Legal Terminology Quiz #2

What is direct evidence?

• Evidence based on a presumption and inference

• Proof of facts by a witness who saw/heard something relevant to the case

• The basic law, like the constitution

• An enactment by a city or country of a law

What is circumstantial evidence?

• Evidence based on a presumption and inference

• Proof of facts by a witness who saw/heard something relevant to the case

• The basic law, like the constitution

• An enactment by a city or country of a law

What is fundamental law?

• The basic law, like the constitution

• An enactment by a city or country of a law

• Proof of facts by a witness who saw/heard something relevant to the case

• Evidence based on a presumption and inference

What is general law?

• The basic law, like the constitution

• Evidence based on a presumption and inference

• Laws that affect the community at large

• Proof of facts by a witness who saw/heard something relevant to the case

What is an opinion in legal terms?

• The party presenting the request stated in a petition

• Written explanation filed by court at the close of a hearing listing the reasons and authorities used

• Proof of facts by a witness who saw/heard something relevant to the case

• An enactment by a city or country of a law

What is an ordinance?

• An enactment by a city or country of a law

• The party presenting the request stated in a petition

• Written explanation filed by court at the close of a hearing listing the reasons and authorities used

• Proof of facts by a witness who saw/heard something relevant to the case

Who is a petitioner?

• Proof of facts by a witness who saw/heard something relevant to the case

• Written explanation filed by court at the close of a hearing listing the reasons and authorities used

• A reasonable belief that an allegation is probably true

• The party presenting the request stated in a petition

What is probable cause?

• To present a court with reasons why any intended course of action should not be carried out

• To charge an individual with a crime and follow the case through to end

• A reasonable belief that an allegation is probably true

• an objectively justifiable suspicion that is based on specific facts or circumstances and that justifies stopping and sometimes searching

What does it mean to prosecute?

• To present a court with reasons why any intended course of action should not be carried out

• To charge an individual with a crime and follow the case through to end

• A reasonable belief that an allegation is probably true

• Proof of facts by a witness who saw/heard something relevant to the case

What does it mean to show cause?

• To present a court with reasons why any intended course of action should not be carried out (justify, explain, or prove something)

• The party who stands accused of a civil or criminal wrong.

• A reasonable belief that an allegation is probably true

• To charge an individual with a crime and follow the case through to end