8 жовтня. День юриста в Україні

Професійне свято юристів в Україні відзначається з 1997 року. Науковці вважають, що цього дня князь Ярослав Мудрий видав перше зведення законів “Руська правда”. Сьогодні вітають людей, які займаються юридичною діяльністю. Ці люди завжди на стороні закону та конституційних прав і свобод громадян.

Let’s learn some vocabulary connected with lawyers’ work

Your MINI-TASK

1. Read vocabulary connected with law
2. Choose 2 words that you liked best
3. Make up sentences using them
4. Share in the group

• detention
  Meaning: a situation in which someone is officially kept somewhere and not allowed to leave
  Example: He was kept in detention by the police
• defendant
  Meaning: the person in a court who is accused of a crime
  Example: As a witness, will I see the defendant in court?
• evidence
  Meaning: Anything that helps to prove that something is or is not true
  Example: The FBI has found no evidence of a crime.
• judge
  Meaning: a person who is in charge of a trial in a court and decides how a person who is guilty of a crime should be punished, or who makes
  decisions on legal matters
  Example: The judge sentenced her to ninety days in prison.
• trial
  Meaning: the hearing of statements and showing of objects, etc. in a law court to judge if a person is guilty of a crime or to decide a
  case or a legal matter
  Example: It was a very complicated trial that went on for months.