English for Law Students

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I. Choose the right term for the definition

1) the theory or philosophy of law

2) the system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties

3) an expert in or writer on law

4) a belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a Church, political party, or other group

5) one of a set of explicit or understood regulations or principles governing conduct or procedure within a particular area of activity

6) a written law passed by a legislative body

7) a systematic collection of laws or statutes

8) an undergraduate degree in law

9) a title appended to a lawyer’s surname

10) a degree in law falls into four general categories including a Doctor of Juridical Science, Doctor of Jurisprudence, Doctor of Philosophy, and a Doctor of Comparative Law

11) a degree awarded to people who have done advanced research into a particular subject, an abbreviation for `Doctor of Philosophy’

12) a person called to the bar and entitled to practise as an advocate, particularly in the higher courts

13) a person, typically a lawyer, appointed to act for another in business or legal matters

14) a member of the legal profession qualified to deal with conveyancing, the drawing up of wills, and other legal matters, may also instruct barristers and represent clients in some courts

15) a person in a court of law who decides how the law should be applied, for example how criminals should be punished

16) the legislative body of a country or state

17) the judicial authorities of a country; judges collectively

18) the branch of a government responsible for putting decisions or laws into effect

19) a body of people presided over by a judge, judges, or magistrate, and acting as a tribunal in civil and criminal cases

20) the jurisdiction within which a criminal or civil case may or must be heard

21) the place or room in which a court of law meets

22) a building in which a judicial court is held

23) a court of law where cases are tried in the first place, as opposed to an appeals court

24) a special court where people who have been convicted of a crime can appeal against their conviction

25) the highest judicial court in a country or state

26) stealing something

27) steal from people or place

28) break into a shop/ house and steal things

29) steal from shops when open

30) attacking and robbing someone in a public place

31) kill someone by intention

32) kill someone by accident

33) force someone to have sex

34) taking something illegally into another country

35) demanding money from someone in return for not revealing compromising information which one has about them

36) producing a copy of a document, signature, banknote, or work of art illegaly

37) an act that threatens physical harm to a person, whether or not actual harm is done

38) to say someone is guilty

39) to bring someone to court

40) to decide whether they are guilty or not

41) to have a case judged in court

42) to swear in court that one is guilty or otherwise

43) to set someone free after a prison sentence

44) to argue for or against someone in a trial

45) what the judge does after a verdict of guilty