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voc Law and Order Flashcards

1
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aanklager

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plaintiff

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een getuige

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a witness

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de verdachte

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the accused

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een jurylid

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a member of the jury

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de rechter

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the judge

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de advocaat van de verdediging

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the defence lawyer

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mishandeling

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assault

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when a punishment is given to a defendant found guilty by a court

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sentencing

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in criminal cases, the people are represented by the …. (2)

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UK: Crown Presecution Service
US: District Attorny’s Office

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the judge is adressed as … (2)

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UK: My lord
US: Your Honor

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11
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money paid to someone in exchange for something lost or damaged

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compensation

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12
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to decide officially in a law court that someone is not guilty of a particular crime

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to be acquitted

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a type of lawyer in the UK who can plead in front of a judge in higer courts

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barrister

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the lawyers in a court casee representing the side accusing someone of committing a crime

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prosecuter (represents the statee)
plaintiff (civilians at both sides)

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15
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one or more reasons for believing that something is or is not true

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to weigh the evidence

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a decision at the end of a trial that all jurors agreed on

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to reach a unanimous verdict

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17
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to think carefully

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deliberate

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18
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the lawyer representing the governement in a particular area of the US

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district attorney

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19
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not supporting any of the sides involved in an argument

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impartiality

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to express your disapproval of something that wasa said or done in court

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to object/ to raise objection

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an official decision in a law court stating someone is giulty of a particular crime

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conviction

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22
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an amount of money that must be paid as a punishment for not obeying the law

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a fine

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23
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execution, as ordered by a legal system

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death penalty, capital punishment

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somenthing causing you to judge a crime to be less serious, or to make a punishment less severe

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mitigating circumstances/
extenuating circumstances

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25
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prison sentence that will not be carried out if the offenders do not do anything else illegal whitin a particular period

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a suspended jail term

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to state officially that you are guilty of the charges brought against you

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to plead guilty

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27
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an agreement that allows someone accused of a crime to plead guilty to a less serious crim instead

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a plea bargain

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a formal statement saying that someone is accused of a crime

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to charge with a crime

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een vrijspraak

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an acquittal

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een veroordeling

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a conviction

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schuld bekennen

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to plead guilty

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iets tegenspreken

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to object something

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getuigen

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to testify

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de getuigenis

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the testimony

35
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een boete op te leggen

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to impose a fine

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iemand een boete geven

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to fine someone

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iemand voor iets berechten

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to put someone on trial for something

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iemand voor een misdaad berechten

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to try someone for a crime

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een aanklacht tegen iemand indienen

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to bring charges against someone

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iemand van een misdrijf beschuldigen

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to charge someone with a crime

41
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setting fire to a building

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arson

42
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breaking into a building

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burglary

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the act of stealing things of little value

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petty theft

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deliberately causing someone’s death

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homocide

45
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killing a parson unintentionally

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mansleughter

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dishonest behaviour by people in power

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corruption

47
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offring money to prsuade a person to do what you want

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bribery

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making spoken statements that damage someone’s reputation, as opposed to libel wich is for written statements

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slander

49
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permission for a prisoner to be released before their period in prison is finished on condition that they stay out of trouble

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to release on parole

50
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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 starts

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to release on bail

51
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killing someone

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to murder

52
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stealing something from a shop

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a shoplifter, to shoplift

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stealing something from someones home

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burglary, to burgle, the burglar

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taking something illegally into another country

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to smuggle, smuggling, the smuggler

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taking a person hostage in exchaange for money or other favours

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to kidnap, kidnapping, the kidnapper

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using violence for political ends

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terrorism

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threatening to make a dark secret public, in order to get money

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blackmail

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buying and selling drugs

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drug-trafficking

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wto try to pass of a copy as the real thing

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forgery

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stealing from someone’s handbag or pocket

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pickpocketing

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attacking someone, ofte on the street, generally to get money

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mugging

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unfair treatment on grounds of sex, race or nationality

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discrimination

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

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emblezzement

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making a person feel anxious and unhappy

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harassment

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illegal buying and selling of shares by someones who has specialist knowledge of a company

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insider dealing

66
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moving money obtained illegally so that its origin can’t be traced

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money laundering

67
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lying when under oath

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perjury

68
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go onto someone else’s land without permission

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trespassing

69
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laws that immediately and automatically have to be obeyed after a court’s decision? No time is wasted on installing the law.

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trigger laws

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legal

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judical

71
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synonym for judges

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justices

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