Unit 5 Vocabulary/Lessons Quiz

Rules enforced by governments are called?

• rules

• rule of law

• laws

• mandates

Any behavior that is illegal because the government considers it harmful to society or breaks a law is called a

• law breaker

• misdemeanor

• felony

• crime

This type of law refers to a group of laws that tell which acts are crimes, how accused persons should be tried in court and should be punished.

• civil law

• juvenile law

• criminal law

A serious crime for which the penalty can be imprisonment for more than one year is called a

• civil crime

• a misdemeanor

• a felony

• larceny

A less serious crime for which the penalty is often just a fine and no real jail time is called a

• civil law

• a criminal law

• a felony

• a misdemeanor

Money that a defendant gives the court as a promise to return for trial/court is called

• restitution

• payment

• bail

• bond

A court hearing in which the defendant is formally charged with a crime and enters a plea of guilty, not guilty or no contest is called?

• indictment

• jury hearing

• arraignment

• plea bargain

Agreeing to plead guilty in exchange for a lesser charge or a lighter sentence is called?

• arraingnment

• indictment

• jury hearing

• plea bargaining

Holding a hearing without giving a juvenile enough time to prepare is due process

• True

• False

Assigning a free lawyer to a juvenile who cannot afford one is due process

• true

• false