Task 2. Legal Terms a test to check your knowledge of the legal terms. Use the clues on the left to complete the words on the right.

1) a country's body of judges	i a - y
2) senior official in a court of law	---g-
3) panel of 12 people who decide whether the accused committed a crime	---y
4) lawyer who presents a case to a higher court	--r-i-t-r
5) Lawyer who advises clients	-0--C--0-

6) untrained lawyer who presides over the lowest criminal court	--g--t
7) court which hears appeals from the Court of Appeal	s- of L
8) the place where a trial is held	- - u - -
9) illegal activities in general	- r
10) a member of jury	- u - o -
11) a question or problem that will be dealt with by a court of law	c
12) a request to change a court decision	- pp - - -
13) an official decision made in a court of law	v--d---
14) having done something that is a crime	gu
15) not guilty of a crime	c--t
16) the whole system of rules that people in a particular country must obey	- a -

Task 3.

Read the statements and decide if they are true or false.

1. Each country in the world has its own system of law.

2. Common law, or case law systems, exists in England.

3. The process of appealing to the highest court from a lower court takes some money and little time.

4. In Great Britain County Courts deal with appeals.

5. Magistrates' Courts decide only civil cases.

6. Magistrates' Courts cannot impose a punishment«)

7. The Crown Court is the senior court of trial for criminal offences.

8. The Supreme Court consists of the High Court, the Court of Appeal and the Crown Court.

9. The House of Lords is made up of about twenty senior judges - the Lords of Appeal or the "Law Lords".

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Task 4. Complete the sentences with the appropriate words, given above them in the table.

a) Home Secretary	f) A Magistrate's Court
b) The coroner	g) A judge
c) A magistrate	h) A plaintiff
d) A juror	i) A Crown Court
e) The Court of Appeal	j) County courts

1. ... recorded a verdict of death by natural causes.

2. ... deal with private quarrels between people rather than with serious crimes in Britain.

3. ... is a court of law in Britain that deals with serious criminal cases and is higher than a Magistrate Court.

4. ... is one of the courts of law in each area of England and Wales which deal with less serious crimes.

5. ... is someone, not usually a lawyer, who works as a judge in a local court of law, dealing with less serious crimes, and also called a Justice of the Peace.

6. ... is someone who brings a legal action against another person in a court of law.

7. ... is the British Government minister who is in charge of the Home Office.

8. ... is the highest law court in the territory of Britain apart from the House of Lords.

9. ... is the official in control of a court who decides how criminals should be punished.

10. ... is a member of jury who decide whether someone is guilty or not.