Legal terms for Court Interpreter Written
Exam
demur - Answer-to object
Default - Answer-fail to do something required to do
Deponent - Answer-Person giving testimony
Discovery - Answer-The pretrial procedures used by the parties to obtain information about
the case from the other parties in order to prepare for trial. (Exchange of evidence)
Dismiss trial without prejudice - Answer-Without right to a new trial
Dismiss case with prejudice - Answer-Without a right to a new trial
Diversion - Answer-The suspension of criminal prosecution of an offender. The offender may
be asked to participate in a treatment or supervisory program in exchange for his
agreement to stop or to suspend prosecution. (alternate program)
Hearsay evidence, testimony - Answer-A written or oral out-of-court statement offered to prove the
truth of the
, matter asserted. Hearsay is inadmissible into evidence, unless one or more of the hearsay
exceptions apply.
Heretofore - Answer-up to this time
Hold harmless - Answer-of, relating to, or being an agreement between parties in which one assumes
the potential liability for injury that may arise from a situation and thus relieves the other of liability
hung jury - Answer-no unanimous decision
Indictment - Answer-A formal written accusation submitted to a grand jury by a prosecutor,
charging one or more persons with one or more crimes. The grand jury must determine
whether the person or persons named should be prosecuted for the crime charged, in
which case the indictment is endorsed by the foreman of the grand jury as a true bill. An
indictment authorizes trial of the persons named for the crimes charged.
Indict - Answer-to accuse formally
Interdiction - Answer-Prohibition
Intestate - Answer-having made no valid will
Double Jeopardy - Answer-Trial of a person by the same jurisdiction more than once for
the same crime. The U.S. Constitution prohibits subjecting persons to double jeopardy.
Jurisdiction - Answer-The power to hear and to decide cases. Jurisdiction exists over
Exam
demur - Answer-to object
Default - Answer-fail to do something required to do
Deponent - Answer-Person giving testimony
Discovery - Answer-The pretrial procedures used by the parties to obtain information about
the case from the other parties in order to prepare for trial. (Exchange of evidence)
Dismiss trial without prejudice - Answer-Without right to a new trial
Dismiss case with prejudice - Answer-Without a right to a new trial
Diversion - Answer-The suspension of criminal prosecution of an offender. The offender may
be asked to participate in a treatment or supervisory program in exchange for his
agreement to stop or to suspend prosecution. (alternate program)
Hearsay evidence, testimony - Answer-A written or oral out-of-court statement offered to prove the
truth of the
, matter asserted. Hearsay is inadmissible into evidence, unless one or more of the hearsay
exceptions apply.
Heretofore - Answer-up to this time
Hold harmless - Answer-of, relating to, or being an agreement between parties in which one assumes
the potential liability for injury that may arise from a situation and thus relieves the other of liability
hung jury - Answer-no unanimous decision
Indictment - Answer-A formal written accusation submitted to a grand jury by a prosecutor,
charging one or more persons with one or more crimes. The grand jury must determine
whether the person or persons named should be prosecuted for the crime charged, in
which case the indictment is endorsed by the foreman of the grand jury as a true bill. An
indictment authorizes trial of the persons named for the crimes charged.
Indict - Answer-to accuse formally
Interdiction - Answer-Prohibition
Intestate - Answer-having made no valid will
Double Jeopardy - Answer-Trial of a person by the same jurisdiction more than once for
the same crime. The U.S. Constitution prohibits subjecting persons to double jeopardy.
Jurisdiction - Answer-The power to hear and to decide cases. Jurisdiction exists over
