A Judgment That A Person Is Not Guilty of The Crime With Which The Person Has Been Charged

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1.

Acquittal, absolución

a judgment that a person is not guilty of the crime with which the person has been
charged.

2. Affidavit, declaración jurada

a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation

3Alibi, coartada an excuse usually intended to avert blame or punishment

Alimony, pensión alimenticia

an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after
legal separation or divorce

3. Allegation, alegato, alegación

the act of alleging something

4. Appeal, apelación

a legal proceeding by which a case is brought before a higher court for


review of the decision of a lower court

5. Arrest warrant, orden de captura

a commission or document giving authority to do something

6. Arrest, arresto, detención

Police arrested the suspect.

7. Attorney, abogado

one who is legally appointed to transact business on another's


behalf;especially

8. Bailiff, alguacil
an official employed by a British sheriff to serve writs and make arrests
and executions

9. Brief, escrito, informe

short in duration, extent, or length

10. Case, caso

law established by judicial decision in cases

11. Charge, acusación, cargo

a material load or weight

12. Confession, confesión

a disclosure of one's sins in the sacrament of reconciliation

15 calendar the list of cases to be called for trial before a particular

16 calendar call the hearing at which a case is set for trial

17. call the demand by a corporation that a stockholder pay an installm...

18. calumny the intentional and generally vicious false accusation of a criminal

19. cancel to cross out, annul, destroy, void and/or rescind a document.

20.- cancellation cancel

21 caning a punishment for crimes employed in certain Asian countries


22.canon law laws and regulations over ecclesiastical (church) matters deve

23 cap slang for maximum, as the most interest that can be charged on

24 capital from Latin for caput, meaning

25 capital account the record which lists all basic assets of a business, not
incomplete

26 capital assets equipment, property, and funds owned by a business.

27. capital expenditure payment by a business for basic assets such as property,

28 capital gains the difference between the sales price and the original cost

n. any criminal charge which is punishable by the death penalty, ...

29 capitalization the act of counting anticipated earnings and expenses

30 capitalized value anticipated earnings which are discounted capricious

31 caption

n. the first section of any written legal pleading (papers) to be...

32 carrier in general, any person or business which transports property

33 carryback in taxation accounting, using a current tax year's deductions

34. carrying for hire the act of transporting goods or individuals for a fee

35 carrying on business pursuing a particular occupation on a continuous and


substance

36 carryover in taxation accounting, using a tax year's deductions

37 cartel an arrangement among supposedly independent corporations


38 case n. short for a cause of action, lawsuit, or the right to sue

39 case law reported decisions of appeals courts and other courts

40.- case of first impression a case in which a question of interpretation of law is


present

41 case system the method of studying law generally used in American law school

42 casualty loss in taxation, loss due to damage which qualifies for a casualty

43 cause from Latin causa 1) v. to make something happen. 2) n. the reason...

cause of action

44 cease and desist order n. an order of a court or government agency to a


person, business...

certificate of deposit (CD)

45 charity in general the sentiment of benevolence, doing good works

46 charter the name for articles of incorporation in some states

47 check a draft upon a particular account in a bank, in which the draw

48 Chief Justice the presiding judge of any State Supreme Court and the U.S

49 objection a lawyer's protest about the legal propriety of a question

50 obligation

n. a legal duty to pay or do something.


Facultad Libre de Derecho School

Name: José Eduardo Maza Chacón

Project: Vocabulary Law

Teacher : Mr Tadeo

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