TOPICAL VOCABULARY

1. Courts:magistrates’ courts, the Crown Court, the High Court, the Court of Appeal (criminal and civil divisions), the House of Lords, county courts, juvenile courts, coroner’s courts, administrative tribunals, district courts, sheriff courts, the High Court of Justiciary in Edinburgh.

2. Cases:leading case, case for the defence / prosecution, case in point, case file, to dismiss a case,to decide / settle a case, to hear / try a case, to lose a case, to win a case.

3. Offences:poaching, racket, smuggling, spying, white-collarcrime, subornation, suicide, fatal accident, affray, assassination, bigamy, treason, hijacking, pick-pocketing, vandalism, jaywalk, trespassing, bugging, false testimony, summary offences.

3. Participants of the legal procedure:barrister, solicitor, magistrate, a bench of magistrates, Justice of Peace (JP), an impartial judge, to act in a partial manner (about judge), independent citizens chosen at random from the electoral register (about jury), to speak for the client, to speak on behalf of the client, a brief, to be called to the bar, the bar of justice, QC (Queen’s Counsel), a biased/unbiased juror, Law Lords.

4. Legal procedure:to be released on bail pending trail, to be taken / remanded in custody, to live in an approved bail or probation / bail hostel, to be entitled to bail, to prove guilt beyond reasonable doubt, miscarriages of justice, to secure the conviction and acquittal, the possibility of intimidation of jurors, danger of perverse verdicts, to discharge the accused, to pass the sentence on the accused, to make preliminary inquiries into a more serious case, to draw inferences from the defendant’s refusal to give evidence, hearsay evidence, to declare a mistrial, to quash a conviction, to challenge jurors (on grounds of possible bias), to obtain admissions by oppression, presumption of innocence, to overrrule.

5. Penalties or sentences:to reach a unanimous verdict, to result in acquittal, to acquit the accused, to pass judgment, to impose punishment, a suspended sentence, to discharge (un)conditionally, (un)conditional discharge, compensation to the victim, fine, a heavy fine, community services, to get remission of prison sentence, to comply with the supervising officer, to serve life sentence for smth., capital punishment, death penalty, corporal punishment, eviction, internment, penal servitude, solitary confinement, extradition, to deprive of smb’s property, severe / lenient punishment, disqualification from driving, disciplinary training in a detention centre, to pay the damage.

Не знайшли потрібну інформацію? Скористайтесь пошуком google:

Генерація сторінки за: 0.005 сек.