Legal Definitions Match - Answers

1. A group of people who listen to everything in the trial and then make a decision. Answer: 5 (Jury)

2. Our lawyer is working hard to show we didn't do anything wrong. Answer: 6 (Defence)

3. That person's job is to try to prove someone committed a crime. Answer: 4 (Prosecute)

4. The court said the person didn't do the crime and let them go. Answer: 8 (Acquit)

5. He's taking the other person to court because of a problem they couldn't solve. Answer: 2 (Sue)

6. Someone said untrue things about her, and now everyone thinks she did something bad. Answer: 3 (Slander)

7. Everyone was waiting to hear what the court decided at the end of the trial. Answer: 1 (Verdict)

8. After the parents split up, they had to decide who the children would live with. Answer: 7 (Custody)