Word in English that you Need to Learn for When you go you Court
Palabras en inglés que necesitas aprender cuando vayas a la Corte
No PALABRA EN INGLES FRASE DE APLICACION
1. ADJOURNED adjourned to postpone court
proceedings to a later time
2 AFFIDAVIT Affidavit a form where you
write your sworn statemen
to the court
3 CAUSE OF ACTION cause of action reason why
the plaintiff files a law suit
against someone else
4 CIVIL LAW Civil law non – criminal law
5 COME BEFORE come before to be
considered or discussed in
front of a judge
6 COMEPNSATORY compensatory damages
DAMAGES
7 COMPETENT Competent to appear in
court
8 COMPLAINT Complaint a document that
you fill out explaining to the
court what you need and
why
9 CONTRACT Contract an agreement
between at least two parties
(written oral)
10 COURT ORDER Court order a direction
issued by a court or a judge
11 CROSS - EXAMINE Cross-examine to question a
witness in order to discredit
testimony which was already
given
12 DEFENDANT Defendant the person
accused of committing a
criminal act or a civil wrong
13 DEPOSE Depose to testify
14 DILIGENCE Diligence reasonable care to
a matter
15 DISMISS Dismiss a judge decides that
a case should not continue
16 EVIDENCE Evidence facts and
information which prove
whether a proposition is
TRADUCCION
Aplazar los procedimientos
judiciales a un momento
posterior
un formulario donde escribes tu
declaración jurada a la Corte
Razón por la cual el demandante
establece una demanda judicial
contra otra persona
Derecho no penal
Ser cosiderado o discutido
delante de un juez
Daños cubiertos por pérdidas
económicas o lesiones
Permitir que un testigo
comparezca ante un tribunal
Un documento que llenas
explicando al tribunal lo que
necesitas y porqué
Acuerdo entre al menos dos
partes
(escrito u oral)
Una orden emitida por un
tribunal o un juez
Interrogar a un testigopara
desacreditar un testimonio ya
dado
La persona acusada de cometer
un acto criminal o un delito civil
testificar
Atención razonable a un asunto
Un juez decide que un caso no
debe continuar
Hechos a información que
demuestran si una proposicion es
verdadera o falsa
 true or false
17 EXAMINE Examine to interrogate a
witness
18 FELONY Felony a serious crime which
in punishable by at least a
year in a federal prison or by
at least a year in a federal
prison or by the death
penalty
19 FELONY WOBBLER Felony wobbler a crime
which could be classifies as
either a felony or a
misdemeanor
20 FILE A CASE File a case to open a case by
filling out the necessary
documents and submitting
them to the court’s clerk
21 HEAR A CASE Hear a case when a judge
accepts a case in order to
make a decision about it
22 HOLD Hold when the judge decides
that something is true
23 JURY Jury a group of 12 people
who are sworn in by the
court to give a verdict on a
case
24 LITIGATE Litigate to ask the court to
make a decision about a
disagreement
25 MISDEMEANOR Misdemeanor a crime
punishable by a prison
sentence of less than 1 year
26 MOVE Move to make a formal
proposal in court
27 NONAPPEARANCE Nonappearance failure to
show up in court when
ordered to show up
28 OVERTURN Overturn to invalidate and
change a previous decision
29 PASS A SENTENCE Pass a sentence t oread out
the sentence of punishment
for a convicted criminal
30 PLEAD Plead to tell the court if you
are guilty or innocent
31 PLAINTIFF Plaintiff the person who filed
the case
32 PROSECUTE Prosecute to institute legal
Interrogar a un testigo
Un delito grave que es castigado
por al menos un año en una
prisión federal o por pena de
muerte
Un crimen que podría ser
clasificado como un delito grave
o un delito menor
Abrir una caso llenando los
documentos necesarios y
somterlos al secretario del
tribunal
Cuando un juez acepta un caso
para tomar una decisión al
respecto
Cuando el juez decide que algo es
verdadero
Un grupo de 12 personas que
juraron ante el tribunal para dar
un veredicto sobre un caso
Pedir al tribunal que tome una
decisión sobre un desacuerdo
Delito condenable con pena de
prisión de menos de un año
Hacer una propuesta formal a la
corte
No comparecer ante un tribunal
cuando se le ordena presentarse
Invalidar y cambiar una decisión
Leer la sentencia de castigo para
un criminal condenado
Decir al tribunal si eres culpable o
inocente
La persona que presento el caso
Entablar acciones legales contra
 proceedings against a
person
33 PUNITIVE DAMAGES Punitive damages money
for damages that exceeds
the compensatory damages
34 REHEAR Rehear when the court
accepts to hear a case again
35 REMAND Remand to place the
defendant either on bail or
in custody when court is
adjourned
36 REST HIS/HER Rest his/her case the
prosecution or defense has
finished presenting its
evidence to the court
37 SERVE Serve to deliver a document
to someone in a formal
manner
38 STATUTE Statute a written law that
was passed by Congress
39 SUBPOENA Subpoena to officially order
a person to appear in court
40 SUMMONS Summons an order to
appear before a judge
41 SUE Sue to seek justice against a
legal process
42 SWEAR Swear to affirm that the
statement being made is the
truth
43 TESTIFY Testify to bear witness
44 TITLE ABSTRACT Title abstract a history of
ownership which establishes
the present state of a title
45 TITLE SEARCH Title search a search of any
sort of public record to
determine the current state
of a title and to determine
the seller and legal owner
46 TORT Tort an illegal or wrongful
act
47 TO BE TRIED IN COURT To be tried in court to
appear in court before a
judge who will determine if
the person is guilty oy
innocent
una persona
Dinero por daños y perjuicios que
excedan los daños
compensatorios
Cuando el tribunal acepta volver
a escuchar un caso
Poner al acusado bajo fianza o
bajo custodia cuando el tribunal
levanta la sesión
La fiscalia o la defensa ha
terminado de presenter sus
pruebas ante el tribunal
Entregar un documento a alguien
de manera formal
Una ley escrita que fue aprobada
por el congreso
Ordenar oficialmente a una
persona a comparecer ante un
tribunal
Orden de comparecer ante un
juez
Buscar justicia contra una
persona mediante un proceso
legal
Afirmar que la declaración que se
hace es la verdad
Dar testimonio
Una historia de propiedad que
establece el estado actual de un
titulo
Busqueda de cualquier tipo de
registros públicos para
determinar el estado actual de un
título y para determinar el
vendedor y propietario legal
Acto illegal o ilícito
Comparecer en la corte ante un
juez que determinará si la
persona es culpable
48 UPHOLD Uphold a judge confirms or
supports something that has
been questioned
49 UNREPRESENTED Unrepresented without an
attorney; representing
yourself
50 WALK Walk to be set free or to be
given a noncustodial
sentence
51 WITNESS TESTIMONY Witness testimony a witness
who provides some form of
evidence before the court
Un juez confirma o apoya algo
que ha sido cuestionado
Sin abogado; representándose
asimismo
Ser puesto en libertad o recibir
una sentencia sin custodia
Un testigo que proporciona algún
tipo de evidencia ante el tribunal