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1

The laws under which a country is established and ruled is called the ______________

Correct Answers

  • constitution

Your Response

  • constitution

Additional Information

The consitution of the United States is the world's shortest, with only 7 articles and 27 amendments. The longest is the constitution of India, with 444 articles and 118 amendments.

2

The study of law and the legal system is called ____________

Correct Answers

  • jurisprudence

Your Response

  • justice studies

Additional Information

Jurisprudence also includes legal philosophy and social theory of law.

3

Which of the following is another word for prison?

Correct Answers

  • penitentiary

Your Response

  • infirmary

Additional Information

The word penitent means to be sorry. A penitentiary is a synonym for prison. It is commonly used in the US, for example, the Louisiana State Penitentiary.

4

The presentation of a case before a committee, tribunal, or court of law is called a _________

Correct Answers

  • hearing

Your Response

  • hearing

Additional Information

Common types of hearing include a preliminary hearing (before trial), an open hearing (with journalists in attendance), and a hearing in private (closed to the public).

5

___________ law is the area of law concerned with maintaining a competitive market.

Correct Answers

  • anti-trust

Your Response

  • anti-trust

Additional Information

Although in legal English the word trust means to hold property for the benefit of others, by the end of the 19th century in the US, large companies were commonly referred to as trusts.

6

I ________ declare that I have not been convicted of a crime in any country.

Correct Answers

  • hereby

Your Response

  • hereby
7

When an injured party asks the courts to intervene in order to settle a dispute, they are using:

Correct Answers

  • litigation

Your Response

  • arbitration

Additional Information

An instance of litigation is known as a lawsuit. Modern English uses the term to sue to describe the act of filing a civil action, for example They used our intellectual property without licence, so we sued them.

8

In a democratic state with full separation of powers, political power is vested in three independent branches. They are:

Correct Answers

  • the executive, judicial, and legislative branch

Your Response

  • the executive, judicial, and legislative branch

Additional Information

The three branches are the executive branch (represented by the government and president), the judicial branch (the courts) and the legislative branch (parliament).

9

Evidence that suggests that something happened, but that does not give absolute proof, is considered _________:

Correct Answers

  • circumstantial

Your Response

  • alleged

Additional Information

By definition, circumstantial evidence means that more than one explanation may be possible.

10

In English, an executor is...

Correct Answers

  • a person named in a last will and testament who is entrusted to carry out the wishes of the deceased

Your Response

  • someone who kills people

Additional Information

The Czech word exekutor is often hard to translate into English. In the UK, a bailiff is a close equivalent; a bailiff is a person employed by the court, whose responsibility is to see that documents are served and that court orders are obeyed.