COURT REPORTING WRITTEN STATE EXAM ACTUAL

COURT REPORTING WRITTEN STATE EXAM (

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

The party responsible for the cost of the record must be identified in the certificate page contained in the? - ---- Answers----First volume

polling of the jury - ----Answers----A formal question to each jury member as to whether he or she agrees to the verdict.

motion to expunge - ----Answers----An attempt to suppress damaging or inadmissible evidence.

Cum laude - ----Answers----of the highest degree

fait accompli - ----Answers----an accomplished fact.

id est - ----Answers----that is

in re - ----Answers----in the manner of

motion of summary judgement - ----Answers----during the preparation of a case, either party decides that no real issue of fact is to be decided at trial.

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Motion to Compel - ----Answers----require the opposing party to perform some act, such as to answer interrogatories or produce documents.

spell renaissance - ----Answers----renaissance

spell prerogative - ----Answers----prerogative

spell lis pendens - ----Answers----lis pendens

where are certified questions listed - ----Answers----in the index

in extremis - ----Answers----at the point of death

in situ - ----Answers----in its original place

ipso facto - ----Answers----by the fact itself

stationary - ----Answers----not moving

stationery - ----Answers----writing paper

corporations are governed by laws of - ----Answers----The state government 2 / 4

Partnership law or other partnership laws of the state are governed by the - ----Answers----Uniform Partnership Code

ingratiate - ----Answers----to gain favor

indignant - ----Answers----angered at something unjust or wrong

delegation - ----Answers----a group of representatives

enervate - ----Answers----to weaken

the attorney is usually responsible for payment of deposition when? - ----Answers----when held in his office

the best reference of looking up the names of out of town lawyers is - ----Answers----Martindale Hubbard

The reporter should find out what agreements are in the deposition - ----Answers----before the deposition.

if a party arranges to have an oral deposition recorded non- stenographically by someone other than a CSR, the party must arrange to have the witness sworn by? - ----Answers----a notary or other person competent to administer oaths 3 / 4

ad litem - ----Answers----for the particular action or proceeding

fiat - ----Answers----let it be done; official endorsement

lex loci - ----Answers----the law of the place

illicit - ----Answers----illegal

elicit - ----Answers----to draw forth, bring out from some source

contract - ----Answers----An agreement between two or more parties that is enforceable in court

empathy - ----Answers----compassionate understanding

Blanket objection - ----Answers----objecting on the grounds that the evidence in incompetent, irrelevant, and immaterial.

when are leading questions allowed - ----Answers----when a witness is elderly and infirm, a young child, an illiterate person, or has a language barrier

hearsay - ----Answers----rumor, gossip

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