English
Polish
Definition
To abrogate the law
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
GLOSSARY
Legal
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