64 - Politics : judicial power Flashcards

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1
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un tribunal

A

a court

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poursuivre qqun en justice

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to sue sb

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accuser / mettre en examen

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to indict

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4
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accuser / inculper

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to charge

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juger qqun pour / un procès

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to try sb for / a trial

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un avocat

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a lawyer

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poursuivre qqun / défendre qqun

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to prosecute sb / to defend sb

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un argument

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a plea

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témoigner / un témoignage

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to testify / a testimony

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une pièce à conviction

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an exhibit

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suspect (adj)

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suspicious

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récidiver / une récidive

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to repeat an offence / a second offence

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13
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un coupable

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a culprit

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14
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délibéré / prémédité

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wilful

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15
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honteux / scandaleux

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shamful / outrageous

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condamner (à mort / à perpétuité)

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to sentence to (death / life imprisonment)

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faire appel

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to lodge an appeal

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mettre en prison

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to jail / to imprison

19
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un détenu / un prisonnier

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an inmate / a prisoner

20
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un garde de prison

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a prison warden / guard

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s’évader / un fugitif

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to escape / a runaway

22
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relâcher / libérer

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to release / to set sb free

23
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la peine capitale

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capital punishment

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décapiter

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to behead

25
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un casier judiciaire vierge/chargé

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a clean/long criminal record

26
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prêter serment

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to take an oath

27
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l’isolement carcéral

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solitary confinement

28
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le parloir

A

the visiting room

29
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une erreur judiciaire

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a miscarriage of justice