Fact or Malarkey!!
Indicate whether each statement fact or malarkey by clicking the appropriate button.
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This challenge covers A through D of the glossary.
1. A short abbreviated record of the case is a transcript.
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2. To destroy or to completely end is to abate.
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3. To enter a finding of guilt or innocence is to adjudicate.
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4. An adversary system has two opposing sides.
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5. Administrative duties are acts to carry out legislative policies.
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6. The seat occupied by a judge in court is a bench.
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7. A bifurcated trial refers to one case in which all testimony is heard at one time.
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8. Showing that the weight of evidence is on your side is the burden of proof.
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9. A caveat is a warning.
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10. The formal complaint or accusation that a person has committed a criminal offense is a charging instrument.
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11. Concurrent jail sentences are prison terms that run at the same time.
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12. De novo refers to a new trial.
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13. A court order to keep a person in custody when that person might otherwise be released is a warrant.
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14. Using a latitude of choice within certain legal procedural boundaries is using discretion.
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15. A person who appeals a case to a higher court is the appealer.
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16. The proceeding in which the court identifies the defendant and asks for a plea is a hearing.
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17. To discharge a person is to release him from custody.
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18. There are four legislative branches of government.
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19. District Court is a court of record.
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20. A court order that ends a lawsuit or prosecution of a charge is a disposition.
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21. A duces tecum commands a person to appear in court with documents of evidence.
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22. To demand payment of an overdue payment is due process.
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23. A court's disposition of a case is the judgment.
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