Below are some words and phrases derived from «appeal» and «judge». Link each item to its definition.

A. 1) appeal a) to ask a more senior court or person to review

a decision of a subordinate court or person

2) appellate b) permission of the court to institute appeal

proceedings from a single judge or lower

court to full court or higher court respectively

which appeals are made on points

3) appellee c) a court to which appeals are made on points of law

resulting from the judgement of a lower court

4) court of appeal d) a party who appeals against a judicial decision

which isn’t in that party’s favour

5) leave to appeal e) refers to a higher court that can hear appeals from

a lower court

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B.1) judge a) the judicial decision of a case in court

or verdict

2) judicial b) a body of persons sworn to render a verdict

or true answer on a law case officially

submitted to them

3) jury c) a public officer authorized to hear and to

determine cases in a court of law

4) adjudicate d) to settle judicially

5) judgment e) pertaining to courts of law or to judges

5. PREPOSITIONS. Choose the right preposition in brackets according

to the contents of the sentences (by, from, in, on, to, of, for).

1. If no precedent could be found, the judge made a decision that is based ... existing legal principles and his decision would become a precedent for other courts to follow when a similar case arose.

2. All new treaties must be adopted only... reference ... the main legal document of a country, its Constitution.

3. These judges are free to depart ... the precedent and set a new precedent as it is accepted and used by other judges.

4. How many chapters is the Ukrainian Constitution composed ...?

5. In the USA jurors are selected at random ... all of the registered voters in the district.

6. The judge must instruct the jury ... the law that applies ... the case.

7. Even statutes often need to be interpreted ... the courts ... order ... fit particular cases, and these interpretations become new precedents.

8. The property and affairs of mentally-ill persons are administered ... the Court of Protection.

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