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to bent the law/rules
to break the law/rules in a way that is considered not to be very harmful
to contravene a law
to break a law
to infringe a law/rule
to break a law/rule
to impeach a president/governor
to make a formal statement saying that a person in public office has committed a serious offence
to lodge an appeal
to make an official request that a previous judgement should be changed
to uphold/ overturn a verdict
to say that a previous decision in court was correct/incorrect
to pervert the course of justice
to make it difficult for justice to be done
to qaush a conviction
to change a previous official decision that someone was guilty
to set a precendent
to establish a decision which must usually, in English law, be taken into account in future decisions
to award/grant custody to
to give one parent or adult the main responsibility for a child, especially after separation or divorce
to annul an agreement/marriage/law
to declare that it no longer exists and never existed
to sue
to take legal action against someone
to allege
to say that someone has done something illegal without giving proof
amend
to make changes to a law
discrimination
unfair treatment on grounds of sex, race or nationality
embezzlement
stealing money that belongs to an organisation that you work for
harassment
putting undue pressure on someone, e.g. for sexual reasons or to get a debt paid
insider trading/dealing
illegal buying and selling of shares by someone who has specialist knowledge of a company
money laundering
moving money obtained illegally so that its origin cannot be traced
perjury
lying when under oath
stalking
following someone or giving them unwanted or obsessive attention
trespass/ trespassing
go onto someone else’s land without permission
law-abiding
someone who always obeys the law
law-breaker
someone who – often and deliberately – does not obey the law
take the law into your own hands
you do something illegal to punish someone because you feel the legal system will not punish that person
lay down the law
you say with great force what you think should happen
a law unto himself/herself
he or she behaves in a way which is independent and not the way in which most other people behave
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