GEI-3 Legal Terminology

What is the term for taking an individual into custody by the authorities due to their involvement in a crime?

• to charge

• to arrest

• to smuggle

• to sentence

Which term refers to the process of formally accusing someone of committing a crime and bringing them to court?

• to arrest

• to charge

• to sentence

• to smuggle

What is the act of moving prohibited goods secretly across borders called?

• to sentence

• to arrest

• to smuggle

• to charge

Which term describes the action of giving a convicted person a specific punishment after a trial?

• imprisonment

• to charge

• to sentence

• evidence

If a person is confined to a prison for a specific period as a result of a conviction, they are serving a __________.

• sentence

• jail

• trial

• victim

What is the term for information presented in court to prove or disprove a fact?

• to sentence

• evidence

• imprisonment

• suspect

Where are individuals typically held while awaiting trial or after being convicted of a crime?

• trial

• sentence

• jail

• victim

During which legal process is evidence presented, witnesses heard, and arguments made to determine a person's guilt or innocence?

• imprisonment

• sentence

• evidence

• trial

Who is the individual who suffers harm, either physically or emotionally, as a result of a crime?

• suspect

• victim

• jail

• evidence

What is the term for a person who is thought to be involved in a crime and is being investigated?

• victim

• suspect

• evidence

• imprisonment