AAERT Practice Test Questions With Solutions
BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT - ANSWER -standard for conviction in a criminal trial
PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE - ANSWER -standard for winning a civil matter
BIRFUCATION - ANSWER -trial of certain issues separately
BLACK LETTER LAW - ANSWER -basic principles of law
BLACKS LAW DICTIONARY - ANSWER -standard legal reference work
BRIEFS - ANSWER -papers submitted by attorneys
BURDEN OF PROOF - ANSWER -obligation to provide affirmative proof on an issue
STANDARD OF EVIDENCE - ANSWER -how much evidence (or what type) is needed to bear that
burden
CALENDAR - ANSWER -court schedule
CASE IN CHIEF - ANSWER -primary presentation of evidence by a party
CASE LAW - ANSWER -printed decisions and opinions of appellate jurisdictions
CAUSE OF ACTION - ANSWER -situations causing a lawsuit
,WRIT OF CERTIORARI - ANSWER -appellate court order granting a hearing to an appellant
CHAIN OF CUSTODY - ANSWER -record showing proper maintenance of real evidence
CHALLENGE - ANSWER -objection to having someone serve as a juror
CHAMBERS - ANSWER -judges office within a court house
CHARGE TO THE JURY - ANSWER -instructions from the judge concerning the law which governs
a case
CHATTEL - ANSWER -an article of personal or movable property
CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL - ANSWER -federal appellate level immediately below the Supreme
Court
CLASS ACTION - ANSWER -suit joined in by a group of people who share a common interest in
matter
CLOSING STATEMENT - ANSWER -attorneys final statement
CLOUD ON TITLE - ANSWER -claim or lien which impairs an owners otherwise free right to use
property
QUIET TITLE - ANSWER -remove a claim or lien
,CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS - ANSWER -federal regulatory agency rules and regulations
which implement federal law
COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL - ANSWER -a bar to re litigating an issue already been tried between the
same parties
COLLOQUY - ANSWER -any formal conference, conversation or discussion
COMMON LAW - ANSWER -customary law
COMPLAINT - ANSWER -plaintiff's initial pleading which a defendant initially ANSWERs
CONCURRENT SENTENCES - ANSWER -2 or more sentences served at the same time
CONFLICT OF INTEREST - ANSWER -conflict between the private interests an public obligations
CONFRONT ACCUSERS - ANSWER -right of a person accused of a crime to face those making
accusations
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES - ANSWER -2 or more sentences which must be served one after the
other
CONTEMPT - ANSWER -willfully disobeying a court order
COUNTER CLAIM - ANSWER -defendant's claim against plaintiff
COURT MINUTES - ANSWER -summary record of events in a case
, CROSS EXAMINATION - ANSWER -questions by an opposing party after the side calling the
witness has examined
DEADLOCKED - ANSWER -jury is unable to agree on a verdict
DECLARANT - ANSWER -having an interest in a matter who makes an unsworn statement
DECLARATION - ANSWER -unsworn statement by one having interest in a matter
DEFENDANT - ANSWER -person of whom a lawsuit is filed
DEMURRER - ANSWER -assertion by a defendant that they do not entitle the plaintiff to prevail
DEPOSITION - ANSWER -questioning by attorneys of a party or witness under oath
DEPONENT - ANSWER -the person being questioned
DIRECT EXAMINATION - ANSWER -questioning by the attorney that called the witness
DIRECT TESTIMONY - ANSWER -ANSWERs given during direct examination; or testimony given
under oath by a person who is Pro Se
DISCOVERY - ANSWER -pretrial gathering and exchange of evidence
DISMISSED W/PREJUDICE - ANSWER -case dismissal that cannot be brought again
BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT - ANSWER -standard for conviction in a criminal trial
PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE - ANSWER -standard for winning a civil matter
BIRFUCATION - ANSWER -trial of certain issues separately
BLACK LETTER LAW - ANSWER -basic principles of law
BLACKS LAW DICTIONARY - ANSWER -standard legal reference work
BRIEFS - ANSWER -papers submitted by attorneys
BURDEN OF PROOF - ANSWER -obligation to provide affirmative proof on an issue
STANDARD OF EVIDENCE - ANSWER -how much evidence (or what type) is needed to bear that
burden
CALENDAR - ANSWER -court schedule
CASE IN CHIEF - ANSWER -primary presentation of evidence by a party
CASE LAW - ANSWER -printed decisions and opinions of appellate jurisdictions
CAUSE OF ACTION - ANSWER -situations causing a lawsuit
,WRIT OF CERTIORARI - ANSWER -appellate court order granting a hearing to an appellant
CHAIN OF CUSTODY - ANSWER -record showing proper maintenance of real evidence
CHALLENGE - ANSWER -objection to having someone serve as a juror
CHAMBERS - ANSWER -judges office within a court house
CHARGE TO THE JURY - ANSWER -instructions from the judge concerning the law which governs
a case
CHATTEL - ANSWER -an article of personal or movable property
CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL - ANSWER -federal appellate level immediately below the Supreme
Court
CLASS ACTION - ANSWER -suit joined in by a group of people who share a common interest in
matter
CLOSING STATEMENT - ANSWER -attorneys final statement
CLOUD ON TITLE - ANSWER -claim or lien which impairs an owners otherwise free right to use
property
QUIET TITLE - ANSWER -remove a claim or lien
,CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS - ANSWER -federal regulatory agency rules and regulations
which implement federal law
COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL - ANSWER -a bar to re litigating an issue already been tried between the
same parties
COLLOQUY - ANSWER -any formal conference, conversation or discussion
COMMON LAW - ANSWER -customary law
COMPLAINT - ANSWER -plaintiff's initial pleading which a defendant initially ANSWERs
CONCURRENT SENTENCES - ANSWER -2 or more sentences served at the same time
CONFLICT OF INTEREST - ANSWER -conflict between the private interests an public obligations
CONFRONT ACCUSERS - ANSWER -right of a person accused of a crime to face those making
accusations
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES - ANSWER -2 or more sentences which must be served one after the
other
CONTEMPT - ANSWER -willfully disobeying a court order
COUNTER CLAIM - ANSWER -defendant's claim against plaintiff
COURT MINUTES - ANSWER -summary record of events in a case
, CROSS EXAMINATION - ANSWER -questions by an opposing party after the side calling the
witness has examined
DEADLOCKED - ANSWER -jury is unable to agree on a verdict
DECLARANT - ANSWER -having an interest in a matter who makes an unsworn statement
DECLARATION - ANSWER -unsworn statement by one having interest in a matter
DEFENDANT - ANSWER -person of whom a lawsuit is filed
DEMURRER - ANSWER -assertion by a defendant that they do not entitle the plaintiff to prevail
DEPOSITION - ANSWER -questioning by attorneys of a party or witness under oath
DEPONENT - ANSWER -the person being questioned
DIRECT EXAMINATION - ANSWER -questioning by the attorney that called the witness
DIRECT TESTIMONY - ANSWER -ANSWERs given during direct examination; or testimony given
under oath by a person who is Pro Se
DISCOVERY - ANSWER -pretrial gathering and exchange of evidence
DISMISSED W/PREJUDICE - ANSWER -case dismissal that cannot be brought again
