Judicial Terms 2

The standard by which a police officer may make an arrest or conduct a personal or property search

• Plea

• Bargain

• Plaintiff

• Probable Cause

To bring (a defendant) before a judge or magistrate to hear the charges and to plead usually either guilty or not guilty

• Arraignment

• Verdict

• Indict

• Acquit

To give one's answer to a specific charge of having broken a law

• Bargain

• Plea

• Plaintiff

• Indict

Money given to free a prisoner until his or her trial

• Arraignment

• Probably Cause

• Verdict

• Bail

To charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law

• Acquit

• Indict

• Verdict

• Plea

The decision reached by a jury

• Verdict

• Acquit

• Probable Cause

• Plaintiff

A person who starts a lawsuit in court

• Defendant

• Plaintiff

• Convict

• Verdict

A person who is accused or sued in a court of law

• Defendant

• Convict

• Plaintiff

• Bail

A person found guilty of a crime and sentenced by a court

• Defendant

• Convict

• Probably Cause

• Plaintiff

To declare innocent of a crime or of wrongdoing

• Plea

• Convict

• Acquit

• Indict