Legal Latin

Sentence Completion

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A. Sentence Completion - Compleatis has sententias; Opta unum ex verbis:

1. A defendant in a trial may be called a _____ by his lawyer.
2. A defendant has a right to face his ________.
3. The ________ for the defense needs to present the best case possible for his client.
4. One who lies on the stand is said to _______ himself.
5. The ________ of the doctor was enough to convict the defendant.
6. "I did not know it was against the law" is an __________ argument.
7. Sandra Day ­Connor is a ________ on the supreme court of the U.S.
8. The defendant was found not guilty because the _______ did not make a clear case of the evidence against him.
9. The witness said that the defendant was a regular ______ of her store.
10. When the two neighbors could not resolve their differences, the best recourse was to __________ the matter.

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