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Mock Trial #2
Vocabulary for Mock Trial #2
Question | Answer |
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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. |