Principles of law vocabulary

An official of the judicial branch with authority to decide lawsuits brought before courts use generically the term judge may also refer to all judicial officers including supreme Court justices

• Judge

• Acquittal

• Affidavit

• Jury

The group of persons selected to hear evidence in a trial and render a verdict on matters of fact

• Jury

• Prosecute

• Record

• Sentence

a written or printed statement made under oath

• Affidavit
• Invoice
• Receipt
• Agenda

To charge someone with a crime a prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government

• Prosecute

• Record

• Sentence

• Settlement

A written account of all the proceedings in a case including all pleadings evidence and exhibits submitted in the course of the case

• Record

• Sentence

• Settlement

• Statute

The punishment ordered by a court for a defendant convicted of a crime

• Sentence

• Settlement

• Statute

• Subpoena

Parties to a lawsuit resolve their dispute without having a trial

• Settlement

• Statute

• Subpoena

• Testimony

A written law passed by a legislative body

• Statute

• Subpoena

• Testimony

• Verdict

A command issued under a Court authority to a witness to appear to give a testimony

• Subpoena

• Testimony

• Verdict

• Witness

Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trial or before grand juries

• Testimony

• Verdict

• Witness

• Affidavit