sentence
• Oath
• Verdict
• Proceeding

The way a judge is addressed in a courtroom.

• Docket
• Your Honor
• Docket
• Judgement

A request for a higher court to review a decision made by a lower court.

• Appeal
• Acquittal
• Arraignment
• Hearing

A court proceeding before or after the trial of a lawsuit.

• Judgement
• Conviction
• Hearing
• Mistrial

Conditional release from prison before the end of a sentence.

• Oath
• Objection
• Parole
• Perjury

A verdict of guilty or not guilty is handed down by the jury.

• verdict
• Plead
• Sentence
• Warran

A legal determination that a person who has been charged with a crime is innocent.

• Docket
• Acquittal
• Ex Parte
• Judgement

The decision of a court of law.

• Motion
• Bail
• Mistrial
• Judgement

A declaration of a statement's truth, which renders one willfully asserting an untrue statement punishable for perjury.

• Objection
• Overruled
• Oath
• Plead

A deliberate lie said under oath.

• Plaintiff
• Proceeding
• Perjury
• Plead