8th - 1st 9 weeks / Lesson 2 - LAW
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SCMSEnglish on July 22, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 admonition | a gentle warning |
| attorney | a person legally authorized to act for another |
| circumstantial | depending on circumstances; indirectly related |
| confidential | secret; private |
| conjecture | to form an opinion without evidence; to guess |
| convict | to find a person guilty of a crime |
| custody | the right to care for or guard |
| discrimination | unfairness toward a particular group of persons |
| disinherit | to take away the right to receive property from someone who has died |
| divorce | the legal termination of a marriage |
| entitle | to give a claim or right to |
| inequity | something that is not fair or just |
| injunction | a court order or command |
| juror | one of a group of people sworn to hear evidence and make a decision about a law case |
| juvenile | characteristic of children or young people |
| null | having no legal force |
| premeditated | planned beforehand |
| unwittingly | without being aware of |
| uphold | to support or maintain |
| verdict | a decision reached by a jury at a trial's end |
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