Damages: financial compensation awarded to claimant in a civil case

Burglary: the crimibal offence of entering a building without permission with the intention of
stealing something

Negligence: failure to be as careful as a reasonable person would be expected to be

Skimming: process by which credit card data is illicitly captured or opied, usually by electronic
means

Slander: a defamatory statement made orally which harms a person´s reputation

Remedy: the legal solution granted to a party of a civil action by which the violation of a right is
compensated or prevented

Nuisance: an activity or situation that interferes with the use or enjoyment of privately owned
land or interferes with the health and safety of the public in general

Murder: the most serious form of homicide, unlawful killing of someone with intebt

Assault: intentional threat or attempt to injure a person

Rape: unlawful sexual intercause committed without consent

Bail: a sum of money given in excnahge for the reléase of am arrested person as a guarantee
that the person will appear at the trial

Parole: early reléase of a prisoner from prison who is then subject to continued monitoring as
well as compliance with certain terms and conditions for a specific period

Acquittal: the decisión by a court that a person accused of committing a crime is not guilty

Convixtion: decisión of a court that a person accused of a crime is guillty

Fraud: lying about a matter of fact with the intention of deceiving another person to gain a
material advantage

Tort: civil wrong

Libel: a defamatory statment made in writing which harms a persons reputation

Trespassing: entring a uilding or property without permission

Product liability: results from manufacturing defective products

Medical malpractice: deviation from profesional standard that causes injury to a patient

Wrongful death: fataluty caused by a wroingdoing of others

Precedent: court decision that is considered as authority for deciding subsequent cases
involving identical or similar facts, or similar legal issues.
To overturn: after appeal, when court disagrees with original ruling
To uphold/affirm: court agrees with original ruling
To file a lawsuit: to start a process by which a court of law makes a decision to end a
disagreement
To allege: To state, recite, assert, or charge the existence of particular facts
To claim: put forth a formal demand for money that is due as a remedy from an injury
suffered
O rule: To settle or decide a point of law at a trial or hearing
Lawsuit: is a civil legal action by one person or entity (the "plaintiff") against another
person or entity (the "defendant"), to be decided in a court.
Battery: harmful or offensive phyisical contactnwith or caused by another person
To sue: bring a civil action against
To award: to rule in favor of
To grant: recognition of asserted rights
To settle. Reach agreement
Injunction: court order by which an individual is required to perform, or is restrained from
performing, a particular act

Squatter: person who settles in or occupies a piece of property with no legal claim to
the property
Witness: A person with first-hand knowledge of an event