This document defines 35 words related to the legal system and punishment:
Penal terms relate to punishment under the law. A conviction is an official finding of guilt, while a non-custodial punishment does not involve prison time. Courts may impose rules and punishments, or suspend them temporarily. Offenders can be given lenient treatment or perform community service to compensate victims. Probation allows criminals to avoid prison by staying out of further trouble.
This document defines 35 words related to the legal system and punishment:
Penal terms relate to punishment under the law. A conviction is an official finding of guilt, while a non-custodial punishment does not involve prison time. Courts may impose rules and punishments, or suspend them temporarily. Offenders can be given lenient treatment or perform community service to compensate victims. Probation allows criminals to avoid prison by staying out of further trouble.
This document defines 35 words related to the legal system and punishment:
Penal terms relate to punishment under the law. A conviction is an official finding of guilt, while a non-custodial punishment does not involve prison time. Courts may impose rules and punishments, or suspend them temporarily. Offenders can be given lenient treatment or perform community service to compensate victims. Probation allows criminals to avoid prison by staying out of further trouble.
2.Conviction-the fact of being officially being found to be guilty of a particular crime or the act of officially finding someone guilty 3.Tackle-to try to deal with something or someone 4.Non-custodial(of a punishment)-that does not involve a person being sent to prison 5.Remission- a period of time when an illness is less severe or it is not affecting someone 6.Impose-to officially force a rule,tax,punishment etc. to obeyed or received 7.Compensate-to pay someone money in exchange for something that has been lost for damaged or for some problem 8.Repay-to pay back or to reward someone or something 9.Suspend-to stop something from being active,either temporarily or permanently 10.Make amend-to do something good to show that you are sorry about something you have done 11.Offence- an illegal act:a crime 12.Lenient-not as severe or strong in punishment or judgement as would be expected 13.Reluctant-not willing to do something and therefore slow to do it 14.Cost-effective- if an activity is cost-effective it is good value for the amount of money paid 15.Straightforward-easy to understand or simple 16.Surface-if a feeling or information surfaces,it becomes known 17.Whereby-by which way or method 18.Tagging-the act of putt a small piece of paper,cloth,or metal on something in order to identify 19.Probation-a period of time when a criminal behave well and not commit any more crimes in order to avoid being sent to prison 20.Whereabouts-a place where a person or thing is 21.Extend-to add to something in order to make it bigger or longer 22.Initiative-a new plan or process to achieve something or solve a problem 23.Contradictory-if two or more facts,pieces of advice,etc. are contradictory,they are very different from each other 24.Embark-to go onto a ship 25.Close(something)down-if a business or organization closes down or someone closes it down,its stop seperating 26.Proportionally-in a way that keeps the same relationship between numbers or amounts;as a propotion 27.As=although 28.If=although 29.A good-many,larger amount 30.As=because 31.A grim-worried and serious or sad 32.Contribution-support 33.Brief-used to express how quickly time goes past 34.Commit-do something illegal or considered wrong 35.Sum of money-an amount of money