AAERT CDR ACTUAL Questions with Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: ADVERSE WITNESS
Answer: a witness whose testimony is prejudicial to the case of the party who called him
Question 2: AFFIDAVIT
Answer: written statement of facts made under oath
Question 3: AFFIANT
Answer: signs an affidavit
Question 4: AFFIRM
Answer: to declare solemnly and formally
Question 5: AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES
Answer: considerations which increase a sentence imposed
Question 6: MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES
Answer: considerations which decrease a sentence imposed
Question 7: ALLOCUTION
Answer: formal statement by convicted defendant as to whether there is any reason why judgment should
not be rendered against him
Question 8: AMENDMENT
Answer: change/correction
Question 9: ANSWER
Answer: response by defendant denying plaintiff's complaint
Question 10: ARBITRATION
Answer: dispute mediation by impartial 3rd party
Question 11: ARRAIGNMENT
Answer: bringing an accused person to court to plead a criminal charge
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,Question 12: ARREST
Answer: restraint and detention of a person suspected of a crime
Question 13: BAIL
Answer: amount of money deposited as form of collateral to guarantee that a person charged with a crime
will appear in court when scheduled
Question 14: BENCH CONFERENCE
Answer: a discussion between attorneys and the judge outside the hearing of courtroom
Question 15: BENCH WARRANT
Answer: authority to find and to bring into court someone who has failed to appear
Question 16: BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT
Answer: standard for conviction in a criminal trial
Question 17: PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE
Answer: standard for winning a civil matter
Question 18: BIRFUCATION
Answer: trial of certain issues separately
Question 19: BLACK LETTER LAW
Answer: basic principles of law
Question 20: BLACKS LAW DICTIONARY
Answer: standard legal reference work
Question 21: BRIEFS
Answer: papers submitted by attorneys
Question 22: BURDEN OF PROOF
Answer: obligation to provide affirmative proof on an issue
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,Question 23: how much evidence (or what type) is needed to bear that burden
Answer: STANDARD OF EVIDENCE
Question 24: CALENDAR
Answer: court schedule
Question 25: CASE IN CHIEF
Answer: primary presentation of evidence by a party
Question 26: CASE LAW
Answer: printed decisions and opinions of appellate jurisdictions
Question 27: CAUSE OF ACTION
Answer: situations causing a lawsuit
Question 28: WRIT OF CERTIORARI
Answer: appellate court order granting a hearing to an appellant
Question 29: CHAIN OF CUSTODY
Answer: record showing proper maintenance of real evidence
Question 30: CHALLENGE
Answer: objection to having someone serve as a juror
Question 31: CHAMBERS
Answer: judges office within a court house
Question 32: CHARGE TO THE JURY
Answer: instructions from the judge concerning the law which governs a case
Question 33: CHATTEL
Answer: an article of personal or movable property
Question 34: CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL
Answer: federal appellate level immediately below the Supreme Court
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, Question 35: CLASS ACTION
Answer: suit joined in by a group of people who share a common interest in matter
Question 36: CLOSING STATEMENT
Answer: attorneys final statement
Question 37: CLOUD ON TITLE
Answer: claim or lien which impairs an owners otherwise free right to use property
Question 38: QUIET TITLE
Answer: remove a claim or lien
Question 39: CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
Answer: federal regulatory agency rules and regulations which implement federal law
Question 40: COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL
Answer: a bar to re litigating an issue already been tried between the same parties
Question 41: COLLOQUY
Answer: any formal conference, conversation or discussion
Question 42: COMMON LAW
Answer: customary law
Question 43: COMPLAINT
Answer: plaintiff's initial pleading which a defendant initially answers
Question 44: CONCURRENT SENTENCES
Answer: 2 or more sentences served at the same time
Question 45: CONFLICT OF INTEREST
Answer: conflict between the private interests an public obligations
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Question 1: ADVERSE WITNESS
Answer: a witness whose testimony is prejudicial to the case of the party who called him
Question 2: AFFIDAVIT
Answer: written statement of facts made under oath
Question 3: AFFIANT
Answer: signs an affidavit
Question 4: AFFIRM
Answer: to declare solemnly and formally
Question 5: AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES
Answer: considerations which increase a sentence imposed
Question 6: MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES
Answer: considerations which decrease a sentence imposed
Question 7: ALLOCUTION
Answer: formal statement by convicted defendant as to whether there is any reason why judgment should
not be rendered against him
Question 8: AMENDMENT
Answer: change/correction
Question 9: ANSWER
Answer: response by defendant denying plaintiff's complaint
Question 10: ARBITRATION
Answer: dispute mediation by impartial 3rd party
Question 11: ARRAIGNMENT
Answer: bringing an accused person to court to plead a criminal charge
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,Question 12: ARREST
Answer: restraint and detention of a person suspected of a crime
Question 13: BAIL
Answer: amount of money deposited as form of collateral to guarantee that a person charged with a crime
will appear in court when scheduled
Question 14: BENCH CONFERENCE
Answer: a discussion between attorneys and the judge outside the hearing of courtroom
Question 15: BENCH WARRANT
Answer: authority to find and to bring into court someone who has failed to appear
Question 16: BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT
Answer: standard for conviction in a criminal trial
Question 17: PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE
Answer: standard for winning a civil matter
Question 18: BIRFUCATION
Answer: trial of certain issues separately
Question 19: BLACK LETTER LAW
Answer: basic principles of law
Question 20: BLACKS LAW DICTIONARY
Answer: standard legal reference work
Question 21: BRIEFS
Answer: papers submitted by attorneys
Question 22: BURDEN OF PROOF
Answer: obligation to provide affirmative proof on an issue
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,Question 23: how much evidence (or what type) is needed to bear that burden
Answer: STANDARD OF EVIDENCE
Question 24: CALENDAR
Answer: court schedule
Question 25: CASE IN CHIEF
Answer: primary presentation of evidence by a party
Question 26: CASE LAW
Answer: printed decisions and opinions of appellate jurisdictions
Question 27: CAUSE OF ACTION
Answer: situations causing a lawsuit
Question 28: WRIT OF CERTIORARI
Answer: appellate court order granting a hearing to an appellant
Question 29: CHAIN OF CUSTODY
Answer: record showing proper maintenance of real evidence
Question 30: CHALLENGE
Answer: objection to having someone serve as a juror
Question 31: CHAMBERS
Answer: judges office within a court house
Question 32: CHARGE TO THE JURY
Answer: instructions from the judge concerning the law which governs a case
Question 33: CHATTEL
Answer: an article of personal or movable property
Question 34: CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL
Answer: federal appellate level immediately below the Supreme Court
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, Question 35: CLASS ACTION
Answer: suit joined in by a group of people who share a common interest in matter
Question 36: CLOSING STATEMENT
Answer: attorneys final statement
Question 37: CLOUD ON TITLE
Answer: claim or lien which impairs an owners otherwise free right to use property
Question 38: QUIET TITLE
Answer: remove a claim or lien
Question 39: CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS
Answer: federal regulatory agency rules and regulations which implement federal law
Question 40: COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL
Answer: a bar to re litigating an issue already been tried between the same parties
Question 41: COLLOQUY
Answer: any formal conference, conversation or discussion
Question 42: COMMON LAW
Answer: customary law
Question 43: COMPLAINT
Answer: plaintiff's initial pleading which a defendant initially answers
Question 44: CONCURRENT SENTENCES
Answer: 2 or more sentences served at the same time
Question 45: CONFLICT OF INTEREST
Answer: conflict between the private interests an public obligations
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