Unit 2 Vocab Quiz

Dissenting opinion

• a sum of money that a lawyer receives as a fee only if the case is won
• a statement written by a justice who disagrees with the majority opinion
• an opinion that agrees with the majority in a Supreme Court ruling but differs on the reasoning
• a defendant's admission of guilt in exchange for a less severe punishment

concurring opinion

• removing a potential juror that appears incapable of rendering a fair trial
• an opinion that agrees with the majority in a Supreme Court ruling but differs on the reasoning
• a sum of money that a lawyer receives as a fee only if the case is won
• a statement written by a justice who disagrees with the majority opinion

removing a potential juror that appears incapable of rendering a fair and impartial verdict

• concurring opinion
• contingency fee
• removal for cause
• trial courts

a defendant's admission of guilt in exchange for a less severe punishment

• trial courts
• appeals court
• mediation
• plea bargain

a sum of money that a lawyer receives as a fee only if the case is won

• appeals court
• dissenting opinion
• contingency fee
• concurring opinion

the process of giving sworn-evidence

• mediation
• deposition
• ligigator
• defendant

litigator

• a method of settling disputes outside of court by using the services of a neutral party
• a down payment by which a client hires an attorney to act in his or her behalf
• a trial attorney
• the process of giving sworn evidence

a court that reviews decisions made in lower district courts

• trial courts
• appeals court
• plea bargain
• contingency fee

The state or federal government attorney in a criminal case

• defendant
• prosecutor
• trial courts
• retainer

A method of settling disputes outside of court by using the services of a neutral third party

• prosecutor
• mediation
• plaintiff
• disbarred