Glosario de términos jurídicos (c)

Question 1

Capital offense / crime

Answer 1

Delito con pena de muerte / Delito capital

Question 2

Capital punishment

Answer 2

Pena de muerte

Question 3

Car theft

Answer 3

Robo de automóvil

Question 4

Carjacking

Answer 4

Robo de autos con violencia / robo de automóvil a mano

armada

Question 5

Case

Answer 5

Caso / causa

Question 6

Cease and desist

Answer 6

Cesar y desistir

Question 7

Certiorari

Answer 7

Certiorari

Question 8

Challenge (n)

Answer 8

Recusación

Question 9

Challenge for cause

Answer 9

Recusación fundada / por causa

Question 10

Chambers

Answer 10

Despacho del juez

Question 11

Change of plea

Answer 11

Cambio de declaración

Question 12

Change of venue

Answer 12

Cambio de jurisdicción/ de competencia territorial

Question 13

Charge (v) (with)

Answer 13

Acusar de / imputar

Question 14

Charges

Answer 14

Cargos / acusaciones / imputaciones

Question 15

Child abuse

Answer 15

Maltrato/Abuso de niños / de menores

Question 16

Child molestation

Answer 16

Abuso sexual de un menor / abuso deshonesto de un menor

Question 17

Child Support

Answer 17

Manutención de menores

Question 18

Circumstantial evidence

Answer 18

Pruebas indirectas/circunstanciales

Question 19

Citation

Answer 19

Citación

Question 20

Cite (to)

Answer 20

Citar

Question 21

Claim (n)

Answer 21

Demanda / reclamación / reclamo

Question 22

Claim (v)

Answer 22

Reclamar, Mantener, manifestar, afirmar

Question 23

Clear and convincing evidence

Answer 23

Prueba clara y convincentence

Question 24

Clemency

Answer 24

Clemencia

Question 25

Closing argument

Answer 25

Argumento final / alegato de clausura

Question 26

Collection agency

Answer 26

Agencia de cobranza/ agencia de cobros

Question 27

Commit (a crime)

Answer 27

Cometer

Question 28

Commit (to jail/prison)

Answer 28

Encarcelar / encerrar/ recluir

Question 29

Community service

Answer 29

Servicio comunitario / a la comunidad

Question 30

Commutation

Answer 30

Conmutación

Question 31

Commute (a sentence)n

Answer 31

Conmutar

Question 32

Competency evaluation

Answer 32

Examen de competencia/capacidad mental

Question 33

Complainant

Answer 33

Demandante/ la parte demandante

Question 34

Complaint (criminal)t

Answer 34

Denuncia

Question 35

Compliance

Answer 35

Cumplimiento / acatamiento

Question 36

Comply

Answer 36

Cumplir

Question 37

Concerningi

Answer 37

Con respecto a

Question 38

Concurrent sentences

Answer 38

Penas/condenas concurrentes / simultáneas

Question 39

Conditions of release

Answer 39

Condiciones para ser liberado / puesto en libertado

Question 40

Conflict of interest

Answer 40

Conflicto de intereses

Question 41

Consecutive sentences

Answer 41

Penas/condenas consecutivas

Question 42

Consent (n.)

Answer 42

Consentimiento / permiso

Question 43

Consent (v.)

Answer 43

Consentir / aceptar / asentir a

Question 44

Consequently

Answer 44

En consecuencia

Question 45

Conspiracy

Answer 45

Conspiración / confabulación / asociación para delinquir

Question 46

Contempt of court

Answer 46

Desacato / rebeldía

Question 47

Continuance

Answer 47

Aplazamiento / prórrogao

Question 48

Continue (a hearing)

Answer 48

Aplazar (NOT ‘continuar’)

Question 49

Controlled substance

Answer 49

Sustancia de uso reglamentado / sustancia regulada

Question 50

Convict (n)

Answer 50

Convicto / condenado)

Question 51

Convict (v)

Answer 51

Declarar culpable / condenar

Question 52

Corpus delicti

Answer 52

Cuerpo del delito

Question 53

Cost/costs

Answer 53

Costo (coste) / costos

Question 54

Counsel

Answer 54

Abogado

Question 55

Count (charge)

Answer 55

Punto (del cargo)

Question 56

Counterclaim

Answer 56

Contrademanda

Question 57

Court

Answer 57

Corte / Tribunal / Juzgado

Question 58

Court is adjourned

Answer 58

Se levanta la sesión

Question 59

Court order

Answer 59

Orden judicial

Question 60

Court reporter

Answer 60

Taquígrafo / estenógrafo

Question 61

Creditor

Answer 61

Acreedor

Question 62

Crime scene

Answer 62

Lugar de los hechos

Question 63

Crime wave

Answer 63

Ola de crimen / ola delictiva

Question 64

Crime (in general)

Answer 64

Delincuencia / criminalidad

Question 65

Crime (specific event)

Answer 65

Delito / crimen

Question 66

Criminal insanity

Answer 66

Demencia criminal

Question 67

Criminal record/history

Answer 67

Antecedentes penales

Question 68

Criteria

Answer 68

Criterios

Question 69

Cross-examination

Answer 69

Contrainterrogatorio

Question 70

Cross-examine

Answer 70

Repreguntar/ contrainterrogar

Question 71

Custodial parent

Answer 71

Padre de custodia / padre que posee la tutela de un menor / | padre tutelar

Question 72

Custody (in)

Answer 72

Estar detenido / arrestado

Question 73

Custody (of)

Answer 73

Patria potestad / tutela