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Monster
Vocabulary set 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| appeal | a legal step taking a case from a lower court to a higher one for review |
| affidavit | a swarn statement made by someone who will not be at the trial |
| cross-examines | questions a witness a second time to discredit earlier answers |
| perpetrator | one who committted a criminal act |
| stoolies | stool pigeons, slang for police informers |
| faggot | derogatory word for a male homosexual |
| hostile | an unfriendly or non-cooperating witness; a witness called by the other side |
| sustained | allowed in a court proceeding |
| overruled | not allowed in a court proceeding |
| leading | suggesting answers to a witness during his or her testimony |
| holding pen | a place where prisoners are kept outside a courtroom |
| apprehended | caught |