Please note that these signs or sign negotiations are meant more for the classroom where the interpreter can negotiate with the client, and a misunderstanding can be cleared up without asking the judge for permission to speak with the client. In the courtroom, these legal terms must be contextualized fully so that there is minimal chance for misunderstandings, and these signs or sign negotiations may not be appropriate.
See also Addiction and Sexuality under "Sexual activity" for non-consensual forms.
bribe | burglar(y) | choke (someone) | collude, collusion | con | con-artist | conspiracy |
corrupt, corruption | cover up | deal drugs | dealer | defraud | domestic violence | embezzle |
fugitive | gang | hoax | hostage | impostor | indecent liberties | misconduct |
murder | pickpocket | prostitute | rape-> | attempted ~ | reckless | reckless endangerment |
riot | robbery | rustler | safe (strong box) | shoot | speeding | spy |
swindle | theft | torture | victim | violence |
See also Business for financial matters.
annulment | divorce | separation | abandon | abuse | adopt | estranged |
father-> | biological (~) | foster (~) | natural (~) | step (~) | foster (child, home, parent) | institutionalize |
juvenile delinquent | mother-> | biological (~) | foster (~) | natural (~) | step (~) | neglect |
parent-> | biological (~) | foster (~) | natural (~) | step (~) | protective services | surrender |
absent | administration | administrator | allege/d | alternate (guardian, executor) | appeal | arbitration |
arraign/mentbench warrant |
beneficiary |
charge/d |
co-executor |
commission |
competency |
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competent | continuance | court order | cross examination | debt | decedent | defendant |
deponent | determination | direct examination | document | execute | file (verb) | find |
find for | grand jury | grievance | guardian | habeas corpus | hearing | hearsay |
illegal | indictment | insurance-> | ~ coverage | irrelevant | judge | jury |
juvenile | juvenile deliquent | law | legal | legatee | letters-of-administration | letters testamentary |
liability | license-> | ~ expired | ~ revoked | life insurance | litigant | litigate, litigation |
mediate | mens | motion | motive | neglect | negotiate | objection |
off the record | order of protectionorder to show cause |
ordinance |
overruled (objection) |
parole officer |
personal property |
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petitioner | plaintiff | plea | plea bargaining | plea agreement | plead | plea offer |
pretrial intervention (diversion) | priveleged | probable cause | probation officer | prosecute | prosecutor | public defender |
real property | recess | remand | respondent | sentence | statement | statute |
suppression of evidence | sue | suicide | Surrogate Court | sustained (objection) | swear in | temporary restraining order |
trial | trust | trustee | vehicle | verdict | versus | voir dire |
witness |
capital punishment | Criminal Justice | fugitive | parole | penalty | penitentiary | punish, punishment |
prison | solitary confinement |
arrest-> | group ~ | blanks | bust | curfew | detective | fingerprint |
handcuffs | hierarchy | hierarchic, hierarchical | identify | identity | informer | inquiry |
raid | reward | search | security | shoot | siren | sting (police) |
See also Business for financial matters.
administration | administrator | alternate (guardian, executor) | attesting witness | codicil | co-executor | debt |
distributee | estate | execute | executor | fiduciary | finance, finances | heir |
inherit | intestacy | liability | life insurance | personal property | probate | real property |
succession (intestate) | testator | will |
For the signs for these terms, see Signs for technical/specialized vocabulary.
For additional relevant terms, see Vocabulary list for history and poltical science under "Warfare" for weapons used during a crime or capture and Vocabulary list for social work under "Services to children and families".