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
SOFI
1. accuse
2. arrest
3. attorney
DAVID
4. break a law
5. break in
6. capital punishment
TOMO
7. case
8. corporal punishment
9. charge
CHIGU
10. client
11. commit a crime
12. convict
YUKO
13. corrupt
14. court / courthouse / courtroom
15. custody
HITOMI
16. death penalty
17. defendant
18. evidence
NATSUMI
19. fine
20. guilty
21. homicide
BRIAN
22. illegal / legal
23. imprison
24. innocent
CHII
25. insane
26. jail
27. judge
ALAN
28. jury / jurors
29. justice
30. law clerk / lawyer
SARAH
31. murder / manslaughter
32. prejudice
33. prosecute
HAN
34. psychiatrist
35. racism
36. rape
NOTT
37. revenge
38. self-defence
39. sentence
JUN
40. sheriff / deputy
41. swear (to tell the truth)
42. testify
KEVIN
43. threat
44. trial
45. witness
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# murder
a)v.n.vt.
b)n. unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
v.kill intentionally and with premeditation
c)murderer n.
murderous adj.
d).That famous politician was murdered last year.
. War is mass murder.
# manslaughter
a)n.
b)kill someone without purpose
c)
d)The defendant is up for manslaughter.
# prejudice: [ 'predÊ’udis ]
a)n.v.
b)influence (somebody's) opinion in advance
c)prejudicial prejudiced adj.
prejudicially adv.
prejudicialness n.
d)She has a prejudice against modern music
# prosecute
a)v.
b)conduct a prosecution in a court of law
c)prosecutable prosecutive adj.
prosecution n.
prosecuted adj.
d)Any person found leaving litter will be prosecuted.
threat
(a)n.
(b)something that is a source of danger.
(c)threat n.
threaten v.
threatened threatening adj.
threateningly adv.
(d)His presence is a threat to our success.
Terrorism is a threat to the whole country.
trial
(a)n.
(b) legal proceedings consisting of the judicial examination of issues by a competent tribunal.
(c)
(d)She was put on trial for fraud.
The murder trial lasted six weeks.
witness
(a)n. v. vt.
(b)n.someone who sees an event and reports what happened.
v.be present at something and see it.
(c)witness n. v.
witnessable adj.
(d)Did anyone witness the traffic accident?
He is a key witness in this case.
* client
a) n.
b) a professional peason or a person who receive a service from some company.
customer,patient
c)
d) A lawyer has some clients who have some troubles about fraud.
*commit a crime
a) idiom,expression
commit (v) crime (n)
b) to do something illegal.
c) commitment (n) commited (adj)
criminal (n) (adj)
d) Because he wanted lots of money,he has comiited a crime.
*convict
a) n.v.
b) n →someone who is in prison.
criminal
v → to do judgement of guilt
c)
d) n → The convict has been in prison for 10years because of his guilty,and he will be in there for more 5years.
v → He was convicted of robbery.
#1.fine
a)Adjective
Noun
Verb
b)finely (Adverb)
c)
Adjective;
in good health,bright and not
raining
Noun;
a sum of money that must be paid
as punishment for breaking a law
or rule
Verb;
to make sb pay money as an
official punishment
d)
Because I had a cold, I had absented myself from class for one week.I got over a cold. Now, I am fine.
#2.guilty
a)Adjective
b)guilt (Noun)
guiltily(Adverb)
c)
Adjective;
knowing and showing that someone
has done wrong,
having done sth illegal
d)
She killed her husband,so she was found guilty.she will receive a punishment for the murder.
#3.homicide
a)Noun
B)homicidal(Adjective)
c)
Noun;
the crime of killing sb,
a person who kills a human being
d)
The crime of murder was occurred by five-years-old boy.The homicide made people surprised.
*Accuse
a) Verb
b) Accuser (n), Accusation (n), Accusingly (adv)
c) To charge with a fault or offense
d) Cobb and Willard were accused of raping a little girl. Tonya had physical evidence to prove that they were guilty.
*Arrest
a) Transitive verb
b) Arrester (n), arrestor (n) and arrestment (n)
c) To capture or to keep in custody by authority of law.
d) If people prove that untested products are dangerous and can kill people, the police should arrest the untested products producers.
*Attorney
a) Noun
b) Attorney ship (noun)
c) 1.Lawyer. 2.Person whose profession is guide lawsuits (a case before a court) for clients or to advise.
d) Jake is Carl Lee’s attorney. He’s helping Lee to succeed in his difficult case, so he prepared some arguments to prove Lee was insane when he did the crime.
22. illegal/regal
a) adj. n
b) not allowed by the law/
allowed by the law. or
connected with the law.
c) illegality n.
legality n.
illegalize v.
legalize v.
illegally adv.
legally adv.
d) Now, we are going into the museum. Taking a picture inside is a illegal act! If you take a picture, they are charging you 500$!
23. imprison
a) v.
b) To put somebody in a prison or another place from which they cannot escape.
c) imprisonment n.
d) The police imprisoned him because he used drug again.
24. innocent
a) adj. n.
b) not guilty of a crime/ not having done something wrong.
c) innocence n.
innocently adv.
d) He is innocent because he was in school when the accient occured.
28. jury
a) n. v. adj.
b) a group of members of the public who listen to the facts of a case in a court and decide whether or not somebody is guilty of a crime
c) be juried v.
juried adj.
d) America has jury in court, but Korea doesn’t have jury. So, the judge is very difficult job.
28. jurors -> plural
a) n. juror (singular -> juror)
b) a member of a jury.
c)
d) A time to kill is a novel. Jurors consist of only white people in this book.
29. justice
a) n.
b) fair play, fairness, neutrality
c)
d) Carl Lee killed two white boy. It’s personal justice.
30. lawyer
a) n. v. adj.
b) a person who studies law, especially one who can act for somebody in court
c) lawyer v.
lawyerly adj.
d) Lots of lawyer think about only money.
30. law clerk
a) n.
b) an assistant to an experienced lawyer, typically a recent law-school graduate.
c)
d) In Korea, Most of law clerk study 3 years after graduate law school.
Revenge
a)n., v.
b)(adj.) revengeful
(adv.) revengefully
c)n.: action taken in return for an injury or offense
v.: to take revenge for a perceived wrong;
d) He wants to avenge the murder of his brother.
Self-defence
a)n.
b)(n.) self-defense
(adj.) self-defensive
c) n.: the act of defending yourself
d)There is a common law defence of self-defence that allows a person to use reasonable force to defend himself.
Sentence
a) n.,v.
b)
c) n.:(criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case
v: pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law
d) At the last of the trial, the sentence came as no surprise. He was sentenced to five years in a prison.
Han
*Psychiatrist
a [n]
b
c A doctor who takes care of people are mentally ill
d I went to see psychiatrist when I had mental problem
*Racism
a [n]
b racist[adj]
c action,belief, practise
d There is a lot of racism happen in school today.
*Rape
a [n,v]
b raped,raping,rapes,raper[v,n]
c The action of someone try to force you to have sex with you but you do not want it.
insane
a)adj
b)to become mad
c)adv insanely
n insanity
d)He drove me insane becase he deceive me
jail
a)n
b)When we comitt a crime,we will be sent to jail
c)nothing
d)Oh!No!The police is going to arrest me ,and I will stay at jail because I stole an expensive jewel.Maybe someone let them know.
judge
a)n
b)to decide whether or not to be guilt
c)ad judical
v judge
d)I wonder I have to go to the jail. Nobody knows.It is up to judgement
☆ sheriff / deputy ☆
a) noun
b) person who has the highest rank as law officer
c)
d)
1, His dream is to be a sheriff.
2, The sheriff should be equal.
☆ swear (to tell the truth) ☆
a) verb, noun
b) to promise something which is truth
c)
d)
1, It’s difficult for us to swear it.
2, Can you swear to it that you are innocent?
☆ testify☆
a) verb
b) to make something be clearly and declare
c)
d)
1, I can testify that he doesn’t tell a lie.
2, Their words testify to their happiness.
case
a)n.
b)something that must be decided in a court of law
c)case v.
d)He said he had done the work,but that wasn`t the case.
corporal punishment
a)n.
b)punishment given by striking the body
c)
d)Some murders were given the corporal punishment as soon as they were arrested.
charge
a)v.
b)to state officially that someone might be guilty of a crime
c)charge,charging n.
d)I charged them $5 for repairing the radio.
*death penalty
a)n.
b)
c)punishment by death, for
example, electric chair, firing squad and hanging.
d)He was given the death penalty because he killed many people.
*defendant
a)n.
b)
c)a person in a court of law who has been accused of a crime (doing something illegal)
d)The defendant was worried he might be found guilty.
*evidence
a)n.v.
b)n.v.evidence
adj.evident
adv.evidently
c)n.facts or signs that show clearly that something exists or is true; tribute, proof
v.show clearly; prove
d)There was evidence that someone had entered my house because the chair was moved.
corrupt
a) adj, v
b) adj; using your power to do dishonest or illegal things in return to get an advantage
v; to have a bad effect on sb and make them behave in an immoral or dishonest way
c) corruptly (adv)
d) One day suddenly he began to steal many things. It seems that the movie he had watched before corrupted him.
court
a) n
b) the place where legal trials take place and where crimes, etc are judged
c)
d) She killed the man accidentally. She insists she is not guilty, but whether she is guilty or not is judged by the juries at the court.
custody
a) n
b) 1.the legal right or duty to take care of or keep sb/sth
2. the state of being in prison, especially while waiting for trial
c)
d) 1. I have the custody of children so that they don’t do bad things.
2. The murder is in custody at the prison until the trial is held.
# capital punishment
a)n
b)The penalty of death for the commission of a crime
c)
d)The killer received capital punishment after the trial.
# break a law
a)phrase
b)commit a crime or act against a law
c)
d)Your behavior has broken a law in this country.
# break in
a)phrase
b)to enter premises forcibly or illegally
c)
d)A thief was trying to break in the house.
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