check your english vocab

Question 1

Money claimed by someone as compensation for harm done

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damages

Question 2

To send someone to prison or to a court

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commit

Question 3

An adjective referring to a judge or to the law

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judicial

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Not guilty of a crime

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innocent

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Any act which is not legal

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offence

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A person who has studied law and can act for people on legal business

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lawyer

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A disagreement or argument between parties

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dispute

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A specialist court outside the judicial system which examines special problems

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tribunal

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A set of arguments or facts put forward by one side in a legal proceeding

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case

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To make an allegation in legal proceedings

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plead

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An official who presides over a court

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judge

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Someone who is accused of a crime in a criminal case

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defendant

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A person who makes a claim against someone in a civil court

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claimant

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An agreement reached after an argument

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settlement

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To hold someone legally so as to charge them with a crime

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arrest

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A case which is being heard by a committee, tribunal or court of law

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hearing

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To find that someone is guilty of a crime

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convict

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Failure to carry out the terms of an agreement

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breach

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To bring someone to court to answer a criminal charge

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prosecute

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To ask a high law court to change its decision or sentence

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appeal

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To say that someone has committed a crime

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accuse

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Having the legal ability to force someone to do something.

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binding

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An adjective referring to the rights and duties of private persons or organisations

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civil

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The arguments used when fighting a case

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defence

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A legal agreement between two or more parties

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contract

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An adjective referring to crime

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criminal

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A group of 12 citizens who decide whether or not someone is guilty in a trial

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jury

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A written or spoken statement of facts which helps to prove or disprove something at a trial

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evidence

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To order someone to pay money as a punishment

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fine

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A court order telling someone to stop doing something, or not to do something

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injunction

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A person who is appointed to deal with financial or other matters on behalf of another person

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nominee

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A licence to trade using a brand name and paying a royalty for it

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franchise

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An official who investigates complaints by the public against government departments or other large organisations (especially banks, travel companies, and electricity, gas, water and telecommunications providers)

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ombudsman

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Somebody who gives a guarantee

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guarantor (sometimes used in the expression to stand guarantor for somebody, meaning to pay or promise to pay someone's debts)

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A failure to carry out the terms of an agreement, a contract, etc

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breach

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One of the main conditions of a contract, where one party agrees to what is proposed by the other party. Also the act of signing a bill of exchange to show that you agree to pay for it

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acceptance

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The notifiable offence of telling lies when you have made an oath to say what is true in court

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perjury

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Somebody who has committed a civil wrong to somebody, entitling the victim to claim damages

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tortfeasor (from tort, a civil wrong. A case by a claimant who alleges he or she has suffered damage or harm is called action in tort)

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A payment made by a person or company to cover the cost of damage or hardship which he / she / it has caused

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compensation

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An attempt by a third party to make the two sides in an argument agree

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mediation

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A document in which a company acknowledges it owes a debt and gives the company's assets as security

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debenture

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The closing of a company and the selling of its assets

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liquidation

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Money claimed by a claimant from a defendant because of harm or damage done, or money awarded by a court to a claimant as a result of harm suffered by the claimant

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damages

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The legal responsibility for paying someone for loss or damage incurred

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liability

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The good reputation of a business and its contacts with its customers (for example, the name of the product it sells or its popular appeal to customers)

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goodwill

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A failure to give proper care to something, especially a duty or responsibility, with the result that a person or property is harmed

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negligence

Question 45

A court order telling a person or a company to stop doing something, or telling them not to do it in the first place

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injunction