Inquisitorial

system

jurisdiction

party

Verdict

all the institutions, bodies of laws and principles, ideas, methods, procedures, traditions and practices which together form an organized system for the ap­plication of law in a state or community a systematic written collection of laws on a particu­lar subject or area of law

system of justice where judges do not investigate a case but reach a decision based on evidence pre­sented by both sides

system of justice where the judge investigates the

case and produces evidence

the power of a court to hear and decide a case

each of the sides involved in a legal dispute

an official decision made by a jury in a court of law

about whether someone is guilty or not guilty of a crime

penal code карний (кримінальний) кодекс

prosecuting орган кримінального переслідування authority

defense п захист (у суді)

prosecution п обвинувачення (як сторона у суді)

bind v зобов'язувати

exercise v здійснювати (право, правосуддя)

lay а який не є юристом (за освітою), мир- ський

lay justice мировий суддя

//. a) Find in the text synonyms of the following words and expres­sions:

argument, power, examine, petition, adjudication, insignificant, proof, not guilty

b) Give the Ukrainian for:

criminal justice, to be concerned mostly with, to begin with a blank sheet of paper, to be guilty of a certain crime, at the top, at the

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