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What is the name of a court order in which a criminal action is pending, directing a police officer,
or a uniformed court officer, to take custody of the defendant, in such action, and bring him
before the court? - CORRECT ANSWER-Bench Warrant
An arbitration is the settlement of a disagreement, out of court, by an arbitrator chosen by the
__________ to the argument. - CORRECT ANSWER-Parties
An agreement to do or not do a certain thing is known as a ________________. - CORRECT
ANSWER-Contract
An ________ is the person named, by a testator, to carry out the provisions of his will. - CORRECT
ANSWER-Executor
The official decision of a court or justice on the claims of parties to a litigation is known as
_________. - CORRECT ANSWER-Judgment
____________ is any statement or statements made by witnesses, under oath, in a judicial
proceeding. - CORRECT ANSWER-Testimony
What does the term 'Prima Facie' mean? - CORRECT ANSWER-So far as can be judged from the
first appearance or at first sight
The legal seizure of the property of a defendant BEFORE judgment is known as an _____________
- CORRECT ANSWER-Attachment
If you display behavior disrespectful of the authority of a court, which obstructs the execution of
court orders, you might be charged with _______ __ ___________ - CORRECT ANSWER-Contempt
of Court
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____________ is to intentionally engage in a course of conduct or repeatedly commit acts which
alarm or seriously annoy a person and which serve no legitimate purpose. - CORRECT ANSWER-
Harrassment
What is it called when there is a substitution of one person's claims, rights, or securities for those of
another person? - CORRECT ANSWER-Subrogation
What is SHADOWING? - CORRECT ANSWER-An observed close watch
Formal allegations, known as __________, are made by the parties of their respective claims and
defenses for the judgment of the court. - CORRECT ANSWER-Pleadings
Are circumstances known as 'Res Gestae' considered to be deliberate acts? - CORRECT ANSWER-
No
___________ Evidence is evidence supplementary to that already given and tending to strengthen or
confirm it. - CORRECT ANSWER-Corroborating
A ________ is a statement by a person accused of a crime, admitting his guilt. - CORRECT ANSWER-
Confession
What does the term COERCION mean? - CORRECT ANSWER-To compel or induce a person to
engage in conduct, that he has a legal right to engage in or not, by means of force or threat.
_________ Evidence is an out-of-court statement, offered in court for its truth. - CORRECT
ANSWER-Hearsay
If something is applying to the matter in question, and consequently, providing something useful to
the purpose, it is said to be __________________. - CORRECT ANSWER-Relevant
"Rough Shadowing" is shadowing which is done in such a manner as to cause the subject _________
or ______________, or ____________ with him in any way. - CORRECT ANSWER-Discomfort
Annoyance
Interferes
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What is the name that describes an instrument or device used to intentionally overhear a
conversation or discussion, without the consent of at least one party thereto, by a person not
present thereat? - CORRECT ANSWER-Bug
What is the following definition describing? The extortion of goods, money, or the procuring of an
illegal act by a threat, in writing, of criminal prosecution or the destruction of a person's reputation
or social standing or personal injury. - CORRECT ANSWER-Blackmail
The delivery from one state or notice to another, of fugitives from justice, is known as __________. -
CORRECT ANSWER-Extradition
To "Jump Bail" means failure to make an appearance in __________ in accordance with the terms
imposed at the time __________ was fixed - CORRECT ANSWER-Court
Bail
Moral ___________ is the quality of a crime involving grave infringement of the moral sentiment of
the community. - CORRECT ANSWER-Turpitude
What is PROBATE trying to prove? - CORRECT ANSWER-Before a proper court, that a document is
the valid will of a testator.
A ______________ is a person to whom a court action is referred, to take testimony, hear the
parties and report thereon to court. - CORRECT ANSWER-Referee
If a person dies without having a valid will or testament, it is known as ______________. - CORRECT
ANSWER-Intestate
A ____________ is a legal right or claim upon a specific property which holds the property until a
debt is satisfied. - CORRECT ANSWER-Lien
"Laches" is a failure to __________ ____ _________ for an unreasonable length of time. - CORRECT
ANSWER-Assert a right