GPSTC TEST 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
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GPSTC
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GPSTC
GPSTC TEST 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
Abet -ANS/(v.) to encourage, assist, aid, support (especially in something wrong or unworthy)
Affirmative defense -ANS/I did it but... or self defense.
A response to a plaintiff's claim that does not deny the plaintiff's facts but attack...
GPSTC TEST 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
Abet -ANS/(v.) to encourage, assist, aid, support (especially in something wrong or unworthy)
Affirmative defense -ANS/I did it but... or self defense.
A response to a plaintiff's claim that does not deny the plaintiff's facts but attacks the plaintiff's legal
right to bring an action. An example is the running of the statute of limitations.
Felony -ANS/Crime punishable by death, life imprisonment or imprisonment for more than 12 months
Another -ANS/A person or persons other than the accused
Aggravation -ANS/n. The fact of being made heavier or more heinous, as a crime , offense, misfortune,
etc.
Alibi -ANS/a claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an act, typically a criminal one, is
alleged to have taken place.
Amenable -ANS/(adj.) willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive; responsive; liable to be
held responsible
Burden of proof -ANS/the obligation to present evidence to support one's claim
Coercion -ANS/the practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats
Conspiracy -ANS/a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
Conviction -ANS/A fixed or strong belief or opinion
, Crime -ANS/An act against the law
Criminal attempt -ANS/Act or omission constituting a substantial step in a course of conduct planned to
culminate in the commission of a crime.
Culpability -ANS/a state of guilt
Deadly weapon -ANS/Any instrument, which by its contemplated design or by the manner it is used, is
readily capable of causing substantial bodily harm or death.
Delusional compulsion -ANS/
Common Law -ANS/(civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
Constitution -ANS/A document which spells out the principles by which a government runs and the
fundamental laws that govern a society. 7 Articles
Statutes -ANS/written laws enacted by legislatures
Case Law -ANS/the rules of law announced in court decisions
Article 1 -ANS/Legislative Branch
Article 2 -ANS/Executive Branch
Article 3 -ANS/Judicial Branch
Article 4 -ANS/Relations among states, extradition crimes between states
Article 5 -ANS/Amending the Constitution
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