1) A person who steals money placed in his care.
3 an embezzler
2) POACHING means catching game birds, animals or fish without permission on somebody
else’ s property.
4 poaching
3) A person who enters a building illegally, especially by force, in order to steal.
1 a burglar
4) A person who steals money, etc from other people’s pockets, especially in crowded places.
2 a pickpocket
5) The judge has pronounced A ESNTENCE of ten years’imprisonment.
3 a sentence
6) The correct spelling for the English equivalent of the Romanian word – contrabandist – is:
3 embezzler
7) He has been released from prison ON PROBATION and if he does not behave satisfactorily, he will be sent back.
1 on probation
There was no need for a trial, because the client decided to DROP ALL THE CHARGES and forgive the
attacker.
3 drop all the charges
9) BAIL means money paid by or for a person accused of a crime, as security that he will
return for his trial if he is allowed to go free until then.
3 Bail
10) A SOLICITOR is a lawyer who prepares legal documents, advises clients on legal matters
and speaks for them in lower courts.
1 solicitor
11) A person who takes people hostage for a ransom is called a KIDNAPPER .
3 kidnapper
12) The correct spelling for the English equivalent of the Romanian word – omor prin
imprudenţă – is:
3 manslaughter
13) After ten hours, the Jury finally reached its verdict the prisoner was guilty.
2 verdict
14) A person who willfully gives a false statement while under oath, concerning a material
matter in a judicial proceeding is said to commit perjury.
3 perjury
15) A ....................... is someone who testifies, especially in a court of law to events or facts
within his own knowledge.
1 registrar
2 spectator
3 witness
4 friend
16) Any witness shall take an oath that the testimony he/she is about to give shall be the truth,
the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
2 testimony
17) To trespass means to go or intrude on the property, privacy, or preserves of another with
no right or permission.
1 trespass
1 Bribery is defined as giving or promising to give a public official something of value
with a corrupt intention to influence the official in the discharge of his or her official duty.
3 Bribery
19) Forgery is the false making or altering of any document that either has legal
significance or is commonly relied upon in business transactions.
4 Forgery
20) Since the defendant did not have a criminal record, he got away with a small fine
3 fine
21) The woman sitting in the witness stand will certainly commit perjury.
2 stand
22) A coroner will be appointed to investigate the violent and suspicious death of the teenager.
3 coroner
23) He was caught red-handed stealing money from the cash-box.
1 red-handed
24) You can’t have burgled the house alone, so who was your accomplice ?
2 accomplice
25) Wilkinson is alleged to have committed a number of serious crimes.
3 committed
26) She will soon stand trial for the part she played in the recent robbery.
4 stand
27) Detectives are said to be looking into the causes of the recent fire.
1 looking
2 The victim took the law into her own hands by killing her attacker.
1 took
29) ‘I object, Your Honour, the lawyer is leading the witness!’
4 leading
30) Many civilized countries have long abolished the death penalty
1 penalty
31) A threat of attack to another person, followed by actual attack which need amount only to
touching with hostile intent is called assault and battery
2 assault and battery
32) The man jumped out of the window and committed suicide
4 suicide
33) The police said there was no sign of a forced entry even though the house had been burgled.
3 forced
34) He was placed under house arrest for his own safety.
3 under
35) Is the defendant going to plead guilty or not guilty?
1 plead
36) Mr. Johnson was fined fifty pounds for drinking and driving.
2 fined
37) As it was her first offence, the judge gave her a lenient sentence.
2 lenient
3 The defendant was able to prove his innocence at the trial and was acquitted
2 acquitted
39) Ted Bundy was a hardened criminal who showed no remorse for his crimes.
3 remorse
40) His sentence has been commuted to six months on the grounds of failing health.
3 grounds
41) He was convicted to 10 years of prison and deprived of his property.
4 deprived
42) The judge recommended more humane forms of punishment for juvenile delinquents
4 delinquents
43) If you can’t resolve the dispute, it will have to be settled by court
2 court
44) All his friends thought he was guilty, but no one could prove anything against him.
4 prove
45) I refuse to say anything unless I am allowed to speak to my lawyer.
3 refuse
46) The new harassment law comes into force on September 15.
1 force
47) As the result of a police raid on the disco, twenty teenagers were arrested.
2 raid
4 The police have to enforce the law, not to take it into their own hands.
4 enforce
49) He was charged with assault and battery and taken to prison.
2 with
50) As he was suspected of drug traffic, he was placed under investigation.
4 of, under
51) He was taken into custody for smuggling and released on bail the same day.
4 into, on
52) ‘You have no right to enter my house without a search warrant .’
2 warrant
53) As he didn’t have a criminal record , the judge sentenced him to 50 hours of community
work.
3 record
54) The judge will hear the next case after a short break.
4 case
55) After they pronounced the verdict, the judge dismissed the case.
1 dismissed
56) ‘I am a law- obeying citizen, I could never break the law!’
3 obeying
57) Before the trial begins, the jurors swear to decide the facts fairly.
3 swear
5 In criminal cases, the judge has to decide whether the accused is guilty ‘beyond any reasonable doubt’.
1 reasonable
59) Any sentence has to be imposed within limits that have been fixed by the legislature.
2 within
60) Judge Williams is presiding today as judge Thomson has been taken ill.
3 is presiding
61) Before taking up his duty, each judge takes an oath to respect his responsabilities.
1 takes
62) He has been a solicitor for more than a year now.
3 has been
63) We have been waiting for the verdict for almost two hours! There must be something wrong.
4 have been waiting
64) Judges must never take bribe from the defendants.
2 must
65) The window is broken; the intruder must have tried to get into their bedroom.
4 must have
66) Everybody hates to pay the law expenses.
1 to pay
67) She was released on bail last week.
2 was
6 The members of the jury are now deliberating on the murder case.
3 are __ deliberating
69 Has the jury reached a verdict?
2 Has ... reached
70) By the time you reach the Court, he will have been
released on bail.
2 will have been
71) While the people were waiting for the verdict, the judge was talking to the defendant
about the weather.
3 were waiting
72) He was innocent! They shouldn’t have taken him into custody!
1 shouldn’t
73) He couldn’t have committed the crime! He was immobilized in bed at that time!
2 couldn’t
74) I look forward to see you in Court! We shall settle things then.
2 see
75) Right now I think I am being followed Come and pick me up!
2 being followed
76) The leader of the gang has just been acquitted by the court of justice.
1 has...been
77) He was walking down a street near his home when he was kidnapped.
2 was walking
7 One of the kidnappers threteaned to kill him while they were driving away.
2 threteaned
79) How long ago did you make an appeal?
3 did ... make
80) I saw you yesterday, while you defended that famous criminal.
2 defended
81) He was placed under investigation only after they had found hard evidence against him.
2 had found
82) His sentence was by far more severe than everybody had expected
3 had expected
83) As soon as the jury had pronounced the verdict, the case was dismissed.
1 had pronounced
84) Everybody wondered why he hadn’t been caught red-handed before.
3 hadn’t been
85) The members of the jury had been deliberating for hours when they finally reached a verdict.
4 had been deliberating
86) The witnesses were still being heard when I left the court of law.
1 left
87) She told me that she had been considering filing for divorce for a long time.
2 had been considering
8 This time tomorrow they will be cross-examining the witness.
3 will be cross-examining
89) Are you going to represent yourself in the trial?
2 Are you going
90) By the end of this year he will have spent ten years in prison.
3 will have spent
91) Look out! One of the robbers 4 is going to shoot
4 is going to shoot
92) I am seeing my solicitor tomorrow; I am changing my will.
1 am seeing
93) I haven’t been in a court of law since my parents filed for a divorce.
2 haven’t been
94) As soon as I heard from my lawyer, I will let you know.
2 heard
95) We knew that the defendant would never be able to do such a thing.
3 would never be able
96) They said that the new constitution would be voted soon.
1 would be voted
97) By this time next year, he will have served his prison sentence.
2 will have served
9 I am sorry you didn’t ask for help; I could have introduced you to my lawyer.
3 could have
99) The legislation says that the judges shall be immune from legal proceedings.
1 shall be
100) A judge may be deprived of his office if he no longer fulfils the legal conditions.
3 may be deprived
101) The criminal will be brought to trial if there is enough evidence against him.
3 will be brought
102) As soon as the search warrant has been issued they will be allowed to look for the documents.
1 has been issued
103) Has his criminal record been checked to the slightest detail?
3 Has ___ been checked
104) You cannot enter this room. The witness is being cross examined right this moment.
1 is being
105) If he does not confess his crime, he will be sentenced to life imprisonment.
3 will be
106) While he is being tried in his absence, his wife was sitting in the Court of Law,
waiting for the verdict.
1 is being
107) The suspect had been placed under investigation long before the police found irrefutable evidence.
3 had been placed
108) You had better confess your crimes right now, when you still have a chance.
3 confess
109) ‘Find me a good lawyer! I don’t want to risk spending the rest of my life in jail.’
1 spending
110) ‘Shall we proceed? It’s no use waiting for the witness!’
3 waiting
111) ‘I’m sorry Your Honour, but I can’ t help crying when I speak about my son.’
1 crying
112) I suggest deliberating upon the case after a short break.
2 deliberating
113) The judge admitted having taken bribe from one of his clients months before the trial.
3 having taken
114) He has been charged with trespassing and taken into custody.
2 trespassing
115) Would you mind standing up when the verdict is pronounced?
4 standing
116) I would rather spend the rest of my life in jail than confess to a crime I did not commit.
1 spend
117) He made me drop all my charges, threatening me with a gun.
2 drop
118) He let me decide which option was the best for my difficult situation.
1 decide
119) ‘I strongly object to being treated like a hardened criminal!’
3 being
120) Let’s take a short coffee break and will decide afterwards.
4 take