Match each term listed in Column 1 to its definition in Column 2

Question

1. Character evidence
2. Daubert test
3. Declarant
4. Hearsay
5. Impeachment
6. Judicial notice
7. Lay witness
8. Limited admissibility
9. Preliminary questions
10. Rape shield laws

a. A test used by the courts to determine if certain scientific evidence should be admitted into evidence.
b. The act of a court in accepting certain facts without the necessity to present evidence to prove them, such as the fact that New York is a state.
c. A nonexpert witness.
d. Laws designed to protect a rape victim and limit the admission of the victim's prior sexual history.
e. The attempt to limit or discredit evidence that has been admitted.
f. Evidence of a person's character that tends to prove that the individual did or did not commit a certain act.
g. Basic questions like name and address asked of a witness when the witness is first called to testify.
h. An individual making a formal statement.
i. Evidence that is admitted for a limited purpose only.
j. A statement, other than one made by the declarant while testifying at the trial or hearing, offered in evidence to prove the truth of the matter asserted.

Answer 1

1. F
2. A
3. H
4. J
5. E
6. B
7. C
8. I
9. G
10. D