Question |
Answer |
start learning
|
|
To decide and state officially in court that somebody is not guilty of crime
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
A written statement that you swear is true, and that can be used as evidence in court
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
The crime of refusing to obey an order made by a court
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
The act of charging an inportant public figure with serious crime
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
To send somebody away from a court to wait for their trial which will take place at a later date
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
A person who brings an action in a court
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
To present somebody or something in the court for judgement
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
Formal accusation against somebody
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
A prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
The cellblock in a prison where the condemned to death await execution
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
An instrument of execution by electrocution
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
Person or organisation facing a criminal charge or other legal proceeding
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
A trial at court between two private parties
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
Lawyer advising clients and briefing barristers
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
The formal decision or finding of a judge or jury
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
A specialist court outside the judicial system which examines special problems
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
To bring someone to court to answer a criminal charge
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
The arguments used when fighting a case
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
A person who makes a claim against someone in a civil court
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
To ask higher court of justice or a supreme court to change decision or sentence made by a lower court
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
Having the legal ability to force someone to do something
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
A trial without a jury, in which the judge serves as the fact-finder
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
A written statement that explains one side's legal and factual arguments
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
A crime punishabke by death
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
Unpaid work that an offender is required to do instead of going to prison
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
A person who acts for or represents another in business or legal matters as a lawyer
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
To defend a law case or to declare oneself to be guilty or not guilty
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
Phrase used when two parties make genuine attempts to resolve a dispute but are not pleading guilty or dropping the charges so they do it without detriment
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
The place where law cases are heard and decided
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
A lawyer who pleads before a superior court
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
The fact of being considered satisfactory and acceptable in a law court
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
Not done in a court of law
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
The authority of a court or official organisation to make decisions and judgements
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
A legal document stating that someone will not tell anyone certain private information
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
A formal written statement made or used in a law court
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
The most important law court in the US
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
The four societies in London for students of law, one of which a barrister must belong to
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
Part of legal process in which the lawyers from one side in a case give documents to the other side, before the trial begins
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
The place in a criminal law court where the accused person sits or stands during the trial
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
A judge's private office where legal discussions between a judge and lawyers take place
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
To remove, suppress or terminate a nuisance
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
One that abates a nuisance
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
To assist or encourage, esp in crime or wrongdoing
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
The act or process of officially proving the authencity and validity of a will
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
A person representing others in a court of law
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
The act of appointing another as one's agent, procurator or attorney
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
Authorization to act on behalf of someone else
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
The legally authorized killing of someone as punishment for crime
|
|
|
start learning
|
|
|
|
|