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Trial Vocabulary🧑‍⚖️

intermediate

Trial Vocabulary🧑‍⚖️

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4. Intermediate

Let's look at a number of words you hear in a courtroom.

A trial

👉 A structured process where the facts of a legal case are presented to a jury, and they decide if the defendant is guilty or not guilty.

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Have you been following the Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard trial?

defamation

👉 When you “defame” someone, you damage their reputation by saying or writing negative things about them.

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Are these things true or false?

The newspaper was sued for defamation after publishing false statements about a celebrity.

lawsuit

👉 A problem taken to a court of law in order to obtain a decision.

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What verb do you need to use with “lawsuit”?

The members of the original Supernova filed a trademark infringement lawsuit in July.

testify

👉 When you testify during a trial, you tell what you saw or heard at the time when something happened.

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When you testify you’re generally under oath, which means that ____.

They testified that they had seen the man leaving the building around the time of the murder.

to witness

👉 When you witness something, you’re there when something happens and you see or hear it happening.

No one witnessed the attack.

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The word “witness” is also a noun and refers to the person who sees the accident or crime.

If you’re a witness to a crime, you might be asked to testify at a trial.

objection

"Objection, your Honor. The witness is lying." "Sustained."

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When you “object” to something, you ____.

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A trial

defamation

The newspaper was sued for defamation after publishing false statements about a celebrity.

lawsuit

The members of the original Supernova filed a trademark infringement lawsuit in July.

testify

They testified that they had seen the man leaving the building around the time of the murder.

to witness

No one witnessed the attack.

If you’re a witness to a crime, you might be asked to testify at a trial.

objection

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