AAERT PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2024
ACTION - ✔✔a lawsuit
ADVERSE WITNESS - ✔✔a witness whose testimony is prejudicial to the
case of the party who called him
AFFIDAVIT - ✔✔written statement of facts made under oath
AFFIANT - ✔✔signs an affidavit
AFFIRM - ✔✔to declare solemnly and formally
AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES - ✔✔considerations which increase a
sentence imposed
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES - ✔✔considerations which decrease a
sentence imposed
ALLOCUTION - ✔✔formal statement by convicted defendant as to
whether there is any reason why judgment should not be rendered against
him
AMENDMENT - ✔✔change/correction
,ANSWER - ✔✔response by defendant denying plaintiff's complaint
ARBITRATION - ✔✔dispute mediation by impartial 3rd party
ARRAIGNMENT - ✔✔bringing an accused person to court to plead a
criminal charge
ARREST - ✔✔restraint and detention of a person suspected of a crime
BAIL - ✔✔amount of money deposited as form of collateral to guarantee
that a person charged with a crime will appear in court when scheduled
BENCH CONFERENCE - ✔✔a discussion between attorneys and the
judge outside the hearing of courtroom
BENCH WARRANT - ✔✔authority to find and to bring into court someone
who has failed to appear
BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT - ✔✔standard for conviction in a
criminal trial
PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE - ✔✔standard for winning a civil
matter
BIRFUCATION - ✔✔trial of certain issues separately
BLACK LETTER LAW - ✔✔basic principles of law
BLACKS LAW DICTIONARY - ✔✔standard legal reference work
BRIEFS - ✔✔papers submitted by attorneys
,BURDEN OF PROOF - ✔✔obligation to provide affirmative proof on an
issue
STANDARD OF EVIDENCE - ✔✔how much evidence (or what type) is
needed to bear that burden
CALENDAR - ✔✔court schedule
CASE IN CHIEF - ✔✔primary presentation of evidence by a party
CASE LAW - ✔✔printed decisions and opinions of appellate jurisdictions
CAUSE OF ACTION - ✔✔situations causing a lawsuit
WRIT OF CERTIORARI - ✔✔appellate court order granting a hearing to
an appellant
CHAIN OF CUSTODY - ✔✔record showing proper maintenance of real
evidence
CHALLENGE - ✔✔objection to having someone serve as a juror
CHAMBERS - ✔✔judges office within a court house
CHARGE TO THE JURY - ✔✔instructions from the judge concerning the
law which governs a case
CHATTEL - ✔✔an article of personal or movable property
, CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL - ✔✔federal appellate level immediately
below the Supreme Court
CLASS ACTION - ✔✔suit joined in by a group of people who share a
common interest in matter
CLOSING STATEMENT - ✔✔attorneys final statement
CLOUD ON TITLE - ✔✔claim or lien which impairs an owners otherwise
free right to use property
QUIET TITLE - ✔✔remove a claim or lien
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS - ✔✔federal regulatory agency
rules and regulations which implement federal law
COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL - ✔✔a bar to re litigating an issue already
been tried between the same parties
COLLOQUY - ✔✔any formal conference, conversation or discussion
COMMON LAW - ✔✔customary law
COMPLAINT - ✔✔plaintiff's initial pleading which a defendant initially
answers
CONCURRENT SENTENCES - ✔✔2 or more sentences served at the
same time
2024
ACTION - ✔✔a lawsuit
ADVERSE WITNESS - ✔✔a witness whose testimony is prejudicial to the
case of the party who called him
AFFIDAVIT - ✔✔written statement of facts made under oath
AFFIANT - ✔✔signs an affidavit
AFFIRM - ✔✔to declare solemnly and formally
AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES - ✔✔considerations which increase a
sentence imposed
MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES - ✔✔considerations which decrease a
sentence imposed
ALLOCUTION - ✔✔formal statement by convicted defendant as to
whether there is any reason why judgment should not be rendered against
him
AMENDMENT - ✔✔change/correction
,ANSWER - ✔✔response by defendant denying plaintiff's complaint
ARBITRATION - ✔✔dispute mediation by impartial 3rd party
ARRAIGNMENT - ✔✔bringing an accused person to court to plead a
criminal charge
ARREST - ✔✔restraint and detention of a person suspected of a crime
BAIL - ✔✔amount of money deposited as form of collateral to guarantee
that a person charged with a crime will appear in court when scheduled
BENCH CONFERENCE - ✔✔a discussion between attorneys and the
judge outside the hearing of courtroom
BENCH WARRANT - ✔✔authority to find and to bring into court someone
who has failed to appear
BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT - ✔✔standard for conviction in a
criminal trial
PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE - ✔✔standard for winning a civil
matter
BIRFUCATION - ✔✔trial of certain issues separately
BLACK LETTER LAW - ✔✔basic principles of law
BLACKS LAW DICTIONARY - ✔✔standard legal reference work
BRIEFS - ✔✔papers submitted by attorneys
,BURDEN OF PROOF - ✔✔obligation to provide affirmative proof on an
issue
STANDARD OF EVIDENCE - ✔✔how much evidence (or what type) is
needed to bear that burden
CALENDAR - ✔✔court schedule
CASE IN CHIEF - ✔✔primary presentation of evidence by a party
CASE LAW - ✔✔printed decisions and opinions of appellate jurisdictions
CAUSE OF ACTION - ✔✔situations causing a lawsuit
WRIT OF CERTIORARI - ✔✔appellate court order granting a hearing to
an appellant
CHAIN OF CUSTODY - ✔✔record showing proper maintenance of real
evidence
CHALLENGE - ✔✔objection to having someone serve as a juror
CHAMBERS - ✔✔judges office within a court house
CHARGE TO THE JURY - ✔✔instructions from the judge concerning the
law which governs a case
CHATTEL - ✔✔an article of personal or movable property
, CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL - ✔✔federal appellate level immediately
below the Supreme Court
CLASS ACTION - ✔✔suit joined in by a group of people who share a
common interest in matter
CLOSING STATEMENT - ✔✔attorneys final statement
CLOUD ON TITLE - ✔✔claim or lien which impairs an owners otherwise
free right to use property
QUIET TITLE - ✔✔remove a claim or lien
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS - ✔✔federal regulatory agency
rules and regulations which implement federal law
COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL - ✔✔a bar to re litigating an issue already
been tried between the same parties
COLLOQUY - ✔✔any formal conference, conversation or discussion
COMMON LAW - ✔✔customary law
COMPLAINT - ✔✔plaintiff's initial pleading which a defendant initially
answers
CONCURRENT SENTENCES - ✔✔2 or more sentences served at the
same time
