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Mock Trial #2
Vocabulary for Mock Trial #2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Direct Examination | Queshtioning a witness during a trial by the attorney who called the witness. |
| Evidence | Matters of fact that tend to prove or disprove other matters of fact. |
| Expert Witness | A person with training, work, or experiance who is qualified to testify on technical or specific facts. |
| Fact | Something that really exists, a known event or thing. |
| Felony | Major crime like murder, arson, or sexual assult, etc; penality imprisonment or death, |
| Hearsay Evidence | Secondhand evidence; something the witness did not personaly see or hear. |
| Irrelevant | Has nothing to do with the case. |
| Jury(Grand) | Jury that hears complaints and accusations of a crime and decides if there are sufficient facts to support charges; makes formal accusations or indictments. |
| Jury(Trial) | Group of 12 people chosen by law to decide facts of case and the verdict. |
| Leading Questions | Questions asked by an attorney during cross examination to which a witness can answer yes or no. |
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emmie.lewis