Court Vocabulary

A testimony given out

• Deposition

• Deliberation

• Civil Trial

• Discorvery

Long and Careful consideration or discussion

• impulsiveness
• haste
• recklessness
• deliberation

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Involves one person complaining about something another person did or didn't do

• celebrating
• Civil Trial

• Suing

• Criminal Trial

Parties talk face to face is a...

• Dispute

• negotiation

• Court room

• Confrontation

Advance sharing of information is...

• Sharing

• Discovery

• Prosecutor

• Delaying sharing of information

A Prosecutor is...

• a judge who presides over the trial
• a legal representative who presents the case in a court of law against an individual accused of committing a crime
• a witness who provides testimony in the case
• a defense attorney who represents the accused in court

An Affidavits is...

• A written statement confirmed by oath or affirmation, for use as evidence in court.
• Physical evidence

• A type of dance popular in the 1920s
• A type of bird found in South America

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

Cross Examination is...

• the questioning of a witness by the opposing party's attorney during a trial or hearing
• a type of act performed in court

• a method of testing evidence

• a form of accusing used by lawyers

Objection is...

• an agreement with a proposal
• a fact that proves a point
• a statement that supports a claim
• A rule court rule broken with a question or answer

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.RI.6.4

The preponderance of the evidence is...

• related to the color of the evidence
• related to the smell of the evidence
• The evidence is slightly more convincing for the plaintiff than the defendant's evidence

• related to the size of the evidence

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.SL.6.3