Points of contact

Nevertheless there are many points of contact between criminal and civil law. G _____ Disobeying any court may constitute criminal conduct, and the disobedient loser of a civil action may find he or she not only has to pay the damages originally ordered by the court, but a criminal penalty as well.

Although the guilty defendant in a criminal case will not automatically be found liable in a civil action about the same matter, his chances of avoiding civil liability are not good. This is because the standard of proof in the civil case is lower than it was in the criminal case. The plaintiff will therefore make sure any information about a relevant criminal case is passed to the civil court.

H _____ Sometimes this is done by someone who was mistreated when questioned by the police about a criminal case.

Task 3. Find in the text equivalents to the following Russian words and word combinations.

1) спор

2) деликт

3) распоряжение имуществом на правах доверительной собственности

4) утверждение завещания

5) судебные издержки

6) обвинение

7) доказать вину

8) истец

9) обвиняемый

10) неосторожное вождение

11) соблюдать

12) не подчиняться

13) вводить в силу

14) оспорить решение

Task 4. Find in the text the words definitions of which are given below:

1)a person against whom a charge is brought in a court of law;

2) a demand or request for smth. which you have a right to have;

3) the person that suffers pain, death, harm, etc. as a result of other people's action;

4) the way of showing that smth is true;

5) a punishment for breaking a law, rule, or legal agreement;

6) a person who is suspected of a crime;

7) smth, such as a fact, sign., or object, that give proof or reasons to believe or agree with smth.;

8) the process of spoiling smth. and the harm or loss that results from this.

Task 5. Complete the definitions with the words from the list:

1) disclosure

2) inspection

3) witness statement

4) summons

5) form of admission

6) practice directions

7) counterclaim

1. _____ - the process by which a claimant may look at written evidence held by the defence.

2. _____ - the document in which the defendant makes a claim against the claimant.

3. _____ - the document in which the defendant agrees to the claim made by the claimant.

4. _____ - the document starting claim proceedings.

5. _____ - the process by which the claimant is required to inform the defendant of documents they hold relevant to the claim.

6. _____ - the document giving evidence by someone who saw or heard something critical to the case.

7. _____ - the instructions given by a judge on how procedures should be carried out in a case.

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