Amendment Vocabulary

a formal, written summary of relevant facts submitted to a court of law in a legal case

• verdict

• brief

• summary

• synopsis

cleared from a charge

• forgiven

• dissent

• pardoned

• acquitted

a demand in court for something (like $$) that the plaintiff believes is owed to him/her

• brief

• claim

• settlement

• dowry

To influence another person's choices in a negative way (bully them)

• coerce

• bribe

• barter

• bias

to offset an error or wrong committed (usually $$$)

• compensate

• settlement

• payoff

• bribe

in a trial, the person accused of the crime

• plaintiff

• defendant

• witness

• accomplice

The act of damaging an object for the purpose of getting a reaction

• desecration

• defacing

• polluting

• vandalizing

To disagree with the majority

• dissent

• concur

• absolve

• coerce

To be tried in a court of law twice for the same offense

• double jeopardy

• final jeopardy

• judicial review

• eminent domain

Legal proceedings, such as trial, which enforce & protect or rights

• judicial review

• appeal process

• due process

• Trial by jury