Key Terms for Judicial Branch

1. Accused - To be charged with wrongdoing 2. Assault - a sudden, violent attack, threatening manner 3. Bail property or money given as surety to release someone from

custody 4. Burglary felony of breaking into and entering the house of another 5. Neglect to pay no attention or too little attention 6. Crime any offense, foolish, senseless, shameful, serious wrongdoing, or sin 7. Cross-examine to examine the purpose of discrediting the witnesss testimony 8. Defendant someone against whom a claim or charge is brought in a court 9. Defense attorney the lawyer representing the defendant 10. Deliberate carefully considered 11. Arraignment to call to account 12. Evidence that which tends to prove or disprove something 13. Felony any crime punishable by death or mutilation and forfeiture of lands and goods 14. Fraud any deception, trickery, or humbug 15. Grand Jury a jury, at common law, of 12 to 23 person 16. Illegal forbidden by law or statute 17. Indictment a formal accusation initiating a criminal case 18. Probable cause reasonable ground for belief as in a criminal case 19. Judge a person qualified to pass a critical judgment 20. Jury such a group selected according to law 21. Jury Foreman person assigned by the jury to manage and direct 22. Jury trial trial in which a jury serves as the Trier of fact 23. Legal permitted by law 24. Misdemeanor an action that is against the law and less serious than a felony 25. Murder the act of killing another person 26. Polling to count votes 27. Prosecuting Attorney jurisdiction charged with carrying on the prosecution in criminal proceedings 28. Robbery the act, the practice, or instance of robbing 29. Summons to be called to court 30. Theft the act of stealing 31. Trespassing a wrongful entry upon the lands of others

32. Verdict the finding or answer of a jury given to the court 33. Witness to give or afford evidence of 34. Plaintiff a person who brings suit in a court 35. Civil court case a court that handles noncriminal legal matters 36. Lawsuit a case in a court of law involving a claim, complaint, etc 37. Civil law the body of laws of a state or nation regulating ordinary

private matters 38. Criminal law laws of a state or country dealing with criminal offenses and their punishments 39. Writ of habeas corpus ordering a person to be brought before a judge 40. Due process of law regular administration of the law, according to which no citizen me be denied his or her legal rights 41. Search warrant examination of a dwelling or other private premises by police officials 42. Double Jeopardy second trial or punishment for the same offense for which the person has already been punished for 43. Cross examine examine by questions intended to check a previous examination 44. Testimony statement or declaration of a witness under oath or affirmation 45. Acquittal finding of not guilty 46. Hung jury jury that cannot agree on a verdict 47. Subpoena summoning witnesses before court 48. Badgering witness is subjected to derisive comments 49. Breaking and entering forcible entry into the home or office of another 50. Child abduction kidnapping a child 51. Counterfeit pretend; unreal 52. Perjury willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation