LAW CLASS - MIDTERM REVIEW

A court follows a previous ruling on a similar case to ensure consistency in law.

Assault, battery, and false imprisonment can be considered examples of trespass.

A text's topic sentence normally makes a good basis for a summary. It often consist of a general point.

Which of the following prefixes is best suited to the word "decisive"?

Which of the following is a discourse marker?

Which of the following nouns is countable?

Civil court resolves disputes between private citizens.

When you paraphrasing, aim to make sure that 90% of the words you use are different from the original.

Which of the following prefixes is best suited to the word "force"?

The legal term for a tort where a person fails to do something they should have done.

Refers to words or phrases used to guide the reader or listener through the structure of a piece of writing or speech.

Burglary and aggravated burglary are the same crime with no key differences.

Identify the subject, verb, and object/complement to understand complex sentences.

Dishonest appropriation of property belonging to another, with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it

Criminal law involves punishment, civil law generally does not.

Which of the following suffixes is best suited to the word "defend"?

It is the recording of guilt or a formal guilty verdict given by a court.

URL is an acronym.

Verbs can be transformed into nouns, and nouns can be transformed into verbs, often by adding specific suffixes.

Abbreviations are pronounced as a single word.

Hires a car for two days but brings it back after four days?

It prevents a party from contradicting their actions if it harms someone who relied on them.

A vast, interconnected network offering a wide range of information and services accessible online.

When reading for research, focus on information that directly answers your question, not everything in the source.

How many syllables are there in the word 'malpractice'?

Medium-neutral citations use numbered paragraphs.

Topic development helps to keep the focus of the paragraph on a single idea or argument.

Hypernyms are general category items while hyponyms are specific items within categories.

In theft, properties could be intangible too.

Which of the following is a stance marker?

Prefixes are added at the end of a word.

Crime is a wrongful act punishable by the government; a tort is a civil wrong where the victim can seek compensation.

An offence is committed if a conveyance is taken away without the owner’s consent.

Shoplifting is a form of burglary.

The person who can be found guilty of a crime.

Antonyms are also useful in rewriting statements.

It is the punishment given to a person found guilty of an offence.

Burglary is a kind of theft.

A component of theft that refers to guilty deed.

Tribunals have the same powers as courts and can impose criminal sentences like imprisonment.

“On the other hand, taking the phone to make an emergency call might be a successful defence." What is the subject?

When searching information in the Internet, choose information that are up-to-date.

When you do research, record information about the source.

What is the best way to take note if the information is about advantages and disadvantages?

"The court adjourned after hearing all the testimonies." Identify the intransitive verb.

Books are parallel to electronic sources.

Words in a dictionary are in alphabetical order.

The word's stress and pronunciation are also shown in the dictionary.

Stealing involves a victim directly and often includes violence or threats.

When searching information in the Internet, choose information that are in PDF file because they seem credible.

A single word can act as a noun, verb, or adjective depending on its role in the sentence.

Suffixes are added at the end of a word.

"The lawyer presented the case to the judge." Identify the transitive verb.

“On the other hand, taking the phone to make an emergency call might be a successful defence." What is the verb?

Tribunals are specialized bodies that hear and decide disputes, often in areas such as employment or immigration.

The stress in the word "justice" is on the first syllable: JUS-tice.

When you report findings, you may use direct quotations or do restating or paraphrasing.

Choose the uncountable noun.

Torts are generally concerned with public safety, while crimes are focused on individual harm.

Libel is spoken defamation, while slander is written defamation.

Use synonyms to avoid repetition.