Match the words on the left with their definitions on the right. Then choose the best word from those given to complete each of the sentences which follow
1. breach
a) lawyer who files appearance on behalf of defendant and represents such in civil or criminal case
2. charge
b) a case in which a person tries to get justice for some wrong that has been done to hem
3. criminal law
c) the watching of sb, especially sb suspected of being a criminal, spy
4. defense attorney
d) an action that breaks a law, rule, or agreement between people, groups or countries
5. prosecuting attorney
e) the name of the public officer who is appointed or elected in each judicial district, circuit, or country, to conduct criminal prosecution on behalf of the State or people
6. release
f) unfairly influenced in favour of or against one particular person, opinion
7. escape
g) to start legal proceedings against sb
8. suit
h) a formal accusation, made by an authority such as the police, that sb is guilty of a crime and has to stand trial in a court of law
9. sue
i) to succeed in getting away from a place such as a prison
10. investigate
j) to examine all the details, in order to find out what had happened or what is happening
11. surveillance, n
k) deals with crimes – that is, actions considered harmful to society. Crimes range in seriousness from disorderly conduct to murder
12. biased
l) to set the person that has been in captivity free
1. The police arrested her on a … of conspiracy to murder.
2. If you hear such a rumour, … it thoroughly.
3. The judge reversed his earlier decision and Helen Cooper … … and her estate restored to her control.
4. Police officers enforce … … , which covers murder, robbery, burglary, and other crimes that threaten society.
5. We will expel any member found to be in … of the rules.
6. Douglas, a Democrat, was elected … … for his district in 1835.
7. Through his connections, Michael knew that no electronic … had been authorized by the authorities.
8. Miss Marshall had asked Jennifer to represent her in a paternity … against Curtis Randall Ø, a wealthy socialite.
9. The … … convinced the jury that a shoplifter had merely forgotten to pay for the merchandise.
10. Ken Bailey handled the … on Jennifer’s cases, and he was brilliant.
11. In 1966 the master spy George Blake … from prison.
12. . “I read the doctors’ reports,” Jennifer said. “They seemed … .”
8. Replace the highlighted words with a suitable expression given in the box, using the correct tense/form
to take a drop, to hold one’s temper in check, to mince one’s words, at one’s disposal, toreverse one’s decision, to get one’s hands on smth, to be left a fortune by smb, to take a crack at smth, to sound fishy, to swing smb into line, to be a stumbling block, to straighten things out,
1. Roger Davis, the lawyer representing Curtis Randal, hadn’t time to say with affected delicacy.
2. He’s really a decent family man, but the poor fellow has such pressures that he sometimes is drunk.
3. The judge changed his earlier decision so that it was the opposite of what it was.
4. I knew what would happen if he ever got possession of all that money.
5. Jennifer brought in her own psychiatrists and when they were finished with their examinations Jennifer had laid out all the facts available for her to use.
6. Telling Jennifer of the discussion he had almost had with Stewart Needham could wait until he had put things in order.
7. Jennifer made her decision. “All right,” she said, “we’llmake an attemptat a paternity suit against Curtis Randall Ø.”
8. Jennifer finished reading the report and looked up at Ken Bailey. “The whole thing causes a feeling of doubt, doesn’t it?”
9. Jennifer learned to recognize the leader of a jury and concentrate on him, knowing he could make the others change their opinions.
10. “You’d be a damned fool if you institute a paternity suit against Mr. Curtis Randal Ø.” Jennifer kept her temper under control.
11. The Family’s activities were expanding, and Michael had plans. Thomas Colfax caused difficulties.
12. Helen Cooper was a dowager who had inherited a very large amount of money from her husband.