LAW VOCABULARY

Abide by: in accordance with rules, commands, or wishes

Sentence: you’ll have to abide by the rules of the club.

Authority: persons who exercise control over others

Sentence: a policeman has the authority to arrest lawbreakers

Court: an assembly to conduct judicial business

Sentence: there was a large group of protesters outside the court.

Defendant: someone against whom an action is brought in a court of law

Sentence: the defendant was charged with disturbing the peace.

Deter: turn away from as by fear or persuasion

Sentence: arrests and jail sentences have done nothing to deter the protesters.

Enact: order by virtue of superior authority;

Sentence: a package of economic sanctions is to be enacted against the country.

Enforce: the observance of laws and rules

Sentence: governments make laws and the police enforce them.

Inequality: lack of balance or similarity in status

Sentence: they discussed the problem of inequality between students.

Jury: a body of citizens sworn to give a verdict in a court of law

Sentence: the jury took less than four days to reach their unanimous verdict.

Plaintiff: a person who brings an action in a court of law

Sentence: the plaintiff claimed damages for the financial losses suffered through breach of copyright

Prosecutor: an official conducting criminal cases on behalf of the state

Sentence: the local prosecutor is investigating the case of document forgery.