MS Bail Agent Study Questions with Right
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Code - ✅✅An official compilation of all pertinent laws in force.
Collateral security - ✅✅Something of value given by, or on behalf of the
defendant to protect the surety from loss.
Commissioner - ✅✅Commissioner of Insurance
Committing magistrate - ✅✅any judicial officer with the power to commit a
person to jail
Conditional forfeiture - ✅✅Entered in a bail bond forfeiture to give the surety
and/or defendant time to explain to the court the reason for the defendant's failure
to appear. Will be finalized on a specific date if the defendant is not surrendered or
a satisfactory explanation is not given. Also called an "order to show cause" or
"conditional judgement" See Nisi and "Scire Facias"
Conditional judgment - ✅✅See Conditional forfeiture
Concealment - ✅✅Intentional withholding of information of a material fact that
is crucial in making a decision.
,Consideration - ✅✅The bargaining portion of a contract
Contempt Bond - ✅✅given in a civil contempt cases to guarantee the principal
will obey the orders of the court in the future
Civil Contempt of Court - ✅✅The failure to do something ordered by the court
for the benefit of another party to the proceedings.
Criminal Contempt of Court - ✅✅An act of contempt against the court itself;
usually occurs in the courtroom when the court is in session. Punishment usually
handed down immediately and bail is not normally possible
Corpus Delicti - ✅✅body of the crime
Contract - ✅✅a legally binding agreement between two or more parties
Conversion - ✅✅The unlawful assumption of the ownership of property of
another.
Court - ✅✅The physical place where justice is administered; the judge or judges
involved in dispensing justice.
Coverture - ✅✅the legal status of a married woman.
Conviction - ✅✅In criminal proceeding, the formal finding of guilt against a
defendant by a judge and or.
, Corporate surety - ✅✅a legal business entity (a company) created for the
purpose of issuing any and all types of bonds.
Co sureties - ✅✅Two or more sureties of the same obligation
Countersign - ✅✅To sign with or on behalf of another. To endorse.
Default - ✅✅To fail to do what is required.
Defendant - ✅✅One who must defend himself in some action at law. In criminal
proceedings, the accused. In criminal surety bonds, the principal.
Delegate - ✅✅To appoint, authorize, or commission.
De novo - ✅✅A second time.
Department - ✅✅Used in this course to designate the Department of Insurance.
Department of insurance - ✅✅A division of the government of the state of MS
which was established to regulate the Insurance industry.
Appellant - ✅✅a person who files an appeal
Arraignment - ✅✅A time when the defendant is advised of the charge and enters
a plea.
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Code - ✅✅An official compilation of all pertinent laws in force.
Collateral security - ✅✅Something of value given by, or on behalf of the
defendant to protect the surety from loss.
Commissioner - ✅✅Commissioner of Insurance
Committing magistrate - ✅✅any judicial officer with the power to commit a
person to jail
Conditional forfeiture - ✅✅Entered in a bail bond forfeiture to give the surety
and/or defendant time to explain to the court the reason for the defendant's failure
to appear. Will be finalized on a specific date if the defendant is not surrendered or
a satisfactory explanation is not given. Also called an "order to show cause" or
"conditional judgement" See Nisi and "Scire Facias"
Conditional judgment - ✅✅See Conditional forfeiture
Concealment - ✅✅Intentional withholding of information of a material fact that
is crucial in making a decision.
,Consideration - ✅✅The bargaining portion of a contract
Contempt Bond - ✅✅given in a civil contempt cases to guarantee the principal
will obey the orders of the court in the future
Civil Contempt of Court - ✅✅The failure to do something ordered by the court
for the benefit of another party to the proceedings.
Criminal Contempt of Court - ✅✅An act of contempt against the court itself;
usually occurs in the courtroom when the court is in session. Punishment usually
handed down immediately and bail is not normally possible
Corpus Delicti - ✅✅body of the crime
Contract - ✅✅a legally binding agreement between two or more parties
Conversion - ✅✅The unlawful assumption of the ownership of property of
another.
Court - ✅✅The physical place where justice is administered; the judge or judges
involved in dispensing justice.
Coverture - ✅✅the legal status of a married woman.
Conviction - ✅✅In criminal proceeding, the formal finding of guilt against a
defendant by a judge and or.
, Corporate surety - ✅✅a legal business entity (a company) created for the
purpose of issuing any and all types of bonds.
Co sureties - ✅✅Two or more sureties of the same obligation
Countersign - ✅✅To sign with or on behalf of another. To endorse.
Default - ✅✅To fail to do what is required.
Defendant - ✅✅One who must defend himself in some action at law. In criminal
proceedings, the accused. In criminal surety bonds, the principal.
Delegate - ✅✅To appoint, authorize, or commission.
De novo - ✅✅A second time.
Department - ✅✅Used in this course to designate the Department of Insurance.
Department of insurance - ✅✅A division of the government of the state of MS
which was established to regulate the Insurance industry.
Appellant - ✅✅a person who files an appeal
Arraignment - ✅✅A time when the defendant is advised of the charge and enters
a plea.
