SUPER LEGAL TERMS TEST - 83 Terms!

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Accusatory Instrument; Acting in Concert; Adjournment; Arraignment. This could be an arraignment on information or on an indictment. 

Arraignment on a complaint; Arrest; Arrest warrant; Assault. In the United States, we also use battery for the word assault. 

Assistant District Attorney; Assistant United States Attorney; Bail jumping; Battery; Bench Warrant; Beyond a reasonable doubt; Bond; Burglary Case; Charging Document; Citation; Complaint; Conditional Discharge; Conversion; Court Officer; A court officer can also be known as Bailiff. 

Court Surcharge; Criminal Justice Agency; Criminal Procedure Law; Criminal Record; Criminal Trespass; Declaration of Delinquency; Deem Information; Deferred Adjudication or Deferred Prosecution; Deposition; Supporting; Desk Appearance Ticket; District Attorney's Office; Drink or Driver Program; Driving While Ability Impaired; Driving While Intoxicated; Facilitation; Felony; Find Guilty; Grand Jury; Ignition Interlock Device; Indictment; Information; Infraction; Judgment of Conviction; Judicial Hearing Officer; Lineup; Magistrate's Court; Manslaughter; Misdemeanor; Mistrial.

Open Container of Alcohol; Open File Discovery; Order of Protection. An order of protection can be full order of protection, a limited order of protection, or a temporary order of protection.

Parole; Plea; Plea Bargain or Plea Agreement; Pled Guilty; Pled Not guilty; Preliminary Hearing; Pretrial Conference; Pretrial Hearing; Probable Cause; Probation; Public Consumption of Alcohol; Public Urination; Release on Own Recognizance; Solicitation; Unlawful Solicitation of Ground Transportation; Speedy Trial; Summons; Summons Part; Supervised Release; Theft of Services; Trial Victim; Trial Victim Impact Panel Program; Violation; Violation of Probation; Waiver; Warrant Expunged. 

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Legal, a terminology test practice from Interpreters and Interrupters. I'm your host, Maritza. Interpreters and Interrupters is a podcast for interpreters of all languages. In this test session, I'm featuring eighty-three legal terms for this super legal terminology practice, I will give you the term in English, and it'll be your job to find a translation in your language. The list will be in the description, but go ahead and listen to every term, think about the meaning of the term, think about how you would translate this term, how you would use it when interpreting in court or in jail or with an attorney visit. Let's get started. I'm going to wait five seconds between each term. Accusatory

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instrument Acting in concert. Adjournment. Arraignment. And this could be an arraignment on an information or on an indictment. Arraignment on a complaint. Arrest. Arrest warrant. Assault. In the United States, we also use battery for the word assault. Assistant District Attorney. Assistant United States Attorney. Bail jumping. Battery. Bench warrant. Beyond a reasonable doubt. Bond. Burglary case. Charging document Citation. Complaint. Conditional discharge. Conversion Court officer. A court officer can also be known as bailiff. Court surcharge. Criminal justice agency. Criminal procedure law Criminal record Criminal trespass. Declaration of delinquency deem Information Deferred adjudication or deferred prosecution Deposition Supporting Desk appearance ticket District Attorney's Office. Drink or Driver Program. Driving While Ability Impaired. Driving While Intoxicated. Facilitation. Felony. Find Guilty. Grand Jury. Ignition Interlock Device. Indictment. Information. Infraction. Judgment of conviction. Judicial hearing officer. Lineup. Magistrate's Court. Manslaughter. Misdemeanor. Mistrial. Open container of alcohol. Open file discovery. Order of protection. An order of protection can be full order of protection, a limited order of protection, or a temporary order of protection Parole. Plea. Plea bargain or plea agreement. Pled guilty. Pled not guilty. Preliminary hearing. Pretrial Conference. Pretrial hearing. Probable cause. Probation. Public consumption of alcohol. Public urination. Release on own recognizance. Solicitation. Unlawful solicitation of ground transportation. Speedy trial. Summons. Summons part. Supervised release. Theft of services. Trial victim. Trial Victim Impact Panel Program. Violation. Violation of probation Waver Warrant expunged. That was the last term.

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some of you may interpret in languages where these words may not exist. For example, indigenous languages You have to look up the term in a legal dictionary, consult with a fellow interpreter of the same language, and figure out how you would translate this term in your language. Don't buy a legal dictionary. They're very expensive. you can find something online or at the local library when it comes to legal word definitions. Also, you could go to linguee.com. understanding what the word means really helps with the translation. Don't forget about legal workshops held in your community. Interpreting associations tend to have workshops for legal or medical terminology and practices Also, you can check out the certification associations. Do a search on your browser for legal certification and associations or medical certification and associations. Many times at these websites, you'll be able to find a list of upcoming workshops. You don't have to be certified to participate in these workshops Please support this channel by subscribing, liking, or follow us on Facebook