| 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 | uchylać, uchylenie |
| contravene,contravention | wykraczać, wykroczenie (naruszać) |
| impeach,impeachment | oskarżać, oskarżenie |
| infringe,infringement | naruszać, naruszenie (pogwałcić) |
| pervert,perversion | wypaczać, wypaczenie |
| indictable,indictment | zaskarżalny, oskarżenie |
| discretionary,discretion | dowolny, swoboda |
| statutory,statute | ustawowy, ustawa |