a person or group of people who are charged with or on trial for a crime.
Example: The ECJ has been accused of excessive activism, especially in cases such as Danish Bottles.
fr: accusé
assault
noun
a physical attack.
Example: Figures from Office for National Statistics British Crime Survey 2000, Babergh District Council are based at Corks Lane, Hadleigh, Suffolk and their housing team manages several thousand properties in the Babergh area Government publications outline that ASBO's should "protect the public from behaviour that causes or is likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress," protecting "against anti-social behaviour, "e.g." loutish and unruly conduct...verbal abuse, harassment, assault, graffiti, and excessive noise.".
fr: agression
authority
noun
a person or organization having power or control in a particular, typically political or administrative, sphere.
Example: As s.118 provides for the offender to be taken into custody, the judge felt his authority was restricted to committals for contempt made in the face of the court
fr: autorité
burglar
noun
a person who commits burglary.
Example: Last night there was a burglar in my back yard ! I was so scared
fr: cambrioleur
clerk
noun
a person employed in an office or bank to keep records, accounts, and undertake other routine administrative duties.
Example: Lastly, Lord Browne-Wilkinson held that parliamentary privileges do not exist in this case in absence of a claim of any privilege extending beyond that protected by the Bills of Rights from the clerk of Commons or the Attorney General.
fr: employé de bureau
contract
noun
a written or spoken agreement, especially one concerning employment, sales, or tenancy, that is intended to be enforceable by law.
Example: There is a need to contract with the bank about securities to the loan, which will again require extra efforts and result in costs incurred by the lawyers of Allisgood plc.
fr: Contrat
court
noun
a tribunal presided over by a judge, judges, or a magistrate in civil and criminal cases
Example: This essay shall consider the court's reasoning behind its decision on the two material facts of the case: The contempt occurred when the witness was returning from the court Although s.118(a) of the CCA 1984 provided for power to commit for a contempt which occurs 'in going to or returning from the court', the trial judge felt bound by the conflicting limitation of s.1(2), which stipulates that county courts, as inferior courts of record, only have the power to commit for contempt 'in the face of the court.
fr: Tribunal
felony
noun
a crime, typically one involving violence, regarded as more serious than a misdemeanor, and usually punishable by imprisonment for more than one year or by death
Example: Whether this is fair labeling or not is a matter of opinion, although many believe that accomplices should not receive such harsh penalties as the primary parties who actually committed the felony.
fr: crime
inmate
noun
a person confined to an institution such as a prison or hospital.
Example: When I finish my doctors degree I want to be able to help the inmate reclaim his liberty !
fr: Détenu
law
noun
the system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.
Example: No man shall ignore the law !
fr: Loi
lawyer
noun
a person who practices or studies law; an attorney or a counselor.
Example: A Preliminary Cost Benefit Study , 2004, Journal of Money Laundering Control, London, Vol.7, Issue 4; pg. 333 He, P. , lawyers,
fr: Avocat
lethal
adjectif
sufficient to cause death.
Example: One of these methods is the most usual injection of a lethal drug.
fr: mortelle
manslaughter
noun
the crime of killing a human being without malice aforethought, or otherwise in circumstances not amounting to murder.
fr: homicide involontaire
notary
noun
a person authorized to perform certain legal formalities, especially to draw up or certify contracts, deeds, and other documents for use in other jurisdictions
Example: As soon as I finish school I will become a notary !
fr: notaire
oath
noun
a solemn promise, often invoking a divine witness, regarding one's future action or behavior.
Example: Similarly it may be argued that clinicians, bound by the Hippocratic oath, are in no better a position to look beyond the individual injustice of the case at hand.
fr: serment
proof
noun
evidence or argument establishing or helping to establish a fact or the truth of a statement.
Example: The IVA, though not a conclusive proof of their intention to share the beneficial interest equally, was nevertheless a persuasive document.
And the parties' conduct in general was proof of this.
fr: preuve
request
noun
a way of saying that a party to a lawsuit (or usually the attorney) is asking
Example: It is reasonable to deduce that no client guilty of an offence would be willing to waive his LPP, which would render a request for such consent worthless.
fr: demande
seizure
noun
the action of capturing someone or something using force.
Example: I hope the bailiff doesn't come to proceed to the seizure of my house
fr: saisie
testimony
noun
a formal written or spoken statement, especially one given in a court of law.
Example: the advantages of forensic science as having "inestimable value of cogency and objectivity...not affected by the subjective defects of testimony."
fr: témoignage
thief
noun
a person who steals another person's property, especially by stealth and without using force or violence.
Example: If a man is naturally inclined to be a thief, or his environment encourages him to steal, this disposition arises from natural causation.
