verb

to promise to tell the truth in a court of law

verb

to decide that a piece of information is acceptable in a court of law

verb

to formally ask a court of law or similar authority to change its decision

verb

to go to a court of law, committee, or similar institution, so that people can ask you questions and make decisions about what you say

verb

to order someone to go to a court of law to be formally charged with a crime

verb

to start a legal case against someone

to arrange for a case to be discussed in a court, committee, or parliament

verb

to order someone to be present or give evidence in a court of law

verb

to officially order someone to appear in a court of law

verb

to say that someone’s actions are the cause of something, especially in a court of law

to be considered, discussed, or judged by someone in authority

to be judged in a court of law

adjective

allowed to have a case judged in court

adjective

allowed to appear as a witness in a court case

verb

to judge someone in a military court

verb

to decide that someone is guilty in a military court

verb

to ask a witness questions during a trial after another lawyer has already asked them questions

verb

to cross-examine someone

verb

to be the lawyer in a court case who tries to prove that someone is not guilty

verb

to give information about something in a court of law

verb

if a judge dismisses a court case, they officially decide that the case should not continue

noun

a situation in which someone is accused of a crime for a second time after they have already been to trial for that crime

verb

to ask someone questions in a legal trial

to officially ask a court for something, for example ask them to give you a divorce or state officially that you are bankrupt

to not be punished severely or at all for something that you have been accused of in court

to be considered by a judge, committee, or other authority as part of an official process

verb

if a court case is heard, it is dealt with by a court or judge

verb

if a court hears something, that is what is said in court

verb

if a court or judge holds that something is true, the court or judge says that it is true

verb

to arrange for a lawyer to speak for you in court

verb

to decide whether or not someone is guilty in a court of law

verb

to ask a court of law to make a decision about a disagreement

adjective

always ready to deal with disagreements by suing (=starting a legal case) rather than by discussion

verb

to make a formal proposal at a meeting or in court

noun

failure to go to court when you should be there

verb

to say officially that something such as a decision or law is wrong and change it

verb

to give a court an official document in which you ask it to take legal action

verb

to say in a court of law whether you are guilty of a crime or not

to begin a case against someone in a court of law

verb

to try to prove as a lawyer in court that someone is guilty of a crime

verb

to tell someone who has committed a crime to return to court for trial on a particular day

verb

to send a case back to the original court to be dealt with there

verb

to judge a person or crime in a court of law again because a previous trial was considered not to be fair or it ended without a verdict

verb

if something such as a law court or committee rises, it stops working at the end of the day or for a period of time

verb

to ask for something from a law court

verb

to keep a group of people, especially a jury in a court trial, apart from other people

to leave the witness box in a court of law after you have answered lawyers’ questions

verb

to make a statement, especially in a court of law

verb

to officially order someone to come to a court of law to give information

verb

to make a legal claim against someone, usually to get money from them because they have done something bad to you. The legal claim is called a lawsuit

verb

to officially order someone to come to a place, especially a court of law

verb

to order someone to appear in court

verb

to agree that a decision, law etc is based on good legal principles

to make someone give a formal promise in a law court or at an official ceremony

adjective

made or given by someone who promises that everything they are going to say is true

verb

to make a statement about something that you saw, know, or experienced, usually in a court of law

adjective

relating to a person or organization that is not one of the two main people or organizations involved in a legal agreement or case

verb

to judge a person or case in a court of law

verb

if a court of law upholds something such as a claim, it says that it is correct

to formally state that something is true, especially in a court of law

verb

used for telling people in a law court to stand up when the judge enters or leaves

to officially become a lawyer

if a magistrate (=a judge in a lower court) commits a person or a case for trial, they send the person or case to a higher court

to start a legal case against someone who does not want this to happen

to officially say in a court of law what a criminal’s punishment will be

to lie when you give evidence in a court of law

to try to influence the result of a court case, especially by preventing the true facts about a crime from being known

to announce in a court of law what someone’s punishment for a crime will be

used in a court of law by a lawyer for saying that they have finished explaining their case and are ready for the judge or jury to decide it

to give someone a writ

to have been formally accused of committing a crime or of doing something wrong

to be judged for a crime in a court of law

to go into the stand and start to give evidence

appearing in a court of law because you have been accused of a crime