to abrogate a law/treaty | to bring a law/treaty to an official end |
to bend the law/rules | to break the law/rules in a way that is considered not to be harmful |
to contravene a law | to break a law |
to impeahttp://wordki.pl/angielski/dodaj.htmlch a president/governor | to make a formal statement saying that a person in public office has committed a serious offence |
to infringe someone's rights | to prevent a person doing what they are legally allowed to do |
to lodge an appeal | to make an official appeal |
to uphold/overturn a verdict | to say that a previous decision was correct/incorrect |
to pervert the course of justice | to put obstacles in the way of justice being done |
to quash a decision/conviction | to change a previous official decision/conviction |
to set a precedent | to establish a decision which must, in English law, be taken into account in future decisions |
to award/grant custody to | to give one parent or adult the main responsibility for a child, especially after separation/divorce |
to annul a marriage/agreement/law | to declare that it no longer extists and never existed |
discrimination | unfair treatment on grounds of sex, race or nationality |
embezzlement | stealing money that is in your care or belongs to an organization that you work for |
harassment | making a person feel anxious and unhappy (for sexual reasons, to get a debt repaid) |
insider trading/dealing | illegal buying and selling of shares by someone who has specialist knowledge of a company |
joyriding | driving around for enjoyment in a car you have stolen |
money laundering | moving money obtained illegaly so that its origin cannot be traced |
perjury | lying when under oath |
trespass | go onto someone else's land without permission |
civil court | court that deals e.g. with divorces |
indictable offence | przestępstwo podlegające formalnemu, publicznemu oskarżeniu, w sądach wyższej instancji |
indictment | oskarżenie |
summary offence | less serious offence, can be tried in a lower level of court; występek |
summary trial | rozprawa w trybie przyspieszonym, uproszczonym |
statutory right | uprawnienie ustawowe |
to infringe | pogwałcić, złamać (prawo) |
discretionary powers | uprawnienia stosowane według uznania |
binding | wiążący |
to abide by sb's decision | przestrzegać, stosować się do czyjejś decyzji |
abrogate | abrogation |
contravene | contravention |
impeach | impeachment |
infringe | infringement |
pervert | perversion |
indictable | indictment |
discretionary | discretion |
statutory | statute |