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Politics and citizenship 2 Flashcards

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la présomption d’innocence

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presumption of innoncence

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le présumé coupable

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the alleged culprit

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un procès (en droit pénal)

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a trial

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un procès (en droit civil)

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a lawsuit

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une affaire, un dossier

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a case

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le palais de justice

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the courthouse

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un tribunal

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a (law) court

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une salle d’audience

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a court room

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un magistrat

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a magistrate

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un juge

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a judge

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un juge de paix

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a Justice of the Peace

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le juge d’instruction

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the examining magistrate / (US) the committing magistrate

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un avocat

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a barrister, a lawyer / (US) an attorney, a counselor

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un conseiller juridique

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a legal adviser

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l’assistance judiciaire

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legal aid

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le plaignant

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the plaintiff / (US) a court clerk

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un règlement à l’amiable

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an out-of-court settlement

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l’accusation, le ministère public

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the prosecution

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le procureur

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the public prosecutor / (US) the district attorney

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une inculpation, une accusation

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a charge, an accusation

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l’inculpé, l’accusé

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the defendant, the accused

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la défense

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the defence / (US) the defense

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l’avocat de la défense

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the counsel for the defence / (US) the defense council

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une plaidoirie

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a plea

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une objection

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an objection

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une citation à comparaître

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a summons to appear

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une assignation à comparaître

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a subpoena

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un témoin oculaire

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an eye witness

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la barre des témoins

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the witness box / (US) the witness stand

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une déclaration

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a statement

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un témoignage (sous serment)

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a testimony (on/under oath)

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la parjure

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perjury

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une preuve (de)

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a proof (of), evidence (of)

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un alibi

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an alibi

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une pièce à conviction

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an exhibit

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le jury

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the jury

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un(e) juré(e)

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a juror, a juryman / jurywoman

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la délibération

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deliberation

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accuser / inculper (de)

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charge (with)

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juger (quelqu’un) pour

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try (somebody) for

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aller devant les tribunaux

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go to law

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porter une affaire en justice

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take a case to court

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porter plainte contre qqn

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lodge a complaint (against sb)

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poursuivre qqn en justice

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sue / take sb to court

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engager des poursuites contre qqn

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take proceedings against sb

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poursuivre quelqu’un

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persecute somebody

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défendre

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defend

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plaider coupable / non coupable

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plead guilty / not guilty

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citer (quelqu’un) à comparaître

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summon (somebody) to court

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assigner qqn à comparaître

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subpoena somebody

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comparaître devant un tribunal

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appear before a court

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entendre un témoin

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hear a witness

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(être appelé à) témoigner

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(be called upon) to give evidence

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prêter serment

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take an oath

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être sous serment

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be under oath

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faire un faux serment, se parjurer

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commit perjury

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subir un (contre-)interrogatoire

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undergo (cross-)examination

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le pouvoir judiciaire

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judiciary power

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la condamnation ou l’acquittement

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Condemnation or Acquittal

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le verdict

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the verdict

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la jurisprudence

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case law

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l’erreur judiciaire

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miscarriage of justice

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un vice de procédure

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a legal irregularity

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l’innocence

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innocence

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un innocent

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an innocent

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la culpabilité

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guilt

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un coupable

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a culprit

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une condamnation, une sentence

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a conviction, a sentence

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une amende

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a fine

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une contravention

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a ticket

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une peine de substitution

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an alternative sentence

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une peine de prison à perpétuité

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a life sentence

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les dommages et intérêts

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damages

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une condamnation avec sursis

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a suspended sentence

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rendre un verdict

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return a verdict

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condamner

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condemn

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acquitter

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acquit

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annuler, casser un jugement

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quash a decision

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reconnaître qqn coupable / innocent

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find sb guilty / innocent

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reconnaître qqn coupable

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convict somebody

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condamner qqn à une amende

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fine somebody

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faire appel

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(lodge an) appeal

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une prison

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a jail, a prison / (US) a penitentiary

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un centre de détention (pour mineurs)

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a detention centre

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une maison de redressement

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a reform school (US)

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un condamné, un détenu

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a convict

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l’isolement carcéral

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solitary confinement

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une cellule

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a cell

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un parloir

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a visiting room

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un quartier de haute sécurité

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a top-security unit

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un gardien de prison

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a (prison) warder

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une mutinerie

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a mutiny

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les travaux forcés

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hard labour

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un bagne

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a penal colony

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une remise de peine

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a reprieve

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l’amnistie

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amnesty

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la libération

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release

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la caution

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bail

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la réinsertion

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reintegration

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la récidive

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second offence

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un récidiviste

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a second offender, a recidivist

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l’évasion

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escape

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un évadé

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an escapee

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condamner à la prison

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sentence to prison

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condamner par contumance

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sentence in absentia

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emprisonner

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imprison, send to jail

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aller en prison

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go to jail

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purger une peine (de deux ans)

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serve a (2-year) sentence

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purger une peine à perpétuité

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serve a life sentence

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mettre qqn en liberté conditionnelle

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release sb on parole

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libérer qqn sous caution

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release sb on bail

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réduire une peine

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reduce a sentence

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pour bonne conduite

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for good behaviour / conduct

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amnistier qqn pour un crime

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grant amnesty to sb for a crime

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s’évader

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escape

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récidiver

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repeat an offence

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la peine de mort

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death penalty

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la peine capitale

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capital punishment

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le couloir de la mort

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death row (US)

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une exécution

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an execution

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la pendaison

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hanging

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la potence

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the gallows

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une guillotine

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a guillotine

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la décapitation

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beheading

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la chaise électrique

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the electric chair

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la mort par injection

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death by injection

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un appel

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an appeal

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un recours en grâce

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a petition for reprieve

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une grâce

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a (free) pardon

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condamner à mort

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sentence / condemn to death

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exécuter quelqu’un

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execute sb, put sb to death

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pendre

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hang

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décapiter

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behead

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guillotiner

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guillotine

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grâcier quelqu’un

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pardon somebody

136
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un peuple procédurier

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a litigious nation

137
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un procès pour négligence professionnelle, intenté surtout aux médecins

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a malpractice suit

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un procès en responsabilité civile, intenté par des consommateurs contre des fabricants, par exemple

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a liability suit

139
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un procès visant à l’obtention d’une pension alimentaire (versée à un ex-conjoint)

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an alimony suit

140
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les honoraires versés à l’avocat au prorata des sommes qu’il a obtenues pour son client

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a contingency fee

141
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affaire d’espionnage politique, à laquelle était mêlé le président Richard Nixon et qui l’a amené à démissionner en 1974. C’est le Washington Post qui a dévoilé cette affaire, dont l’issue démontre le poids considérable de la presse aux Etats-Unis

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Watergate

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s’accole désormais à d’autres substantifs pour désigner des scandales politiques

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-gate

143
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scandale des ventes d’armes à l’Iran, impliquant un conseiller de la Maison blanche sous la présidence de Ronald Reagan

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Irangate (1986)

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obtention illicite en 1993 et 1994 par le service de sécurité de la Maison Blanche des fiches de police de 900 Républicains, établies par le FBI

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filegate (1996)

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l’affaire Monica Lewinsky, scandale sexuel pour lequel le président Clinton a été reconnu coupable de faux témoignage, ce qui a occasionné une procédure de destitution (impeachment), finalement abandonnée

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Monicagate (1998)

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scandale industriel et sanitaire lié à une dissimulation par certains constructeurs automobiles du taux de particules réel émis par les moteurs diesel

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Dieselgate (2015)

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