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WorksheetsSS.7.CG.1.8 & 2.4 Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 19mins
What is the meaning of ex post facto?
A law that makes an act a crime after the crime has been committed
The process of asking a higher court to decide whether a trial was conducted properly
The principle that the government has to provide a cause or reason for holding a person in jail
A court decision in an earlier case with facts and legal issues similar to those in a case currently before a court
What is the principle of habeas corpus?
A law that makes an act a crime after the crime has been committed
The process of asking a higher court to decide whether a trial was conducted properly
The principle that the government has to provide a cause or reason for holding a person in jail
A court decision in an earlier case with facts and legal issues similar to those in a case currently before a court
What is the meaning of independent judiciary?
A law that makes an act a crime after the crime has been committed
The process of asking a higher court to decide whether a trial was conducted properly
The principle that the government has to provide a cause or reason for holding a person in jail
Decisions from the courts are fair and impartial and are not influenced by the other branches of government
What is a precedent in legal terms?
A law that makes an act a crime after the crime has been committed
The process of asking a higher court to decide whether a trial was conducted properly
A court decision in an earlier case with facts and legal issues similar to those in a case currently before a court
Decisions from the courts are fair and impartial and are not influenced by the other branches of government
What is the meaning of privacy in legal terms?
Not in public
Common benefit, the general of the public
The principle that the government has to provide a cause or reason for holding a person in jail
A judgment decided by a trial court without that case going to trial
It was in the ___________________ for the CDC to share information during Covid.
privacy
safeguard
public interest
best interest
The U.S. Constitution __________ some citizen's rights, but then limits others.
expresses
safeguards
enumerates
expands
Johnny's attorney asked the judge for a _______________________ because the state had not proven its case.
summary judgement
appellate judgement
writ
habeas corpus
The jurors requested that the judge interpret the _______ for them.
evidence
ordinance
writ
regulation
What does the term 'defense' mean?
A. Protecting oneself
B. Establishing fair rules
C. Referring to something at home
D. Making sure
What does the term 'domestic' refer to?
A. Protecting oneself
B. Establishing fair rules
C. Referring to something at home
D. Making sure
Which term means 'to make sure'?
A. Defense
B. Domestic
C. Insure
D. Ensure
What does the term 'justice' refer to?
A. Future generations
B. The introduction to the U.S. Constitution
C. Peace
D. Establishing what is legal and illegal by fair rules
What does the term 'welfare' mean?
A. Establishing something by law
B. The introduction to the U.S. Constitution
C. Peace
D. Well-being
To establish something by law
prosterity
justice
ordain
insure
Our treatment of the planet will be felt by our ______.
welfare
tranquility
union
posterity
The introduction to the U.S. Constitution is called
The Posterity
The Union
The Preamble
The Tranquility
Tranquility refers to
peace
water
war
justice
The United States of America form a ______.
Preamble
Union
Welfare State
Prosterity
