64 SOCIETY Flashcards

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Un tribunal

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a court

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un palais de justice

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a law court

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poursuivre quelqu’un en justice

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to sue sb

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une action en justice

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a lawsuit

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La justice / le Droit

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the law

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légalement

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lawful

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illégal

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unlawful

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accuser / mettre en examen

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to indict

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passible de poursuite

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indictable

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une accusation

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an indictment

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accuser / inculper

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to charge

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un chef d’accusation

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a charge

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juger quelqu’un pour

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tu try sb for

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un procès

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a trial

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une affaire

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a case

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une audition

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a hearing

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le plaignant

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the plaintiff

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l’accusé

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the defendant / the accused

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juger

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to judge

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un juge

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a judge

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un jugement

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a judgement

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un avocat

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a lawyer

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poursuivre quelqu’un

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to prosecute sb

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le ministère public

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the prosecution

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défendre qqn

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to defend sb

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la défense

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the defence

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l’avocat de la défense

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the councel for the defence

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un argument

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a plea

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plaider –> la plédoirie

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to plead –> pleading

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un témoin

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a witness

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témoigner

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to testify / to give evidence

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un témoignage

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a testimony

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exposer –> une déposition

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to state –> a statement

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une preuve

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a proof

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un alibi

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an alibi

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une pièce à conviction

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an exhibit

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douteux

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dubious

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suspect

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suspicious

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le jury

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the jury

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un juré

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a juror

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récidiver

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to repeat an offence

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une récidive

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a second offence

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un récidiviste

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a repeater

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un multi-récidiviste

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a habitual offender

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juger

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to rule

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un décision de justice

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a ruling

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la culpabilité –> le coupable

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guilt –> guilty

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un coupable

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a culprit

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homicide involontaire

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manslaughter

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délibéré / prémédité

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wilful

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condamner

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to convict

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un condamné

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a convict

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une condamnation

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a conviction

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honteux

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shameful

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scandaleux

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outrageous

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condamner à

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to sentence to

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une peine

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a sentence

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une peine de prison

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a jail sentence

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une peine de prison à perpétuité

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a life sentence

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la prison à vie

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life imprisonment

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juste / injuste

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fair / unfair

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dur

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tought

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acquiter

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to acquit

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l’acquittement

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acquittal

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innocent

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innocent

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des domages et intérêts

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damages

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la pension alimentaire

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alimony

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faire appel de

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to appeal against

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un appel

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an appeal

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laprison

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prison / jail

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mettre en prison

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to jail / to imprison

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un prisonnier

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a prisoner

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un détenu

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an inmate / a jailbird

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une cellule

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a cell

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un gardien de prison

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a prison officer / guard

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une mutinerie

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a mutiny

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s’avader

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to escape

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une évasion –> un évadé

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an escape –> an escapee

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un fugitif

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a runaway

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relâcher

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to release / to set sb free

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la libération

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release

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réinsérer / réhabiliter

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to rehabilitate

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la réinsertion

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rehabilitation

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un centre de réinsertion

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a rehabilitation centera

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la peine capitale

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capital punishment

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éxécuter

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to execute

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une exécution

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an execution

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un bourreau

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an executioner

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décapiter

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to behead

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la décapitation

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beheading

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pendre –> la pendaison

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to hang –> hanging

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la chaise éléctrique

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electric chair

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une injection

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an injection

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mortel

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lethal

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surseoire à l’éxécution

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to reprieve

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le sursis

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a reprieve

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l’amnistie

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amnesty

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gracier qqn

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to pardon sb

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une grâce

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a pardon

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un règlement à l’amiable

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an out-of-court settlement

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mettre au tribunal

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to take sb to court / to bring a lawsuit against sb

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porter plainte

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to lodge a complaint

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comparaître

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to appear before court

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passer en jugement

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to stand a trial

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à huis clos

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behind closed / locked doors

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le procureur

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the public prosecutor

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des circonstances atténuantes

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extenuating circumstances

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un casier judiciaire vierge / chargé

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a clean / a long criminal record

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prêter serment

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to take an oath

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plaider (non) coupable

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to plead (not) gulty

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déposer / témoigner

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to give an evidence / tertimony

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faire un faux témoignage

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to commit perjury

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déclarer quelqu’un innocent / coupable

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to find sb innocent / guilty

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rendre un non-lieu

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to dismiss a charge

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accorder des domages et intérêts

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to award damages

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assignation à résidence

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house arrest

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un cas d’école

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a test case

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la jurisprudence

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case law

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l’isolement carcéral

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solitary confinment

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un parloire

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a visiting room

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faire un appel

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to lodge an appeal

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purger une peine

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to serve a sentence

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amnistier quelqu’un

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to grant sb amnesty

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mettre en liberté conditionnelle

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to release sb on parole

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libérer sous caution

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to release sb on bail

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un bracelet éléctronique

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an electronic bracelet

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condamner quelqu’un à mort

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to sentence sb to death

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mort par injection

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death by injection

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une erreur judiciaire

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a miscarriage of justice