Please help me with these questions half of them don't make any sense and I have no context.

LEGAL TERMINOLOGY ASSIGNMENT #3: G-I 1. The FBI and Congress investigated whether a filiation existed during the 2016 election between the GOP party leaders and Russia. What's a filiation? 2. If one makes a 'feoffment', what does she do? 3. First degree murder's elements include the formation of mens rea that is premeditated. What does that mean? 4. The trial lawyer objected to a question stating that it was not 'germane' to the issues before the court. What's that mean? 5. The gravamen of the lecturer was that gratuitous behavior without grandiose affectation amounts to a generous grant. Please explain that statement. 6. What is a habeas corpus petition pleading to the court? 7. The secondhand statements of a third-party amount to hearsay, and the trial lawyers will always object to their introduction at trial. Explain. 8, Most political elections/campaigns are attempts by all parties to gain 'hegemony'. What's that? 9. The crime was 'heinous'. In 'hindsight', this conviction will hinder chances of a gentle sentence. Please explain. 10, Most trial lawyers give 'homage' to the judge presiding in the courtroom