Legal English General Vocabulary 101
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— Wall Street Proverb
Always know how your counterpart makes their money.
Vocabulary for legal English 101 – List 1
An offence
Innocent
A dispute
A lawyer
To commit
A tribunal
A case
A judge
Judicial
Damages
1. Money claimed by someone as compensation for harm done.
2. To send someone to prison or to a court.
3. An adjective referring to a judge or to the law.
4. Not guilty of a crime.
5. Any act which is not legal.
6. A person who has studied law and can act for people on legal business.
7. A disagreement or argument between parties.
8. A specialist court outside the judicial system which examines special problems.
9. A set of arguments or facts put forward by one side in a legal proceeding.
10. An official who presides over a court.
Vocabulary for legal English 101 – List 2
To plead
A defendant
A claimant
A settlement
To arrest
A hearing
To convict
Breach
To prosecute
To appeal
11. To make an allegation in legal proceedings.
12. Someone who is accused of a crime in a criminal case.
13. A person who makes a claim against someone in a civil court.
14. An agreement reached after an argument.
15. To hold someone legally so as to charge them with a crime.
16. A case which is being heard by a committee, tribunal or court of law.
17. To find that someone is guilty of a crime.
18. Failure to carry out the terms of an agreement.
19. To bring someone to court to answer a criminal charge.
20. To ask a high law court to change its decision or sentence.
Vocabulary for legal English 101 – List 3
Binding
To accuse
Civil
Defence
Contract
Criminal
A jury
Evidence
A fine
An injunction
21. To say that someone has committed a crime.
22. Having the legal ability to force someone to do something.
23. An adjective referring to the rights and duties of private persons or organisations.
14. An agreement reached after an argument.
25. A legal agreement between two or more parties.
26. An adjective referring to crime.
27. A group of 12 citizens who decide whether or not someone is guilty in a trial.
28. A written or spoken statement of facts which helps to prove or disprove something at a trial.
29. To order someone to pay money as a punishment.
30. A court order telling someone to stop doing something, or not to do something.
Word Collocation
Match the words in Column A with Column B to make locations.
Column A
A small …
An income …
To donate …
High …
To pay by …
To pay in …
To make …
Winners and …
Column B
… a profit
… amount of money
… cost of living
… cash
… credit card
… losers
… money to charity
… of 10,000 a year
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