Legal English

A person who begins a lawsuit.

• plaintiff
• defendant
• the state
• lawyer

Conflict between 2 or more parties.

• violate
• dispute
• crime
• libel

The highest level of the law.

• local

• municipal

• state

• federal

A panel of citizens appointed by a judge to listen to evidence in a case is called _____________.

• a jurisdiction
• the King's Bench
• a jury
• a focus group

A word, name, device, symbol, or combination used by a manufacturer or seller to distinguish a product from another’s.

• corporate name

• tramemark

• patent

• copyright

A crime is an offense against the public good.

• True
• False

Spoken defamation of character of a person, business, or group, causing the entity to lose esteem of community.

• meanness
• libel
• gossip
• slander

A person required to answer legal action or lawsuit.

• judge
• defendant
• plaintiff
• attorney

Crime for which punishment is one year or less in jail and/or a fine.

• misdemeanor
• felony
• litigation
• battery

The law defined by the US Constitution.

• administrative
• common
• statutory
• constitutional