law Flashcards

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will

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an official statement of what a person has decided should be done with their money and property after their death:

Have you made a will yet?
She left me some money in her will.

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estate

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everything that a person owns when they die

She left her entire estate to her niece.

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bail

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an amount of money that a person who has been accused of a crime pays to a low court so that they can be released until their trail

He was released on bail of 100$.
The judge has ordered 10$ bail for his murder crime.

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defendant

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A person in a low case who is accused of having done something illegal

the accused, defense, prisoner

The defendant is accused of a range of crimes, from theft to murder.
During the case the defendant was looking extremely anxious.

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convict

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To decide officially in a law court that someone is guilty of a crime

find guilty, sentence, judge

She was convicted of murdering her drunken and allegedly (iddialara göre) violent husband.
He was convicted of cheating several of companies.

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prosecute

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to officially accuse someone of committing a crime in a law court, or (of a lawyer) to try to prove that a person accused of committing a crime is guilty of that crime:

bring to justice, sue, arraign

He was prosecuted for fraud

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