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Legal Vocabulary #1 - Legal English

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Judgement is

a)

A decision by a court

b)

a decision by a state

c)

a decision by a lawyer

d)

a decison by a president

2.

A person whose job is to adjudicate in court cases

a)

lawyer

b)

solicitor

c)

barrister

d)

judge

3.

The obligation placed on one of the parties in a dispute to prove their allegations in order to obtain relief from the court.

a)

guilty

b)

burden of proof

c)

punish

d)

witness

4.

Witness is Someone who attends court to ______ about events

a)

judge

b)

testify

c)

hear

d)

prosecute

5.

An individual or organization that employs a professional to provide that professional’s services; someone who employs an attorney to represent him or her in court, to draft legal documents, to advise, or to provide other legal services.

a)

lawyer

b)

soliciter

c)

jury

d)

client

6.

A certain number of men and women selected according to law and sworn to try a question of fact or indict a person for public offense.

a)

judge

b)

jury

c)

barrister

d)

prosecutor

7.

a person agains whom the criminal offense has been committed

a)

prosecutor

b)

paralegal

c)

victim

d)

advocate

8.

a counsellor learned in the law who has been admitted to plead at the bar, and who is engaged in conducting the trial or argument of causes

a)

jury

b)

barrister

c)

paralegal

d)

solicitor

9.

A legal practitioner in the court of chancery.

a)

jury

b)

barrister

c)

paralegal

d)

solicitor

10.

prison is

a)

a building used to house convicted criminal

b)

A building used to adjudicated

c)

A building used to worked by judge

d)

A building used to processed documents about crime

11.

A person licensed by the State to represent people in court and give legal advice.

a)

notary

b)

jury

c)

lawyer

d)

prosecutor

12.

a person authorised to perform acts in legal affairs, in particular witnessing signatures on documents.

a)

prosecutor

b)

paralegal

c)

solicitor

d)

barrister

13.

Which one is different?

a)

court judgement

b)

verdict

c)

judge decision

d)

choice of law

14.

Murder is The unlawful ______ of a person by another person with malice aforethought.

a)

killing

b)

stealing

c)

beating

d)

raping

15.

a person authorised to perform acts in legal affairs, in particular witnessing signatures on documents.

a)

notary

b)

jury

c)

lawyer

d)

prosecutor