Legal terms for Court Interpreter Written
Exam
Attorney General - ✔️✔️The chief law enforcement officer of the federal government
and generally of a state government. His office represents the government and its
agencies in court, including assisting or serving as prosecutors in the prosecution of
criminal cases.
Bail Forfeiture - ✔️✔️Loss of bail status by order of a judge, usually upon a defendant's
failure to appear.
Bench Trial - ✔️✔️Trial held before a judge sitting without a jury. It usually requires
waiver by the defendant of a jury trial.
Beyond a reasonable Doubt - ✔️✔️- Burden of proof which prosecution must meet
to convict a criminal defendant. See "reasonable doubt," below.
Bill of particulars - ✔️✔️A written statement of the particulars of the charges or
claims against the defendant or another party.
Bonding over - ✔️✔️Act by which a judge or magistrate requires a person to furnish
bail
or to enter into a recognizance as a condition to his release from custody to ensure that
he
will appear for trial, attend as a witness, or perform some other act.
Hearsay evidence, testimony - ✔️✔️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 - ✔️✔️up to this time
Hold harmless - ✔️✔️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 - ✔️✔️no unanimous decision
, Indictment - ✔️✔️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 - ✔️✔️to accuse formally
Interdiction - ✔️✔️Prohibition
Intestate - ✔️✔️having made no valid will
Double Jeopardy - ✔️✔️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 - ✔️✔️The power to hear and to decide cases. Jurisdiction exists over
particular types of cases (i.e., over subject matter), and over parties (i.e., personal
jurisdiction). Also used to refer to a particular unit of government (e.g., a state),
particularly with respect to its judicial powers (e.g., different jurisdictions have different
legal tests for insanity).
Larceny - ✔️✔️theft
Lechery - ✔️✔️lewdness
Levy - ✔️✔️tax or fee
Libel - ✔️✔️written defamation
Parole - ✔️✔️A conditional release from imprisonment which entitles the person
receiving
the parole to serve the remainder of his term outside of prison if he satisfactorily
complies with all the terms and conditions connected therewith.
Plea bargain - ✔️✔️Plea negotiations can center around the defendant's pleading
guilty to a lesser offense, or
to only one or several of the counts in a multi-count indictment or information. In return,
the defendant seeks to obtain concessions as to the type or length of his sentence or
the
reduction or elimination of charges against him.
demur - ✔️✔️to object
Exam
Attorney General - ✔️✔️The chief law enforcement officer of the federal government
and generally of a state government. His office represents the government and its
agencies in court, including assisting or serving as prosecutors in the prosecution of
criminal cases.
Bail Forfeiture - ✔️✔️Loss of bail status by order of a judge, usually upon a defendant's
failure to appear.
Bench Trial - ✔️✔️Trial held before a judge sitting without a jury. It usually requires
waiver by the defendant of a jury trial.
Beyond a reasonable Doubt - ✔️✔️- Burden of proof which prosecution must meet
to convict a criminal defendant. See "reasonable doubt," below.
Bill of particulars - ✔️✔️A written statement of the particulars of the charges or
claims against the defendant or another party.
Bonding over - ✔️✔️Act by which a judge or magistrate requires a person to furnish
bail
or to enter into a recognizance as a condition to his release from custody to ensure that
he
will appear for trial, attend as a witness, or perform some other act.
Hearsay evidence, testimony - ✔️✔️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 - ✔️✔️up to this time
Hold harmless - ✔️✔️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 - ✔️✔️no unanimous decision
, Indictment - ✔️✔️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 - ✔️✔️to accuse formally
Interdiction - ✔️✔️Prohibition
Intestate - ✔️✔️having made no valid will
Double Jeopardy - ✔️✔️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 - ✔️✔️The power to hear and to decide cases. Jurisdiction exists over
particular types of cases (i.e., over subject matter), and over parties (i.e., personal
jurisdiction). Also used to refer to a particular unit of government (e.g., a state),
particularly with respect to its judicial powers (e.g., different jurisdictions have different
legal tests for insanity).
Larceny - ✔️✔️theft
Lechery - ✔️✔️lewdness
Levy - ✔️✔️tax or fee
Libel - ✔️✔️written defamation
Parole - ✔️✔️A conditional release from imprisonment which entitles the person
receiving
the parole to serve the remainder of his term outside of prison if he satisfactorily
complies with all the terms and conditions connected therewith.
Plea bargain - ✔️✔️Plea negotiations can center around the defendant's pleading
guilty to a lesser offense, or
to only one or several of the counts in a multi-count indictment or information. In return,
the defendant seeks to obtain concessions as to the type or length of his sentence or
the
reduction or elimination of charges against him.
demur - ✔️✔️to object
