_ Court Interpreter Written Exam - Legal Glossary (H-K)
Questions with CORRECT Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1:
HARASSMENT
Answer:
Words, gestures, and actions which tend to annoy, alarm, and verbally abuse
another person.
Question 2:
HARMLESS ER-
ROR
Answer:
An error committed during a trial that was corrected or was not serious enough to
affect the outcome of a trial and therefore was not sufficiently harmful (prejudicial)
to be reversed on appeal.
Question 3:
HEARING
Answer:
A proceeding similar to a trial, without a jury, and usually of shorter duration.
Question 4:
HEARING, CON-
TESTED
Answer:
A hearing held for the purpose of deciding issues or fact of law that both parties
are disputing.
Question 5:
HEARING, PRE-
LIMINARY
Answer:
,The hearing given to person accused of crime, by a magistrate or judge, to
determine whether there is enough evidence to warrant the confinement and
holding to bail the person accused.
Question 6:
HEARSAY
Answer:
Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard
about it from someone else. Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court.
Question 7:
HIT AND RUN
Answer:
Crime in which the driver of a vehicle leaves the scene of an accident without
identifying himself or herself.
Question 8:
HOLDING CELL
Answer:
A temporary location that is meant to secure the accused while waiting for trial to
begin or continue.
Question 9:
HOLOGRAPHIC
WILL
Answer:
A will entirely written, dated, and signed by the testator in his/her own handwriting.
Question 10:
HOME MONI-
TORING
Answer:
, An alternative to incarceration where an individual is confined to his or her home
and monitored electronically.
Question 11:
HOMICIDE
Answer:
The unlawful killing of one human being by another.
RANT probable cause determination that the named defendant has violated a conditional
release under Title 12 of the Health-General Article.
Question 12:
HOSTILE WIT-
NESS
Answer:
A witness whose testimony is not favorable to the party who calls him or her
as a witness. A hostile witness may be asked leading questions and may be
cross-examined by the party who calls him or her to the stand.
Question 13:
HUNG JURY
Answer:
A jury whose members cannot agree upon a verdict.
Question 14:
HYPOTHETICAL
QUESTION
Answer:
An imaginary situation, incorporating facts previously admitted into evidence, upon
which an expert witness is permitted to give an opinion as to a condition resulting
from the situation.
Question 15:
ILLEGAL
Answer:
Questions with CORRECT Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1:
HARASSMENT
Answer:
Words, gestures, and actions which tend to annoy, alarm, and verbally abuse
another person.
Question 2:
HARMLESS ER-
ROR
Answer:
An error committed during a trial that was corrected or was not serious enough to
affect the outcome of a trial and therefore was not sufficiently harmful (prejudicial)
to be reversed on appeal.
Question 3:
HEARING
Answer:
A proceeding similar to a trial, without a jury, and usually of shorter duration.
Question 4:
HEARING, CON-
TESTED
Answer:
A hearing held for the purpose of deciding issues or fact of law that both parties
are disputing.
Question 5:
HEARING, PRE-
LIMINARY
Answer:
,The hearing given to person accused of crime, by a magistrate or judge, to
determine whether there is enough evidence to warrant the confinement and
holding to bail the person accused.
Question 6:
HEARSAY
Answer:
Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard
about it from someone else. Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court.
Question 7:
HIT AND RUN
Answer:
Crime in which the driver of a vehicle leaves the scene of an accident without
identifying himself or herself.
Question 8:
HOLDING CELL
Answer:
A temporary location that is meant to secure the accused while waiting for trial to
begin or continue.
Question 9:
HOLOGRAPHIC
WILL
Answer:
A will entirely written, dated, and signed by the testator in his/her own handwriting.
Question 10:
HOME MONI-
TORING
Answer:
, An alternative to incarceration where an individual is confined to his or her home
and monitored electronically.
Question 11:
HOMICIDE
Answer:
The unlawful killing of one human being by another.
RANT probable cause determination that the named defendant has violated a conditional
release under Title 12 of the Health-General Article.
Question 12:
HOSTILE WIT-
NESS
Answer:
A witness whose testimony is not favorable to the party who calls him or her
as a witness. A hostile witness may be asked leading questions and may be
cross-examined by the party who calls him or her to the stand.
Question 13:
HUNG JURY
Answer:
A jury whose members cannot agree upon a verdict.
Question 14:
HYPOTHETICAL
QUESTION
Answer:
An imaginary situation, incorporating facts previously admitted into evidence, upon
which an expert witness is permitted to give an opinion as to a condition resulting
from the situation.
Question 15:
ILLEGAL
Answer:
