Vocabulary test
Drag & drop: Fill in the missing expression. Use the following words and phrases:
- convict
- lawsuit
- sentence
- acquit
- defendant
- prosecute
- appeal
- jury
- trials
- civil law
- Even though the defendant was clearly guilty, the jury was forced to him on a legal technicality.
- Before you file a against someone in civil court, you should think about how much time and expense will be involved.
- Because the boys didn't mean to cause any real harm when they painted the school pink, and because it was their first problem with the law, the state decided not to them, but just to give them a strong warning.
- When the judge read the , life in prison, the defendant's mother began to cry, and the rest of the audience cheered.
- The jury took half an hour to decide to the defendant based on the overwhelming strength of the evidence presented to them.
- Despite losing his case, the notorious mob boss is planning to to the Supreme Court, claiming that his first trial wasn't fair.
- Because I was a member of the Board of Directors at that firm, I have been named as a in the fraud lawsuit pending against them, even though I don't know anything about it at all.
- Many criminal must be moved to another area because of the media sensation that they can cause locally, where everyone is naturally interested in their outcome.
- Selecting a before a trial can often take weeks, as it is difficult to find people with no prior knowledge of the case or obvious bias against one side or the other.
- My brother is a lawyer who specializes in – he mostly handles divorces, contract disputes, and wills.