Legal English 1

Definitions

Definitions

Selina Walter

Selina Walter

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the authority that a court has to make legal decisions

jurisdiction

to lead or be in charge of sth, e.g. a court case or a meeting

to preside over

to force sth upon sbdy, e.g. a punishment/ a fine/ a tax

to impose sth on sbdy

to send sbdy somewhere else

to refer sbdy elsewhere

the legal ending of a marriage

divorce

trained laywer who assists JPs in the Magistrates' Courts

justices' clerk

a tax levied by a local council (calculated according to the value of the house)

council tax

a type of judge in the Magistrates' Courts who has no formal legal training

JP, lay magistrate

to give sbdy the official permission to do sth, e.g. to sell alcohol

license

a professional judge at the Magistrates' Courts

disctrict judge

a minor crime tried at the Magistrates' Courts

summary offence

a crime which can be tried either at the Magistrates' Court or the Crown Court

either way offence, offence triable either way

a serious crime tried at the Crown Court

indictable offence

not serious, important or large

minor

the lowest level of courts where a case is first heard

first instance courts, courts of first instance

to say officially in a court of law that sbdy is to receive a particular punishment

to sentence sbdy to

a formal declaration that somebody is guilty of a criminal offence

conviction

the process of making or defending a claim in a court of law

litigation

an official request from one of the parties to have a case reheard by a higher court

appellate

an official request from one of the parties to have a case reheard by a higher court

appellate

an official request from one of the parties to have a case reheard by a higher court

appellate

an official request from one of the parties to have a case reheard by a higher court

appeal

the punishment handed out by a court

sentence

of or relating to an appeal

appellate

civil cases in which the victim has suffered physical harm

personal injury cases

quickly and effectively

expeditiously

the state of not having any money and not being able to pay one's debts

bankruptcy

something wrong that sbdy does to sbdy else that is not criminal, but that can lead to action in a civil court

tort, civil wrong

the principle kind of judge found at a County Court

district judge

the process of making or defending a claim in a court of law

litigation

it means the fair treatment of people

justice

the division of the High Court which deals with contract cases

Queen's Bench Division (QBD)

the court complex situated on the Strand in London

Royal Courts of Justice

the head of the Chancery Division of the High Court

Vice Chancellor

causing disagreement between people

contentious

the document in which a person who has died states what will happen to his property

will

the official process of proving that a will is valid

probate

the money that a government receives from taxes

revenue

a new trial of a person who has already been judged once in a court of law

retrial

to officialy say that a decision in a criminal case is no longer valid or correct and that the defendant is no longer guilty

to quash a conviction