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| Legal terms Vocabulary Word List (329) |
| A) | Abandonment, Abolish, Accessory, Accomplice, Accord, Accused, Acquisitions, Action, Administer, Adoption, Affect, Affidavit, Agency, Agent, Agreement, Alias, Alibi, Alienation, Alimony, Amend, Amendment, Annulment, Appeal, Appoint, Appraisal, Arraignment, Arson, Aspect, Assault, Assistance, Attachment, Attitude, Authorize, Autopsy |
| B) | Bail, Bankrupt, Basis, Battery, Before the bar, Belief, Bench, Bill, Blackmail, Bond, Branch, Breach, Bribery, Brief, Burden, Burglary, Business law |
| C) | Challenge, Civil, Claim, Code, Codicil, Collusion, Commercial, Commission, Common-law, Community property, Complication, Conduct, Confession, Conglomerate, Consent, Consideration, Conspiracy, Constitution, Contempt, Contract, Copyright, Coroner, Corporate, Corporation, Costly, Counterfeit, Court, Credit, Crime, Criminal |
| D) | Damages, Deal, Dealings, Debt, Decision, Deed, Defendant, Defense, Deliberate, Democratic, Denial, Deposition, Desertion, Determination, Disobedience, Disregard, Divorce, Document, Documentation, Draft |
| E) | Easement, Edict, Educate, Effect, Embezzle, Eminent domain, Emphasis, Enable, Encumber, Enforce, Entail, Equality, Escrow, Estate, Ethics, Eviction, Evidence, Examination, Executor, Expert, Extort, Extradition, Extreme |
| F) | Failure, Fairness, Family, Federal, Fee, Felony, Fine, Forgery, Fraud, Freedom, Fundamental, Funds |
| G) | Garnishment, Govern, Guarantee, Guaranty, Guardian, Guilty |
| H) | Habeas corpus, Harmful, Heir, High-ranking, Hijack, Homicide, Honor |
| I) | Imprison, Incompetent, Indictment, Influence, Inheritance, Initiative, Injunction, Injury, Inquest, Interests, Interference, Interpretation, Interstate, Issue |
| J) | John Doe, Joint tenancy, Judge, Judgment, Judicial, Jurisprudence, Jury, Justice, Juvenile |
| L) | Larceny, Law, Lawfully, Lawsuit, Lease, Legacy, Legal, Legal assistance, Legislation, Libel, Liberty, License, Lien, Limits, Loan, Lynch |
| M) | Majority, Malice, Malpractice, Manslaughter, Mayhem, Merger, Minority, Misdemeanor, Moratorium, Mortgage, Murder |
| N) | Natural law, Negligent, Negotiable, Notation, Notice, Nuisance |
| O) | Oath, Obedience, Obey, Obligation, Offense, Official, Opinion, Organize, Out-dated, Overturn, Ownership |
| P) | Paralegal, Partnership, Patent, Penalize, Penalty, Perjury, Petition, Power, Power of attorney, Practice, Pre-law, Precedent, Previous, Principle, Prior, Prison, Private, Probate, Probate, Professional, Proof, Property, Prosecutor, Protection, Provision, Punishment |
| Q) | Qualification, Quality, Quantify, Quantity, Question, Quirk, Quorum |
| R) | Rate, Reasoning, Receiver, Redress, Reduction, Referendum, Refute, Rejection, Repeal, Reputation, Resist, Responsibility, Restriction, Reverse, Rights, Robbery, Rules, Rulings |
| S) | Sabotage, Safeguard, Sanction, Sealed record, Selection, Seriousness, Services, Skillful, Slander, Smuggling, Special-interest, Standard, Statute, Statute of limitation, Subpoena, Suit, Summons, System |
| T) | Tenant, Testament, Testimony, Title, Tort, Trademark, Tradition, Transfer, Treason, Treatment, Treaty, Trespass, Trial, Trust, Trustee |
| U) | Unalienable, Unauthorized, Unclaimed, Unconstitutional, Unintentional, Unjust, Unlawful, Uphold, Usury |
| V) | Vagrancy, Vandalism, Veto, Victim, Victimize, Violate, Violation, Volume |
| W) | Ward, Well-developed, Will, Wisdom, Witness, Writ, Wrong |
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Discuss some legal procedures and terms.
For example: affidavit, arraignment, bail, deposition, indictment, inquest, subpoena and writ
There are ways to change the law in democratic countries.
What are they? (Name four examples)
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