Unit 8 Vocab Review- Jur/Jus

What do the roots jur/jus mean?

• right or wrong

• law, justice, right

• crime

• away, apart

Which of your vocab words means: the crime of telling a lie after promising to tell the truth (take an oath) in a court of law?

• perjury

• justice

• justify

• jurisdiction

Which of your vocab words means: to give an acceptable explanation for something others think is unreasonable?

• jury

• justice

• justify

• juridiction

Which of your vocab words means: The official right and power to make decisions about something.

• jury

• justify

• perjury

• jurisdiction

Which of your vocab words means: The system by which people are judged in a court of law and criminals are punished (set things right)

• perjury

• justice

• justify

• jury

Which of your vocab words means: a group of ordinary people who listen to details of a case and decide whether someone is guilty or not.

• jurisdiction

• perjury

• justice

• jury

What does the word perjury mean?

• the crime of telling a lie after promising to tell the truth in court

• a group of ordinary people who listen to the details of a case and decide whether a person is guilty or not

• the system by which people are judged in a court of law and criminals are punished

• Processes that create landforms

What does jury mean?

• a group of ordinary people who listen to details of a case and decide whether someone is guilty or not

• the official right and power to make decisions about something

• the system by which people are judged in a court of law and criminals are punished

• the crime of telling a lie after promising to tell the truth in a court of law

What does jurisdiction mean?

• a group of ordinary people who listen to details of a case and decide whether someone is guilty or not

• the system by which people are judged in courts of law and criminals are punished

• the official right and power to make decisions about something

• to give an acceptable explanation for something others think is unreasonable

What does justice mean?

• to give an acceptable explanation for something others think is unreasonable

• the crime of telling a lie after promising to tell the truth in court

• a group of ordinary people who listen to details of a case and decide whether someone is guilty or not

• a group of ordinary people who listen to details of a case and decide whether someone is guilty or not