Vocabulary Quiz: jur, jus, jud

What do you call an area of land that is governed by a person who can hold those people accountable for following specific laws?

• Jurisdiction

• Justification

• Jurist

• Justice

What does every citizen have a right to in the United States?

• Judge

• Justice

• Justification

• Perjury

Who is the person who leads the case in a courtroom and makes sure the lawyers conduct a fair trial?

• Jurist

• Perjury

• Jury

• Judge

Who is known as an expert in law?

• Jurist

• Jury

• Jurisdiction

• Perjury

When answering any test question that asks why, it is important to know that you are expected to do this to your answer.

• Perjury

• Jurisdiction

• Abjure

• Justify

If you lie when you promise to tell the truth in a courtroom, you can be sent to jail because what is against the law?

• Justification

• Abjuring

• Perjury

• Jurists

Your reasons for why it was okay to be home fifteen minutes late are known as these.

• Justifications

• Jurisdictions

• Perjury

• Justice

As a citizen you may do this.

• Abjure

• Perjury

• Jurisdiction

• Justice

A decision that is fair is also what?

• Just

• Abjured

• Jurisdiction

• Jurist

A fair trial for any suspect requires which of the following?

• Jury

• Justification

• Abjure

• Perjury