IPA UNED - Tema 2 - Inglés jurídico - Vocabulary, ex. 1

Body of principles and rules of law passed by Parliament [blank_start]STATUTE LAW[blank_end]

Law concerning the private rights of individuals [blank_start]CIVIL LAW[blank_end]

Law concerned with the punishment of offenders [blank_start]CRIMINAL LAW[blank_end]

Law derived from custom and from precedent rather than from written, codified statutes [blank_start]COMMON LAW[blank_end]

Each of the parts of a court, depending on its jurisdiction [blank_start]DIVISION[blank_end]

Previous case or legal decision, taken as a guide for future cases [blank_start]PRECEDENT[blank_end]

To become approved by a legislature or body empowered to sanction or reject: [blank_start]PASS[blank_end]

To establish by legal and authoritative act; specifically: to make a bill into law: [blank_start]ENACT[blank_end]

The judges of a country, seen as a group: [blank_start]THE JUDICIARY[blank_end] / [blank_start]THE BENCH[blank_end]

Illegal act: [blank_start]OFFENCE[blank_end] / [blank_start]CRIME[blank_end]

Decision by a judge in civil proceedings: [blank_start]JUDGMENT[blank_end]

Punishment imposed on a person after a criminal trial: [blank_start]SENTENCE[blank_end]

Area and matters over which a court has legal authority: [blank_start]JURISDICTION[blank_end]

Court order requiring someone to appear in court on a certain day to give evidence: [blank_start]SUMMONS[blank_end]