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Court Interpreter Written Exam - Legal Glossary (1)
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Court Interpreter Written Exam - Legal Glossary (1)ADJUDICATION Correct Ans-Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree. Also the
judgment given.
ADMINISTRATOR Correct Ans-1. One who administers the estate of a person who dies
without a will. 2. A court official.
ADMISSIBLE Correct Ans-Pertinent and proper to be considered in reaching a decision.
ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE Correct Ans-Evidence that can be legally and properly introduced in
a civil or criminal trial.
ADMISSION Correct Ans-Voluntary acknowledgment of the existence of certain facts
relevant to the adversary's case.
ADMONISH Correct Ans-To advise or caution. For example the Court may caution or
admonish counsel for wrong practices.
ADOPTION Correct Ans-To take into one's family the child of another and give him or her
the rights, privileges, and duties of a child and heir.
ADVERSARY SYSTEM Correct Ans-The trial method used in the U.S. and some other
countries. This system is based on the belief that truth can best be determined by giving
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opposing parties full opportunity to present and establish their evidence, and to test by cross-
examination the evidence presented by their adversaries. All this is done under the
established rules of procedure before an impartial judge and/or jury.
AFFIANT Correct Ans-A person who makes and signs an affidavit.
AFFIDAVIT Correct Ans-A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party
making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths. For example, in
criminal cases, affidavits are often used by police officers seeking to convince courts to grant a
warrant to make an arrest or a search. In civil cases, affidavits of witnesses are often used to
support motions for summary judgment.
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE Correct Ans-Without denying the charge, the defendant raises
circumstances such as insanity, self-defense, or entrapment to avoid civil or criminal
responsibility.
AFFIRMED Correct Ans-In the practice of appellate courts, the word means that the
decision of the trial court is correct.
AGENT Correct Ans-One who has authority to act for another.
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT Correct Ans-An attempt to cause serious bodily injury to another or
purposely, knowingly or recklessly causing such injury, or an attempt to cause or purposely or
knowingly cause bodily injury to another with a deadly weapon.
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AGGRAVATED BATTERY Correct Ans-The unlawful use of force against another with
unusual or serious consequences such as the use of a dangerous weapon.
AGGRAVATING FACTORS Correct Ans-Any factors associated with the commission of a
crime which increase the seriousness of the offense or add to its injurious consequences.
AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS Correct Ans-A statement of all important facts, which all
the parties agree is true and correct, which is submitted to a court for ruling.
AGREEMENT Correct Ans-A mutual understanding and intention between two or more
parties. The writing or instrument which is evidence of an agreement. (Although often used as
synonymous with contract, agreement is a broader term.)
AID AND ABET Correct Ans-Help, assist, or facilitate the commission of a crime.
ALFORD PLEA Correct Ans-A special type of guilty plea by which a defendant does not
admit guilt but concedes that the State has sufficient evidence to convict; normally made to
avoid the threat of greater punishment. Source: Black's Law Dictionary (1996); North Carolina
v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25 (1970).
ALIBI Correct Ans-A defense claim that the accused was somewhere else at the time a
crime was committed.
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ALIMONY Correct Ans-A court-ordered allowance that one spouse pays the other spouse
for maintenance and support while they are either separated, pending suit for divorce, or
after they are divorced.
ALLEGATION Correct Ans-The assertion of a party to an action, setting out what he expects
to prove.
ALLEGE Correct Ans-To state, recite, assert, claim, maintain, charge or set forth. To make an
allegation.
ALLEGED Correct Ans-Asserted to be true as depicted or a person who is accused but has
not yet been tried in court.
ALLOCUTION Correct Ans-A defendant's statement in mitigation of punishment.
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR) Correct Ans-Settling a dispute without a full,
formal trial. Methods include mediation, conciliation, arbitration, and settlement, among
others.
AMEND Correct Ans-To change, correct, revise, improve, modify, or alter.
AMENDMENT Correct Ans-The correction of an error admitted in any process.
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