FEDERAL COURT INTERPRETER GLOSSARY
Questions with CORRECT Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1:
Accuracy
Answer:
The condition or quality of being true, correct, or exact.
Question 2:
Acquittal
Answer:
A finding that the defendant is not guilty of the charges brought by the govern-
ment.
Question 3:
Administrative Of- the central support
fice of the U.S.
Courts (AOUSC or
AO)
Answer:
entity for the Judicial Branch.
Question 4:
Admissible
Answer:
evidence that a jury or judge may consider in civil and criminal cases.
Question 5:
Admit/Deny
Hearing
Answer:
A hearing at which the statutory grounds set forth in the petition are admitted or
denied.
, Question 6:
Adversary Sys-
tem
Answer:
This term is often applied to the Anglo-American system for resolving criminal cases
because it involves pitting two adversares against each other in court.
Question 7:
Affidavit
Answer:
A sworn written statement.
Question 8:
Allocution
Answer:
An oral pleading or argument made to the court at sentencing by counsel for the
defendant to persuade the judge that a particular sentence should or should not
be imposed.
Question 9:
Appeal
Answer:
A request made after a trial by a party that has lost on one or more issues that a
higher court review the decision to determine if it was correct.
Question 10:
Appellant
Answer:
The party who appeals
Question 11:
Appellee
Questions with CORRECT Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1:
Accuracy
Answer:
The condition or quality of being true, correct, or exact.
Question 2:
Acquittal
Answer:
A finding that the defendant is not guilty of the charges brought by the govern-
ment.
Question 3:
Administrative Of- the central support
fice of the U.S.
Courts (AOUSC or
AO)
Answer:
entity for the Judicial Branch.
Question 4:
Admissible
Answer:
evidence that a jury or judge may consider in civil and criminal cases.
Question 5:
Admit/Deny
Hearing
Answer:
A hearing at which the statutory grounds set forth in the petition are admitted or
denied.
, Question 6:
Adversary Sys-
tem
Answer:
This term is often applied to the Anglo-American system for resolving criminal cases
because it involves pitting two adversares against each other in court.
Question 7:
Affidavit
Answer:
A sworn written statement.
Question 8:
Allocution
Answer:
An oral pleading or argument made to the court at sentencing by counsel for the
defendant to persuade the judge that a particular sentence should or should not
be imposed.
Question 9:
Appeal
Answer:
A request made after a trial by a party that has lost on one or more issues that a
higher court review the decision to determine if it was correct.
Question 10:
Appellant
Answer:
The party who appeals
Question 11:
Appellee
