AAERT CORRECT FINAL EXAM ALL QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔GRAVAMEN - ✔✔the part of the charge that weighs most heavily against the
accused
✔✔HEARSAY - ✔✔statement made by someone other than the person who was
testifying
✔✔HYPOTHECATE - ✔✔pledge property as collateral for a debt
✔✔HOSTILE WITNESS - ✔✔witness called by one side, but whose interest lie with the
other party
✔✔IMPEACHED - ✔✔testimony contradicted with sufficient proof as to affect a
witness's credibility
✔✔REHABILITATED - ✔✔reestablishing that credibility with further evidence
✔✔INDICTMENT - ✔✔formal criminal charge laid against a person
✔✔COUNTS - ✔✔the individual acts alleged to have broken the law
✔✔INFERENCE - ✔✔logical conclusion drawn from a basis assumed or known to be
true
✔✔INFORMANT - ✔✔someone who gives information
✔✔INJUNCTION - ✔✔order either forbidding or compelling an action
✔✔INTERLOCUTORY - ✔✔provisional, temporary or not yet finalized
,✔✔INTERROGATORIES - ✔✔written questions posed before trial
✔✔INTERVENOR - ✔✔person voluntarily joining in an action; with permission of the
court
✔✔INTESTATE - ✔✔dying without having prepared a will
✔✔JOINDER - ✔✔joining lawsuits together
✔✔JUDGEMENT - ✔✔official court decision
✔✔JUNIOR MORTGAGE - ✔✔mortgage next in line to a prior mortgage
✔✔SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION - ✔✔cases or issues a court is authorized to
hear
✔✔GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION - ✔✔area within which a court may exercise its
authority to hear cases
✔✔LIMITED JURISDICTION - ✔✔court may only consider certain matters
✔✔GENERAL JURISDICTION - ✔✔court may consider any matter constitutionally
permitted
✔✔ORIGINAL JURISDICTION - ✔✔no court other than the specific one holding
jurisdiction may consider the matter in question
✔✔JURY INSTRUCTIONS - ✔✔courts explanation of the law applicable in a case
✔✔JUROR CHALLENGE - ✔✔either party may challenge a prospective juror
✔✔PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE - ✔✔no reason must be given to challenge
prospective juror
✔✔FOR CAUSE CHALLENGE - ✔✔some rational reason underlies the challenge
✔✔JUSTICIABLE - ✔✔issue which a court is capable to decide
✔✔NON JUSTICIABLE - ✔✔issue a court cannot entertain
✔✔LANDMARK/BENCHMARK DECISION - ✔✔important ruling that affects large
segments of society, establishes new legal principles or changes established ones
, ✔✔MECHANICS LIEN - ✔✔statutory claim created to ensure payment to contractors
and suppliers on construction projects
✔✔MISTRIAL - ✔✔inability of jury to reach a verdict; or when technical violations of
court rules are deemed to be of such significance as to threaten a possible miscarriage
of justice
✔✔MOTION - ✔✔request for some action to be taken or ruling to be made by a court
✔✔MOTION IN LIMINE - ✔✔filed by a party to suit which asks the court for an order or
ruling limiting or preventing certain evidence from being presented by the other side at
the trial of the case
✔✔MOTION TO COMPEL - ✔✔injunction requiring a party to comply with court ruling
✔✔NON SUIT - ✔✔action which is insufficient on its face to permit trial
✔✔OATH - ✔✔formal promise to tell the truth while testifying
✔✔OFFICIAL RECORD - ✔✔transcript of court proceedings
✔✔ON ALL FOURS-ON POINT - ✔✔cases or decisions whose underlying facts are
similar
✔✔OPENING STATEMENT - ✔✔introductory remarks at the start of the trial
✔✔OPINION TESTIMONY - ✔✔provided by expert witnesses
✔✔OWN RECOGNIZANCE - ✔✔defendant in criminal trial released from custody, on
simple promise to appear in court as required
✔✔PARITY - ✔✔relative equality as in status, amount, or value
✔✔PECUNIARY DAMAGES - ✔✔money award in compensation for damages
sustained
✔✔PERCIPIENT WITNESS - ✔✔witness with firsthand knowledge of a matter, who
observed the events
✔✔PLAINTIFF - ✔✔person bringing action against another party
✔✔PLEA - ✔✔document citing alleged wrongdoing on part of defendant and requesting
a specific relief
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔GRAVAMEN - ✔✔the part of the charge that weighs most heavily against the
accused
✔✔HEARSAY - ✔✔statement made by someone other than the person who was
testifying
✔✔HYPOTHECATE - ✔✔pledge property as collateral for a debt
✔✔HOSTILE WITNESS - ✔✔witness called by one side, but whose interest lie with the
other party
✔✔IMPEACHED - ✔✔testimony contradicted with sufficient proof as to affect a
witness's credibility
✔✔REHABILITATED - ✔✔reestablishing that credibility with further evidence
✔✔INDICTMENT - ✔✔formal criminal charge laid against a person
✔✔COUNTS - ✔✔the individual acts alleged to have broken the law
✔✔INFERENCE - ✔✔logical conclusion drawn from a basis assumed or known to be
true
✔✔INFORMANT - ✔✔someone who gives information
✔✔INJUNCTION - ✔✔order either forbidding or compelling an action
✔✔INTERLOCUTORY - ✔✔provisional, temporary or not yet finalized
,✔✔INTERROGATORIES - ✔✔written questions posed before trial
✔✔INTERVENOR - ✔✔person voluntarily joining in an action; with permission of the
court
✔✔INTESTATE - ✔✔dying without having prepared a will
✔✔JOINDER - ✔✔joining lawsuits together
✔✔JUDGEMENT - ✔✔official court decision
✔✔JUNIOR MORTGAGE - ✔✔mortgage next in line to a prior mortgage
✔✔SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION - ✔✔cases or issues a court is authorized to
hear
✔✔GEOGRAPHIC JURISDICTION - ✔✔area within which a court may exercise its
authority to hear cases
✔✔LIMITED JURISDICTION - ✔✔court may only consider certain matters
✔✔GENERAL JURISDICTION - ✔✔court may consider any matter constitutionally
permitted
✔✔ORIGINAL JURISDICTION - ✔✔no court other than the specific one holding
jurisdiction may consider the matter in question
✔✔JURY INSTRUCTIONS - ✔✔courts explanation of the law applicable in a case
✔✔JUROR CHALLENGE - ✔✔either party may challenge a prospective juror
✔✔PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE - ✔✔no reason must be given to challenge
prospective juror
✔✔FOR CAUSE CHALLENGE - ✔✔some rational reason underlies the challenge
✔✔JUSTICIABLE - ✔✔issue which a court is capable to decide
✔✔NON JUSTICIABLE - ✔✔issue a court cannot entertain
✔✔LANDMARK/BENCHMARK DECISION - ✔✔important ruling that affects large
segments of society, establishes new legal principles or changes established ones
, ✔✔MECHANICS LIEN - ✔✔statutory claim created to ensure payment to contractors
and suppliers on construction projects
✔✔MISTRIAL - ✔✔inability of jury to reach a verdict; or when technical violations of
court rules are deemed to be of such significance as to threaten a possible miscarriage
of justice
✔✔MOTION - ✔✔request for some action to be taken or ruling to be made by a court
✔✔MOTION IN LIMINE - ✔✔filed by a party to suit which asks the court for an order or
ruling limiting or preventing certain evidence from being presented by the other side at
the trial of the case
✔✔MOTION TO COMPEL - ✔✔injunction requiring a party to comply with court ruling
✔✔NON SUIT - ✔✔action which is insufficient on its face to permit trial
✔✔OATH - ✔✔formal promise to tell the truth while testifying
✔✔OFFICIAL RECORD - ✔✔transcript of court proceedings
✔✔ON ALL FOURS-ON POINT - ✔✔cases or decisions whose underlying facts are
similar
✔✔OPENING STATEMENT - ✔✔introductory remarks at the start of the trial
✔✔OPINION TESTIMONY - ✔✔provided by expert witnesses
✔✔OWN RECOGNIZANCE - ✔✔defendant in criminal trial released from custody, on
simple promise to appear in court as required
✔✔PARITY - ✔✔relative equality as in status, amount, or value
✔✔PECUNIARY DAMAGES - ✔✔money award in compensation for damages
sustained
✔✔PERCIPIENT WITNESS - ✔✔witness with firsthand knowledge of a matter, who
observed the events
✔✔PLAINTIFF - ✔✔person bringing action against another party
✔✔PLEA - ✔✔document citing alleged wrongdoing on part of defendant and requesting
a specific relief
