Vocabulary exercises

I.

1. a

2. e

3. b

4. g

5. j

6. i

7. c

8. h

9. f

10. d

II.

1. b

2. d

3. f

4. a

5. c

6. e

7. g

III.

1. 2a 3k

2. 2l 3b

3. 2f 3i

4. 2i 3e

5. 2j 3l

6. 2b 3a

7. 2g 3g

8. 2k 3h

9. 2c 3f

10. 2d 3d

11. 2e 3c

12. 2h 3j

V.

1. defensible; 2. defence; 3. defender; 4. defenceless; 5. defence; 6. defend; 7. defence; 8. defence; 9. defendant; 10. defendant.

VI.

1. certificate of identity; 2. birth certificate; 3. process a case; 4. law/legal case; 5. judicially appointed expert; 6. certificate of death; 7. close a case; 8. expert for the People/State; 9. temporary certificate; 10. court expert; 11. perpetual lease; 12. conduct defence; 13. certificate of acknowledgement; 14. parol will; 15. operating/short lease; 16. trumped-up case.

VII.

1. a

2. a

3. a

4. a

5. b

6. c

7. a

8. a

9. b

10. a

11. a

12. e

13. a

14. b

15. b

16. d

17. a

18. a

19. a

20. a

21. b

22. a

VIII.

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

IX.

1. case; 2. will; 3. barrister; 4. experts; 5. lawyer; 6. certificates; 7. defence; 8. conceptions; 9. lease; 10. solicitor.

III.

1. a

2. b

3. d

4. f

5. c

6. g

7. i

8. k

9. h

10. e

11. l

12. j

13. n

14. m

IV.

1. c

2. a

3. g

4. e

5. h

6. f

7. i

8. d

9. b

10. j

V.

1. with, outside, in, for; 2. apart, from, in; 3. in, of, with, in; 4. to, for; 5. into, with; 6. in, in, of; 7. with, for; 8. with, by, on, of; 9. of, in; 10. with, in.

VI.

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

VII.

1. deal with, serious; 2. public offices, chambers; 3. unique, separate; 4. higher Court, appear for you; 5. straight­forward cases; 6. puisne judges; 7. variety; social classes; 8. petty crimes, matrimonial matters; 9. main division, inferior, superior; 10. solicitor, part time.

IX.

1. Barristers are different from solicitors, and to qualify as a barrister you have to take the examinations of the Bar Council. 2. Britain is unique in having two different kinds of lawyers in the legal system. 3. The two kinds of lawyers in Britain are solicitors and barristers. 4. There are many different levels of judges although the main division is into inferior and superior judges. 5. Almost every town will have at least one solicitor, and many problems are dealt with exclusively by a solicitor. 6. One of the most important figures in the British legal system is the solicitor. 7. When you have passed all the necessary exams, you can "practice", which means you can start business on your own. 8. The solicitor deals with petty crimes and some matrimonial matters in Magistrates' Courts, the lowest Courts. 9. To become a judge at any level it is necessary to be either a barrister or a solicitor. 10. If you get into trouble with the police you will probably ask a solicitor to help prepare your defence.