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Unit 1 Basic Legal Terms

The document outlines basic legal terms relevant to a legal context, including definitions for terms such as verdict, legal system, court, complaint, paralegal, plaintiff, jury, attorney, defendant, and judge. Each term is defined succinctly to provide clarity on its meaning and role within the legal framework. This serves as an introductory resource for understanding fundamental legal concepts.

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Unit 1 Basic Legal Terms

The document outlines basic legal terms relevant to a legal context, including definitions for terms such as verdict, legal system, court, complaint, paralegal, plaintiff, jury, attorney, defendant, and judge. Each term is defined succinctly to provide clarity on its meaning and role within the legal framework. This serves as an introductory resource for understanding fundamental legal concepts.

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Lengua Extranjera Especializada l

4°A

Name: García Mora Daniela María José Date: August 18, 2023

Unit 1 Basic Legal Terms

- Verdict: An opinion or decision made after judging the facts that are
given, especially one made at the end of a trial.

- Legal System: The organizations and people in a country or area who work in
the area of law.

- Court: A place where trials and other legal cases happen, or


the people present in such a place, especially the officials and those deciding if
someone is guilty.

- Complaint: A statement that something is wrong or not satisfactory.

- Paralegal: Someone who works in a law office, or a


company's legal department, and has some legal training, but does not have all
the qualifications to be a lawyer.

- Plaintiff: Someone who makes a legal complaint against someone else in court.

- Jury: A group of people who have been chosen to listen to all the facts in
a trial in a law court and to decide if a person is guilty or not guilty, or if
a claim has been proved.

- Attorney: The top legal officer in some countries, whose job is


to provide legal advice to the government and to represent the government.
A lawyer.
Lengua Extranjera Especializada l
4°A

- Defendant: A person in a law case who is accused of having done


something illegal.

- Judge: A person who is in charge of a trial in a court and decides how


a person who is guilty of a crime should be punished, or who
makes decisions on legal matters.

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