Lesson 42 Flashcards
To contravene a law
To break a law
To bend the law/rules
Ti break the law/rules in a way that is considered not to be very harmful
To infringe a law/rule
To break a law/rule
To impeach a president/governor
To make a formal statement saying that a person in public office has committed a serious offence
To lodge an appeal
To make an official request that a previous judgement should be changed
To uphold/overturn a verdict
To say that a previous decision in court was correct/incorrect
To pervert the course of justice
To make it difficult for justice to be done
To quash a conviction
To change a previous official decision that someone was guilty
To set a precedent
To establish a decision which must usually, in English law, be taken into account in future decisions
To award/grant custody to
To give one parent or adult the main responsibility for a child, especially after separation or divorce
To annul a(n) agreement/marriage/law
To declare that it no longer exists and never existed
To sue someone
To take legal action against someone
To allege
To say that someone has done something illegal without giving proof
To amend a law
To make changes to a law
Discrimination
Unfair treatment on grounds of sex, race or nationality
