Useful verbs

Question 1

To withhold

Answer 1

to refuse to give something or to keep back something:

Question 2

To Rescind

Answer 2

to make a law, agreement, order, or decision no longer have any (legal) power:

Question 3

To adjourn

Answer 3

to have a pause or rest during a formal meeting or trial

Question 4

To plead

Answer 4

to make a statement of what you believe to be true, especially in support of something or someone or when someone has been accused in a law court

Question 5

To seize

Answer 5

to take using sudden force

Question 6

To acquit

Answer 6

to decide officially in a law court that someone is not guilty of a particular crime

Question 7

To convict

Answer 7

to decide officially in a law court that someone is guilty of a crime:

Question 8

To litigate

Answer 8

to ask for a disagreement to be discussed in a court of law so that a judgment can be made that must be accepted by both sides in the argument

Question 9

To disclose

Answer 9

to make something known publicly, or to show something that was hidden

Question 10

To preclude

Answer 10

to prevent something or make it impossible, or prevent someone from doing something