English |
Polish |
Definition |
To abrogate the law |
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To bring a law to an official end |
To bend the law |
Naginać prawo |
To brake the law in a way that is considered not to be harmful |
To contravene a law |
Naruszać prawo |
To brake a law |
To impeach a president |
Postawić w stan oskarżenia |
To make a formal statement saying that a person in public office has committed serious offence |
To infringe s/o rights |
Łamać czyjeś prawa |
To prevent a person doing what they are legally allowed to do |
To lodge an appeal |
Złożyć skargę |
to make an official appeal |
To uphold/overturn a verdict |
Podtrzymywać/unieważniać wyrok |
To say that a previous decision was correct/incorrect |
To pervert the course of justice |
Wypaczać wyrok, sprawiedliwość |
To put obstacles in the way of justice being done |
To quash a decision/conviction |
Unieważniać decyzję/wyrok |
To change a previous official decision/conviction |
To set a precedent |
Ustanowić precedens |
To establish a decision which must, in English law, be taken into account in future decisions |
To award/grant custody to |
Otrzymać opiekę nad dzieckiem |
To give one parent or adult the main responsibility for a child, especially after separation or divorce |
To annual mariage |
Anulować małżeństwo |
To declare that it no longer exists and never existed |
Discrimination |
Dyskryminacja |
Unfair treatment on grounds of sex, race or nationality |
Embezzlement |
Defraudacja |
Stealing money that is in your care or belongs to an organisation that you work for |
Insider trading/dealing |
Osoba dobrze poinformowana |
Illegal buying and selling of shares by s/o who has specialist knowledge of a company |
Joyride |
Jazda kradzionym samochodem |
Driving around for enjoyment in a car you have stolen |
Money laundering |
Pranie pieniędzy |
Moving money obtained illegally so that its origin can not be traced |
Perjury |
Krzywoprzysięstwo |
Lying when under oath (pod przysięgą) |
Trespass |
Wejscie na teren prywatny bez pozwolenia |
go onto s/o else's land without permission |
Detainee |
Aresztowany |
A person who's been arrested |
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GLOSSARY
Legal