Legal terminology Flashcards
Law enforcement
Aplicación o ejecución de la Ley
Law enforcement officer
Funcionario encargado de la aplicación o ejecución de la Ley
Summons
A notice requiring a person to appear in Court
Citaciones
Acquit
To clear a person of a criminal charge
Absolver
Adjournment
To end or postpone a proceeding
Aplazamiento
Armed robbery
the ilegal taking of property from one person to another using a weapon
Robo a mano armada
Arraingment
(The initial step in a criminal prosecution whereby the defendant is brought before the Court to hear the charges and to enter a plea)
Instrucción de cargos/Presentación del imputado
Bench trial
A trial before a judge without a jury
Juicio sin jurado
Burden of proof
La carga de la prueba
Closing arguments
Declaración de cierre
Crime
Delito
Cross examination
Contra-interrogatorio
Defendant
A person sued in a civil proceeding or acused in a criminal proceeding
Demandado/Acusado
Defense
A defendant´s stated reason why the plaintiff or prosecutor has no valid case/A defendant´s answer, denial or plea
Defensa
Direct examination
The questioning of a witness at a trial by the party who called the witness to testify
Interrogatorio directo
Felon
A person who has been convicted of a felony
Condenado por delito mayor
Felony
A serious crime punishable by imprisonment for more than onne year or by death
Delito mayor
Grand Jury
(A body of often twenty three people who are chosen to sit permanently for at least a month (sometimes a year) who dedide whether to issue indictments)
Jurado indagatorio/Gran jurado
Hung Jury
A jury that cannot reach a veredict by the required voting margin
Jurado en desacuerdo
Indictmet
(The formal written accusation of a crime made by a grand jury or presented to a court for prosecution against the accused person)
Acusación formal
Jury trial
Juicio con jurado
Larceny
(The unlawful taking and carrying away of someone else’s personal property with the intent to deprive the prossessor of it permanently)
Hurto
Misdemeanor
(A crime that is less serious than a felony and usually punishable by fine, penalty, forfeiture, or confinement in a place other than prision (such as a county jail)
Delito menor
Mistrial
(1. A trial that the judg brings to an end without a determination on the merits because of a procedural error or serious misconduct occuring during the proceedings. 2.A trial that ends inconclusively because the jury cannot agree on a veredict)
Juicio nulo
