English Vocabulary: Law
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The grand jury has handed down indictments against several mobsters.
A formal written statement charging a person with an offense.
The mobster threatened to break his legs if he didn't pay up.
A member of a criminal gang.
He pleaded guilty to attempted murder and preparing a terrorist attack.
To admit responsibility; confess.
He pleaded guilty to six felonies.
A serious crime.
He felt vindicated when the truth became known.
Freed from allegation or blame.
An official count of a population, typically recording various details of individuals.
Census.
The newspaper's attorneys argued that the article was not a libel.
A written defamatory statement that conveys an unjustly unfavorable impression.
Cruz’s comfort with the man who demeaned his wife and slandered his father demonstrates an odd and disturbing lack of human emotion and attachment.
To make a false spoken statement that causes people to have a bad opinion of someone.
As a new employee, I will be on probation for three months.
Subjection of an individual to a period of testing and trial (for a job).
Judges extended her probation, adding months of supervision to her original sentence.
The action of suspending the sentence of a convicted offender and giving the offender freedom during good behavior under the supervision.
Does she infringe upon her children’s privacy by checking their emails? They claim that his use of the name infringes their copyright.
To wrongly limit or restrict. Actively break the terms of (a law, agreement, etc.).
She has, in fact, forged the signature of her father on documents for obtaining the loan.
To produce a fraudulent copy or imitation of (a document, signature, banknote, or work of art).
That is a cheap forgery, not an authentic Ming Dynasty vase.
A faked document, signature, banknote, or work of art.
The prostitutes were arrested for soliciting customers.
To lure especially into evil.
Her supporters have lodged a petition of mercy and are hoping the government will use its royal prerogative to grant clemency and release her.
To show mercy, especially toward an offender or enemy.
Though vacating the championship would hurt innocent players along with those who were directly involved or complicit, we lack the ability to pinpoint punishment.
Helping to commit a crime.
I hear Mike's uncle is behind bars again. I wonder what he did this time!
In jail or prison.
He claims that Jazz City has offered to pay the money in instalments, but that the Journal has declined, insisting that it be paid in one lump sum.
A sum of money due as one of several equal payments for something, spread over an agreed period of time.
He will have to take out a mortgage in order to buy the house.
A legal agreement by which a bank lends money at interest in exchange for taking title of the debtor's property, with the condition that the conveyance of title becomes void upon the payment of the debt.
He was trying to get custody of their child. Four others are in custody for suspected immigration offences and one has been released.
The protective care or guardianship of something. Imprisoned.
He has 28 days in which to lodge an appeal.
To present (a complaint, appeal, etc.) formally to the proper authorities. A small country house occupied in season for sports such as hunting, shooting, or skiing.
The vast majority of the defendants pleaded not guilty and were released on bail with strict conditions.
Present and argue for (a position), especially in court or in another public context. The temporary release of an accused person awaiting trial, on condition that a sum of money is lodged to guarantee their appearance in court.
I actually followed Simon out of the room, pleading my case as he went to get coffee. Do I have to plead with you to get you to do it?
Present and argue for (a position), especially in court or in another public context. To beg something of someone; to make an emotional appeal to someone.
The angry mob smashed store windows and attacked people on the streets.
A large crowd of people, especially one that is disorderly and intent on causing trouble or violence.
Name 2 meanings of custody.
The protective care or guardianship of something. Imprisonment.
Think carefully before you enter into a credit agreement and check the fine print before you sign.
Inconspicuous conditions printed in contract, especially ones that may prove unfavourable.
The criminal act of deliberately setting fire to property?
Arson.
Obtain something by force, threats, or other unfair means? He attempted to ___ money from the company.
To extort.
The teenager was given bail on the condition he does not approach or interfere with prosecution witnesses.
The temporary release of an accused person awaiting trial, sometimes on condition that a sum of money is lodged to guarantee their appearance in court. Attempt to bribe or intimidate (a witness).
Most importantly perhaps the philosophy of land tenure and inheritance was quite different.
Act, right, manner, or term of holding something (владение/условие владения).
Guaranteed permanent employment, especially as a teacher or lecturer, after a probationary period.
tenure
During his tenure, the university experienced its most expansive period of growth.
The holding of an office.
Exonerate VS absolve VS vindicate?
exonerate - your version of events is proved true + you are freed from charges vindicate - your version of events is proved true (after being subjected to unfair attacks) absolve - you are freed from charges (release from the consequences of disobeying the law, to pardon a sin) You are vindicated if your version of events or theory turns out to have substance. You are exonerated if your version of events leads to you being cleared of any charges relating to them.So you could be vindicated but n…
Your sins are absolved, my son - no more apologies necessary.
To pardon (a sin).
She leased the site to a local company.
A contract by which one party conveys land, property, services, etc. to another for a specified time, usually in return for a periodic payment.
However, Muslim teachers quickly said acceptance of secularism is a rejection of Allah's injunctions, it is atheistic and a rejection of Islam
An authoritative warning or order.
Your Honour, the prosecution witnesses committed perjury throughout the whole trial.
The offence of wilfully telling an untruth or making a misrepresentation under oath.
Searching around the internet, I wasn't able to find anything to corroborate this statement.
Confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding).
The suspect is being tried in juvenile court as a juvenile delinquent, which is defined by Indiana law as an individual under 18 who is arrested or breaks the law.
Tending to commit crime, particularly minor crime.
What is this?
A trial jury. A jury of twelve people who try the final issue of fact in civil or criminal cases and pronounce a verdict.
What's the name for this concept -
Jury nullification occurs when a jury returns a verdict of "Not Guilty" despite its belief that the defendant is guilty of the violation charged. The jury in effect nullifies a law that it believes is either immoral or wrongly applied to the defendant whose fate they are charged with deciding.
The lord was captured in war and had to be ransomed.
Obtain the release of a captive by paying a sum of money.
Nebulous concept like quality of life.
Vague or ill-defined. In the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.
He was one of the 11 other convicts at the penitentiary who were so treated.
A prison for people convicted of serious crimes.
Despite the cogency of Hering's arguments for his opponent process theory, the Zeitgeist was such that few researchers expected to find compelling evidence of opponent mechanisms in the color vision system.
The quality of being clear, logical, and convincing; lucidity.
When a law was broken, society sought restitution for the grieved party, even if a slave.
Compensation, restoration of something lost or stolen to its proper owner. recompense for injury or loss. the restoration of something to its original state.
The demonstration was in opposition to government plans to levy a new tax on those employing guest workers as domestics, and to cut the minimum wages of maids.
Impose (a tax, fee, or fine)
What's this?
A stump. The bottom part of a tree left projecting from the ground after most of the trunk has fallen or been cut down.