Law And Rules Flashcards
Officially ordered to come to a court of law
to be summoned
to say that something is not true
to deny sth.
acting as a lawyer who is trying to prove in a court of law that someone is guilty of a crime
to prosecute
Unwillingness to do something
Reluctance
The right to take care of someone/ sth. Which is granted by a court of law
Custody
An object that is shown in court to prove whether someone is guilty or not
exhibit
the right to use an official power to make legal decisions
Jurisdiction
Someone who works as a judge in a local court of law, dealing with less serious crimes
Magistrate
When an argument begins suddenly and violently it…
Flares up/ to flare up
An illegal act, a crime
Offence
A person who asks for something that they believe belongs to them/ that they have a right to
Claimant
The place in which a person stands in a law court, when they are being asked questions
Witness box
Jdn. zur Rechenschaft ziehen
To bring sb. to book
seine Unschuld beteuern
to protest one’s innocence
Ein glasklarer fall
An open-and-shut case
Jmd. die Leviten lesen
to read sb. the riot act
Selbstjustiz üben
to take the law into one’s own hands
Eindhoven gesetzeslücke
to find a loophole in the law
To perform to the best of one’s abilities and showing what one is capable of
to do oneself justice
to find a small mistake in an argument/ law that gives someone the chance to avoid having to do something
to find a loophole in the law
to behave in a way that is independent and does not follow the usual rules for a situation
To be a law unto yourself
Something that happens to you that is severe or unfair
rough justice
an occasion when something bad happens to a person who seems to deserve it
Poetic justIce
Sich ein vorschnelles Urteil über etwas bilden
to make a snap judgement
