| A | B |
|---|
| amicus curiae | a friend of the court; a lawyer or layman who advises the court on a leagl matter |
| arson | the crime of setting fire to property in order to collect insurance |
| barrister | lawyer in England. |
| embezzle | to steal money that was intrusted to your care. |
| extradition | turning over a fugitive from one jurisdiction to another. |
| habeas corpus | a court order requiring that a prisoner be produced to determine thelegality of his imprisonment. |
| immaterial | without substance; unimportant |
| incarcerate | to jail; confine. |
| indeterminate | having inexact limits; indefinite. |
| larceny | theft. |
| litigious | quarelsome; given to carrying on lawsuits. |
| miscreant | villain; criminal; evil person. |
| perpetrator | a person who commits an offense. |
| plagiarism | passing off someone else's writings or ideas as your own. |
| probation | a period of testing of trial. |
