COURT REPORTING WRITTEN STATE EXAM ACTUAL

COURT REPORTING WRITTEN STATE EXAM (ACTUAL

QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED 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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