Definitions of the courts
Magistrates' Court - a court held before two or more justices of the peace or a stipendiary magistrate to deal with minor crimes, certain civil actions, and preliminary hearings.
Crown Court - (in England and Wales) local court in which serious criminal cases are tried.
High Court- (alsoHigh Court of Justice) - supreme court for civil cases.
The Court of Appeal hears appeals from criminal cases beard in the Crown Courts.
Translate the following words and word-combinations into Ukrainian:
hereditary monarchy, impartial role, supreme authority, equal, lay magistrates, political settlement, local administration, national unity, legal advice, common law, government, the House of Lords, court, community, judge.
Write down as many nouns as possible with the following adjectives:
conditions
acceptable settlement legal impartial
suggestion
Match the English and the Ukrainian equivalents:
1. accused person
1. правосуддя
2. serious case
2. законодавство
3. to approve taxation
3. обвинувачувана особа
4. legislature
4. серйозна справа
5. executive power
5. національні відмінності
6. head of government
6. затверджувати розмір податку
7. national distinctions
7. суворі вимоги
8. major issues
8. Палата громад
9. strong demands
9. виконавча влада
10. broad range of problems
10. головні питання
11. House of Commons
11. широке коло проблем
12. Justice
12.голова уряду
Choose the synonyms from the box:
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to expand, to favour, recognition, to try, to accuse, to ensure, judge, authority, to comprise |
to make up, to provide for, magistrate, to charge, to support, to judge, identifying, to surpass, power.
Give the word-families of the following words and translate them:
accepted
accept acceptable to judge to legislate
acceptance
Encircle the suffixes and translate the following words:
educational, acceptable, equipment, politically, administration, constitutional, settlement, development, personal, parliamentary, government, treatment, legislation.
Group the following words and word-combinations into 3 logic groups:
Cabinet of Ministers, lay magistrates, approve taxation, policy-making, try, debate issues, judge, pass the law, government, court, House of Lords, legal advice, House of Commons, accuse, appoint, jury, the Prime Minister, Parliament, Crown Court.
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Legislature |
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Translate the following sentences into Ukrainian:
1. The present Queen Elizabeth II succeeded to the throne in 1952.
2. The British Government is seeking the ways to ensure a political settlement acceptable to all sections of the community.
3. Many other languages are spoken by the ethnic minority communities.
4. The administration of justice in Britain is independent of both Parliament and the Government.
5. Less serious cases are tried by lay magistrates.