Unit 3 Law Vocabulary Review

The state of being legally responsible for something

• Intellectual

• Liability

• Dismissal

• Precedent

the opinion that people have about what somebody/something is like, based on what has happened in the past

• Repletion

• Reputation

• Intimidation

• Integration

the person in a trial who is accused of committing a crime, or who is being sued by another person

• Jury

• Aattorney

• Defendant

• Lawyer

the failure to give somebody/something enough care or attention

• Negligence

• Slander

• Reputation

• Fraudulent

done on purpose; deliberate

• Redundant

• Intentional

• Unintentional

• Implement

He was lucky to escape ____________ though his car was heavily damaged in the accident.

• Injury

• Reputation

• Dismissal

• Regulation

A false spoken statement intended to damage the good opinion people have of somebody; the legal offence of making this kind of statement.

• Liability

• Slander

• Negligence

• Legislation

The defendant took control of the property without any legal rights and that’s why he was charged with ___________

• tortfeasor

• conduction

• conversion

• burden

The defendant threw some bad words that intended to damage the good opinion people have of his friend.

• Liability

• Slander

• Negligence

• Legislation

He hit someone on the street and that’s why he was charged with __________

• Trespass

• Battery

• Negligence

• Libel