Legal Terms

Which lawyer tries to prove the suspect is guilty?

• Prosecutor
• Defense attorney

What is a procedure where a lawyer protests or argues that a question, testimony, or evidence is improper?

• Rejection
• Subjection
• Objection
• Dejection

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Who are the group of people sworn to make a decision/deliver a verdict in court?

• Audience
• Jury
• Judge
• Stenographer

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

What is the legal term for someone who saw an event and provides testimony in court known as? 

• Plaintiff
• Defendant
• Witness
• Verdict

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

A verdict is a:

• decision or judgement 
• person
• a defendant
• a type of lawyer

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

What is evidence in court where a person tells everything they saw or know? 

• Evidence
• Verdict
• Testimony
• Plaintiff

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is a person who types/writes everything the judge, lawyers, and witnesses say in court?

• Stenographer
• Journalist
• Jury
• Judge

The person who initiates a civil lawsuit

• Plaintiff
• Defendant

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is a procedure where a lawyer protests or argues that a question, testimony, or evidence is improper?

• Rejection
• Subjection
• Objection
• Dejection

Who are the group of people sworn to make a decision/deliver a verdict in court

• Audience
• Jury
• Judge
• Stenographer