Basic legal terms

A verdict

• a legal conclusion

• The method of interpreting laws

• Occurring between citizens

• The method of interpreting laws

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

plaintiff

• The place where people go to conduct legal business

• An attorney's assistant

• a person who accuses another person of a wrongdoing

• a legal conclusion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

complaint

• The methods of interpreting laws and putting them into practice

• a legal conclusion

• A person who accuses another person of wrongdoing

• A written document that states the reason for legal action

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

jury

• A person who is in charge of and decides cases in a court.

• A group of people who listen to evidence and decide whether someone is guilty or innocent

• An attorney's assistant with specialized legal training

• a person who participates in a case to state what they know or what they saw

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

Due process

• it is a citizen's guarantee that he or she will receive a fair trial

• a disagreement or conflict

• an action which is against the law

• an accusation in a civil court

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

Appeal

• Attacking another person

• To ask for a problem to be investigated again in order to have a decision changed

• To start a process

• To break the law

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

To initiate

• To come to an agreement

• to commit crime

• To start a process

• find a solution to a problem

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Proof

• jury's decision regarding whether someone is guilty or innocent

• evidence, information, documentary or verbal which can show the truth in a case

• find a solution to a problem

• an official law

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

to resolve

• To decide what punishment they will get for their crime

• Find a solution to something.

• To take legal action against someone

• to disobey or commit crime

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

damages

• A request for a decision to be investigated again

• To accuse someone formally of a crime

• To start a process

• it is money that a person receives to compensate for loss or injury

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C