Supplement legal expressions. Use your legal dictionary.

A Match the following English expressions with their Russian equivalents.

	credit for time in custody	a	возвращение под стражу
	defendant not in custody	b	дальнейшее содержание под стражей
	detention in custody	c	передать, препроводить под стражу
	escape by person in custody	d	допрос лица, находящегося под стражей
	in-custody confession	e	содержать под стражей
	in-custody interrogation	f	зачёт времени пребывания под стражей
	person in custody	g	лицо, содержащееся под стражей
	remand in custody	h	освободить из – под стражи
	retention in custody	i	побег из – под стражи
	to discharge from custody	j	подсудимый, находящийся на свободе
	to keep in custody	k	признание, сделанное лицом, находящимся под стражей
	to submit to custody	l	содержание под стражей

 

B Fill in the gaps in the text below with the appropriate words from the box.

 

 

A policeman was sent to 1) ______ the disappearance of some property from a hotel. When he arrived, he found that the hotel staff had caught a boy in one of the rooms with a camera and some cash. When the policeman tried to 2) _______ the boy, he became violent and the policeman had to 3) _______ him. At the police station the boy could not give a satisfactory explanation for his actions and the police decided to 4) ______ him with the 5) ______ of the camera and cash. They took his 6) ______, locked him in a 7) ______, and 8) ______ him overnight. The next morning he appeared in 9) ______ before the 10) ______. He took an 11) ______ and 12) ______not guilty. Two 13) ______ the owner of the property and a member of the hotel staff, gave 14) ______. After both sides of the case had been heard the boy was 15) ______ guilty. He had to pay a 16) ______ of $ 50 and he was given a 17) ______ of three months in prison suspended for two years.

C Fill in the gaps with the prepositions from the box. Some of these can be used more than once. If no preposition is necessary, leave the space empty.

 

 

He's being kept ______ custody.

He was sentenced ______ five years.

She got a sentence ______ six months.

He was accused ______ murder.

She's been charged ______ theft.

He appeared ______ court ______ handcuffs.

They were brought ______ the judge.

The prosecution tried to discredit ______ the defense witness.

I would like to report ______ a theft.

If you don’t tell me you’ll be charged ______ withholding evidence.

During the appeal he claimed that the original judge had been biased in favour ______ the plaintiff.

D All the verbs in the box relate to legal matters. Use them to complete the sentences.

 

The new landlord has started proceedings to ______ all the tenants.

The jury was unable to ______ a unanimous decision.

The policeman warned him that it was illegal to ______ evidence.

Are you ready to ______ in court that this is what happened.

This evidence is hearsay and I call upon the court to ______ it.

The prisoner’s behaviour has been good and I am going to ______ him for parole.

The management and the union could not agree and they called in an industrial tribunal to ______.