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Vocabulary: the courts
Courts! Whatever they are, courts are always intimidating, and people don't feel like
spending time there... Many protagonists are confronting one another, and what's at
stake in this confrontation is often very important...
A case |
A trial |
A lawsuit |
To go to law |
To take a case to court |
To take somebody to court/ to sue somebody |
To try somebody |
A (law) court |
The courthouse |
The court room |
The defendant/ the accused |
The defence/ defense |
To defend somebody |
- To lodge a complaint against sb/ about somebody
- To bring an action against sb/ to take proceedings against somebody:
- To be tried for murder/ theft
- The counsel for the defence (GB)/ the defense counsel (US)
A judge's duty Taking an oath on the Bible
The plaintiff |
The prosecution |
An accusation/ a charge |
To accuse somebody of something |
To prosecute |
A judge |
A witness/ to hear a witness |
To give evidence |
To take the oath |
To be under oath |
To commit perjury |
A clue |
A proof of stg/ evidence of sth |
An exhibit |
An alibi |
Looking for clues. "The man in the dock"
- The public prosecutor (GB)/ the public attorney(US)
- "Yes, your honour"!
- To appear before a court
- The witness box (GB)/ the witness stand (US)
- To convict sb/ to find sb guilty
"The truth, the whole truth..." Looking for a culprit
To plead guilty/ not guilty |
in the dock |
The jury/ a juror |
To deliberate |
The verdict |
innocent of sth/ guilty of sth |
a culprit |
An acquittal/ to acquit sb |
damages |
To release sb on bail |
To pardon sb |
To (lodge an) appeal |
"members of the jury..." A release on bail
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