_ Court Interpreter Written Exam - Legal Glossary (S-T)
Questions with CORRECT Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1:
SANCTION
Answer:
A punitive act designed to secure enforcement by imposing a penalty for its
violation. For example, a sanction may be imposed for failure to comply with
discovery orders.
Question 2:
SEALING
Answer:
The closure of court records to inspection, except to the parties.
Question 3:
SEARCH AND
SEIZURE
Answer:
A practice whereby a person or place is searched and evidence useful in the
investigation and prosecution of a crime is seized or taken. The search is
conducted after an order is issued by a judge.
Question 4:
SEARCH WARRANT
Answer:
An order issued by a judge or magistrate commanding a sheriff, constable, or
other officer to search a specified location.
Question 5:
SECURED DEBT
Answer:
,In bankruptcy proceedings, a debt is secured if the debtor gave the creditor
a right to repossess the property or goods used as collateral.
Question 6:
SELF DEFENSE
Answer:
Claim that an act otherwise criminal was legally justifiable because it was
necessary to protect a person or property from the threat or action of another.
Question 7:
SELF INCRIMINA-
TION
Answer:
Acts or declarations by which one implicates oneself in a crime.
Question 8:
SELF PROVING WILL
Answer:
A will whose validity does not have to be testified to in court by the witnesses
to it, because the witnesses executed an affidavit reflecting proper execution
of the will prior to the maker's death.
Question 9:
SENTENCE
Answer:
The judgment formally pronounced by the court or judge upon the defendant
after his or her conviction by imposing a punishment to be inflicted either in
the form of a fine, incarceration or probation.
Question 10:
SENTENCE REPORT
Answer:
, A document containing background material on a convicted person. It is
prepared to guide the judge in the imposition of a sentence. Sometimes called
a pre-sentence report.
Question 11:
SENTENCE, CON-
CURRENT
Answer:
Two or more sentences of jail time to be served simultaneously.
Question 12:
SENTENCE, CON-
SECUTIVE
Answer:
Two or more sentences of jail time to be served in sequence.
Question 13:
SENTENCE, SUS-
PENDED
Answer:
A sentence postponed in which the defendant is not required to serve time
unless he or she commits another crime or violates a court-imposed condition.
Question 14:
SENTENCING
Answer:
The postconviction stage in which the defendant is brought before the court
for imposition of sentence.
Question 15:
SEPARATE MAINTE-
NANCE
Answer:
Questions with CORRECT Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1:
SANCTION
Answer:
A punitive act designed to secure enforcement by imposing a penalty for its
violation. For example, a sanction may be imposed for failure to comply with
discovery orders.
Question 2:
SEALING
Answer:
The closure of court records to inspection, except to the parties.
Question 3:
SEARCH AND
SEIZURE
Answer:
A practice whereby a person or place is searched and evidence useful in the
investigation and prosecution of a crime is seized or taken. The search is
conducted after an order is issued by a judge.
Question 4:
SEARCH WARRANT
Answer:
An order issued by a judge or magistrate commanding a sheriff, constable, or
other officer to search a specified location.
Question 5:
SECURED DEBT
Answer:
,In bankruptcy proceedings, a debt is secured if the debtor gave the creditor
a right to repossess the property or goods used as collateral.
Question 6:
SELF DEFENSE
Answer:
Claim that an act otherwise criminal was legally justifiable because it was
necessary to protect a person or property from the threat or action of another.
Question 7:
SELF INCRIMINA-
TION
Answer:
Acts or declarations by which one implicates oneself in a crime.
Question 8:
SELF PROVING WILL
Answer:
A will whose validity does not have to be testified to in court by the witnesses
to it, because the witnesses executed an affidavit reflecting proper execution
of the will prior to the maker's death.
Question 9:
SENTENCE
Answer:
The judgment formally pronounced by the court or judge upon the defendant
after his or her conviction by imposing a punishment to be inflicted either in
the form of a fine, incarceration or probation.
Question 10:
SENTENCE REPORT
Answer:
, A document containing background material on a convicted person. It is
prepared to guide the judge in the imposition of a sentence. Sometimes called
a pre-sentence report.
Question 11:
SENTENCE, CON-
CURRENT
Answer:
Two or more sentences of jail time to be served simultaneously.
Question 12:
SENTENCE, CON-
SECUTIVE
Answer:
Two or more sentences of jail time to be served in sequence.
Question 13:
SENTENCE, SUS-
PENDED
Answer:
A sentence postponed in which the defendant is not required to serve time
unless he or she commits another crime or violates a court-imposed condition.
Question 14:
SENTENCING
Answer:
The postconviction stage in which the defendant is brought before the court
for imposition of sentence.
Question 15:
SEPARATE MAINTE-
NANCE
Answer:
