Legal Vocabularly Quiz

Which of the following is the term used to describe all the documents filed with the court in a claim?

• Complaints

• Pleadings

• Briefs

• Legal Documents

Which term best describes the work a solicitor who doesn't appear in court but drafts documents like contracts does?

• Pre-litigation work

• Contractual work

• Transactional work

• Drafting work

Bee-movie - While questioning Sting on the witness stand, Barry discloses that Sting's real name is Gordon M. Sumner, causing the jury to gasp in disbelief. What term describes when a barrister tries to show to the jury that a witness is not credible?

• Judicial Review

• Cross examination

• Direct examination

• Incrimination

Which of the following does a judge not issue in a court case ?

• Sentence

• Ruling

• Application

• Decision

• Order

res ipsa loquitur -

What is the legal meaning ?

• Presenting the negative portion of a plea when pleading at common by way a special traverse.

• Latin for an "argument from a stronger reason", meaning that, because one fact is true, a second (related and included) fact must also be true.

• Latin for 'the thing speaks for itself' which may be relied on by a claimant if they are unable to prove precisely how an accident took place.

• Attacking an opponent's character rather than answering his argument.

The (a)   of a property is the person who rents it from the Landlord.

The written agreement to live in a house, but not to buy it, is called a .......................

• Contract

• Lease

• Conveyance

• Stay

A document known as a .............................is usually used when you borrow money from a bank to buy a house.

(a)  

• Mortgage

• Security

• Proof

• Loan

The fomal legal name for an act which causes someone else to suffer some form of loss or harm is called a .................. .

• Damage

• Hurt

• Injury

• Tort

............................. is the word used to describe laws passed by a Country’s Parliament.(Fill in the blank)

• Bills

• Legislation

• Schedules

• By-laws