Unit 47 The language of law

Question 1

Embezzlement

Answer 1

Stealing money that is in your care or belongs to an organisation that you work for

Question 2

Harassment

Answer 2

Making a person feel anxious and unhappy

Question 3

Insider trading

Answer 3

Illegally buying and selling shares by someone who has specialist knowledge of a company

Question 4

Joyriding

Answer 4

Driving around for enjoyment in a car you have stolen

Question 5

Money laundering

Answer 5

Moving money obtained illegally so that its origin cannot be traced

Question 6

Perjury

Answer 6

Lying when under oath

Question 7

Trespass

Answer 7

Go onto someone’s land without permission

Question 8

Discrimination

Answer 8

Unfair treatment on grounds of sex, race or nationality

Question 9

To abrogate a law

Answer 9

To bring a law to an official end

Question 10

To bend the law

Answer 10

To break the law in a way that is considered not to be harmful

Question 11

To contravene a law

Answer 11

To break a law

Question 12

To impeach a president

Answer 12

To make a formal statement saying that a person in public office has committed a serious offence

Question 13

To infringe someone’s rights

Answer 13

To prevent a person doing what they are legally allowed to do

Question 14

To lodge an appeal

Answer 14

To make an official appeal

Question 15

To uphold/overturn a verdict

Answer 15

To say that a previous decision was correct/incorrect

Question 16

To pervert the course of justice

Answer 16

To put obstacles in the way of justice being done

Question 17

To quash a decision/conviction

Answer 17

To change a previous official decision/conviction

Question 18

To set a precedent

Answer 18

To establish a decision which must, in English law, be taken into account in future decisions

Question 19

To award/grant custody to

Answer 19

To give one parent or adult the main responsibility for a child,especially after separation or divorce

Question 20

To annul a marriage/agreement/law

Answer 20

To declare that it no longer exists and never existed