36. law 2 Flashcards
a person who practices or studies law; an attorney or a counselor.
Women attorneys, doctors and #lawyers are found in the provinces as well as in urban areas.
come or bring together for a meeting or activity; assemble.
Now the council has #convened a meeting for Monday night, which will hear opinions from the local community before deciding what to do.
state or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof.
The plaintiff #claimed that there is evidence to show what her current needs are.
carry out or perpetrate (a mistake, crime, or immoral act).
I am afraid I simply cannot do this in the knowledge that they are likely to be #committing acts which will breach international law.
a private police force that guards a building, campus, park, etc..
It is guarded by a private #security force contracted out to the Department of Energy!
a moral or legal entitlement to have or obtain something or to act in a certain way.
And it’s hard to see how a Canadian court would uphold the aforementioned human #rights abuses.
confess to be true or to be the case, typically with reluctance.
I politely refused at first, but after their urgings I finally shamefacedly #admitted that I could only eat food cooked with bottled water.
make a physical attack on.
But his character towards her quickly changed as he began regularly #assaulting her, including punching her in the stomach causing her to lose their baby.
the infliction or imposition of a penalty as retribution for an offense.
These are very serious and grave matters which call for severe #punishment.
seize (someone) by legal authority and take into custody.
Mr Ashcroft said 352 people have been #arrested or detained in the investigation.
the punishment assigned to a defendant found guilty by a court, or fixed by law for a particular offense.
But the Supreme Court sympathetically commuted the death #sentence to life imprisonment.
murder (an important person) in a surprise attack for political or religious reasons.
I told him I thought it was the right decision, given that one of the chaps he met over there has been accused of trying to #assassinate the President.
accuse (someone) of something, especially an offense under law.
He was #charged with the offence of which he was convicted and at that time handed in a prepared statement.
resolve or reach an agreement about (an argument or problem).
The French owners of the tanker and the Bulgarian embassy in Yemen were expected to #settle the problems within a few days.
an action or omission that constitutes an offense that may be prosecuted by the state and is punishable by law.
A world virtually without murder and serious #crimes, wouldn’t that be something?
the action of robbing a person or place.
Along with his gang of loyal criminals, he commits daring daylight #robberies and elaborate heists that anger the police while stirring the public’s imagination.
a person who steals another person’s property, especially by stealth and without using force or violence.
He was asked to lock the door if he left the premises but he failed to do so, and a #thief entered and stole some jewellery.
the action of inflicting hurt or harm on someone for an injury or wrong suffered at their hands.
They told the judge that they killed Qmeil in #revenge for the killings of six members of their clan a decade ago.
a secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful.
He faces charges of attempted murder and aiding the enemy and #conspiracy to commit war crimes.
willfully causing pain or suffering to others, or feeling no concern about it.
I may sound #cruel and uncaring by saying this but where should charity start and end?
(of a person) thrust a knife or other pointed weapon into (someone) so as to wound or kill.
You feel you can’t walk the street without someone trying to #stab you or kill you.
an established or official way of doing something.
The official #procedures, it seems, often work against our better interests.
state that one refuses to admit the truth or existence of.
Last week O’Malley issued a statement #denying any involvement in the statement’s alteration.
carry out a systematic or formal inquiry to discover and examine the facts of (an incident, allegation, etc.) so as to establish the truth.
Swindon police are #investigating the incident that happened on Saturday around 9pm.
