1 parcial inglés

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Is official authority to take a certain action

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Accreditation

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Is a person who works in law and gives legal advice

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attorney

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Is an attorney´s assistant with specialized legal training

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paralegal

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is a person or company who brings a case to court agains another person because they want to recover compensation for loss or injury

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plaintiff

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are the money a person recives to compansate for loss or injury

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damages

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is a punishment in wich someone must be pay money

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fine

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damages are fees that must be pay in punishment for a wrongdoing

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punitive

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is law wich is involved in getting compensation for a civil wrongdoing that caused loss or injury

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tort law

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is a person and her attorney or just the attorney taking legal action against someone

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prosecution

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someone means to decide officially that someone is not guilty of a crime

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acquit

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is a request for a decision to be investigated again

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appeal

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is when a person is formally charged with an offence and has the oportunity to plead guily or not guily

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arraignment

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means attacking another person

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assault

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is an officer in court who keeps order and enforces good behavior

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bailiff

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means hurting another person

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battery

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are articles about individual legal cases

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case annotation

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is when people obey and order or request

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compliance

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is the person who writes everything that is said in court

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court reporter

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is a legal book wich summarizes individual cases

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digest

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is when a lawyer asks for and examines information about a case from the lawyer on the opposing side

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discovery

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is a collection of forms and document wich are required or recommended to be use in legal cases

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form book

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is and administrative department wich is run by the goverment

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goverment agency

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is a jury that cannot agree on wheter someone is guily or innocent

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hung jury

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is an official court order that stops a person or company from doing something or forces them to do it

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injunction

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if something - something else, it has a seriously negative effect on it

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jeopardize

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is an academic magazine which presents formal articles

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journal

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is a person who is a member of a jury

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juror

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is a legal action that is brought in court by one person or company agains another

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lawsuit

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is the use of lawyers and the legal system to help solve a problem

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legal action

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is the method of interpreting laws and putting them into effect

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legal system

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means legal responsability

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liability

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is a paper which gives permission for you to do or own something

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license

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is a trial in which no decision is made

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mistrial

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means to break the law

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offend

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a suspect is given the chance to stand trial for a lesser offence if he pleads guilty

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plea bargain

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A - person shows an unreasonable like or dislike for someone or something

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prejudiced

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means to be in charge of a formal meeting or ceremony

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preside

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meeting in which they attempt to come to an agreement

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pre-trial hearing

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are texts that gives information about goverment´s laws

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primary material

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is the act of dealing with a dead person ´s property and will

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probate

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is a period of time in which a criminal must behave well, otherwise he will go to jail

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probation

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are a series of events that happen in a formal, controled way

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proceedings

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is certification that someone has completed a course of study

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qualification

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is an official rule

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regulation

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is to come to an agreement and end a dispute without furter need of litigation

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settle

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to - evidence means to prevent other people from seeing or using it

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suppress

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is a jury decision regarding whether someone is guily or innocent

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verdict

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something means go nearer to it

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approach

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is the name of the place where a judge sits in a court

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bench

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if a person opinions are - , then they show unreasonable preference

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biased

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is an administrative system ran by many officers, administrators and petty officials

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bureaucracy

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means punishing a person with death

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capital punishment

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means to accuse them formaly of a crime

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charge

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write information that u found in another book and mention who wrote originally

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cite

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is a person who assist the judge with writting or administration

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clerk of the court

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means to disobey or break the law

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commit a crime

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is an award to make up for a wrongdoing

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compensation

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is an accusation on a civil court

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complaint

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is a collection of texts and information which is available in a computer

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computerized databases

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is a place where justice is administered

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court

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if something has -, it is believable

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credibility

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is a person who has been accused of a wrogdoing in the legal system

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defendant

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is the person accused and his attorney

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defense

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is steps taken to punish a person

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disciplinary action

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is a disagreement or a conflict

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dispute

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is a citizen´s guarantee that she will receive a fair trial

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due process

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can give professional opions on the facts of the case

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expert witness

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is a person who saw the incident which is under investigation

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eyewitness

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if someone sees something -, they actually see the event

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first hand

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is a person who supports the client case

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friendly witness

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is a person who does not supports the client case

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hostile witness

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something is to start a process

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initiate

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is the person who is in charge of and decides cases in a court

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judge

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its connected to the law

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legal

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is a book which gives brief information about a wide range of legal matters

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legal encyclopedia

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it´s in the form of money

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monetary

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is failure to do the things that u have a duty to do

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negligence

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you manage to come to an agreement over a dificult situation

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negotiate

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is information, documentary or verbal, which can help to show the truth in a case

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proof

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is the details about a book that was used to help write the document

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reference

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means to make them suffer for their wrongdoing

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punish

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u find a solution to a problem

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resolve

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is a person or a thing that gives information or help

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resource

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means to formally decide what punishment will they get for their crime

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sentence

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is one of a system of rules about how to behave for formal occasions

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protocol

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is the crime of lying while giving evidence in court

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perjury

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they dont want it to be reported in public

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off the record

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is the crime of killing another person

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murder

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is a group of people who listen to evidence and decided whether someone is guilty or innocent

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jury

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is where the jury sits during a trial

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jury box

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is a large secure building where criminals may go

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jail

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speak when the other person has not finished

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interrupt

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means to speak to someone using a formal word of phrase

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address

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Is the space in front of the judge in a courtroom

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Well

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Make them promise to tell the truth, you tell the truth

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Sworn in

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They have promised to tell the truth in a court

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Under oath

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They have promised to tell the truth in a court

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Under oath