The defendant or defendants appearing on a criminal charge.
Example: My dad is accused of a murder.
en: Accusée
Arrest
Verb
To seize and hold under the authority of law.
Example: I arrest someone who was supposed to be in jail but he escaped
en: Arrêter
Authority
Noun
Legal permission granted to a person to perform a specified act.
Example: A police is someone who a lot of authority’s
en: Autorité
Civil Code of Quebec
Noun
The civil code in force in the Province of Quebec, Canada, which came into effect on January 1, 1994.
Example: The Code Civil of Quebec is used in court room of Quebec.
en: Code civil du Québec
Court
Noun
A court is a place where legal matters are decided by a judge and jury or by a magistrate
Example: The police force you to go to court following a criminal act.
en: Court
Crime scene
Noun
The location where a crime took place, and comprises the area form which most of the physical evidence is retrieved by law enforcement personnel, crime scene investigators or in rare circumstances, forensic scientists.
Example: Last week, I saw a crime scene where de women was killed by his husband and she was on the floor with all of her blood everywhere.
en: Scène de crime
Damages
Noun
A sum of money claimed or awarded in compensation for a loss or an injury.
Example: The damage amounts to $8,000.
en: Dégâts
Drug
Noun
An illegal chemical substance that changes the state of a normal person.
Example: A lot of people tried drug when there were young, and they did not get addict.
en: Drogue
Fraud
Noun
Wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.
Example: My uncle did some fraud, and he is now in jail for twenty years
en: Fraude
Guilty
Adjective
Culpable of or responsible for a specified wrongdoing.
Example: You are guilty because you did the crime
en: Coupable
Incarceration
Noun
The state of being confined in prison; imprisonment.
Example: Afro-American males are born to be raised in troubled households, perform poorly in education, often participate in criminal activity and so suffer INCARCERATION, and die relatively young too.
en: Incarcération
Judge
Noun
A public official with authority to hear cases in a court of law and pronounce judgment upon them.
Example: The role of the impartial JUDGE is one that is hard to play, and though it is acknowledged that the historian's task is not to JUDGE, it is not entirely possible for the historian to distance herself from this issue because she necessarily is the product of her time.
en: Juge
law
noun
The system of rules that a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and witch it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.
Example: There are several laws in the Criminal Code of Canada.
en: Loi
Probation
Noun
The release of an offender from detention, subject to a period of good behavior under supervision.
Example: I am out of jail but I have a probation of 2 years and I need to be a good person to stay out of jail.
en: Période de probation
Sentence
Noun
The punishment assigned to a defendant found guilty by a court, or fixed by law for a particular offense.
Example: My sentence is 3 years for the sexual harassment that I did to my employee
en: Sentence
Superior court
Noun
A court with general jurisdiction over others courts, a higher court.
Example: The higher court deals with civil crimes and crimes against the government.
en: Cour supérieure
Suspect
Noun
A person thought to be guilty of a crime or offense
Example: You are the suspect of this crime because you were there when it happened
en: Suspect
Verdict
Noun
A decision on a disputed issue in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.
Example: Although this is a theory investigating how the individual decides upon a VERDICT, it does have implications for the deliberation process.
en: Verdict
Victim
Noun
A person harmed, injured, or killed as a result of a crime, accident, or other events of action.
Example: I am a victim of sexual harassment at my job.
en: Victime
Wanted
Verb
To be hunted or sought in order to apprehend.
Example: The biggest criminal on heart is wanted for sexual harassment.
