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English Vocabulary in Use - 43 The letter of the law
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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
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to contravene a law
to break a law
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to infringe a law/rule
to break a law/rule
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to impeach a president/governor
to make a formal statement saying that a person in public office has committed a serious offence
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to lodge an appeal
to make an official request that a previous judgement should be changed
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to uphold/ overturn a verdict
to say that a previous decision in court was correct/incorrect
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to pervert the course of justice
to make it difficult for justice to be done
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to qaush a conviction
to change a previous official decision that someone was guilty
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to set a precendent
to establish a decision which must usually, in English law, be taken into account in future decisions
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to award/grant custody to
to give one parent or adult the main responsibility for a child, especially after separation or divorce
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to annul an agreement/marriage/law
to declare that it no longer exists and never existed
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to sue
to take legal action against someone
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to allege
to say that someone has done something illegal without giving proof
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amend
to make changes to a law
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discrimination
unfair treatment on grounds of sex, race or nationality
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embezzlement
stealing money that belongs to an organisation that you work for
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harassment
putting undue pressure on someone, e.g. for sexual reasons or to get a debt paid
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insider trading/dealing
illegal buying and selling of shares by someone who has specialist knowledge of a company
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money laundering
moving money obtained illegally so that its origin cannot be traced
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perjury
lying when under oath
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stalking
following someone or giving them unwanted or obsessive attention
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trespass/ trespassing
go onto someone else’s land without permission
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law-abiding
someone who always obeys the law
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law-breaker
someone who – often and deliberately – does not obey the law
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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
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lay down the law
you say with great force what you think should happen
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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