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Agraian

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Relating to farming and cultivating land

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Assizes

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A court that held sessions in each county to hear criminal offences

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Chronological

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A record of events in the order they occur

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Circumstantial
evidence

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Indirect proof that connects to a case by inference rather than direct proof

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Eyewitness

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A person who has seen something happen and can give a
first person account of it

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Fact

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Something that is proven to be true and for which there
is evidence

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Forensic evidence

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Evidence obtained through scientific means e.g. blood,
DNA or ballistics

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration

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Imperative

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Ordering verbs

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Industrialised

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Industries such as factories developed on a wide scale

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Judgement

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The decision made by a court of law

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Juries

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A group of 12 people chosen to listen to a court case and
reach a verdict

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Objective

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Unbiased and based on fact which is not influenced by
feelings

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Opinion

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A view or judgement not necessarily based on fact/
evidence

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Rural

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Relating to the countryside

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Scanning

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To quickly look at a text to pick out key bits of
information only

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Skimming

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Reading something quickly to get the gist and important
points only

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Subjective

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Bias; based on someone’s personal feelings and experience

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Superlative

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An adjective or adverb that suggests something is the
best or most

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Synthesise

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To combine information from two or more sources

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Testimony

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A written or spoken statement

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Tone

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The mood and style in which something is said or written

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Urban

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Relating to the city

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Verdict

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The decision of a court of law or judge

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Victorian

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The period in which Queen Victoria reigned Britain (1837-
1901)