VV 05 – Legal English: Court Cases

This is the second in our 3-part Video Vocab series on the law. Today we focus on English vocabulary used to describe the actions and people involved in a court case.

Key Vocabulary:
Court case (n), trial (n), judge (n), jury (n), witness (n), defendant (n), innocent (adj), guilty (adj), plea (n), testify (v), deliberate (v), verdict (n), convict (v), sentence (v), fine (n) & prison sentence (n).

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VV 04 – Law 1: Basic Legal Vocabulary

In this episode of Video Vocab we’re going to look at basic vocabulary related to the law. This is the first in a three-part series: part 1 covers basic legal terms, part 2 will look at words related to a court case and part 3 will look at the vocabulary related to commercial law.

Key Vocabulary:
1. Law (civil, criminal, contract, property, trust, tort, constitutional, administrative & international)
2. Lawyer (AmE = Attorney, BrE = Solicitor)
3. Defense
4. Prosecution
5. Case

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