Court Interpreter Written Exam - Legal
Glossary (A) well solved
ABANDONMENT - correct answer ✔✔ A parent's or custodian's act of leaving a child without
adequate care, supervision, support, or parental contact for an excessive period of time. Also,
the desertion of one spouse by the other with the intent to terminate the marriage relationship.
ABATEMENT OF ACTION - correct answer ✔✔ A suit which has been quashed and ended.
ABSTRACT - correct answer ✔✔ A summary of a larger work, wherein the principal ideas of the
larger work are contained.
ABSTRACT OF RECORD - correct answer ✔✔ A short, abbreviated form of the case as found in
the record.
ABSTRACT OF TITLE - correct answer ✔✔ A chronological summary of all official records and
recorded documents affecting the title to a parcel of real property.
ACCESSORY - correct answer ✔✔ A person who aids or contributes in the commission of a
crime.
ACCOMPLICE - correct answer ✔✔ One who knowingly, voluntarily, and intentionally unites
with the principal offender in the commission of a crime. A partner in a crime.
ACCORD - correct answer ✔✔ A satisfaction agreed upon between the parties in a lawsuit
which bars subsequent actions on the claim.
, ACCORD AND SATISFACTION - correct answer ✔✔ A method of discharging a claim upon
agreement by the parties to give and accept something in settlement of the claim.
ACCUSATION - correct answer ✔✔ A formal charge against a person, to the effect that he has
engaged in a punishable offense.
ACCUSED - correct answer ✔✔ The generic name for the defendant in a criminal case.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT - correct answer ✔✔ 1. A statement of acceptance of responsibility. 2. The
short declaration at the end of a legal paper showing that the paper was duly executed and
acknowledged.
ACQUIT - correct answer ✔✔ To legally certify the innocence of one charged with a crime. To
set free, release or discharge from an obligation, burden or accusation. To find a defendant not
guilty in a criminal trial.
ACQUITTAL - correct answer ✔✔ In criminal law, a finding of not guilty. In contract law, a
release, absolution, or discharge from an obligation, liability, or engagement.
ACTION - correct answer ✔✔ Case, cause, suit, or controversy disputed or contested before a
court of justice.
ADJUDICATE - correct answer ✔✔ To determine finally.
ADJUDICATION - correct answer ✔✔ Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree. Also the
judgment given.
ADMINISTRATOR - correct answer ✔✔ 1. One who administers the estate of a person who dies
without a will. 2. A court official.
Glossary (A) well solved
ABANDONMENT - correct answer ✔✔ A parent's or custodian's act of leaving a child without
adequate care, supervision, support, or parental contact for an excessive period of time. Also,
the desertion of one spouse by the other with the intent to terminate the marriage relationship.
ABATEMENT OF ACTION - correct answer ✔✔ A suit which has been quashed and ended.
ABSTRACT - correct answer ✔✔ A summary of a larger work, wherein the principal ideas of the
larger work are contained.
ABSTRACT OF RECORD - correct answer ✔✔ A short, abbreviated form of the case as found in
the record.
ABSTRACT OF TITLE - correct answer ✔✔ A chronological summary of all official records and
recorded documents affecting the title to a parcel of real property.
ACCESSORY - correct answer ✔✔ A person who aids or contributes in the commission of a
crime.
ACCOMPLICE - correct answer ✔✔ One who knowingly, voluntarily, and intentionally unites
with the principal offender in the commission of a crime. A partner in a crime.
ACCORD - correct answer ✔✔ A satisfaction agreed upon between the parties in a lawsuit
which bars subsequent actions on the claim.
, ACCORD AND SATISFACTION - correct answer ✔✔ A method of discharging a claim upon
agreement by the parties to give and accept something in settlement of the claim.
ACCUSATION - correct answer ✔✔ A formal charge against a person, to the effect that he has
engaged in a punishable offense.
ACCUSED - correct answer ✔✔ The generic name for the defendant in a criminal case.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT - correct answer ✔✔ 1. A statement of acceptance of responsibility. 2. The
short declaration at the end of a legal paper showing that the paper was duly executed and
acknowledged.
ACQUIT - correct answer ✔✔ To legally certify the innocence of one charged with a crime. To
set free, release or discharge from an obligation, burden or accusation. To find a defendant not
guilty in a criminal trial.
ACQUITTAL - correct answer ✔✔ In criminal law, a finding of not guilty. In contract law, a
release, absolution, or discharge from an obligation, liability, or engagement.
ACTION - correct answer ✔✔ Case, cause, suit, or controversy disputed or contested before a
court of justice.
ADJUDICATE - correct answer ✔✔ To determine finally.
ADJUDICATION - correct answer ✔✔ Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree. Also the
judgment given.
ADMINISTRATOR - correct answer ✔✔ 1. One who administers the estate of a person who dies
without a will. 2. A court official.
