Law Vocabulary

criminal act that already has been set with a penalty

• Civil proceeding
• Criminal proceeding
• Prosecutor
• Bail

when a trial is complete or stops for any reason

• Overruled
• Adjournment
• Bail  
• Hearsay

Failure to exercise proper care

• Sustained

• Object

• Overruled

• Negligence

to be opposed to

• Sustained
• Object
• Overruled
• Defendant

the person charged with the crime

• Prosecutor
• Plaintiff
• Defendant
• Attorney

legal proceedings

• Trial
• Jury
• Attorney
• Overruled

When a jury member is isolated so he / she cannot be exposed to any opinions dealing with a court case

• Sustained

• Deliberation

• Sequestered

• Criminal proceeding

to support an objection so question cannot be allowed

• Hearsay
• Sustained
• Overruled
• Adjournment

Person who gives evidence that is related to the facts of a trial

• Trial

• Prosecutor

• Plaintiff

• Witness

Principle established in a past crime

• Overruled

• Precedent

• Hearsay

• Trial