Judicial Branch Vocabulary Review 1

freedom from bias or prejudice

• appeal

• impartiality

• inquire

• evidence

proof, testimony, data

• evidence

• appeal

• prosecutor

• civil law

opposing, conflicting, antagonistic

• plaintiff

• prosecutor

• adversarial

• inquisitorial

non-criminal law,

deals with disputes between individuals or organizations seeking monetary compensation

• prosecutor

• civil law

• criminal law

• plaintiff

investigatory, probing,

a legal system where the judge investigates the facts of the case

• inquisitorial

• adversarial

• criminal law

• prosecutor

penal law, law of crimes

deals with offenses against the public or society as a whole

• adversary

• civil law

• criminal law

• trial

district attorney, state's attorney

presents the case against the defendant in a criminal trial

• adversary

• plaintiff

• defendant

• prosecutor

opponent, rival, antagonist

• adversary

• plaintiff

• judge

• attorney

claimant,

the person who initiates a civil lawsuit

• defendant

• plaintiff

• prosecutor

• judge

designate, select, name

choose to hold a position or perform a duty

• appeal

• judge

• plaintiff

• appoint