courtroom scenes
Testimony and verdicts
Courtroom scenes are depictions of legal proceedings in film, television, or literature—the dramatic staples of lawyers examining witnesses, judges sustaining objections, and juries delivering verdicts.
The phrase typically refers to fictional portrayals rather than actual trials: The movie's courtroom scenes were riveting.
Real trials rarely match the theatrical pacing of their dramatized counterparts.
- opening statementsInitial courtroom presentations
- judgeOne who decides
- gavelSmall ceremonial hammer
- lawyerLicensed legal representative
- tensionStretched or strained state
bench · justice · verdict · sentencing · bailiff · jury deliberation · reasonable doubt · guilty verdict · cross-examination · sworn testimony · suspense · dramatic pause · closing arguments · objections · witness · moral dilemmas · scales of justice · prosecutor
- Legal DramasThe Good Wife, The Good Fight, Boston Legal, LA Law, Perry Mason
- Legal Artcourtroom art, scales of justice, gavel, Lady Justice, justice scales
- legal fictionlegal drama, courtroom drama, crime fiction, detective stories, To Kill a Mockingbird
- Justice SymbolsLady Justice, scales, blind justice, blindfold, balance
courtroom scenessmoke-filled rooms
Secretive political decision-making venues
secret negotiations · under-the-table deals · informal agreements
courtroom scenesmob justice
Extralegal punishment by crowds
handshake deals · frontier justice · revenge killings · duels
courtroom sceneschase scenes
Filmed pursuit sequences
action sequences · battle scenes · car chases · fight scenes · outdoor pursuits
court, room, courts, courted, courting, courtly, courtier, courtiers, courtesy