Court Interpreter Written Exam-
Legal Term 2 with Complete
Questions and Answers
Search and seizure - ANSWER-Emanates from the Fourth Amendment with
probable cause
Ex parte - ANSWER-Benefit of one party w/o notice of adverse party
Ex/post facto - ANSWER-After the action 事后
Bona fide - ANSWER-In good faith 善意 only bona fide members of the
company are allowed to use the logo. bona fide purchaser
Corpus delicti - ANSWER-Body of the crime 犯罪事实 I've worked in criminal
justice for years, and I always know what should be done when there is a
substantial corpus delicti .
,Ab actis - ANSWER-in charge of acts. A clerk or recorder
Actus reus - ANSWER-guilty act
Mens rea - ANSWER-guilty mind. the mental element of a person's intention
to commit a crime
En decidendi - ANSWER-The reason for the decision
Nolo contendere - ANSWER-No contest ( 不争论) . a plea by which a
defendant in a criminal prosecution accepts conviction as though a guilty
plea (认罪) had been entered but does not admit guilt
Pro se - ANSWER-Representing yourself
Fourth Amendment - ANSWER-Protects privacy, establishes the exclussionary
rule (forbid to use improperly seized evident at trial)
Fourth Amendment - ANSWER-Requires government officials establish
probable cause for issuance of search warrants
, Certoriari - ANSWER-Removing a case from lower court to a higher court for
review
Voir Dire - ANSWER-the process by which prospective jurors are questioned
about their backgrounds and potential biases before being chosen to sit on a
jury. "Voir Dire is the process by which attorneys select, or perhaps more
appropriately reject, certain jurors to hear a case.
Stare decisis - ANSWER-the legal principle of determining points in litigation
according to precedent 遵循先例
Ab agendo - ANSWER-unable to act or disabled from acting.
Abarnare - ANSWER-To detect or discover, and disclose to a magistrate, any
secret crime
Abbator - ANSWER-One who eliminates a nuissance
Acceds ad curiam - ANSWER-You are to go to the court
Legal Term 2 with Complete
Questions and Answers
Search and seizure - ANSWER-Emanates from the Fourth Amendment with
probable cause
Ex parte - ANSWER-Benefit of one party w/o notice of adverse party
Ex/post facto - ANSWER-After the action 事后
Bona fide - ANSWER-In good faith 善意 only bona fide members of the
company are allowed to use the logo. bona fide purchaser
Corpus delicti - ANSWER-Body of the crime 犯罪事实 I've worked in criminal
justice for years, and I always know what should be done when there is a
substantial corpus delicti .
,Ab actis - ANSWER-in charge of acts. A clerk or recorder
Actus reus - ANSWER-guilty act
Mens rea - ANSWER-guilty mind. the mental element of a person's intention
to commit a crime
En decidendi - ANSWER-The reason for the decision
Nolo contendere - ANSWER-No contest ( 不争论) . a plea by which a
defendant in a criminal prosecution accepts conviction as though a guilty
plea (认罪) had been entered but does not admit guilt
Pro se - ANSWER-Representing yourself
Fourth Amendment - ANSWER-Protects privacy, establishes the exclussionary
rule (forbid to use improperly seized evident at trial)
Fourth Amendment - ANSWER-Requires government officials establish
probable cause for issuance of search warrants
, Certoriari - ANSWER-Removing a case from lower court to a higher court for
review
Voir Dire - ANSWER-the process by which prospective jurors are questioned
about their backgrounds and potential biases before being chosen to sit on a
jury. "Voir Dire is the process by which attorneys select, or perhaps more
appropriately reject, certain jurors to hear a case.
Stare decisis - ANSWER-the legal principle of determining points in litigation
according to precedent 遵循先例
Ab agendo - ANSWER-unable to act or disabled from acting.
Abarnare - ANSWER-To detect or discover, and disclose to a magistrate, any
secret crime
Abbator - ANSWER-One who eliminates a nuissance
Acceds ad curiam - ANSWER-You are to go to the court
