Florida Bail Bonds Exam Questions with
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Actus Reus - Answer-Guilty act as an element of criminal responsibility, the wrongful act or
omission that comprises the physical components of a crime.
Aquittal - Answer-The legal and formal certification of the innocence of a person who has been
charged with a crime.
Acquit - Answer-To set free, release or discharge as from an obligation, burden or accusation.
Adjudicate - Answer-To give a ruling in the exercise of judicial authority. To determine finally.
Adjudication - Answer-A legal process of resolving a dispute. The formal giving of a judgment in
a court proceeding.
Agent - Answer-A person authorized to act for and under the direction of another person when
dealing with third parties. One who agrees and is authorized to act on behalf of another, a
principal, to legally bind and individual in particular business transactions with third parties
pursuant to an agency relationship.
Appeal Bond - Answer-Operates as a bail bond for an appellant in a criminal case. The
conditions are that the defendant will prosecute the appeal, and that he or she will surrender
himself or herself to serve the sentence if the verdict of the lower court is upheld.
Affidavit - Answer-A written statement of facts voluntarily made by an affiant under an oath or
affirmation administered by a person authorized to do so by law.
Appeal - Answer-A request for a hearing, or the right to have such a hearing in law, by a
superior court, of part, or the whole, of a previously tried case from a lower court.
Agency - Answer-A consensual relationship created by contract or by law where one party, the
principal, grants authority for another party, the agent, to act on behalf of and under the control
, of the principal to deal with a third party. A place where company business or individual is
transacted by an agent.
Appearance Bond - Answer-In a criminal proceeding, it guarantees that the defendant will
appear in court each and every time he or she is ordered to do so until the case is disposed of
by the court.
Appellant - Answer-A person who, dissatisfied with the judgment rendered in a lawsuit decided
in a lower court or the findings from a proceeding before an administrative age, asks a superior
court to review the decision.
Appellee - Answer-A party who has won a judgment in a lawsuit or favorable findings in an
administrative proceeding, which judgment or findings the losing party, the appellant, seeks to
have a higher court reverse or set aside.
Arrest - Answer-A seizure or forcible restraint; an exercise of the power to deprive a person of
his or her liberty; the taking or keeping of a person in custody by legal authority, especially, in
response to a criminal charge.
Arrest Warrant - Answer-A document issued by a judge or magistrate that authorizing
someone's arrest by the police. An arrest warrant is issued when the sheriff, county attorney or
other law enforcement agency presents convincing evidence that a crime has occurred, and the
person to be named in the warrant is criminally responsible for its commission.
Actual Authority - Answer-The authority given explicitly, either in writing or orally, given to an
agent by contract and/or by power of attorney.
Attorney-in-Fact - Answer-One who is an agent or representative of another (bond agent/surety
company) and is given authority to act in that person's place and name either for some
particular purpose, as to do a particular act, or for the transaction of business in general. The
document giving this authority is called a power of attorney.
Assult - Answer-An intentional act by one person that creates an apprehension in another of an
imminent harmful or offensive contact.
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Actus Reus - Answer-Guilty act as an element of criminal responsibility, the wrongful act or
omission that comprises the physical components of a crime.
Aquittal - Answer-The legal and formal certification of the innocence of a person who has been
charged with a crime.
Acquit - Answer-To set free, release or discharge as from an obligation, burden or accusation.
Adjudicate - Answer-To give a ruling in the exercise of judicial authority. To determine finally.
Adjudication - Answer-A legal process of resolving a dispute. The formal giving of a judgment in
a court proceeding.
Agent - Answer-A person authorized to act for and under the direction of another person when
dealing with third parties. One who agrees and is authorized to act on behalf of another, a
principal, to legally bind and individual in particular business transactions with third parties
pursuant to an agency relationship.
Appeal Bond - Answer-Operates as a bail bond for an appellant in a criminal case. The
conditions are that the defendant will prosecute the appeal, and that he or she will surrender
himself or herself to serve the sentence if the verdict of the lower court is upheld.
Affidavit - Answer-A written statement of facts voluntarily made by an affiant under an oath or
affirmation administered by a person authorized to do so by law.
Appeal - Answer-A request for a hearing, or the right to have such a hearing in law, by a
superior court, of part, or the whole, of a previously tried case from a lower court.
Agency - Answer-A consensual relationship created by contract or by law where one party, the
principal, grants authority for another party, the agent, to act on behalf of and under the control
, of the principal to deal with a third party. A place where company business or individual is
transacted by an agent.
Appearance Bond - Answer-In a criminal proceeding, it guarantees that the defendant will
appear in court each and every time he or she is ordered to do so until the case is disposed of
by the court.
Appellant - Answer-A person who, dissatisfied with the judgment rendered in a lawsuit decided
in a lower court or the findings from a proceeding before an administrative age, asks a superior
court to review the decision.
Appellee - Answer-A party who has won a judgment in a lawsuit or favorable findings in an
administrative proceeding, which judgment or findings the losing party, the appellant, seeks to
have a higher court reverse or set aside.
Arrest - Answer-A seizure or forcible restraint; an exercise of the power to deprive a person of
his or her liberty; the taking or keeping of a person in custody by legal authority, especially, in
response to a criminal charge.
Arrest Warrant - Answer-A document issued by a judge or magistrate that authorizing
someone's arrest by the police. An arrest warrant is issued when the sheriff, county attorney or
other law enforcement agency presents convincing evidence that a crime has occurred, and the
person to be named in the warrant is criminally responsible for its commission.
Actual Authority - Answer-The authority given explicitly, either in writing or orally, given to an
agent by contract and/or by power of attorney.
Attorney-in-Fact - Answer-One who is an agent or representative of another (bond agent/surety
company) and is given authority to act in that person's place and name either for some
particular purpose, as to do a particular act, or for the transaction of business in general. The
document giving this authority is called a power of attorney.
Assult - Answer-An intentional act by one person that creates an apprehension in another of an
imminent harmful or offensive contact.
