Cursus Engels - The Glove Flashcards
(94 cards)
To break the law / rules in a way that is considered not to be harmful
To bend the law / rules
To bring a law / treaty to an official end
To abrogate a law / treaty
To break a law
To contravene a law
To make a formal statement saying that a person in public office has committed a serious offence
To impeach (a president)
To prevent a person doing what they are legally allowed to do
To infringe someone’s rights
To make an official appeal
To lodge an appeal
To say that a previous decision was correct / incorrect
To uphold / overturn a verdict
To put obstacles in the way of justice being done
To pervert the course of justice
To change a previous official decision / conviction
To quash a decision / conviction
To establish a decision which must, in English law, be taken into account in future decisions
To set a precedent
To give one parent or adult the main responsibility for a child, especially after separation or divorce
To award / grant custody to
To declare that it no longer exists and never existed
To annul a marriage / agreement / law
Unfair treatment on grounds of sex, race or nationality
Discrimination - discriminate
stealing money that is in your care or belongs to an organisation that you work for (verduisteren van geld)
embezzlement - to embezzle - embezzler
making a person feel anxious and unhappy (sometimes for sexual reasons)
harassment - to harass
illegal buying and selling of shares by someone who has specialist knowledge of a company
insider trading/dealing - to do/practice insider dealing/trading - insider trader/dealer
driving around for enjoyment in a car you have stolen
joyriding - to joyride - joyrider
moving money obtained illegally so that its origin cannot be traced
money laundering - to launder money - money launderer
lying when under oath
perjury - to commit perjury - perjurer
go onto someone else’s land without permission
to trespass - trespasser
leader of the jury
foreman (of the jury)
the jury is normally addressed as
members of the jury
someone who has broken the law
an offender
de beschuldigde
the accused
