QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS | LATEST EDITION
1. Acquit - ANSWER ✅ to set free:to judicially discharge from an acquisition;to clear (a person) of a
criminal charge
2. Bail Enforcement - ANSWER ✅ the apprehension or surrender of a principal by a natural person
who is released on bail or who has failed to appear at and state of the proceedings to answer to
the charge before the court, in which he may be prosecuted
3. obligor - ANSWER ✅ the party who owes the duty or debt; principal; in bail,the defendant
4. Appearance bond - ANSWER ✅ the range of a criminal defendant's bond
5. Types of criminal defendant bonds - ANSWER ✅ Bail Bonds
Appeal Bonds
Supersedes Bonds
Habeas Corpus Bonds
Extradition Bonds
Civil Contempt Bonds
Ne Exeat Bonds
6. Conviction - ANSWER ✅ In criminal proceedings, the formal finding of the guilt of the defendant
by a judge or jury
7. Execute - ANSWER ✅ to complete and sign a document so that is becomes legally binding on
the parties
,8. Discharge - ANSWER ✅ in reference to surety bonds, to fulfill the obligation of the bond. In bail
bonds, the bond is said to be discharged when the case is disposed of
9. General Agent - ANSWER ✅ an individual, partnership association, or corporation appointed or
employed by an insurer to supervise or manage the bail bond business written by the limited
surety agents licensed by the conpany
10. Power of Attorney - ANSWER ✅ A written instrument authorizing an agent to perform certain
acts on behalf of the principal
11. Limited Surety Agent - ANSWER ✅ an individual who is appointed by an insurer, with power of
attorney to execute or countersign bail bonds in connection with judicial proceeding and who
receives or is promised money or other things of value therefor
12. Insurer - ANSWER ✅ party who provides insurance and/or surety bonds. Defined in this course
to mean any surety company licensed to transact business in Louisiana; shall be the same
definition set forth in RS 22:46
13. Surrender - ANSWER ✅ the act by which an accused is delivered to the proper authorites
14. Bail Bond - ANSWER ✅ The document executed to secure the release of an individual in custody
of the law
15. Felony - ANSWER ✅ a crime punishable by death, a life sentence, or a term for more than one
year in the state penitentiary. More serious than a misdemeanor
16. Capital Offence - ANSWER ✅ a felony for which the punishment may be the death penalty
17. Recognizance - ANSWER ✅ a promise; undertaking
18. Release on Recognizance - ANSWER ✅ Release from jail on the defendant's promise to appear.
Refered to "recog" ot "ROR"
, 19. Indictment - ANSWER ✅ formal accusation drawn by a prosecuting attorney and presented to a
grand jury. If the grand jury finds there is sufficient evidence to believe that the name accused is
guilty of the crime described, it returns a "true bill" and the accused is said to have been
"indicted"
20. Warrant of Arrest - ANSWER ✅ a written order commanding the sheriff or other law
enforcement officers to seize the name of the person to answer for some offense. Is used
interchangeable with "capias"
21. Disposition - ANSWER ✅ in criminal proceedings, a final statement, a termination of the case
22. Extradition - ANSWER ✅ the legal process by which a person has committed a crime in one state
and fled to another state to be returned to the state where the crime was committed
23. Default - ANSWER ✅ Failure to do what is required
24. Custody - ANSWER ✅ the care and control of a thing or person for inspection,preservation, or
security
25. Writ - ANSWER ✅ a written judicial order
26. Fugitive - ANSWER ✅ one who leaves the jurisdiction of court or who hides within the
jurisdiction to avoid prosecution
27. Adjudicate - ANSWER ✅ to decide a matter based on evidence presented to the court. To rule
upon judicially
28. Hearing - ANSWER ✅ a court proceeding usually to determine some particular issue within a
case, though it is possible for an entire case to be settled as a result of a hearing less formal than
a trial and never involves a jury