1. Law and legal terms

  

  

Complaint - when someone says that something is wrong or not satisfactory;

 

Plaintiff - someone who takes legal action against someone else in a court of law;

 

Court - the place where a judge decides whether someone is guilty of a crime;

 

Defendant - the person in a court who is accused of a crime;

 

Paralegal - someone who ​works in a ​law ​company, or a company's ​legal ​department, and has some ​legal ​training, but does not have all the ​qualifications to be a ​lawyer;

 

Attorney - a lawyer;

 

Jury - a group of people in a court of law who decide if someone is guilty or not;

 

Prosecutor - a legal official who accuses someone of committing a crime, especially in a law court;

 

Witness - a person who sees an event happening, especially a crime or an accident;

 

Verdict - a decision in a court of law saying if someone is guilty or not;

Judge - someone who controls a trial in court, decides how criminals should be punished, and makes decisions about legal things;

 

Proof - a fact or a piece of information that shows something exists or is true;

 

Appeal - a request to a court of law to change a previous legal decision.