Criminal Law Vocabulary Quiz

What is criminal law?

• A body of law that defines crimes and prescribes punishments.

• A body of law concerned with private relations between members of a community.

• A legal official who accuses someone of committing a crime.

• An action or omission that constitutes an offense punishable by law.

What does prosecution mean?

• The act of conducting legal proceedings against someone in respect of a criminal charge.

• A person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime.

• The official power to make legal decisions and judgments.

• A public official appointed to decide cases in a court of law.

What is a crime?

• An action or omission that constitutes an offense punishable by law.

• The punishment assigned to a defendant found guilty by a court.

• The conditional release of a prisoner before the end of their sentence.

• The release of an offender from detention.

What is a prosecutor?

• A legal official who accuses someone of committing a crime.

• A person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime.

• A body of law that defines crimes.

• A group of people sworn to render a verdict.

What is a victim?

• A person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime.

• A person who commits an illegal act.

• The official power to make legal decisions.

• A public official appointed to decide cases.

What does jurisdiction mean?

• The official power to make legal decisions and judgments.

• The act of conducting legal proceedings.

• The crime of obstructing prosecutors.

• The unlawful entry into a building.

What is an offender?

• A person who commits an illegal act.

• A person harmed by a crime.

• A legal official who accuses someone.

• A public official appointed to decide cases.

What is a sentence?

• The punishment assigned to a defendant found guilty by a court.

• The act of conducting legal proceedings.

• The unlawful physical acting upon a threat.

• A group of people sworn to render a verdict.

What does imprisonment mean?

• The state of being imprisoned; captivity.

• The conditional release of a prisoner.

• The crime of obstructing justice.

• The act of inflicting physical harm.

What is parole?

• The conditional release of a prisoner before the end of their sentence.

• The act of conducting legal proceedings.

• The crime of obstructing justice.

• The unlawful entry into a building.