Volcabulary Flashcards
Criminal Law
A system of law concerned with the punishment of offenders
Jury
A group of people who are sworn into court to give a verdict in a legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them
Plaintiff
A person who brings a case against someone in a civil court of law
Law
A system of rules that an official country or a group chooses to follow
Rule
A prescribed guide for conduct or action
Customary Law
The legal system and practices that belong uniquely to aboriginal and torres strait islander people
Values
The regard that something is held to deserve. The importance, worth or usefulness of something
Rights
Legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement.
Sanctions
A threatened penalty for the breakage of law.
Treason
The crime of betraying ones country or group, especially the people In higher power then you
Civil Law
A system of law concerned with the relations between community
Court Hierarchy
The system of power which the legal courts are set at
Jurisdiction
The official power to make legal decisions and judgements
Solicitor
A representative or defendant of a client, who can also give advice to them.
Barrister
A lawyer who has been called to the bar and is qualified to plead in higher courts
Prosecutor
A person, especially a public official who institutes legal proceedings against someone
Accused
A person or group who are charged or on trial for a crime
Defendant
An individual or an organisation who are accused on of a crime in a court trial
Call to Bar
A legal term which means when a person who is qualified Is allows to get called to the court to defend a party
Verdict
A judgement in a legal case
Adversarial
The characteristics of two or more sides who oppose each other
Parties
A party is an individual or group of individuals that work together to win a case
Contract Law
an agreement by multiple parties creating mutual obligations which is enforceable by law
Defamation
The communication of a false statement that will deal damage to their good reputation
Defamation
The communication of a false statement that will deal damage to their good reputation
Negligence
Failure to take proper care over something
Nuisance
A person or thing which causes annoyance
Tort
A wrongful act or an infringement of a right
Duty of Care
Duty of carre is a legal obligation which is imposed on an individual, requiring adherence to a standard of reasonable care while performing acts that could lead to harm
Duty of Care
Duty of carre is a legal obligation which is imposed on an individual, requiring adherence to a standard of reasonable care while performing acts that could lead to harm
Summary Offence
Small matters that are tried by a judge alone, no jury
State
A political division of a body of people that occupies a territory defined by frontiers.
Elements of Offence
the prohibited conduct and the mental element of a guilty mind or intention
Mitigating Factors
Lessening the weight of a punishment of a crime(Below 18, plead guilty, shows remorse)
empanelled
To enlist and enrol
What are 4 types of Civil Law
Defamation, Negligence, Nuisance, Trespassing
