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2. The state courts are organized in a system that looks like
the system (федеральних судів з Верховним Судом) at the top.
3. Judges in federal courts (призначаються довічно).
4. A court is a place where (здійснюється правосуддя).
5. Criminal courts (визначають покарання за злочини).
6. (Цивільні суди) deal with the disputes between separate
partners, firms, corporations.
7. A court has the authority (слухати та виносити рішення у
справі).
8. A court of law is one which administers justice according
to the principles (та норм загального права).
9. A wrong is commited when (право порушується).
10. Civil cases (такі як банкрутство або розлучення) are
dealt with in County courts of England and Wales.
11. (Суди у справах неповнолітініх) deal with persons under
seventeen.
12. Magistrates’ Courts may try the less serious indictable
offences (спрощено, без участі присяжних).

Task 8. Give synonyms to the words in bold type.
1. The President has the right to approve or veto bills passed
by Congress.
2. A member of a Senate is usually called a Senator.
3. The Law Commission for England and Wales consists of a
chairman and four other qualified experts appointed by Lord Chancellor.
4. In almost all cases a person seeking justice brings his suit
in a state court in the state he lives.
5. Civil Courts decide disputes between persons in their
private capacity.
6. A person who is engaged in a lawsuit as a party may be
either a plaintiff or a defendant in civil case.

Task 9. Match the words on the left with their definitions on the right.
Use them in the sentences of your own.
1. suspect a) a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime
2. indictment b) a person thought to be guilty of a
crime
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