law Flashcards
will
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.
estate
everything that a person owns when they die
She left her entire estate to her niece.
bail
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.
defendant
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.
convict
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.
prosecute
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