Law vocabulary

Question 1

Appeal

Answer 1

A request made after a trial by a party that has lost on one or more issues that a higher court review the decision to determine if it was correct

Question 2

Breach of contact

Answer 2

when an individual or organisation breaks terms previously agreed in a contract

Question 3

Claimant/plaintiff

Answer 3

a person who goes to court to make a legal complaint against someone else

Question 4

Class action

Answer 4

a lawsuit in which one or more members of a large group, or class, of individuals or other entities sue on behalf of the entire class

Question 5

Compliance

Answer 5

Conforming to a requirements

Question 6

Crime

Answer 6

an action or omission which constitutes an offence and is punishable by law. Examples are assault, robbery and cybercrime.

Question 7

Damages

Answer 7

Compensation typically of money, paid to a person or organisation for loss or injury.

Question 8

Defendant

Answer 8

An individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law.

Question 9

Duty of care

Answer 9

A moral or legal obligation to ensure the safety or well-being of others.

Question 10

A fine

Answer 10

A penalty that requires someone to pay a sum of money fixed by law after an offense has been committed.

Question 11

Fraud

Answer 11

Intentional misrepresentation or concealment of an important fact upon which the victim is meant to rely, and in fact does rely, to the harm of the victim.

Question 12

Grounds (legal)

Answer 12

A reason or a justification for legal action.

Question 13

Guilty

Answer 13

Responsible for a specified offence.

Question 14

Hearing

Answer 14

A legal proceeding where the facts of a particular issue are looked at, and evidence is presented to help decide what the outcome should be.

Question 15

Witness

Answer 15

Someone who sees an event, typically a crime or accident, take place

Question 16

Burglary

Answer 16

Illegal building intrusion

Question 17

Lawyer

Answer 17

Someone whose job is to give advice to people about the law and speak for them in court

Question 18

Guilty

Answer 18

Responsible of a crime

Question 19

Innocent

Answer 19

Not guilty of a crime

Question 20

Jury

Answer 20

A group of people sworn to make a decision in a legal case

Question 21

An offence

Answer 21

An illegal action or a crime

Question 22

To plead

Answer 22

To state in a court law whether or not you are guilty of a crime

Question 23

Suspect

Answer 23

Person thought to have committed a crime (before any trial has started)

Question 24

Under oath

Answer 24

Having sworn to tell the truth, especially in a court of law

Question 25

Prison

Answer 25

A custodial institution for the incarceration of people convicted of serious crimes

Question 26

Surety or bond

Answer 26

Is an offer to pay a specified sum to the court in the event that the defendant fails to attend court

Question 27

Assault

Answer 27

A violent attack

Question 28

Sentence

Answer 28

The punishment given to someone found guilty of committing a crime

Question 29

Theft

Answer 29

Trekking another person’s possessions