legal vocab u1

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murder/murderer/murder

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killing someone

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burglary/burglar/burgle

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Stealing things from preople’s houses

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mugging/mugger/mug

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Attacking someone in a public space to get some money or valuables

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Kidnapping/kidnapper/kidnap

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Secuesto

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hijacking/hijacker/hijack

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Taking control of an aeroplane, or another vehicle of public transport

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smuggling/smuggler/smuggle

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Passing goods illegally from one contry to another

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Forgery/forger/forge

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Copying official documents

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blackmail/blackmailer/blackmail

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Hacer chantaje

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Rape/rapist/rape

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Violar

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Espionage/spy/spy

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Espiar

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Manslaughter/commit manslaughter

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Killing someone, but when it wasn’t your intention to do so

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Treason/traitor/commit treason

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Betraying your contry (by passing state secrets to another country, for example)

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Arson/Arsonist/Commit arson

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Deliberately setting fire to a building

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Robbery/robber/rob

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Stealing from a shop, office or bank (shop-lifting)

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Bugging/bug

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Secretely recording or filming the conversations and activities of individuals or organizations.

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Joyriding/joyrider/joyride

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Stealing a vehicle and driving it dangerously for fun

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Embezzlement/fraud//embezzler/fraudster//embezzle/commit fraud

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To take fraudulently for one’s own use money or property placed in your care

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Looting/looter/loot

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To take advantatge of a riot or disaster to enter properties and steal things

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to deem

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1)perceive//2) said to be/considered to be…

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Plead

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The accused has to say whether he or she guilty or not guilty

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Acquit

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Absolver// to decide officially in a court that someone is guilty or not

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Bail

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Amount of money a person who is accused of a crime pays to a law court so that they can be released (fianza)

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Impose a fine

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Poner una multa

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saying

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declaring/ordering/stating

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person whose job it is to decide de case

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magistrate/judge

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professional legal personal

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defens lawyer/ lawyer

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asked

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adviced/requested/required BESEECH

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twelve members of the public who decide...

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jury

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facts to prove someone's guilt

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evidence (uncountable)

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person accused of crimes and standing trial

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accused/defendant

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But

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However/Notwithstanding/Nonetheless

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Changed/edited

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Manipulated/altered/interfered

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set aside and declared void

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Annulled/ dismissed/QUASHED

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safeguards

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(n+v) measure intended to prevent someone/something from being harmed

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to Falsely state

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to make an incorrect or untrue statement

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offensive weapon

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knife...

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firearm

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arma de fuego

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restrain

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the deprive of liberty

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Handle stolen goods

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dishonestly receiving, retraining or disposing stolen goods

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Maiden name

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a woman's surname before marriage

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Caution

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a formal warning

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allerge/make an allegation

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to claim or assert something is true

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Quash

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to set aside/to void/anull

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breach

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a violation in the performance of or a failure to perform an obligation by a promise or a law (Infracción) He was fired for a breach of the rules

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appeal

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a request made to a court of law or to someone in authority to change a previous decisiona challenge to a previous legal determination (apelación/recurso...)

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A prison sentence (+time)

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sentencia de cárcel

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Life imprisonment

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cadena perpetua

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An anti-social behaviour order (ASBO)

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Desorden público (multa, orden de alejameniento...)

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Community service

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servicio comunitario?

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A suspended sentence

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suspender/anular una sentencia

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Parole (+an ankle/electronic tracking tag)

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Libertad condicional

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Children (tragic)//teenager (naughty)//youths (negative)

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slay

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done

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exerciced

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decided

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found

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stop and search

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controles (en la calle, en la carretera...)

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custody

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custodia

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witness/es

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testigo/s

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sentence

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sentencia

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veredict

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veredicto

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convict

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convicto

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court

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tribunal

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arrested

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arrestado/a

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Appeal (adj/noun)

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recurrir/apelar

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case (n/adj)

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caso

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civil (n/adj)

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civil

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Criminal (n/adj)

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criminal

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guilty

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culpable

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high

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alto

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injunction (n/adj)

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requerimiento/orden judicial

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Innocent

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inocente

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Juvenile (n/adj)

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Centro de menores

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Party (n/adj)

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parte

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precedent

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an action, situation, or decision that has already happened and can be used as a reason why a similar action or decision should be performed or made (precedente)

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loan (n/adj)

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préstamo (An advance of funds from one party (the creditor) to another party (the debtor) for a period of time. )

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Punishment (n/adj)

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penalización

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sole (n/adj)

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no sé

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veredict

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veredicto

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accused

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acusado (syn: defendant)

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barrister

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Type os lawyer who works in higher rank, specialised in advocacy and litigation. (abogado que puede intervenir en todas los tribunales)

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DPP

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The Director of Public Prosecutions (England and Wales most senior public prosecutor (fiscal))

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offenders

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criminal/ delincuente

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Plaintiff

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The party who initiates a lawsuit before a court.

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Procurators Fiscal

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A public prosecutor in Scotland (abogado de la parte acusante)

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solicitor

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A member of the legar profession qualified to deal with conveyancing, the drawing up if wills, and other legal matters. (abogado)

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Award damages (v)

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to order that a particular amount of money is paid to someone because they have been caused some injury or loss

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Break the law

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Infringir la ley

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Pass a law

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aprobar una ley

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Prove

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demostrar

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rule

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dictamen/dictaminar

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sue (v)

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denunciar