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Judge: The judge oversees the court proceedings, makes sure each side has time to speak, listens to arguments on points of law and determines the out come in a non–jury trial..

Plaintiff: The plaintiff is the accuser..

Magistrate: see judge their function is the same..

Defendant: The defendant is the accused..

Barrister: (Attorney) Represents his/her client (either the defendant or the plaintiff) in court presenting his/her clients case and attempting to prove his/her client is innocent (in the case of a defendant) or has a credible case that deserves legal intervention (in the case of a plaintiff)..

Solicitor:see Barrister…

Jury: The jury is a panel of people selected from a pool who listen to all evidence and arguments presented by attorneys and determine guilt or innocents as well as the sentence (if applicable to the jurisdiction’s laws)….

Court Clerk: The court clerk helps the judge in his/her function assisting the judge with office work and generally acting as the judges gopher freeing the judge to concentrate on the trial at hand rather than the everyday paper pushing… In some jurisdictions the court clerk also acts as stenographer..

Witness: A witness is charged with honestly telling what he/she knows regarding the case so the judge/jury can determine guilt or innocents…