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Law and Order

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  • to prevent something from happening
    deter
  • the whole process of examining information in court and making a decision
    trial
  • (n) punishment given to a criminal by a judge or (v) to say what the punishment is
    sentence
  • money demanded by the court, paid by the person chard with a crime to secure that the person will return for court
    bail
  • law dealing with the private rights of citizens, with no crime
    civil law
  • a person who breaks a serious law or commits a crime
    criminal
  • money paid as a punishment for breaking the law
    fine
  • a serious offence against the law, serious law breaking
    crime
  • to bring back to good condition, behaviour or better situation
    rehabilitate
  • to examine information in a court of law and make a decision
    try
  • A group of people chosen to make a decision in a court of law
    jury
  • to make a legal claim against, to take to court and ask for compensation ($) for damages suffered
    sue
  • a person who has seen an event and is able to describe it
    witness
  • the person in charge of a court of law
    judge
  • the death penalty
    capital punishment
  • a law broken related to driving
    traffic violation
  • when the police come to arrest you
    take into custody
  • a person who has been hurt of suffered from a crime, accident, war, etc.
    victim
  • guarding, imprisonment
    custody
  • to officially state that a person has broken the law
    charge (with a crime)