Vocabulary exercises

I.

1. b

2. g

3. a

4. l

5. f

6. c

7. m

8. d

9. h

10. e

11. i

12. j

13. k

II.

1. d

2. c

3. b

4. g

5. f

6. a

7. e

III.

1. 2j 3k

2. 2d 3i

3. 2c 3c

4. 2h 3j

5. 2l 3a

6. 2b 3l

7. 2e 3b

8. 2g 3e

9. 2i 3f

10. 2k 3d

11. 2f 3g

12. 2a 3h

V.

1. executor; 2. executors; 3. executed; 4. executive; 5. executed; 6. executive; 7. execution; 8. execute; 9. executed; 10. executioners.

VI.

1. assume/shoulder/undertake liability; 2. concede a privilege; 3. accept/shoulder/undertake liability; 4. clear a crime; 5. negligent execution; 6. meet/repay liabilities; 7. free/release/relieve from liability; 8. exempt/release from liability; 9. serious crime; 10. usual remedy; 11. exempt/free/relieve from liability; 12. exempt/free/release from liability; 13. judicial remedy; 14. accept/assume//undertake liability; 15. accept/assume/shoulder liability.

VII.

1. g

2. h

3. g

4. g

5. d

6. d

7. h

8. b, a, c

9. g

10. g

11. h

12. g

13. h

14. e

15. e

16. g

17. f

18. g

19. h

20. g

21. g

22. h

VIII.

1. out; 2. in; 3. from; 4. of; 5. from; 6. from; 7. from; 8. of; 9. into; 10. from; 11. from; 12. at; 13. on; 14. upon; 15. on, for.

IX.

1. summons; 2. conduct; 3. remedy; 4. liability; 5. privileges; 6. detection; 7. prevention; 8. devolution; 9. fines; 10. executions.

III.

1. h

2. k

3. f

4. g

5. n

6. j

7. c

8. d

9. m

10. e

11. l

12. a

13. b

14. i

IV.

1. f

2. e

3. a

4. i

5. b

6. g

7. h

8. j

9. c

10. d

V.

1. of, of, against; 2. of, of, before, of; 3. of, from, upon, of, of, of; 4. for, for, of, of; 5. by, in, of, in; 6. of, of, of; 7. of, of, in, above, among; 8. of, of, between, of; 9. in, of; 10. down, in, under, under;

VI.

1. the, a, a; 2. the, the, the; 3. the, the, a, a, the; 4. the, the; 5. the, the, the; 6. the, the, the, the, the; 7. the, a; 8. the; 9. an, the; 10. the, the, the.

VII.

1. legal rights, acquire; 2. world authority, incompatible, essential characteristics; 3. structure, determine, principal functions; 4. characterizes, wrongdoings, offences; 5. enforce, proceedings, common assault; 6. civil, criminal prosecution; 7. rules of law, relationships; 8. unwritten, regulate, conduct; 9. public servants, prevention, detection; 10. ranges. money penalty.

IX.

1. Admin­istrative law determines the legal rights of a private citizen whose house a local authority intends to acquire compulsorily. 2. English law presumes that an accused person is innocent until proved guilty. 3. The laws may have been unwritten, but even primitive people had rules to regulate the conduct of the group. 4. Criminal Law is that part of the law which characterizes certain kinds of wrongdoings as offences against the State. 5. Every society that has ever existed has recognized the need for law. 6. The punish­ment for crime ranges from death or imprisonment to a money penalty or absolute discharge. 7. The police are the public servants whose duty is the prevention and detection of crime and the prosecution of offenders before the courts of law. 8. Public International Law is the body of rules of law which govern the relationships between states, particularly rules of war. 9. A legal action is started by taking out a writ in civil cases, by a summons or an arrest in criminal cases, and ends by the trial and judgment in the court itself, followed by the execution of the judgment. 10. Civil Law is concerned with the rights and duties of individuals towards each other.