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Legal Terms

SAT vocab words

QuestionAnswer
amicus curiae a friend of the court; a lawyer or layman who advises the court on a legal matter.
arson the crime of setting fire to property in order to collect insurance
barrister lawer in England. A barrister practices at the bar, a court of justice
embezzle to steal money which was entrusted to your care
extradition turning over a fugitive from one jurisdiction to another. The root of the word is Latin trachtio ["the act of handing over"]
habeas corpus a court order requiring that a prisoner be produced to determine the legality of his imprisonment; a procedure which lawyers use to get clients out of illegal detention. In Latin it means "to have the body."
immaterial without substance; unimportnat
incarcerate to jail; confine
indetermine having inexact limits; indefinite
larceny Grand larceny involoves theft in excess of a fixed sum, whereas petty larceny referes to a less consequential theft
litigious quarrelsome; given to carrying on lawsuits
miscreant villain; criminal; evil person. The original meaning was "unbeliever" or "heretic." From there it was an easy jump to "villain."
perpetrator a person who cimmits an offense
plagiarism passing off someone else's writings or ideas as your own.
probation a period of testing or trail. This refers to a suspension of sentence on the condition that the convicted person demonstrates good behavious in order to stay out of jail
abet encourage, aid
abate destroy, void, remove
abjure renounce
abridge reduce; contract
abrogate repeal; annul
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