Legal Terms for A TIME TO KILL
You will be given three legal words or expressions. For each expression, give:
a) the part of speech
b) different forms of the word (different parts of speech)
c) the meaning (definition)
d) use the word in a sentence (or two) that shows us the meaning
GIVE YOUR ANSWERS IN THE 'COMMENT' SECTION AT THE END OF THIS POST. You will be evaluated on your answers.
AB
1. accuse
2. arrest
3. attorney
MIKE
4. break a law
5. break in
6. capital punishment
RAFAEL
7. case
8. corporal punishment
9. charge
MING
10. client
11. commit a crime
12. convict
YUKARI
13. corrupt
14. court / courthouse / courtroom
15. custody
YUMI
16. death penalty
17. defendant
18. evidence
ANISE
19. fine
20. guilty
21. homicide
EUN JU
22. illegal / legal
23. imprison
24. innocent
AYUMI
25. insane
26. jail
27. judge
AYUMU
28. jury / jurors
29. justice
30. law clerk / lawyer
LUCIA
31. murder / manslaughter
32. prejudice
33. prosecute
ESTHER
34. psychiatrist
35. racism
36. rape
CINDY
37. revenge
38. self-defence
39. sentence
ROBIN
40. sheriff / deputy
41. swear (to tell the truth)
42. testify
RIO
43. threat
44. trial
45. witness
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death penalty
a:noun
b:death→dead(a)/die(v)/deadly(adv)
penalty→penal(a)/penally(adv)
c:to judge and kill somebody based on laws who commit a big crime.
d:He was sentenced to death penalty by the judge because he had killed many people ,but he said that he wanted to live more.
defendant
a:noun
b:defendant(a)
c:a person who is accused of something in a court of law.
d:The defendant was accused of killing his friend in a court but he denied it.
evidence
a:noun
b:evident(a)/evidently(adv)
c:something that give a reason for believing something.
d:The police found fingerprints of a criminal. Thanks to this define evidence,the police could arrested him and he confessed he was a criminal.
revenge:
A:noun
B:revenged,revenging[vt]
C:action taken in return for an injury or offense
D:Carl lee has been meditating revenge.
self-defence
A:noun
B:self-defence[n]
C:the act of defending yourself
D:He shot the man in self-defence
sentence
A:noun
B:sentenced,sentencing[vt]
C:a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language; "he always spoke in grammatical sentences
D:I am practising to make sentence
Ayumi
1.a) jury / jurors EEENoun
b) jury EEEVerb
c) jury ;people who judge competition or legal case
jurors ;a group of 12 juries
d) Supreme Court called twelve people to ask them to be juror and help sentencing a jury.
2. a) justiceEEENoun
b) judgeEEEVerb
c) fairness, judge especially of a high court
d) After a couple years, all of people concerning the trial finally agreed with the jusice.
3. a) law clerk / lawyerEEENoun
b) lawyering/lawyeredEEEAdjective
c) law clerk; assistant to judge or lawyer
lawyer ; somebody qualified to practice law
d) law clerk
Although he had worked as a law clerk for a decade, he decided to quit his job.
lawyer
She studied law so hard that she became a lawyer.
* illegal / legal
a. adj. / adj.
b. n - (il)legality
v - legalize
c. (not) allowed by the law
d. Driving without a driver's license is illegal.
* imprison
a. v
b. n - imprisonment
c. to put someone in a prison
d. He was imprisoned because he murdered a person.
* innocent
a. adj.
b. n - innocence
c. not guilty of a crime
d. 1)She was completely innocent for the crim.
2) He was proved innocence at the trial.
corrupt
a:adj,verb
b:corruptness(n),corruptly(adv)
c:dishonest or immoral
d:You shouldn't watch such a corrupt film. It includes a lot of violence.
court/courthouse/courtroom
a:noun,verb(only court)
b:courteous(adj)
c:the place where legal trials take place
d:The famous lawyer will appear in court, because there will be a big trial.
custody
a:noun
b:custodial(adj)
c:similar to jail
d:The police took the criminal in custody, so the criminal ia waiting the trial in jail.
1a. Murder
a)Murder – Verb.
Murder - Noun
b)Murderer – Noun
Murderess – Noun
Murderous – Adjective
Murderously – Adverb
c)n. The unlawful killing of a human being by another.
v. Commit the crime or murder
d)There has never been a murder in this town since I arrived. It is a safe place where people are very quiet and friendly.
Cain murdered his brother because he hated him, and he couldn’t stand he was better than he.
1b. Manslaughter
a)Noun
b)Noun
c)n. Law. The unlawful killing of another human being accidentally or without malice or premeditation. The driver or a car that accidentally hits and kills a pedestrian while the pedestrian has the right or way be charge with manslaughter.
d)She was guilty of manslaughter because she ran over a little boy accidentally when he was riding his bike.
2. Prejudice
a)Prejudice – Noun
Prejudice – Verb
b)Prejudiced – Adjective
Prejudicial – Adjective
Prejudicially – Adverb
c)n. An opinion or judgment based on irrelevant considerations or inadequate knowledge, especially an unfavorable opinion or judgment.
v. Cause prejudice in. Affect with a prejudice, either favorable or unfavorable.
d)The unpleasant experience prejudiced her against lawyers.
His honesty and sincerity prejudiced us in his favor.
3. Prosecute
a)Prosecute – Verb
b)Prosecution – Noun
Prosecutor – Noun
c)Bring before a court.
To say officially that someone might be guilty of a crime and must be judged by a court of law.
d) He was prosecuted because people think he is guilty of murder, and a witness said that he saw him when he got out of the building after the shot.
sheriff / deputy
a:noun/noun
b:sheriff[n] / deputy[a]
c:sheriff-the principal law-enforcement officer in a county
deputy-someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies
d:The manager was unable to attend but sent his deputy as a substitute.
The sheriff ordered the policemen to gather.
swear
a:v
b:swear[v]
c: promise solemnly; take an oath
d:He swears by Almighty God that he will tell the truth.
testify
a:v
b:testification [n]
c:give testimony in a court of law
d:She testified that he had not seen the accident.
psychiatrist
a) noun
b) psychiatric (ad)
c) a doctor of psychiatry
d) He has a mental problem, so he goes to a hospital for meeting a psychiatrist.
racism
a) noun
b) recial (ad) / racially (adv)
c) someone who thinks someone's race is best and hate other races.
d) Hitler was a most famous racism.
rape
a) verb / noun
b) rapable (ad)
c) the crime of sex, some has sex without partner's agree by force.
d) He raped a girl, so he went to a jail.
insane
a:(adj)
b:insane(adj), insanely(adv)
c:seriously mentally ill and unable to live in normal society
d:The man became insane because of his daughter's sudden death.
jail
a:(n),(v)
b:jail(n), jail(v)
c:place where criminals are kept
d:They were sent to jail for robbing the bank.
judge
a:(n),(v)
b:judge(n), judgment(n), judge(v)
c:a person in a court of law who has the authority to decide how criminals should be punished or to make legal decisions
d:The judge sentenced him to ten years in prison.
threat
A:noun
B:threaten(v)threatening(adj)
C:a statement in which you tell sb that you will punish or harm them.
D:She received death threats from murderer.
trial
A:noun
B:trial(adj)
C:a formal examination of evidence in a court of law by a judge,to decide if sb accused of a crime is guilty or not.
D:He did not received a fair trial,amd he wants to appeal.
witness
A:noun
B:witnessable(adj)witness(v)
C:a persom who sees sth happen and is able to describe it to other people.
D:We have a witness to the killing.
Case
a-Noun
b-Caseless(adj)
Caselessly(adv)
c-A statement of facts raising a point of view for a court to consider
d-The man lost the case. Now he has to go to jail.
Corporal Punisment
a-Noun
b- Corporal: Corporal(adj)
Corporally(adv)
Corporality(n)
Punishmen: Punishment(n)
c-Physical punishment.Punishment given by striking the body.
d-Spanking,strapping and beating are kind of corporal punishment, and they produce serious injuries.
Charge
a-Verb
b-Charged(n)
Chargeless(adj)
c-Accused,especially in a court of law.
d-The court charged 5,000$ to the woman because se was driving too fast.
fine
a: adjective, noun, verb
b: fine,finer,finest
finely(adv), fineness(N-uncount)
c: a punishment in which a person is ordered to pay a sum of money because they have done sth illegal or broken a rule.
D: She was fined 300$ and banned from driving for one month.
guilty
a: adjective
b: guiltier,fuiltiest
guiltily(adv)
c: you feel unhappy you think that you have done somethnig wrong or have failed to do sth which you should have done.
d: I feel so guilty, leavinf all this to you.
homicide
a: noun
b: homicides
c: the illegal killing a person
d: THe police arrived at the scene of the homicide.
(1) accuse (v)
Blam for.
We accused him even though he did'nt do anything wrong.
(2) arrest (V)
to take into prison.
The police arrested him, because he always steals other people.
(3) attorney (n)
A professional person authorized to practice law.
I'm busy to go with you, but you have to find attorney before you go to the court
FROM MING
client
a)noun
b)client(noun)
c)a person who seeks the advice of
a lawyer
d)she is asking what a client wants
commit a crime
a)commit→verb
crime→noun
b)commit→commitment(noun)/
committed(adj)
crime→criminal(adj/noun)
criminally(adv.)
c)commit:perform an act with a negative connotation
crime:an act punishment by law
d)commit:He could not commit himself in any way.
crime:It is a crime the way he treats her.
convict
a)noun/verb
b)convict→convictive(adj)/
conviction(noun)/
convictively(adverb)
c)noun→a person serving a sentence in jail or prison
verb→fnd or declare gilty
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