⚖️ Law

Learn the vocabulary of justice, courts, and legal decisions. Understand legal reporting with more precision, clarity, and confidence.

100 заданий

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Probe

C1

A device or tool used for exploration or investigation.

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Evidence

A2

Information or signs that help to prove something.

4 clips

Appeal

B2

A request for a decision to be reconsidered, often in a legal context.

2 clips

Illegal

B1

Not allowed by law.

1 clip

Verdict

C1

The final decision made by a jury or judge about a legal case.

1 clip

Parole

C2

The conditional release of a prisoner with restrictions before their full sentence is completed.

Bias

B2

a strong feeling in favour of or against one group of people, or one side in an argument, often not based on fair judgement

Bond

B2

something that forms a connection between people or groups, such as a feeling of friendship or shared ideas and experiences

2 clips

Brief

B2

lasting only a short time; short

3 clips

Contract

B2

an official written agreement

3 clips

Attorney

C1

a lawyer, especially one who can act for somebody in court

3 clips

Charge

B1

the amount of money that somebody asks for goods and services

3 clips

Competition

A2

an event in which people compete with each other to find out who is the best at something

3 clips

Court

B1

the place where legal trials take place and where crimes, etc. are judged

3 clips

Defense

B2

the act of protecting somebody/something from attack, criticism, etc.

3 clips

Hearing

B2

the ability to hear

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Judge

B1

a person in a court who has the authority to decide how criminals should be punished or to make legal decisions

3 clips

Lawyer

A2

a person who is trained and qualified to advise people about the law and to represent them in court, and to write legal documents

3 clips

Panel

B2

a square or rectangular piece of wood, glass or metal that forms part of a larger surface such as a door or wall

1 clip

Regulation

B2

an official rule made by a government or some other authority

Trial

B2

a formal examination of evidence in court by a judge and often a jury, to decide if somebody accused of a crime is guilty or not

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Venue

B2

a place where people meet for an organized event, for example a concert, sporting event or conference

Victim

B1

a person who has been attacked, injured or killed as the result of a crime, a disease, an accident, etc.

3 clips

Witness

B2

a person who sees something happen and is able to describe it to other people

1 clip

Acquisition

C1

the act of getting something, especially knowledge, a skill, etc.

1 clip

Allegation

C1

a public statement that is made without giving proof, accusing somebody of doing something that is wrong or illegal

Amendment

C1

a small change or improvement that is made to a document or proposed new law; the process of changing a document or proposed new law

Bail

C1

money that somebody agrees to pay if a person accused of a crime does not appear at their trial. When bail has been arranged, the accused person is allowed to go free until the trial.

3 clips

Bankruptcy

B1

the state of being bankrupt

Breach

C1

a failure to do something that must be done by law

2 clips

Compliance

C1

the practice of obeying rules or requests made by people in authority

Constitution

C1

the system of laws and basic principles that a state, a country or an organization is governed by

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Constitutional

C1

connected with the constitution of a country or an organization

Contempt

C1

the feeling that somebody/something is without value and deserves no respect at all

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Conviction

C1

the act of finding somebody guilty of a crime in court; the fact of having been found guilty

1 clip

Detention

C1

the state of being kept in a place, especially a prison, and prevented from leaving

Enforcement

C1

the act of making people obey a particular law or rule

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Felony

B1

the act of committing a serious crime such as murder or rape; a crime of this type

3 clips

Immigration

B2

the process of coming to live permanently in a different country from the one you were born in; the number of people who do this

2 clips

Indictment

C1

a sign that a system, society, etc. is very bad or very wrong

Judicial

C1

connected with a court, a judge or legal judgement

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Jurisdiction

C1

the authority that an official organization has to make legal decisions about somebody/something

2 clips

Jury

B2

a group of members of the public who listen to the facts of a case in a court and decide whether or not somebody is guilty of a crime, or whether a claim has been proved

2 clips

Lawsuit

C1

a claim or complaint against somebody that a person or an organization can make in court

Legislation

C1

a law or a set of laws passed by a parliament

1 clip

Merger

C1

the act of joining two or more organizations or businesses into one

Patent

C1

an official right to be the only person to make, use or sell a product or an invention; a document that proves this

1 clip

Petition

C1

a written document signed by a large number of people that asks somebody in a position of authority to do or change something

Prosecution

C1

the process of trying to prove in court that somebody is guilty of a crime (= of prosecuting them); the process of being officially charged with a crime in court

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Prosecutor

C1

a public official who charges somebody officially with a crime and prosecutes them in court

1 clip

Sanction

C1

an official order that limits trade, contact, etc. with a particular country, in order to make it do something, such as obeying international law

Settlement

C1

an official agreement that ends an argument between two people or groups

1 clip

Testimony

C1

a thing that shows that something else exists or is true

1 clip

Trademark

C1

a name, symbol or design that a company uses for its products and that cannot be used by anyone else

Warrant

C1

a legal document that is signed by a judge and gives the police authority to do something

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Subpoena

A legal document ordering someone to attend court or produce evidence.

Executive order

A directive issued by the president to manage the federal government.

Antitrust

Laws designed to promote competition and prevent monopolies in business.

Litigation

The process of taking a case to court to settle a dispute.

1 clip

Immunity

The state of being resistant to a specific disease or infection.

1 clip