OUR LADY OF MERCY COLLEGE
BORONGAN CITY, E. SAMAR
MIDTERM EXAM IN PHIL. CONSTI.
NAME: __________________________________________ STUDENT NO: ___________ SCORE: ____________
A. IDENTIFICATION
Direction: Identify what is being asked in the following sentences. Choose the correct answer inside of
the box. Write your answers before the item. READ CAREFULLY. 2points each.
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Judge
Bail
Arraignment
Civil rights
Double jeopardy
Due process of law
Search warrant
Eminent domain
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Involuntary servitude
Constitutional rights
Warrant of arrest
Writ of habeas corpus
Ex post facto law
Bill of rights
Reclusion Perpetua
__________________________________________1. a declaration or charter of the individual rights and
liberties enjoyed by the citizens of a particular state that shall be protected and upheld by the constitution so as
to limit the powers of government
__________________________________________2. more than the procedure being lawful, the law itself
must be fair, just and reasonable; no person shall be deprived of his life, liberty and property for arbitrary
reasons or flimsy grounds
__________________________________________3. who determines whether search and seizure are
reasonably warranted or issued
__________________________________________4. an order in writing, issued in the name of the people of
the philippines, signed by a judge and directed to a peace officer, commanding him to search certain personal
property and bring it before the court
__________________________________________5. the security given for the release of a person in custody
of the law, furnished by him or a bondsman, to guarantee his appearance before any court as required under
the conditions hereinafter specified
__________________________________________6. an order in writing, issued in the name of the people of
the philippines, signed by a judge and directed to a peace officer, commanding him to arrest a person
designated in order that he may be bound to answer for the commission of an offense
__________________________________________7. a criminal proceeding at which the defendant is officially
called before a court of competent jurisdiction, informed of the offense charged in the complaint, information,
indictment, or other charging document, and asked to enter a plea of guilty, not guilty, or as otherwise
permitted by law
__________________________________________8. an order issued by a court of competent jurisdiction,
directed to the person detaining to another, commanding him to produce the body of the prisoner at a
designated time and place, and to show sufficient cause for holding in custody the individual so detained
__________________________________________9. designed to replace the death penalty and is in legal
parlance near-synonymous with life imprisonment
__________________________________________10. is a law that retroactively changes the legal
consequences (or status) of actions that were committed, or relationships that existed, before the enactment
of the law
__________________________________________11. expressed in the legal maxim "nemo debet bis vexari
pro eadem causa" (no man shall be twice vexed for one and the same cause)
__________________________________________12. rights that protect individuals' freedom from
unwarranted infringement by governments and private organizations
__________________________________________13. the condition of an individual who works for another
individual against his or her will as a result of force, coercion, or imprisonment, regardless of whether the
individual is paid for the labor
__________________________________________14. rights that are granted by the constitution
__________________________________________15. right or power of the state to take or expropriate
private property for public use upon paying to the owner a just compensation to be ascertained according to
law.
B. ENUMERATION
1. The exceptions for when arrest without warrant is acceptable.
2. The things not deprived to persons without due process.
C. ESSAY
1. Why bill of rights important?