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Monster
Vocabulary set 2
Question | Answer |
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appeal | a legal step taking a case from a lower court to a higher one for review |
affidavit | a swarn statement made by someone who will not be at the trial |
cross-examines | questions a witness a second time to discredit earlier answers |
perpetrator | one who committted a criminal act |
stoolies | stool pigeons, slang for police informers |
faggot | derogatory word for a male homosexual |
hostile | an unfriendly or non-cooperating witness; a witness called by the other side |
sustained | allowed in a court proceeding |
overruled | not allowed in a court proceeding |
leading | suggesting answers to a witness during his or her testimony |
holding pen | a place where prisoners are kept outside a courtroom |
apprehended | caught |