Probation Officer Exam (Indiana) - Vocabulary 1 |
UPDATED Questions with 100% Verified Answers
Q1: Affidavit
A: A written statement made or taken under oath before an officer of the Court, a notary
public, or a duly authorized person.
Q2: Complainant
A: The party who initiates the complaint in an action or proceeding. Also called the
petitioner or plaintiff.
Q3: Perjury
A: A criminal offense of making false statements under oath.
Q4: Defendant
A: The party responding to the complaint. Also called the accused.
Q5: Sentence
A: The punishment ordered by the Court to be inflicted upon a person convicted of a crime.
Q6: Grand Jury
A: A body of persons (traditionally 23) summoned and sworn to determine whether the
facts presented by the prosecutor warrant an indictment and eventual trial of the
accused.
Q7: Confession
A: An admission of guilt or other incriminating statements made by the accused.
Q8: Indictment
A: A formal written accusation, drawn up and submitted to a grand jury by the prosecutor,
charging one or more persons with a crime.
Q9: Charge
A: The underlying substantive offense contained in an accusation or indictment.
Q10: Accusation
A: A charge against a person in which a charge of crime or offense can be made against an
individual.
Q11: Deposition
, A: A statement of a witness taken under oath, in question and answer form as it would be in
Court. Also a written statement taken during interrogation, taken in question and answer
form.
Q12: Subpoena
A: A written order issued under authority of a Court to compel the appearance of a witness
at a judicial proceeding.
Q13: Warrant
A: A written order directing the arrest of a person or persons, issued by a Court, body, or
official having authority to issue warrants or arrest.
Q14: Petit Jury
A: A body of persons (traditionally 12) whose function is to determine issues of fact in civil
and criminal cases and to reach a verdict.
Q15: Waiver
A: An intentional and voluntary giving up, relinquishing, or surrender of some known right or
jurisdiction.
Q16: Summons
A: A judicial command (written order) requiring the appearance of said defendant in said
action
Q17: Plea Bargain
A: The process whereby the accused and the prosecutor negotiate a mutually satisfactory
disposition of the case.
Q18: Plea
A: The answer by the defendant of guilty or not guilty in a criminal case.
Q19: Absconded
A: A probationer who disappears from the oversight of a probation officer, or leaves the
jurisdiction of the court, without permission.
Q20: Accomplice/Accessory
A: A person who is not the main perpetrator of an offense, nor was necessarily present at its
occurrence, but in some way participated, either before or after the act was committed.
Q21: Acquittal
UPDATED Questions with 100% Verified Answers
Q1: Affidavit
A: A written statement made or taken under oath before an officer of the Court, a notary
public, or a duly authorized person.
Q2: Complainant
A: The party who initiates the complaint in an action or proceeding. Also called the
petitioner or plaintiff.
Q3: Perjury
A: A criminal offense of making false statements under oath.
Q4: Defendant
A: The party responding to the complaint. Also called the accused.
Q5: Sentence
A: The punishment ordered by the Court to be inflicted upon a person convicted of a crime.
Q6: Grand Jury
A: A body of persons (traditionally 23) summoned and sworn to determine whether the
facts presented by the prosecutor warrant an indictment and eventual trial of the
accused.
Q7: Confession
A: An admission of guilt or other incriminating statements made by the accused.
Q8: Indictment
A: A formal written accusation, drawn up and submitted to a grand jury by the prosecutor,
charging one or more persons with a crime.
Q9: Charge
A: The underlying substantive offense contained in an accusation or indictment.
Q10: Accusation
A: A charge against a person in which a charge of crime or offense can be made against an
individual.
Q11: Deposition
, A: A statement of a witness taken under oath, in question and answer form as it would be in
Court. Also a written statement taken during interrogation, taken in question and answer
form.
Q12: Subpoena
A: A written order issued under authority of a Court to compel the appearance of a witness
at a judicial proceeding.
Q13: Warrant
A: A written order directing the arrest of a person or persons, issued by a Court, body, or
official having authority to issue warrants or arrest.
Q14: Petit Jury
A: A body of persons (traditionally 12) whose function is to determine issues of fact in civil
and criminal cases and to reach a verdict.
Q15: Waiver
A: An intentional and voluntary giving up, relinquishing, or surrender of some known right or
jurisdiction.
Q16: Summons
A: A judicial command (written order) requiring the appearance of said defendant in said
action
Q17: Plea Bargain
A: The process whereby the accused and the prosecutor negotiate a mutually satisfactory
disposition of the case.
Q18: Plea
A: The answer by the defendant of guilty or not guilty in a criminal case.
Q19: Absconded
A: A probationer who disappears from the oversight of a probation officer, or leaves the
jurisdiction of the court, without permission.
Q20: Accomplice/Accessory
A: A person who is not the main perpetrator of an offense, nor was necessarily present at its
occurrence, but in some way participated, either before or after the act was committed.
Q21: Acquittal
