Law and Court Vocabulary

A place where legal matters are decided by a judge and a jury is called:

• a yard

• a court hall

• a courtroom

• a courthouse

Another term for "accused" is :

• culprit

• defendant

• bailiff

• clerk

Another term for "advocate" is :

• lawyer

• counsellor

• attorney

• legal representative

Someone who brings charges against someone or tries to prove in a trial that someone is guilty is called:

• defense attorney

• prosecutor

• attorney general

• notary public

A sum of money that an arrested person or someone else puts forward as a guarantee that the arrested person will attend their trial is called:

• plea

• acquittal

• bail

• charge

The word "probation" means:

• to collect evidence for a trial

• a period of time during which a person who has committed a crime has to obey the law and be supervised

• the period of time a person spends in prison

The offence of willfully telling an untruth under oath is called:

• jury

• perjury

• negligence

• breach

When one collects facts or information about an incident or a problem, that could be part of :

• a testimony

• a hearing

• a deposition

• a formal statement

At the end of a trial, a person can be:

• guilty

• not guilty

• acquitted

• convicted

In English, the term for "jurat" is:

• clerk

• bailiff

• jury

• witness