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Civics Chapter 15 vocabulary

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Summons

a)

to correct a person’s behavior

b)

A lack of proper care and attention

c)

a notice directing someone to appear in court to answer a complaint or a charge

d)

The questioning of a witness at a trial or hearing to check or discredit the witness’s testimony

2.

Adjudication Hearing

a)

a formal notice that a lawsuit has been brought

b)

the procedure used to determine the judgement

c)

a set of promises between agreeing parties that is enforceable by law

d)

the process in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a less serious crime in order to receive a lighter sentence

3.

Rehabilitate

a)

a notice directing someone to appear in court to answer a complaint or a charge

b)

The questioning of a witness at a trial or hearing to check or discredit the witness’s testimony

c)

A lack of proper care and attention

d)

to correct a person’s behavior

4.

Negligence

a)

the procedure used to determine a lawsuit

b)

a formal notice that a lawsuit has been brought

c)

A lack of proper care and attention

d)

Proper care and attention

5.

Damages

a)

Money given to the poorer people in society

b)

money ordered by a court to be paid for injuries or losses suffered

c)

The salary that working Americans recieve

d)

The loss of money

6.

Juvenile Delinquent

a)

Money won in a lawsuit

b)

An adult who breaks the law

c)

a child or teenager who commits a serious crime or repeatedly breaks the law

d)

A child or teenager

7.

Plea Bargaining

a)

The questioning of a witness at a trial or hearing to check or discredit the witness’s testimony

b)

A process in which a defendant fleas from their bail

c)

the process in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a less serious crime in order to receive a lighter sentence

d)

a notice directing someone to appear in court to answer a complaint or a charge

8.

Contract

a)

A broken promise

b)

a set of promises between agreeing parties that is enforceable by law

c)

money ordered by a court to be paid for injuries or losses suffered

d)

a formal notice that a lawsuit has been brought

9.

Complaint

a)

A second name for a civil court case

b)

What a Karen is filing over at customer service

c)

A notice that a criminal has broken their bond

d)

a formal notice that a lawsuit has been brought

10.

Cross-examination

a)

the procedure used to determine the judgement

b)

The questioning of a witness at a trial or hearing to check or discredit the witness’s testimony.

c)

Questioning the judges decision

d)

lack of proper care and attention