Court Interpreting Questions with CORRECT Answers
(Grade A+)
Question 1:
Indeterminate
Sentence
Answer:
A sentence of imprisionent to a specified minimum and maimum period of time,
specifically authorized by statute, subject to termination by a parole board or other
authorized agency after the prisoner has served the minimum term
Question 2:
Infraction
Answer:
A violation of law, not punishable by imprisonment. Minor traffic offenses for
example
Question 3:
Instructions
Answer:
A judge's explanation to the jury before it begins deliberations of the questions it
must answer and the applicable law governing the case. Also called charge.
Question 4:
Interrogatories
Answer:
Written questions asked by one party in a lawsuit for which the opposing paryt
must provide written answers.
Question 5:
Intervention
Answer:
,An action by which a third person who may be affected by a lawsuit is permitted
to become a party to the suit. Differes from the process of becoming and amicus
curiae
Question 6:
Irrevocable trust
Answer:
A trust, once set up, the grantor may not revoke
Question 7:
Jeopardy
Answer:
The peril in which an accused is placed when he is properly charged with a crime
before a court.
Question 8:
Joint and several
liability
Answer:
A legal doctrine that makes each of the parties who are responsible for an injury
liable for all the damages awarded in a lawsuit if the other parties responsible
cannot play.
Question 9:
Joint Tenancy
Answer:
A form of legal co-ownership of property. When one owner dies, the other owner
becomes sole owner.
Question 10:
Joyriding
Answer:
, The illegal taking of an automobile without intent to deprive the owner perma-
nently of the vehicle. Often involves reckless driving.
Question 11:
Judgment
Answer:
The final decision of the court
Question 12:
Jurisprudence
Answer:
The study of law and the structure of the legal system
Question 13:
Jury Box
Answer:
The specific place in the courtroom where the jury sits during the trail
Question 14:
Jury commission-
er
Answer:
The court officer responsible for choosing the panel of persons to serve as
potential jurors for a particular court term
Question 15:
Jury Foreman
Answer:
Lead rep of the jury. Speaks on their behalf.
Question 16:
Juvenile Waiver
(Grade A+)
Question 1:
Indeterminate
Sentence
Answer:
A sentence of imprisionent to a specified minimum and maimum period of time,
specifically authorized by statute, subject to termination by a parole board or other
authorized agency after the prisoner has served the minimum term
Question 2:
Infraction
Answer:
A violation of law, not punishable by imprisonment. Minor traffic offenses for
example
Question 3:
Instructions
Answer:
A judge's explanation to the jury before it begins deliberations of the questions it
must answer and the applicable law governing the case. Also called charge.
Question 4:
Interrogatories
Answer:
Written questions asked by one party in a lawsuit for which the opposing paryt
must provide written answers.
Question 5:
Intervention
Answer:
,An action by which a third person who may be affected by a lawsuit is permitted
to become a party to the suit. Differes from the process of becoming and amicus
curiae
Question 6:
Irrevocable trust
Answer:
A trust, once set up, the grantor may not revoke
Question 7:
Jeopardy
Answer:
The peril in which an accused is placed when he is properly charged with a crime
before a court.
Question 8:
Joint and several
liability
Answer:
A legal doctrine that makes each of the parties who are responsible for an injury
liable for all the damages awarded in a lawsuit if the other parties responsible
cannot play.
Question 9:
Joint Tenancy
Answer:
A form of legal co-ownership of property. When one owner dies, the other owner
becomes sole owner.
Question 10:
Joyriding
Answer:
, The illegal taking of an automobile without intent to deprive the owner perma-
nently of the vehicle. Often involves reckless driving.
Question 11:
Judgment
Answer:
The final decision of the court
Question 12:
Jurisprudence
Answer:
The study of law and the structure of the legal system
Question 13:
Jury Box
Answer:
The specific place in the courtroom where the jury sits during the trail
Question 14:
Jury commission-
er
Answer:
The court officer responsible for choosing the panel of persons to serve as
potential jurors for a particular court term
Question 15:
Jury Foreman
Answer:
Lead rep of the jury. Speaks on their behalf.
Question 16:
Juvenile Waiver
