Sistema Judiciario

Question 1

Acquit

Answer 1

(Absolver) → to decide officially in a law court that someone is not guilty of a particular crime

Question 2

Allege

Answer 2

(Alegação) → to say that someone has done something illegal or wrong without giving proof

Question 3

Appeal

Answer 3

(Apelo) → a request to the public for money, information, or help

Question 4

Arrest

Answer 4

(Prender) → If the police arrest someone, they take them away to ask them about a crime that they might have committed

Question 5

Bail

Answer 5

(Fiança) → an amount of money that a person who has been accused of a crime pays to a law court so that they can be released until their trial. The payment is a way of making certain that the person will return to court for trial

Fine X Bail
Fine - multa
Bail - fiança

Question 6

Ban

Answer 6

(banimento) → to forbid (= refuse to allow)

Question 7

Barrister

Answer 7

(Advogado) → a type of lawyer

Question 8

Charge

Answer 8

(Acusado) → to publicly accuse someone of doing something bad

Question 9

Convict

Answer 9

(Condenar) → to decide officially in a law court that someone is guilty of a crime

Question 10

Courtroom

Answer 10

(tribunal) → a room where a law court meets

Question 11

Criminal

Answer 11

(Criminosa) → someone who commits a crime

Question 12

Defense attorney

Answer 12

(Advogado de defesa)

Question 13

Defendant

Answer 13

(Réu) → a person in a law case who is accused of having done something illegal

Question 14

Evidence

Answer 14

(Evidência) → one or more reasons for believing that something is or is not true

Question 15

Fine

Answer 15

(Multa) → an amount of money that has to be paid as a punishment for not obeying a rule or law

Fine X Bail
Fine - multa
Bail - fiança

Question 16

Guilty

Answer 16

(Culpado) → responsible for breaking a law

Question 17

Indict

Answer 17

(Acusar) → If a law court or a grand jury indicts someone, it accuses them officially of a crime

Question 18

Innocent

Answer 18

(Inocente) → (of a person) not guilty of a particular crime

Question 19

Judge

Answer 19

(Juiz) → a person who is in charge of a trial in a court and decides how a person who is guilty of a crime should be punished

Question 20

Jury

Answer 20

Juri) → a group of people who have been chosen to listen to all the facts in a trial in a law court and to decide if a person is guilty or not guilty

Question 21

Lawsuit

Answer 21

Processo

Question 22

Lawyer

Answer 22

Advogado) → someone whose job is to give advice to people about the law and speak for them in court

Question 23

Offence

Answer 23

Delito

Question 24

Parole

Answer 24

(Liberdade condicional) → permission for a prisoner to be released before their period in prison is finished, with the agreement that they will behave well

Parole X Probation
Parole - condição
Probation - tempo

Question 25

Plaintiff

Answer 25

(Acusador) → Person who indict someone

Question 26

Plea

Answer 26

(Declarar) → the answer that a person gives in court when they have been accused of committing a crime:
Mr Wilson entered a plea of not guilty.

Question 27

Probation

Answer 27

a period of time when a criminal must behave well

Parole X Probation
Parole - condição
Probation - tempo

Question 28

Prosecution

Answer 28

Team of lawyers that are indicting someone

Question 29

Solicitor

Answer 29

(Procurador)

Question 30

Sue

Answer 30

(Processar)

Question 31

Trial

Answer 31

Julgamento e processo criminal

Question 32

Verdict

Answer 32

an opinion or decision made after judging the facts

Question 33

Victim

Answer 33

someone or something that has been hurt, damaged, or killed or has suffered, either because of the actions of someone or something else, or because of illness or chance

Question 34

Witness

Answer 34

Testemunha) → a person who sees an event happening