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Vocabulary: Justice

Justice... All over the world, citizens are eager for Justice... Its symbol is the Roman Goddess Themis, blindfolded, holding the scales of Justice.

The scales represent judgement and fairness, the blindfold represents impartiality and the sword is punishment if people break the law.

A law/ an act		By law
Under French law		A bill
A regulation		A decree
To set a precedent		Legal/ lawful
Unlawful		A lawyer
To consult a lawyer		A solicitor
To pass a law		To repeal a law
To legalize something		To ban/ to prohibit
To give a ruling on		The rights of the individual
To abide by the law		To break the law


A courthouse	The defendant	The judge

Justice is blind	To take an oath	A witness in the box/ at the stand

Pieces of evidence	The jury	The acquittal

A case		A trial
To take a case to court		A lawsuit
To lodge a complaint		To try sb
The defendant/ the accused		The plaintiff
The prosecution		To prosecute sb
To accuse sb of stg To charge sb with stg		The public prosecutor (GB) The district Attorney (US)
The counsel for the defence		The counsel for the prosecution
A witness		To hear a witness
To give evidence		To be under oath
The witness box (GB) The witness stand (US)		Proof of... Evidence of...
A clue		An alibi
To plead guilty/ not guilty		A cross (examination)

The Jury Room The jury talking and relaxing between votes

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1. 'Sorry, Sir, but , you’re not allowed to drive over 130 km an hour on motorways... I’ll have to fine you.'

2. Before testifying, witnesses are required to . They swear 'to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.'

3. 'It may take a long time before … You should be very patient, then.'

4. When you decide to buy a house or a flat in France, a will take care of the red tape for you.

5. When questioned by the police, the suspect asked for a and refused to say a single word.

6. The coloured population needed a lot of time and effort before the Segregation Laws were in the south of the United States...

7. If you , you must be prepared to get fined or imprisoned.

8. The police failed to gather enough so that the suspect was released.

9. The accused decided to in order to have a lighter sentence and avoid a trial.

10. In order to avoid a heavier sentence to his client, the explained that he had spent his youth in orphanages, in terrible conditions.

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