Street Law Ch. 5 Beginning Vocab & Concepts

The highest court in the United States is called the ____________--__________.

• Supreme magistrate

• Supreme Court

• Appellate Court

• Trial Court

____________ courts listen to testimony, consider evidence, and decide the facts in disputed situations.

• Trial

• Appellate

• Supreme

• Military

______________ can be anything that might prove or disprove an issue in a case.

• Exculpatory

• Private investigation

• Enrichment

• Evidence

In a trial there are two (2) ________________, or two sides, to each case.

• opponents

• partners

• parties

• disputants

In a criminal trial, the state or federal government initiates the case and serves as the _________________.

• prosecutor

• persecutor

• plaintiff

• bailiff

In both civil and criminal trials, the party responsible for responding to the plaintiff or prosecution (civil or criminal, respectively), is called the _________________.

• criminal

• accused

• defendant

• perpetrator

The trial system in the United States is a(n) _________________ system.

• inquisitorial

• democratic

• adversarial

• appellate

The "adversarial system" indicates our U.S. trial system is a contest between _____________ side(s), or _________________.

• opposing, adversaries

• friendly, best friends

• one, defendants

• a single, the judge

Some European countries use the ________________ system, in which the judge is the active fact-finder, witness examiner, process controller and evidence gatherer.

• institutional

• insubordinate

• inquisitional/inquisitorial

• adversarial

Check all that apply: in the INQUISITORIAL system, the judge can do all of the following:

• order witnesses to appear

• conduct searches

• represent defendants

• present and comment on evidence

• hide facts