flash cards - english
Agraian
Relating to farming and cultivating land
Assizes
A court that held sessions in each county to hear criminal offences
Chronological
A record of events in the order they occur
Circumstantial
evidence
Indirect proof that connects to a case by inference rather than direct proof
Eyewitness
A person who has seen something happen and can give a
first person account of it
Fact
Something that is proven to be true and for which there
is evidence
Forensic evidence
Evidence obtained through scientific means e.g. blood,
DNA or ballistics
Hyperbole
Exaggeration
Imperative
Ordering verbs
Industrialised
Industries such as factories developed on a wide scale
Judgement
The decision made by a court of law
Juries
A group of 12 people chosen to listen to a court case and
reach a verdict
Objective
Unbiased and based on fact which is not influenced by
feelings
Opinion
A view or judgement not necessarily based on fact/
evidence
Rural
Relating to the countryside