Lengua Moderna: Legal English
Collocations I
Impose a Sentence
Pass The judge will pass _ on the accused this afternoon
Pronounce
Serve He will have to serve a life sentence
Complete Ex-felons have completed the sentences
Carry out
Review
Suspend When the evidence was brought in, the sentence
was suspended
Appeal
Have a Conviction He has three criminal convictions
Lead to A reward is offered for information leading to the
conviction of the criminal.
Obtain, secure, win They need strong evidence to _ a conviction
Escape He believes too many suspects are escaping
conviction by claiming that they are insane
Appeal He appealed against his conviction
Bring, initiate a Prosecution
Face, risk Everybody who was there had to face
prosecution
Lead to
Result in Their friends’ statements resulted in prosecution
Bring, file, lodge an Appeal He is bringing an appeal against the size of the fine
Make He made an appeal
Win, lose
Consider His lawyer is considering an appeal to the supreme
court
Allow, hear
Deny, dismiss, reject His appeal was rejected by the court
Uphold His appeal was upheld and he was released
immediately
Make a Claim The company made false claims about its products
Hear
Deny, dismiss, reject Claims of a cover-up were dismissed
Back up, support She backed up her claims with a photograph
Prove, validate
Make, publish, report an Allegation The senator’s allegations were published
Deny, dismiss, reject
Admit She refused to admit the allegations
Withdraw I advise you to withdraw your allegations before I
contact my lawyer
Disprove
Examine The governor of the prison is examining allegations
that a prisoner was attacked by a prison warden
hear a Plea
accept The prosecution accepted a plea of manslaughter
Hold a Hearing The committee has decided to hold the hearing in
public
Schedule An appeal hearing is scheduled for later this month
Request Protesters are requesting a public hearing
Have She said she had had a very fair hearing from the
disciplinary tribunal
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