Lesson 42 Flashcards
To contravene a law
To break a law
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
Embezzlement
Stealing money that is in your care or belongs to an organization that you work for
Harassment
Making a person feel anxious and unhappy
Insider trading/dealing
Illegal buying and selling of shares by someone who gas specialist knowledge of a company
Money laundering
Moving money obtained illegally so that its origin cannot be traced
Perjury
Lying when under oath
Trespass
Go onto someone else’s land without permission
A law-abiding person
Someone who always obeys the law
A law-breaker
Someone who - often and deliberately- does not obey the law
Take the law into your own hand
You Do something illegal to punish someone because you feel the legal system will not punish that person
Lay down the law
You say with great force what you think should happen
A law unto himeself/herself
He or she behaves in a way which is independent and not the way in which most other people behave
To bend the law/rules
Ti break the law/rules in a way that is considered not to be very harmful
