COURT REPORTERS TEXAS EVALUATION TEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔nunc pro tunc: - ✔✔now for then; a decree or judgment done now as if to have the
same effect as if it were done earlier
✔✔pendente lite: - ✔✔while the lawsuit continues
✔✔petit jury: - ✔✔regular jury (not a grand jury)
✔✔pro rata: - ✔✔in proportion
✔✔quash: - ✔✔set aside as void; to suppress
✔✔quid pro quo: - ✔✔something for something
✔✔quitclaim: - ✔✔to release a claim; release title to another
✔✔res gestae: - ✔✔transactions; things that are admissible in court
✔✔sine die: - ✔✔without a day being set; indefinitely
✔✔sub rosa: - ✔✔in strict confidence
✔✔surrebuttal: - ✔✔the defendant's presentation following rebuttal
✔✔arraignment: - ✔✔legal proceeding in which the person accused of a crime is
brought to court to enter a plea
✔✔sui generis: - ✔✔in a class by itself; unique
✔✔vis-a -vie: - ✔✔face to face; compared with
, ✔✔habeas corpus: - ✔✔a writ demanding the appearance of body (prisoner) before the
Court
✔✔ad valorem: - ✔✔according to the value; imposed at a rate percent of value
✔✔non sequitur: - ✔✔an inference that does not follow the premise
✔✔subpoena duces tecum: - ✔✔a writ commanding a person to produce in court
certain documents or evidence
✔✔dedimus: - ✔✔the name of a writ to commission private persons to do some act in
place of a judge
✔✔amicus brief: - ✔✔brief filed by a person or entity not a party to the action in support
of the subject matter of the action (also known as amicus curiae (friend of the court)
brief)
✔✔brief: - ✔✔a short summary statement
✔✔citation: - ✔✔a reference to legal authorities and precedents to establish a case at
law
✔✔abeyance: - ✔✔a lapse in succession during which there is no person to whom title
is vested
✔✔res judicata: - ✔✔When a legal decision is based on precedent, it is based on set
laws.
✔✔per se: - ✔✔by itself
✔✔pro se: - ✔✔in one's own behalf; defending yourself in court
✔✔bill of indictment: - ✔✔a formal document accusing a person(s) of crime
✔✔bill of particulars: - ✔✔a formal statement prepared by the plaintiff or defendant
itemizing a claim or counterclaim; or prepared by prosecution informing the accused of
the charges
✔✔Special Venire Cases: - ✔✔In cases involving special venire (individual voir dire for
death penalty cases) the index must include a listing of the venirepersons, in the order
of their appearance at trial, and an alphabetical index, which shall include a column
containing the volume number for each entry.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔nunc pro tunc: - ✔✔now for then; a decree or judgment done now as if to have the
same effect as if it were done earlier
✔✔pendente lite: - ✔✔while the lawsuit continues
✔✔petit jury: - ✔✔regular jury (not a grand jury)
✔✔pro rata: - ✔✔in proportion
✔✔quash: - ✔✔set aside as void; to suppress
✔✔quid pro quo: - ✔✔something for something
✔✔quitclaim: - ✔✔to release a claim; release title to another
✔✔res gestae: - ✔✔transactions; things that are admissible in court
✔✔sine die: - ✔✔without a day being set; indefinitely
✔✔sub rosa: - ✔✔in strict confidence
✔✔surrebuttal: - ✔✔the defendant's presentation following rebuttal
✔✔arraignment: - ✔✔legal proceeding in which the person accused of a crime is
brought to court to enter a plea
✔✔sui generis: - ✔✔in a class by itself; unique
✔✔vis-a -vie: - ✔✔face to face; compared with
, ✔✔habeas corpus: - ✔✔a writ demanding the appearance of body (prisoner) before the
Court
✔✔ad valorem: - ✔✔according to the value; imposed at a rate percent of value
✔✔non sequitur: - ✔✔an inference that does not follow the premise
✔✔subpoena duces tecum: - ✔✔a writ commanding a person to produce in court
certain documents or evidence
✔✔dedimus: - ✔✔the name of a writ to commission private persons to do some act in
place of a judge
✔✔amicus brief: - ✔✔brief filed by a person or entity not a party to the action in support
of the subject matter of the action (also known as amicus curiae (friend of the court)
brief)
✔✔brief: - ✔✔a short summary statement
✔✔citation: - ✔✔a reference to legal authorities and precedents to establish a case at
law
✔✔abeyance: - ✔✔a lapse in succession during which there is no person to whom title
is vested
✔✔res judicata: - ✔✔When a legal decision is based on precedent, it is based on set
laws.
✔✔per se: - ✔✔by itself
✔✔pro se: - ✔✔in one's own behalf; defending yourself in court
✔✔bill of indictment: - ✔✔a formal document accusing a person(s) of crime
✔✔bill of particulars: - ✔✔a formal statement prepared by the plaintiff or defendant
itemizing a claim or counterclaim; or prepared by prosecution informing the accused of
the charges
✔✔Special Venire Cases: - ✔✔In cases involving special venire (individual voir dire for
death penalty cases) the index must include a listing of the venirepersons, in the order
of their appearance at trial, and an alphabetical index, which shall include a column
containing the volume number for each entry.
