Legal Terms

Which lawyer tries to prove the suspect is guilty?

• Prosecutor
• Defense attorney

What is a procedure where a lawyer protests or argues that a question, testimony, or evidence is improper?

• Rejection
• Subjection
• Objection
• Dejection

Who are the group of people sworn to make a decision/deliver a verdict in court?

• Audience
• Jury
• Judge
• Stenographer

What is the legal term for someone who saw an event and provides testimony in court known as? 

• Plaintiff
• Defendant
• Witness
• Verdict

A verdict is a:

• decision or judgement 
• person
• a defendant
• a type of lawyer

What is evidence in court where a person tells everything they saw or know? 

• Evidence
• Verdict
• Testimony
• Plaintiff

What is a person who types/writes everything the judge, lawyers, and witnesses say in court?

• Stenographer
• Journalist
• Jury
• Judge

In legal terms, a person who joins another in carrying out a crime is known as? 

• Guilty by Association 
• Imposter
• Villain
• Partner in crime

The person who initiates a civil lawsuit

• Plaintiff
• Defendant

The defendant is guilty until he proves himself innocent.

• True
• False