My name is Benjamin, I am 18 years old, and I study paralegal science at the college Ahuntsic. In this program, we study different types of law, like criminal law, civil law, business law, and many others. It is my second year in this program, and I am supposed to finish next year. I am a young man with the dream of becoming a lawyer. This glossary will contain 20 words with their definition, their translation and the right way to pronounce them. I am making this glossary for me when I need to find the definition of a word or the right way to pronounce it. Other law students could also find it useful. It will be filled with some words of the legal vocabulary, their definitions, pronunciations, how to use them in a sentence, and images of them.
accused
noun
A person or group of people who are charged with or on trial for a crime.
Example: The accused pleads guilty of all the charges against him.
fr: accusé(e)
civil code
noun
A fundamental legislative enactment which contains a compendious statement of a country's private law.
Example: Let me check in the civil code if the contract is valid.
fr: code civil
common law
noun
The body of law primarily developed through judicial decisions rather than statutes.[.
Example: Finally, the expected social position of women was expressed by the authorities through the law; nowhere did the wife appear more completely subordinate to her husband than in the common law.
fr: droit commun
contract
noun
A written or spoken agreement, especially one concerning employment, sales, or tenancy, that is intended to be enforceable by law.
Example: I have looked through the standard contract.
fr: contrat
courtroom
noun
The place or room in which a court of law meets.
Example: On appeal, however, the Court of Appeal found that the mischief, that the county court's jurisdiction cannot extend to contempt outside of the courtroom, was already provided for by the common law.
fr: salle d'audience
criminal code
noun
A federal law that includes definitions of most of the criminal offenses that the Parliament of Canada has enacted.
Example: Murder is a crime in the criminal code.
fr: code criminel
debt
noun
Something, typically money, that is owed or due.
Example: Steeve owes Jason $200, he has a debt.
fr: dette
doctrine
noun
A belief or set of beliefs held and taught by a Church, political party, or other group.
Example: The debate is fuelled by a gradual expansion of the principle; some critics allege that there is: . . . no particular connection between present-day justifications for vicarious liability and the historical development of the doctrine.
fr: doctrine
evidence
noun
The available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.
Example: They take this stand, as they explain, because although there is no evidence for an exchange of mtDNA, this does not rule out the possibility of the exchange of nuclear DNA (Ward & Stringer 1997).
fr: preuve
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: He pleaded guilty to six felonies.
fr: crime
guilty
adjective
Culpable of or responsible for a specified wrongdoing.
Example: Twenty-four individual defendants were indicted, of which 12 were sentenced to death by hanging, 3 to life imprisonment, 2 to twenty-years and 1 to 10 years imprisonment, while only 3 were released having received a verdict of not guilty.
fr: coupable
inmate
noun
A person confined to an institution such as a prison or hospital.
Example: The inmates of the prison of Montreal decided to do a concert.
fr: détenu
judge
noun
A public official appointed to decide cases in a court of law.
Example: Then follows this evidence put forward in front of a judge jury who will ultimately decide whether they agree beyond reasonable doubt that the alleged offender committed the crime and thus how they should be punished.
fr: juge
justice
noun
Just behavior or treatment.
Example: A concern for justice, peace, and genuine respect for people.
fr: justice
lawyer
noun
A person who practices or studies law; an attorney or a counselor.
Example: Fiona The chairperson of the Employment tribunal is a lawyer with specialist knowledge of accidents at work and a member of a law firm that advises Construction companies on Health and Safety issues.
fr: avocat
mediation
noun
Intervention in a dispute in order to resolve it; arbitration.
Example: The parties have sought mediation and it has failed.
fr: médiation
pleading
noun
A formal statement of the cause of an action or defense.
Example: When Hecabe is pleading with Agamemnon to acquit her of the crime of killing Polymestor's children and blinding him, she uses another type of persuasion.
fr: plaidoirie
trial
noun
A formal examination of evidence before a judge, and typically before a jury, in order to decide guilt in a case of criminal or civil proceedings.
Example: The image of the courtroom at Hetty's trial haunted with the shadowy memories of old kings and queens reinforces her betrayal of family loyalty.
fr: procès
victim
noun
A person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other event or action.
Example: The Armenian genocide also shares a similar approach of justification with the Nanking massacre in that both parties felt the need to sub humanize the intended victim.
fr: victime
witness
noun
A person who sees an event, typically a crime or accident, take place.
Example: In Webber, it was held that a defendant relies on a fact when counsel puts an argument to a witness, even if that witness rejects the argument being put forward.
