Law Chapter 1 Terms Quiz

Definition: litigation between two parties

• lawsuit

• misdemeanor

• criminal law

Definition: one of the provisions of the U.S. Constitution enacted after the original Constitution became law; an addition to an existing document or plan

• Annex
• Subtraction
• Amendment

Definition: rules/regulations that give authority to the government to safely protect the rights of citizens to prevent crime.

• Rights

• Appeals

• Laws

Definition: the highest court in the United States.

• Supreme Court

• High Court

• Court Of Appeals

Definition: a criminal offense, less serious than a felony, punishable by a prison sentence of one year or less.

• prosecutor

• misdemeanor

• felony

The person against whom a claim is made; in a civil suit, the defendant is the person being sued, in a criminal case, the defendant is the person charged with committing a crime.

• prosecutor

• defendant

• plaintiff

Usually the standard proof used in a civil suit; the burden of proof that a party must meet in order to win the lawsuit; to win, a party must provide evidence that is more convincing than the other side's evidence.

• defendant

• preponderance of evidence

• reasonable suspicion

In a civil case, the injured party who brings legal action against the alleged wrongdoer.

• defendant

• prosecutor

• plaintiff

Definition: the study of law

• Jurisprudence

• Civil law

• Criminal law

Definition: in a legal proceeding, a body of men and women selected to hear and examine certain facts and determine the truth

• Plaintiff

• Jury

• Defendant