Solve Basic Legal Terms MCQ

The A to Z guide on Legal Terminology:

Basic Legal Terminology (A):

• Accused: person who charged with committing crime.
• Administrative Law: rules and regulations framed by administration
• Affidavit: statement on oath for use as evidence in legal process
• Alibi: elsewhere a legal plea that the a person was not presented at the time and place of occurrence
• All Rights Reserved: intimation notifying that the owner is legally protected his rights against infringement.
• Amnesty: general pardon granted by a nation
• Anticipatory bail: bail granted by a court in advance even before to a person who apprehends that he might be arrested
• Arbitration: settlement of a dispute by someone chosen to hear both sides and come to a decision.

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Common Legal Terms (B):

• Bail: something given as security effect the release of one arrested or imprisoned, on the understanding that he shall appear for trail at a fixed time and place
• Bonafide: in the good faith

Legal phrases (C):

• Certiorari: a writ to transfer a law suit from a lower court to a higher one
• Circumstantial evidence: evidence based on the circumstances of a case and sufficiently strong to establish the guilt
• Contempt of Court: disobedience of the judgement / orders of the court
• Convict: one who is founded guilty of a crime and sentenced by a court
• Code: classified laws and regulations
• Coup d’etat: sudden removal or change of Government by force
• Copyright: the exclusive right of the owner of a work on it
• Court martial: trial of defence force personal for the breach of military discipline rules / laws
• CPC: Civil Procedure Code
• Cr.PC: Criminal Procedure Code
• Curfew: order to people to stay indoors

Common Legal Words (D):

• Defendant: a person required to answer in a court
• Defamation: attack on reputation
• Dejure: lawful
• Detenue: person detailed by a state authority
• Double jeopardy: prosecuting a person more than once for the same offence

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Glossary of Legal Terms (E):

• Extradition: delivering a accused to another country for legal trial
• Ex.gratia: by way of grace
• Exhibit: presentation of legal document / facts

(F):

• Facsimile: exact copy of a document
• FIR: First Information Report of an offence / crime to law department
• Forgery: counterfeiting with intention of fraud

(G):

• Genocide: repressing / killing people of a particular community

(H):

• Habeas Corpus: a writ refers to the right of an arrested person to be produced before the court of law for trial

(I):

• Indemnity: security against any kind of damage / loss
• Inquest: judicial enquiry to find out how somebody died
• Indictment: document which have information about  charges against a prisoner

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(L):

• Lease: a contact which defines / outlines terms of renting property by one party to another
• Legacy: something (mostly money or property) left to a person by will
• Life imprisonment: Long term imprisonment (duration can different in different country)
• Limited Company: a company where shareholders have limited responsibility to the extent of
  
  their shares in it
• Locus stand: right to interfere

(M):

• Malafide: with bad faith
• Modus operandi: mode of working
• Moratorium: order to postpone payment of dues without any imposition of punishment

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(O):

• Ordinance: rule / order / law made by authorised body / government

Legal Terms (P):

• Patent: document that gives a person exclusive privilege of something
• Parole: release of prisoner before completion of sentence (mostly in condition of good behavior)
• Public Notary: a lawyer / appointed person to certify / attest documents
• Perjury: making false statement on oath
• Prima facie: at the first sight
• Penology: study of crimes punishments, prison and reformations of criminals
• Postmortam: medical examination of a dead body to find cause of death
• Power of Attorney: document authorising granter of the power in relation to matters specified in the documents
• Probono Publico: for the public good
• Prohibition: banning something / some activity
• Proxy: when a person acts for another person to perform some action

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Commonly Used Legal Terms (S):

• Sine die: without date, indefinitely
• Sub judice: under judicial consideration
• Sedition: use of speech / action to act against government
• Status quo ante: the previous position
• Summons: a writ of a court commanding the attendance of a witness at a specified time and place

(V):

• Vox populi: voice of the people

Law Student Glossary (W):

• Warrant: legal order issued by court / authorised person to permit a particular action which otherwise an illegal act
• Writ: written order by court to act in a particular way