NYS PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR EXAM
1. Abandonment
Answer Desertion by a husband or wife, of his or her spouse, with the intention of creating a
permanent separation.
2. abscond
Answer To hide from the jurisdiction of a court in order to avoid confinement.
3. Accessory
Answer Although not the principal actor in the commission of an ottense, a person who solicits, requests,
commands or intentionally aids the principal actor engage in the commission of such ottense.
4. Accomplice
Answer A person who is liable t prosecution for the identical ottense charged against a defendant of trial.
5. Acquit
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, Answer To free a person legally from an accusation of criminal guilt.
6. Affidavit
Answer A written statement made under oath
7. Alibi
Answer A defense of having been in another place at the time the crime was committed.
8. Appeal
Answer A review, by higher court, to determine whether the decision, order or verdict in the lower court should be
reversed, modified or aflrmed.
9. Arbitration
Answer The settlement of a disagreement, out of court, by an arbitrator chosen by the parties to the
argument.
10. Arriagnment
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, Answer Calling a defendant before the court to answer an accusation.
11. Arson
Answer The willful and malicious burning of property.
12. Assault
Answer Intentionally, recklessly or with criminal negligence causing physical injury to another person.
13. Attachment
Answer The legal seizure of the property of a defendant before judgement.
14. Autopsy
Answer The dissection of a dead human body, by an authorized doctor, to determine the cause of death.
15. Bail
Answer To set free or liberate from arrest and imprisonment, upon security given that the person released shall
appear and answer in court.
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1. Abandonment
Answer Desertion by a husband or wife, of his or her spouse, with the intention of creating a
permanent separation.
2. abscond
Answer To hide from the jurisdiction of a court in order to avoid confinement.
3. Accessory
Answer Although not the principal actor in the commission of an ottense, a person who solicits, requests,
commands or intentionally aids the principal actor engage in the commission of such ottense.
4. Accomplice
Answer A person who is liable t prosecution for the identical ottense charged against a defendant of trial.
5. Acquit
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, Answer To free a person legally from an accusation of criminal guilt.
6. Affidavit
Answer A written statement made under oath
7. Alibi
Answer A defense of having been in another place at the time the crime was committed.
8. Appeal
Answer A review, by higher court, to determine whether the decision, order or verdict in the lower court should be
reversed, modified or aflrmed.
9. Arbitration
Answer The settlement of a disagreement, out of court, by an arbitrator chosen by the parties to the
argument.
10. Arriagnment
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, Answer Calling a defendant before the court to answer an accusation.
11. Arson
Answer The willful and malicious burning of property.
12. Assault
Answer Intentionally, recklessly or with criminal negligence causing physical injury to another person.
13. Attachment
Answer The legal seizure of the property of a defendant before judgement.
14. Autopsy
Answer The dissection of a dead human body, by an authorized doctor, to determine the cause of death.
15. Bail
Answer To set free or liberate from arrest and imprisonment, upon security given that the person released shall
appear and answer in court.
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