Mock Trial Vocabulary

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  1. 2. not guilty of a crime or fault
  2. 8. The final statements by an attorney to jury, summarizing the evidence, and arguing what the evidence has or has not established
  3. 9. A certain number of persons selected according to law and sworn in to inquire into matters of fact and declare the truth about matters of fact before them
  4. 10. Not important, pertinent to the matter at hand or to any issue before the court
  5. 13. Having been convicted by a jury of having done something wrong
  6. 15. something that gives proof of a contested fact
  7. 19. to prove that someone is guilty as a matter of law
  8. 21. A serious charge of criminal wrongdoing which must later be proved at trial beyond a reasonable doubt before a defendant may be convicted
  9. 22. A person against whom a criminal charge or civil claim is brought in a court of law
  10. 25. The name of the public officer who is appointed or elected in each judicial district, circuit, or county to conduct criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state or people
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  1. 1. The presiding member of a jury who speaks or answers for the jury
  2. 3. Burden of proof in a civil trial
  3. 4. In trial practice, for a Judge to disagree that an attorney's objection, as to a question, is valid
  4. 5. An officer who is in charge of maintaining order in a court of law
  5. 6. Summary of nature of case and of anticipated proof presented by counsel to jury at the start of a trial
  6. 7. The Burden of Proof in a criminal case required to establish the guilt of a person charged with a crime
  7. 11. meaning "to speak the truth," it is the name given to that part of a trial when the court and parties attempt to seat a fair and impartial jury
  8. 12. An official who can conduct hearings and decide on cases before the law
  9. 14. A lawyers protest about the legal propriety of a question which has been asked of a witness by the opposing attorney, with the purpose of making the trial judge decide if the question can be asked
  10. 16. Evidence introduced to counter, disprove or contradict the opposition's evidence or a presumption, or responsive legal argument
  11. 17. In trial practice, for a judge to agree that an attorney's objection, as to a question, is valid
  12. 18. the act of jurors talking to each other and coming to a decision on the charges or crimes of a trial
  13. 20. Just guessing about a particular situation
  14. 23. to give evidence under oath
  15. 24. the decision made by a jury at the end of a trial