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Legal vocabulary D-G

QuestionAnswer
Carry a dangerous weapon Portar un arma peligrosa
Debate Debatir, disputar, discutir
Deduction Deducción
Default (noun) Incumplimiento, defecto, rebeldía
Defense Counsel Abogado defensor
Defraud (to) Defraudar, engañar, estafar, embaucar
Demand for Payment Demanda para reembolso
Denial Denegación, negación, negativa
Enter a denial Hacer constar/Registrar una denegación
Deny (paternity) Negar ser el padre de un menor
Department of Health Departamento de Salud; Ministerio de Salubridad/de Sanidad
Deponent Declarante, deponente
Deprivation Privación
Desertion Abandono, deserción (also military sense)
Determination Decisión, fallo
DIC (Day Incarceration Center) CED (Centro de Encarcelamiento Diurno)
Disability Benefits Subsidios/prestaciones/beneficios por discapacidad o incapacidad
Disability Payments Subsidios por incapacidad/invalidez
Discharge (to) Despedir, poner en libertad, dar de alta (del hospital); licenciar (de las fuerzas armadas)
Disclose Revelar
Discretion Discreción, arbitrio, criterio (E.g. That is left to the)
Court’s discretion Eso queda al arbitrio/discreción del juez
Dismiss Sobreseer, desechar; declarar sin lugar, desestimar, desistir
Dismissal from Community Labor Program Expulsión del programa laboral comunitario
Dismissal (of the Case) will be in Order Procede sobreseer/desistir la causa
Dismissed from the Record Queda borrado/tachado del acta
District Attorney Fiscal, fiscal/abogado de distrito, fiscal público
Disorderly Conduct Desorden público
Dispose of a Case Resolver la causa
Dispose of the Matter Resolver el asunto
Division of Small Claims División de demandas/juicios de menor cuantía
Sue for divorce Pedir el Divorcio, promover/entablar pleito de divorcio
No fault divorce Divorcio sin culpa, divorcio decretado con independencia de la culpa de las partes
Divorce decree Sentencia de divorcio
Dope drogas
Second time down Segunda vez que aparece en la lista
Drug bust Golpe, redada por drogas
Drug runner Corredor de drogas, camello, hormiga, zepe, mula
Docket Number Número de presentación, número del acta
Documentary Proof Constancia, documento de prueba, documento comprobante/acreditivo/justificativo
Drain Desagüe
Drunk Driving Manejo/Conducción en estado de embriaguez
Due Process of Law Debido y adecuado proceso legal, debido procedimiento legal
Duly Sworn Debidamente juramentado(a)
Earned Income Remuneración, ganancias
To take effect Entrar en vigor/en vigencia, comenzar a regir
Effective Vigente
Effective Date Fecha de vigencia
Electronic Monitor Monitor electrónico
Embezzlement Desfalco, malversación
Emergency Loan Program Programa de préstamos por urgencias/emergencias
Endorse (a check) Endosar (un cheque)
Endorsement Endoso
Enforce Hacer cumplir, aplicar, ejecutar, celar
Equitable Distribution Distribución/Reparto equitativo
Estimate Presupuesto, cálculo aproximado, estimación, tasa, evaluación
Evading Evasión
Evading responsability Evasión de responsabilidad
Eviction Desalojo, desahucio
Evidence Prueba(s), medios de prueba
Ex-convict Ex-penado, ex-presidiario, ex-reo
Exculpatory Evidence Pruebas exculpatorias
Exhibit Prueba, documento de prueba, objeto de prueba
Exempted from Exonerado(a) de, exento de, dispensado de
Exemption Exención, inmunidad
Expert Testimony Testimonio/Declaración pericial o experta
Expert Witness Perito o consultor técnico, experto, testigo pericial o experto
Expunge Borrar, cancelar, tachar
To the fullest extent of the law Hasta el máximo límite de la ley, con el máximo rigor de la ley
Extenuating Circumstances Circunstancias atenuantes
Extradite Extraditar
Eye witness Testigo presencial, testigo ocular
Fact Hecho
Factual Basis Fundamentos de hecho
Failure to appear Falta de comparecencia, no comparecencia, incomparecencia
False arrest Arresto ilegal
False statement Declaración falsa
Felony Delito grave/mayor/de mayor cuantía
Fictitious Plates Placas (de matrícula)/tablillas falsas
Fifth Amendment Quinta enmienda (constitucional)
File Archivo, expediente, causa (en sentido figurado)
File (a motion) Interponer/ Presentar/Radicar un pedimento, moción, petición
File (an AR application) presentar una solicitud (de Rehabilitación Acelerada)
Final Grades Calificaciones/Notas de fin del año escolar
Find Guilty Hallar/Juzgar/Declarar culpable
Finding Determinación, decisión, fallo
Finding of act Determinación de hecho, decisión sobre cuestión de hecho
Financial Eligibility Elegibilidad económica
Fine Multa
Fire, dismiss Despedir, despechar
First time down Primera vez que aparece en la lista
Food coupons Cupones/Vales alimentarios/alimenticios
Food Stamp Program Programa de cupones para alimentos
Forfeiture Decomiso, pérdida
Forgery Falsificación
Forth with En seguida, inmediatamente, de inmediato, en el acto
Forward Adjustment Ajuste adelantado
Foster Care Cuidado de un niño en un hogar de guarda/de crianza, cuidado/hogar adoptivo
Freedom of speech Libertad de expresión, libertad de palabra
Gangster Pandillero, gángster
Grand Jury Jurado de acusación, jurado indagatorio, gran jurado; jurado mayor
Leafy Substance Green Sustancia verde hojosa
Grievance Agravio
Grounds Causales
Guardian Ad Litem Tutor (dativo) ad litem, curador ad lítem
Guilty Plea Declaración de culpabilidad
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