Mock Trial Vocabulary

A court decision that a person is not guilty

• Contempt of Court

• Acquittal

• Autopsy

• Bench

The court official who maintains order in the courtroom, brings the jurors in and out of the jury room, seats the jurors in the jury box and calls the court to order at the beginning of the proceedings

• Affidavit

• Councel

• Bailiff

• Civil case

The seat occupied by the judge in court

• Bench

• Civil Case

• Court clerk

• Comtempt

A requirement to prove a disputed fact in court

• Autopsy

• Contempt of court

• Affidavit

• Burden of Proof

The legal representative of another; an attorney.

• Counsel

• Count Clerk

• Criminal Case

• Prosecutor

A legal action brought by the state in which a person is accused of an act which the law calls a crime.

• Impeachment

• Decision

• Criminal Case

• Not guilty

The questioning of a witness by someone other than the person calling the witness to the stand

• Motion

• Juror

• Liable

• Cross-examination

The person being charged with a crime in a criminals case, the person answering accusations of causing another a loss in a civil case.

• Punishment

• Defendant

• Not guilty

• Felony

A court ruling

• Overrule

• Decision

• Motion

• Judge

The attorney representing the defendant.

• Defendent

• Prosecution Attorney

• Defense Attorney

• Objection