Unit 47 The language of law Flashcards
Embezzlement
Stealing money that is in your care or belongs to an organisation that you work for
Harassment
Making a person feel anxious and unhappy
Insider trading
Illegally buying and selling shares by someone who has specialist knowledge of a company
Joyriding
Driving around for enjoyment in a car you have stolen
Money laundering
Moving money obtained illegally so that its origin cannot be traced
Perjury
Lying when under oath
Trespass
Go onto someone’s land without permission
Discrimination
Unfair treatment on grounds of sex, race or nationality
To abrogate a law
To bring a law to an official end
To bend the law
To break the law in a way that is considered not to be harmful
To contravene a law
To break a law
To impeach a president
To make a formal statement saying that a person in public office has committed a serious offence
To infringe someone’s rights
To prevent a person doing what they are legally allowed to do
To lodge an appeal
To make an official appeal
To uphold/overturn a verdict
To say that a previous decision was correct/incorrect
To pervert the course of justice
To put obstacles in the way of justice being done
To quash a decision/conviction
To change a previous official decision/conviction
To set a precedent
To establish a decision which must, 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 marriage/agreement/law
To declare that it no longer exists and never existed
