TO KIDNAP - A RAPI (the action of kidnapping someone)
OFFENDER - CRIMINAL, RAUFACATOR (a person who commits an illegal act) BLOOD FEUD - RAZBUNARE PE SANGE (a conflict between families involving a cycle o f killings) FALSE ACCUSER - ACUZARE FALSA (A PERSON WHO ACUZED SOMEONE WITHOUD REASON) AMENDMENT - AMENDAMENT (a minor change in a document) NATURAL LAW - LEGE NATURALA (a moral principles regarded as a basis for all huma n conduct) INHERITANCE - MOSTENIRE (a thing that is inherited) PENALTY - PEDEAPSA (a punishment imposed for breaking a law) REVENGE - RAZBUNARE (the action of inflicting hurt or harm on someone for an inj ury) CRIMINAL - INFRACTOR (a person who has committed a crime) VICTIM - VICTIMA (a person injured or killed as a result of a crime) THIEF - TALHAR (a person who steals another person's property) DEBT - DATORIE (something, typically money, that is owed or due) BILL OF RIGHTS - Declara?ia Drepturilor Omului (the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, ratified in 1791 and guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms o f speech, assembly, and worship) FRAMEWORK - CADRU (an essential supporting structure) LEGISLATURE - LEGISLATURA (the legislative body of a country or state) BICAMERAL CONGRESS - CONGRES BICAMERAL (the national legislative body of a count ry) EXECUTIVE BRANCH - RAMURA EXECUTIVA (having the power to put plans, actions, or laws into effect) RATIFIED - RATIFICAT (sign or give formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agre ement, making it officially valid) PENNED - SCRIS (write or compose) ENSHRINES - CONSACRA PASSING LAWS - ADOPTAREA LEGILOR SOURCE OF LAW - IZVOR DE DREPT PROVISIONS - DISPOZITII (an amount or thing supplied or provided) INTELLECTUAL GOODS - BUNURI INTELECTUALE BARRISTER - AVOCAT (a lawyer entitled to practice as an advocate, particularly i n the higher courts) SOLICITOR - AVOCAT (a person who tries to obtain business orders, advertising, e tc) LAWYER - AVOCAT (a person who practices or studies law; an attorney or a counsel or) COUNSEL - CONSULTANT (giving advice, especially that given formally) PROSECUTOR - PROCUROR (a person who institutes legal proceedings against someone ) JUDGE - JUDECATOR (a public official appointed to decide cases in a court of law ) NOTARY - NOTAR (a person authorized to perform certain legal formalities) TO TAKE OATH - DEPUNEREA JURAMANTULUI (a solemn promise regarding one's future a ction or behavior) LAW GRADUATES - Absolven?ii faculta?ilor de drept LEGAL PARTNERSHIP - PARTENERIAT LEGAL TENDENCY - TENDINTA (an inclination toward a particular characteristic or type o f behavior) CASE - CAZ (an instance of a particular situation) DRAWING UP WILLS - ELABORAREA HOTARARILOR (a legal document containing instructi ons as to what should be done with one's money and property after one's death) SETTLED OUT OF COURT - SOLUTIONAREA CAZURILOR IN CURTE LOWER COURTS - INTANTELE INFERIOARE DEGREE IN LAW - LICENTIAT IN DREPT PREPARATORY COURSE - CURSA DE INITIERE QUALIFIED - CALIFICAT CLOSELY SUPERVISED - ATENT SUPRAVEGHEAT ARTICLED CLERK - FUNCTIONAR PUPIL - ELEV HOMOGENEITY - OMOGENITA?I BENCH - ASCOCIATIE DE JURISTI APPELLATE PROCEEDINGS - PROCEDURA DE APEL COUNSELOR - CONSILIER (a person trained to give guidance on personal, social, or psychological problems) NEGOTIATOR - NEGOCIATOR (a person who conducts negotiations) LITIGATOR - AVOCAT PLEDANT SETTLEMENT - DECONTARE (an official agreement intended to resolve a dispute or c onflict) MAGISTRATES - MAGISTRA?I (a civil officer or lay judge who administers the law) SENTENCING - PEDEPSELOR (declare the punishment decided for an offender) SENIOR APPOINTMENTS - numiri importante LORD CHANCELLOR - Lord Cancelar (the highest officer of the Crown, responsible f or the efficient functioning and independence of the courts, and formerly presid ing over the House of Lords, the Chancery Division, or the Court of Appeal) PROBATION - PROBA?IUNII (the release of an offender from detention, subject to a period of good behavior under supervision) TRIALS - STUDIILE (a formal examination of evidence before a judge, and typicall y before a jury, in order to decide guilt in a case of criminal or civil proceed ings) DREADED - TEMUT (regarded with great fear or apprehension) CHARGED WITH CRIME - Acuzat de CRIMA WITNESS - MARTOR (a person who sees an event, typically a crime or accident, tak e place) ELIGIBLE - ELIGIBILE (having the right to do or obtain something) FELONY - CRMIMA (a crime, typically one involving violence, regarded as more ser ious than a misdemeanor, and usually punishable by imprisonment for more than on e year or by death) GREAT HARDSHIP - CLAUZA COURTROOM - SALA DE TRIBUNAL BAILIFF - executor judecatoresc LAW - LEGE (the system of rules that a particular country or community recognize s as regulating the actions of its members and may enforce by the imposition of penalties) TO PASS A LAW - A adopta o lege (adoption of a law) COMMITTEE - COMITET (a group of people appointed for a specific function, typica lly consisting of members of a larger group) READING - LECTURA (an interpretation) BILL - PROIECT DE LEGE (a draft of a proposed law presented to parliament for di scussion) ROYAL ASSENT - APROBAREA REGALA TO ADOPT - SA ADOPTE (legally adopt of a law) UNWRITTEN LAW - lege nescrisa COMMON LAW - DREPT COMUN (CUTUMIAR) PRECEDENTS - PRECEDENTE JUDICIARE DEAL - AFACERE (an agreement entered into by two or more parties for their mutua l benefit, especially in a business or political context) HOUSE OF COMMONS - Camera Comunelor (in the UK and Canada) the elected chamber o f Parliament) HOUSE OF LORD - CAMERA LORZILOR DRAFTED - INTOCMIT (prepare a preliminary version of (a text) MISUNDERSTANDING - NEINTELEGERE (a failure to understand something correctly) BILL MAY GO AND FRO - POATE MERGE INCOLO SI INCOACE ENACTED BY ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES - Adoptate de catre reprezentan?ii ale?i CHARTERS - HARTA (he reservation of an aircraft, boat, or bus for private use) ISSUES - PROBLEME ABOLISH - desfiin?a LIABILITY - RASPUNDEREA (he state of being responsible for something, especially by law) CLAIMANT - RECLAMANTUL (a person making a claim) BREACH - INCALCAREA (make a gap in and break through) SEEK A REMEDY - O CALE DE ATAC TO LAUNCH - A LANSA (start or set in motion (an activity or enterprise)) TO FOSTER - A DEZVOLTA ( encourage or promote the development of (something, typ ically something regarded as good)) TO EVOLVE - A EVOLUA (develop gradually, especially from a simple to a more comp lex form) TREATY - TRATAT (a formally concluded and ratified agreement between countries) ABOLITION - DESFIINTARE (the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution) CURRENCY - VALUTA (a system of money in general use in a particular country) TO HIJACK - sa deturneze (illegally seize (an aircraft, ship, or vehicle) in tra nsit and force it to go to a different destination or use it for one's own purpo ses) ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY - POLITICA DE MEDIU FLAG - DRAPEL (a device, symbol, or drawing typically resembling a flag, used as a marker) DIRECTIVE - DIRECTIVA (an official or authoritative instruction) POLITICAL ISSUES - PROBLEME POLITICE SPEAKER - SPEAKER (a person who speaks) DEBATE - DEZBATERE (a formal discussion on a particular topic in a public meetin g or legislative assembly, in which opposing arguments are put forward) SCRUTINY - EXAMINARE MINUTIOASA (critical observation or examination) TO APPOINT - SA NUMEASCA (assign a job or role to someone) CONGRESS - CONGRES (the national legislative body of a country) TO VETO - DREPT DE VETO (exercise a veto against a decision or proposal made by a law-making body) TO ENFORCE LAW - Aplicare a Legii PRESIDENTIAL REPUBLIC - REPUBLICA PRESIDENTIALA TO ELECT - A ALEGE TO PRESIDE OVER - A PREZIDA CHAIRMANSHIP - PRESEDINTIA FORWARD A NON-CONFIDENCE MOTION - mo?iune de cenzura ROUGHLY - APROXIMATIV CONSTITUENCY - circumscriptia electorala