SKF3 R&W - UNIT 8 LEGAL TERMS

An illegal action or activity

• trial

• crime

• arrest

Someone whose job is to make decisions in a court of law.

• judge

• witness

• lawyer

A legal process of judging and punishing people.

• crime

• justice

• trial

For the police to take someone to a police station bacause they believe they have done something illegal.

• prosecution

• controversy

• arrest

Someone whose job is to provide people with legal advice.

• lawyer

• introspector

• judge

The process of examining a case in a court of law and deciding whether someone is guilty or innocent.

• fuss

• trial

• prosecution

Someone who sees a crime, accident or other event happen.

• watcher

• witness

• onlooker

To try to prove that someone is not guilty.

• lie about

• accuse

• defend

Where two parties reach consensus on a set of facts or course of action.

• allegation

• agreement

• agent

Recompense for loss, injury, or suffering.

• compensation

• conciliation

• condition