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Mock Trial Vocab
Mock Trial Vocab Study Notes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Attorney | A person who practices the law |
| Bailiff | An officer who is in charge of maintaining order in a court of law |
| Beyond a Reasonable Doubt | The burden of proof in a criminal case requires to establish the guilt of a person charged with a crime |
| Civil Case | A case in which both the plaintiff and the defendant are private individuals and which is a legal proceeding to resolve a private dispute among people |
| Civil Justice System | The network of courts and tribunals which deal with deal with disputes involving one person complaining about something another person did or failed to do |
| Closing Arguments | The final statements by an attorney to jury, summarizing the evidence, and arguing what the evidence has or has not established |
| Contracts | An agreement between two or more parties to do or not to do a certain thing, whether written or oral |
| Convict | To prove that someone is guilty as a matter of law |
| Court | A place where justice is administered |
| Crime | An act or an action that is against the criminal law, or a failure to do what the criminal law requires |
| Criminal Case | A case in which the State is the plaintiff and in which the defendant is a person charged with having committed a crime |
| Criminal Justice system | The network of courts and tribunals which deals with the law and its enforcement |
| Cross-Examine | To question a witness called by the opposing side, or a hostile or other adversarial witness called by a party |
| Damages | A loss, detriment, or injury to one's person, property, or rights, through the unlawful act or omission or negligence of another |
| Defendant | A person against whom a criminal charge or civil claim is brought to the court of law |
| Deliberation | The act of jurors talking to each other and coming to a decision on the charges of crimes of a trial |
| Evidence | Something that gives proof of a contested fact |
| Foreman/Foreperson | The presiding member of a jury who speaks or answers for the jury |
| Guilty | Having been convicted by a jury of doing something wrong |
| Indictment | A serious charge of criminal wrongdoing which must later be proved at trial beyond a reasonable doubt before a defendant may be convicted |
| Injunction | A court order prohibiting a party from a specific course of action |
| Innocent | Not guilty of a crime or a fault |
| Instructions on the Law | A direction given by the judge to the jury concernin the law of the case, usually at the end of the case and just before jury deliberations |
| Irrelevant | Not important, pertinent to the matter at hand or to any issue before the court |
| Judge | An official who can conduct hearings and decide on cases in a court of law |
| Jury | A certain number of persons selected accordin to law and sworn in to inquire into matters of fact and declare the truth about matters of fact before them |
| Law | A rule made by a country, state, or town for the people there |
| Negligence | Acting in a way that fails to conform with a specific standard of conduct, thereby putting others at risk for injury |
| Negligent Homicide | A criminal offense that is committed by a person whos negligence is the direct cause of another person's death |
| Objection | A lawyer's protest about the legal propriety of a question which has been asked of a witness by the opposing attorney, with the purpose of making the trial judge ecide if the question can be asked |
| Opening Statement | Summary of nature of case and of anticipated proof presented by counsel to jury at the start of the trial |
| Overruled | In trial practice, for a Judge to disagree that an attorney's objection, as to a question, is valid |
| Plaintiff | The person who brings a civil law suit, or in the case of a criminal case, the State or Federal government |
| Preonderance of the Evidence | The greater weight of the evidence: superior evidentairy weight that, thogh not sufficient to free the mind wholly from all reasonable doubt, is still sufficient to incline a fair and impartial mind to one side of the issue rather than the other |
| Prosecuting attorney | The name of the public officer who is appointed or elected in each judicial distric, circut, or county, to conduct criminal prosecutions on behalf of the State or people |
| Reporter | Someone in charge of making a record of all court proceedings |
| Rests | The attorneys representin either side of the case that are finished with their witnesses |
| Rebuttal | Evidence introduced to counter, disprove or contradict the opposition's evidence or a presumption, or responsive legal argument |
| Speculation | Just guessing about a particular situation |
| Sustain | In trial practice, for a judge to gree than an attorey's objetion, as to a question, is valid |
| Testify | To give evidence under oath |
| Trial | The examination and deciding of a case brought before a court of law |
| Verdict | The decision made by a jury at the end of the trial |
| Verdict Form | A form given to the Jury Foreperson on which to write the decision that is made by the jury at the closing of trial |
| Voir Dire | Meaning "To speak the truth" it is the name given to that part of the trial when the court and parties attempt to seat a fair and impartial jury |
| Witness | Someone who is called to testify before a court of law |
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