#16 Speech Quiz

What is the term used for a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime?

• Plea

• Indictment

• Appeal

• Testimony

What is the term for a statement made by a defendant in response to a charge in a court of law?

• Conviction

• Plea

• Deliberation

• Witness

What is the process called when a case is reviewed by a higher court?

• Trial

• Litigation

• Appeal

• Indictment

What is the term for the legal process of resolving a dispute in court?

• Litigation

• Deliberation

• Testimony

• Conviction

What is the term for the careful consideration and discussion of all the evidence by a jury?

• Witness

• Plea

• Deliberation

• Indictment

What is the term for the sequence of custody and control of evidence?

• Chain of evidence

• Testimony

• Appeal

• Trial

Who is a person that gives a statement or evidence in a court of law?

• Conviction

• Witness

• Indictment

• Deliberation

What is the term for a formal declaration that someone is guilty of a criminal offense?

• Plea

• Conviction

• Appeal

• Litigation

What is the term for a formal written or spoken statement given in a court of law?

• Testimony

• Indictment

• Deliberation

• Chain of evidence

What is the term for the examination of evidence and arguments by a judge and jury in a court?

• Trial

• Plea

• Appeal

• Witness