Vocabulary 2nd Year 2nd Semester

Question 1

the same

Answer 1

equal

Question 2

the things that you should be allowed to have

Answer 2

rights

Question 3

a feeling you have that you have done right or wrong

Answer 3

conscience

Question 4

to have the right to do or have something

Answer 4

entitled

Question 5

difference

Answer 5

distinction

Question 6

a group of people with distinct physical characteristics or culture

Answer 6

race

Question 7

referring to government or party politics

Answer 7

political

Question 8

having the legal power over someone or something

Answer 8

jurisdictional

Question 9

the act of limiting something

Answer 9

limitation

Question 10

the situation of being free

Answer 10

liberty

Question 11

the situation of being a person who belongs to someone and works for them without payment

Answer 11

slavery

Question 12

the situation of having to work very hard for someone, usually in poor

Answer 12

servitude

Question 13

the buying and selling of people against their will

Answer 13

slave trade

Question 14

to say that something must not happen

Answer 14

prohibited

Question 15

hurting someone badly so that they are forced to give information

Answer 15

torture

Question 16

causing fear, anguish and inferiority

Answer 16

degrading

Question 17

the unfair treatment of someone because of their colour, class, religion, language, etc

Answer 17

discrimination

Question 18

the act of breaking a rule

Answer 18

violation

Question 19

the act of encouraging, persuading or advising someone to do something morally or legally wrong

Answer 19

incitement

Question 20

a court, often one which specialises in a particular area of law

Answer 20

tribunals

Question 21

basic, essential

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fundamental

Question 22

laws and principles under which a country is governed

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constitution

Question 23

done at random, without reason

Answer 23

arbitrary

Question 24

the act of keeping someone so that he / she cannot escape or enjoy freedom

Answer 24

detention

Question 25

the punishment of being made to live in another country, or another part of a country

Answer 25

exile

Question 26

not biased or prejudiced

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impartial

Question 27

duty to do something

Answer 27

obligations

Question 28

the protection granted by a state to someone who has left their home country as a political refugee

Answer 28

asylum

Question 29

hostility and ill-treatment, especially on the basis of ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation or political beliefs

Answer 29

persecution

Question 30

to use a law in order to achieve something

Answer 30

invoked

Question 31

the institution and conducting of legal proceedings against someone in respect of a criminal charge:

Answer 31

prosecutions

Question 32

not having the things that are necessary for a pleasent life

Answer 32

deprived

Question 33

the last stage of liquidation, the process by which a company is brought to an end, and the assets and property of the company are gone forever.

Answer 33

dissolution

Question 34

permission for something to happen or agreement to do something

Answer 34

consent

Question 35

a person's moral sense of right and wrong, viewed as acting as a guide to one's behaviour:

Answer 35

conscience

Question 36

something that is usally or regularly done, often as a habit, tradition, or custom

Answer 36

practice

Question 37

a group of people gathered together in one place for a common purpose.

Answer 37

assembly

Question 38

force or oblige (someone) to do something.

Answer 38

compelled

Question 39

a person under the age of 18

Answer 39

minor

Question 40

The state of being less than 18 years old

Answer 40

minority

Question 41

The money paid by the state to a person who is responsible for a child under 16 years of age

Answer 41

child benefit

Question 42

money paid regularly by one parent to the other parent, who is looking after a child / children.

Answer 42

Child Support

Question 43

payment made by a divorced or separated husband or wife to the former spouse, to help pay for living expenses and also for the cost of bringing up the children.

Answer 43

Child Maintenance

Question 44

money a person receives when they retire

Answer 44

pension

Question 45

When two people divorce or get separated and one of them has care of their children, the other has the right to see the child regularly.

Answer 45

Child access

Question 46

a child or young person who acts in an antisocial way or breaks the law

Answer 46

delinquent

Question 47

the act of causing delinquent acts

Answer 47

delinquency

Question 48

the act of looking after and bringing up a child who is not your own

Answer 48

fostering

Question 49

the act of having your children supervised while they are at home to make sure they are being well cared for

Answer 49

supervision

Question 50

the act of becoming the legal parent of a child which is not your own

Answer 50

adoption

Question 51

If a parent or guardian fails to provide a child with adequate shelter, food, clothing, medical attention and supervision

Answer 51

neglect/abuse

Question 52

if a woman is physically unable to conceive and have a baby, the couple may ask another woman to have the baby for them and then give the baby to them

Answer 52

surrogate -

Question 53

a person appointed by a court to represent a child in a legal action

Answer 53

Guardian ad Litem

Question 54

the action of staying away from school without good reason; absenteeism:

Answer 54

Truancy (1. to play truant - verb 2. truant - noun)

Question 55

when children are taken away from their home and parents / guardians by the local social services.

Answer 55

Care Order

Question 56

The local social services regularly visit the home to check that children are being well cared for.

Answer 56

Supervision Order

Question 57

A court can order the police or other legally-appointed body to enter a house where they think a child might be held against his / her will, in bad conditions, or illegally by a person not entitled to look after the child.

Answer 57

Search and Find Order

Question 58

If a person knows where a child is being illegally held, they must give this information to the police or the court, or face prosecution.

Answer 58

Disclosure Order

Question 59

The court can prevent one parent from taking a child away from the other parent (often used if there is a danger the parent will take the child out of the country).

Answer 59

Prohibited Steps Order

Question 60

If the parents cannot decide what to do about major issues related to their children, they can let a court decide for them.

Answer 60

Specific Issue Order

Question 61

A separated or divorced parent wants to see his / her children (who are living with the other parent) for short periods on a regular basis.

Answer 61

Contact Order

Question 62

In cases of separation and divorce, this decides who the child will live with (in other words, who gets custody of the child)

Answer 62

Residence Order

Question 63

a contract between a man and a woman to become husband and wife

Answer 63

marriage

Question 64

a word meaning husband or wife

Answer 64

spouse

Question 65

someone you live with and with whom you have a sexual relationship

Answer 65

partner

Question 66

the state of two married people no longer living with each other

Answer 66

separation

Question 67

the legal termination of a marriage

Answer 67

divorce

Question 68

to declare that a marriage had no legal effect

Answer 68

to annul

Question 69

the notifiable offence of going through a ceremony of marriage to someone when you are still married to someone else

Answer 69

bigamy

Question 70

voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not their spouse.

Answer 70

adultery by one spouse

Question 71

abandon of a person in a way considered disloyal

Answer 71

desertion by one spouse

Question 72

money that a court orders a husband to pay regularly to his separated or divorced wife

Answer 72

alimony

Question 73

the person or persons most closely related to you. If you are married

Answer 73

next of kin

Question 74

an order by a court of law stating the date on which a marriage will end unless a good reason not to grant a divorce is produced.

Answer 74

decree nisi

Question 75

when the divorce comes into force

Answer 75

decree absolut