LAW

Question 1

public praise for someone or something

Answer 1

acclaim (viešas pripažinimas)

Question 2

a claim that someone has done something illegal or wrong

Answer 2

accusation (kaltinimas)

Question 3

to say that someone has done something wrong or committed a crime; accuse someone of something

Answer 3

accuse (apkaltinti)

Question 4

something that you consider likely to be true even though no one has told you directly or even though you have no proof

Answer 4

assumption (prielaida, manymas)

Question 5

punishment by death

Answer 5

capital punishment

Question 6

an official statement accusing someone of committing a crime

Answer 6

charge (kaltinimas)

Question 7

to prove in a court of law that someone is guilty of a crime

Answer 7

convict (nuteisti)

Question 8

a place where trials take place and legal cases are decided, especially in front of a judge and a jury or a magistrate

Answer 8

court (teismas)

Question 9

begin a court case

Answer 9

Go to court

Question 10

begin a case against someone

Answer 10

Take someone to court

Question 11

start to be discussed in court

Answer 11

Come to court

Question 12

agree to pay someone in order to avoid a court case

Answer 12

Settle out of court

Question 13

the highest court in many countries, including the US and UK, which has authority over all the other courts in a country’s legal system

Answer 13

Supreme Court

Question 14

someone who has been accused of a crime and is on trial or has had a legal claim brought against them in a civil court

Answer 14

Defendant (atsakovas)

Question 15

on the woman’s side of a family

Answer 15

Distaff side

Question 16

facts, statements, or objects that help to prove whether or not someone has committed a crime

Answer 16

Evidence (įrodymai)

Question 17

evidence that makes it seem likely that something is true but does not prove it

Answer 17

Circumstantial evidence (netiesioginiai įrodymai)

Question 18

definite evidence

Answer 18

Hard evidence (tvirti įrodymai)

Question 19

the fact of being responsible for a bad or unpleasant situation

Answer 19

Fault (kaltė)

Question 20

a small wooden hammer that someone such as a judge knocks on a table to emphasize a decision, or so
that people will listen

Answer 20

Gavel (teisėjo plaktukas)

Question 21

the fact that someone has committed a crime

Answer 21

Guilt (kaltė)

Question 22

someone who is guilty has committed a crime

Answer 22

Guilty (kaltas)

Question 23

officially decide that they are guilty/not guilty

Answer 23

find someone guilty/not guilty of something

Question 24

an extremely small amount

Answer 24

Iota (

Question 25

a judge in the lowest courts

Answer 25

J.P. Justice of the Peace (taikos teisėjas)

Question 26

a group of people, usually 12, who judge a court case. Members of a jury are ordinary members of the public: can be followed by a singular or plural verb

Answer 26

Jury (žiuri)

Question 27

a crime or illegal activity for which there is a punishment

Answer 27

Offence (nusikaltimas)

Question 28

a very poor person

Answer 28

Pauper (vargšas)

Question 29

the process of voting and the counting of votes

Answer 29

Poll (apklausa)

Question 30

a person, especially a public official, who institutes legal proceedings against someone

Answer 30

Prosecutor (prokuroras)

Question 31

a) that which is pledged b) an amount of money that you risk losing when you try to guess the result of a race or competition

Answer 31

Stake ( a) tai, kas yra įkeista, b) rizikuoti kažkokia suma)

Question 32

extreme and obvious

Answer 32

Stark (ekstremalus ir akivaizdus)

Question 33

to formally promise to tell the truth in a court of law

Answer 33

Take the oath (duoti priesaiką)

Question 34

to make a statement about something that you saw, know, or experienced, usually in a court of law

Answer 34

Testify (liūdyti)

Question 35

a formal statement about something that you saw, know, or experienced, usually given in a court of law

Answer 35

Testimony (liudijimas)

Question 36

to bring a charge against somebody swearing that the accusation is true and demand a warrant for the person’s arrest

Answer 36

Swear out a warrant (orderio)

Question 37

a document giving official or legal authority to do something

Answer 37

Warrant (orderis)

Question 38

someone who sees a crime, accident, or other event happen

Answer 38

Witness (liudytojas)

Question 39

the main witness

Answer 39

Chief witness (vyriausiasis liudytojas)