AAERT PRACTICE TEST – QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
ACTION Correct Ans - a lawsuit
ADVERSE WITNESS Correct Ans - a witness whose testimony is prejudicial to the case of the party who called him
AFFIDAVIT Correct Ans - written statement of facts made under oath
AFFIANT Correct Ans - signs an affidavit
AFFIRM Correct Ans - to declare solemnly and formally
AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES Correct Ans - considerations which increase a sentence imposed
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES Correct Ans - considerations which decrease a sentence imposed
ALLOCUTION Correct Ans - formal statement by convicted defendant as to whether there is any reason why judgment should not be rendered against him
AMENDMENT Correct Ans - change/correction
ANSWER Correct Ans - response by defendant denying plaintiff's complaint
ARBITRATION Correct Ans - dispute mediation by impartial 3rd party
ARRAIGNMENT Correct Ans - bringing an accused person to court to plead a criminal charge
ARREST Correct Ans - restraint and detention of a person suspected of
a crime
BAIL Correct Ans - amount of money deposited as form of collateral to guarantee that a person charged with a crime will appear in court when scheduled BENCH CONFERENCE Correct Ans - a discussion between attorneys and the judge outside the hearing of courtroom
BENCH WARRANT Correct Ans - authority to find and to bring into court someone who has failed to appear
BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT Correct Ans - standard for conviction in a criminal trial
PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE Correct Ans - standard for winning a civil matter
BIRFUCATION Correct Ans - trial of certain issues separately
BLACK LETTER LAW Correct Ans - basic principles of law
BLACKS LAW DICTIONARY Correct Ans - standard legal reference work
BRIEFS Correct Ans - papers submitted by attorneys
BURDEN OF PROOF Correct Ans - obligation to provide affirmative proof on an issue
STANDARD OF EVIDENCE Correct Ans - how much evidence (or what type) is needed to bear that burden
CALENDAR Correct Ans - court schedule
CASE IN CHIEF Correct Ans - primary presentation of evidence by a party
CASE LAW Correct Ans - printed decisions and opinions of appellate jurisdictions
CAUSE OF ACTION Correct Ans - situations causing a lawsuit WRIT OF CERTIORARI Correct Ans - appellate court order granting a hearing to an appellant
CHAIN OF CUSTODY Correct Ans - record showing proper maintenance of real evidence
CHALLENGE Correct Ans - objection to having someone serve as a juror
CHAMBERS Correct Ans - judges office within a court house
CHARGE TO THE JURY Correct Ans - instructions from the judge concerning the law which governs a case
CHATTEL Correct Ans - an article of personal or movable property
CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL Correct Ans - federal appellate level immediately below the Supreme Court
CLASS ACTION Correct Ans - suit joined in by a group of people who share a common interest in matter
CLOSING STATEMENT Correct Ans - attorneys final statement
CLOUD ON TITLE Correct Ans - claim or lien which impairs an owners otherwise free right to use property
QUIET TITLE Correct Ans - remove a claim or lien
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS Correct Ans - federal regulatory agency rules and regulations which implement federal law
COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL Correct Ans - a bar to re litigating an issue already been tried between the same parties
COLLOQUY Correct Ans - any formal conference, conversation or discussion
COMMON LAW Correct Ans - customary law
ACTION Correct Ans - a lawsuit
ADVERSE WITNESS Correct Ans - a witness whose testimony is prejudicial to the case of the party who called him
AFFIDAVIT Correct Ans - written statement of facts made under oath
AFFIANT Correct Ans - signs an affidavit
AFFIRM Correct Ans - to declare solemnly and formally
AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES Correct Ans - considerations which increase a sentence imposed
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES Correct Ans - considerations which decrease a sentence imposed
ALLOCUTION Correct Ans - formal statement by convicted defendant as to whether there is any reason why judgment should not be rendered against him
AMENDMENT Correct Ans - change/correction
ANSWER Correct Ans - response by defendant denying plaintiff's complaint
ARBITRATION Correct Ans - dispute mediation by impartial 3rd party
ARRAIGNMENT Correct Ans - bringing an accused person to court to plead a criminal charge
ARREST Correct Ans - restraint and detention of a person suspected of
a crime
BAIL Correct Ans - amount of money deposited as form of collateral to guarantee that a person charged with a crime will appear in court when scheduled BENCH CONFERENCE Correct Ans - a discussion between attorneys and the judge outside the hearing of courtroom
BENCH WARRANT Correct Ans - authority to find and to bring into court someone who has failed to appear
BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT Correct Ans - standard for conviction in a criminal trial
PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE Correct Ans - standard for winning a civil matter
BIRFUCATION Correct Ans - trial of certain issues separately
BLACK LETTER LAW Correct Ans - basic principles of law
BLACKS LAW DICTIONARY Correct Ans - standard legal reference work
BRIEFS Correct Ans - papers submitted by attorneys
BURDEN OF PROOF Correct Ans - obligation to provide affirmative proof on an issue
STANDARD OF EVIDENCE Correct Ans - how much evidence (or what type) is needed to bear that burden
CALENDAR Correct Ans - court schedule
CASE IN CHIEF Correct Ans - primary presentation of evidence by a party
CASE LAW Correct Ans - printed decisions and opinions of appellate jurisdictions
CAUSE OF ACTION Correct Ans - situations causing a lawsuit WRIT OF CERTIORARI Correct Ans - appellate court order granting a hearing to an appellant
CHAIN OF CUSTODY Correct Ans - record showing proper maintenance of real evidence
CHALLENGE Correct Ans - objection to having someone serve as a juror
CHAMBERS Correct Ans - judges office within a court house
CHARGE TO THE JURY Correct Ans - instructions from the judge concerning the law which governs a case
CHATTEL Correct Ans - an article of personal or movable property
CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL Correct Ans - federal appellate level immediately below the Supreme Court
CLASS ACTION Correct Ans - suit joined in by a group of people who share a common interest in matter
CLOSING STATEMENT Correct Ans - attorneys final statement
CLOUD ON TITLE Correct Ans - claim or lien which impairs an owners otherwise free right to use property
QUIET TITLE Correct Ans - remove a claim or lien
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS Correct Ans - federal regulatory agency rules and regulations which implement federal law
COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL Correct Ans - a bar to re litigating an issue already been tried between the same parties
COLLOQUY Correct Ans - any formal conference, conversation or discussion
COMMON LAW Correct Ans - customary law
