Reference List

criminals crimes offences a masked offender

committing a crime crime victim imprisonment

criminal proceedings punish offence punishment

kidnapping offender criminal criminal law

1. Since … are … against the state, the state takes the initiative in prosecuting … .

2. Certain persons are treated in law, to a greater or lesser extent, as being incapable of … responsibility: people of unsound mind, drunken persons, minors and corporations.

3. It must not be imagined that because … differ from civil wrongs the same set of facts never constitute a … and a civil wrong, for … and civil law overlap at many points.

4. The object of … is to … the … or to ensure, by some means other than …, that he does not repeat his … : the object of civil proceedings is to satisfy the claim of the party injured.

5. The accused was sentenced to five years … .

6. He is conducting his first case in the court as the counsel for the … .

7. Mr. Clark is said to have given evidence in the case of … . He was a witness for the … .

8. When … tried to rob the post office, an official just threw a cup of hot tea in his face and the bandit fled.

9. The man suspected of … pleaded non-guilty.

Exercise 5. Find the sentences in the text containing the word combinations and phrases given below. Translate them into Ukrainian. Make up sentences with these word combinations.

harmful to society to sue for damages

possible trial to prosecute the accused person

punishment of offenders to produce evidence

to commit a crime a jury trial

a civil action a presumption

Exercise 6. Match the words and their definitions.

felony - carrying away a child or somebody by

force and unlawfully (esp. in order to

obtain money for his return)

misdemeanour - violent and sudden attack

murder - betrayal of one’s country or ruler

robbery - injury or damage done by a person or

other agent, esp. on purpose; moral harm

or injury

burglary - very serious crime

kidnapping - unlawful killing of a human being on

purpose

treason - crime of breaking into a house to steal

assault - unlawful act of not a very serious nature

mischief - taking property from (a place) unlawfully (and often by force)

Exercise 7. Find Ukrainian equivalents to the following words and word combinations.

1. crime 1. потерпілий; жертва

2. disorderly conduct 2. обвинувачена особа

3. possible trial 3. покарання злочинців

4. felony 4. найменш небезпечний злочин

5. victim 5. ув’язнення

6. punishment of offenders 6. крадіжка із зломом

7. to prosecute 7. злочин

8. the accused person 8. суддя

9. misdemeanour 9. вина

10. imprisonment 10. порушувати судову справу

11. доказ

12. цивільна справа

13. можливий судовий розгляд

14. протиправна поведінка

15. тяжкий злочин

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