Key Vocabulary List. justice, judiciary, legal/judicial system, legal profession, legal rights, law enforcement system

justice, judiciary, legal/judicial system, legal profession, legal rights, law enforcement system

legitimate/ illegitimate (government, owner, claim), legal/ illegal, lawful/ unlawful

code, civil code, criminal code

law, criminal law, civil law, common law, case law

to draw up laws, to pass laws, to apply laws, to break/ violate laws, a breach of law

law and order, to maintain law and order, to administer law, to implement law, to abide by the law, law-abiding

law-breaker/ law-violator/ law-offender

law-suit

to try smb, trial, to bring smb to trial/ to put smb on trial, to be on trial/ to stand/ undergo trial, to bring smb back for retrial

jury, juror, to serve on a jury, to try smb by jury, to deliver a verdict of guilty or not guilty, to be convinced “beyond all reasonable doubt”

lawyer, barrister/ solicitor/ attorney, public prosecutor, judge, Justice of the Peace (JP), “circuit judges”, senior judges, coroner

counsel for the defence, counsel for the prosecution

low/ high court/ Magistrates Court/ Crown Court/ County Court/ Juvenile Court/ the High Court/ the Court of Appeal/ the European Court of Justice/ the European Court of Human Rights/ coroners’ courts, administrative tribunals

justice, to bring smb to justice, to administer justice, miscarriages of justice, to be wrongfully (wrongly) accused/ convicted

to bring a civil action against smb/ to sue smb (for libel, slander, negligence, etc.)

to take/bring judicial proceedings against smb, to prosecute, to indict, to be found guilty by a court

crime, criminal, to commit a crime, crime against society, armed crime

crime reduction, reduction in crime rate

to confess to a crime

to offend, offence, to commit an offence, offender, re-offender, law-breaker

criminal case, to refer cases to (the) court, to handle a case, to correct cases, disputed cases, to bring/ take a case to court, to solve a case, to discharge a case, to dismiss a case for lack of evidence

to accuse smb of smth, accusation, the accused

to defend smb, the defendant

accomplice

hostage

a fundamental principle of law, to uphold the principle of law

to be binding on smb

to choose at random/ by lot

to look into/ to inquire into

to catch smb red-handed, to catch smb in the act

to be light-fingered

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