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1 abuse authority
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2 abuse
1) лайка, образа, нападки; зловживання; напад, побиття; неправильне використання (вживання); зґвалтування; погане (брутальне) поводження ( з кимсь); неправомочне використання; навмисне використання однією стороною процесуальних законів на шкоду супротивній стороні; розбещування (малолітнього, неповнолітнього); ушкодження статевих органів (малолітньої) при замаху на її розтління; протиправні статеві зносини ( з неповнолітнім або психічно неповноцінною особою)2) ображати, лаяти ( когось), піддавати нападкам; поводитися погано; зловживати; вводити в оману; розтлівати; ґвалтувати, ушкоджувати статеві органи малолітньої при замаху на її розтління; протиправно вступати у статеві зносини•- abuse a law
- abuse a monopoly
- abuse at law
- abuse authority
- abuse distress
- abuse judicial discretion
- abuse law
- abuse names
- abuse of alcohol
- abuse of authority
- abuse of child labor
- abuse of civil process
- abuse of confidence
- abuse of corpse
- abuse of discretion
- abuse of discretionary power
- abuse of distress
- abuse of economic discipline
- abuse of environment
- abuse of flag
- abuse of government power
- abuse of independence
- abuse of information
- abuse of judicial discretion
- abuse of law
- abuse of legal right
- abuse of monopoly
- abuse of office
- abuse of parental rights
- abuse of parole
- abuse of police powers
- abuse of power
- abuse of power by officials
- abuse of privilege
- abuse of process
- abuse of public authority
- abuse of regulation
- abuse of regulations
- abuse of right
- abuse of rights
- abuse official position
- abuse one's office
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3 abuse
- abuse of authority зловживання владою- abuse of confidence зловживання довірою- abuse of flag зловживання прапором- abuse of power зловживання владою- abuse of rights зловживання правами -
4 abuse
I [ə'bjuːs] n1) зловжива́ння ( чимсь - of)abuse of authority [power] — зловжива́ння вла́дою
abuse of taxation — зловжива́ння оподаткува́нням
2) обра́за; ла́йка3) непра́вильне вжива́ння4) пога́не пово́дженняchild abuse — жорсто́ке пово́дження з дити́ною
abuse of environment — забру́днення навко́лишнього середо́вища (довкі́лля)
5) юр. розбе́щування ( малолітніх)6) зґвалтува́ння7) ошу́куванняII [ə'bjuːz] v1) зловжива́тиto abuse one's position — зловжива́ти свої́м стано́вищем (своє́ю поса́дою)
2) обража́ти; ла́яти; пога́но пово́дитися ( з кимсь)3) вво́дити в ома́ну4) розбе́щувати ( малолітніх)5) ґвалтува́ти -
5 abuse of authority
зловживання владою (повноваженням(и)), перевищення влади -
6 abuse of public authority
English-Ukrainian law dictionary > abuse of public authority
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7 criminal abuse of authority
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8 criminal
1) злочинець, кримінальний злочинець; суб'єкт злочину; особа, винна у вчиненні злочину, особа, визнана злочинцем за судом; особа, засуджена за вчинення злочину; кримінальна поліція2) злочинний; кримінальний, карний•criminal investigation department — управління (відділ) карного розшуку, відділ кримінальних розслідувань, кримінальний розшук ( установа)
criminal investigation technique — = criminal investigation techniques криміналістика
- criminal abortioncriminal investigation techniques — = criminal investigation technique
- criminal abortion act
- criminal abortion law
- criminal abortionist
- criminal abuse of authority
- criminal act
- criminal act on trial
- criminal action
- criminal activities
- criminal activity
- criminal agency
- criminal aggression
- criminal amnesty
- criminal anarchy
- criminal anthropology
- criminal appeal
- criminal area of activity
- criminal arrest
- criminal assault
- criminal association
- criminal at large
- criminal attack
- criminal attempt
- criminal attorney
- criminal bail
- criminal bar
- criminal bargain
- criminal behavior
- criminal behaviuor
- criminal biology
- criminal boss
- criminal breach of trust
- criminal business
- criminal capacity
- criminal career
- criminal cartel
- criminal case
- criminal case study
- criminal casework
- criminal channel
- criminal character
- criminal charge
- criminal charges
- criminal circles
- criminal clerk
- criminal code
- criminal commercial structure
- criminal commitment
- criminal-commitment
- criminal-commitment procedure
- criminal community
- criminal complaint
- criminal complicity
- criminal conduct
- criminal confederation
- criminal connection
- criminal connexion
- criminal conspiracy
- criminal conspirator
- criminal contempt
- criminal conversation
- criminal conviction
- criminal court
- criminal damage
- criminal dealings
- criminal deed
- criminal defence
- criminal defense
- criminal defendant
- criminal design
- criminal detection
- criminal deterrence
- criminal disposition
- criminal district court
- criminal docket
- criminal drug addict
- criminal effort
- criminal element
- criminal elements
- criminal encroachment
- criminal end
- criminal endeavor
- criminal endeavour
- criminal enforcement agency
- criminal enterprise
- criminal environment
- criminal episode
- criminal ethnography
- criminal event
- criminal evidence
- criminal experience
- criminal explosion
- criminal extradition
- criminal field
- criminal file
- criminal fine
- criminal flippancy
- criminal forfeiture
- criminal formation
- criminal fraud
- criminal fugitive
- criminal gang
- criminal geography
- criminal goal
- criminal group
- criminal grouping
- criminal guilt
- criminal habitual drunkard
- criminal history
- criminal homicide
- criminal identification
- criminal identity
- criminal impulse
- criminal in flight
- criminal inaction
- criminal incapacitation
- criminal incident
- criminal industry
- criminal information
- criminal informer
- criminal infraction
- criminal injury
- criminal insanity
- criminal instrument
- criminal intelligence
- criminal intent
- criminal interrogator
- criminal interview
- criminal intrusion
- criminal intrusion
- criminal investigation
- criminal investigative force
- criminal investigator
- criminal involvement
- criminal judge
- criminal jurisdiction
- criminal justice
- criminal justice agency
- criminal justice official
- criminal justice policy
- criminal justice practice
- criminal justice practices
- criminal justice process
- criminal justice system
- criminal label
- criminal law
- criminal law systems
- criminal lawyer
- criminal legislation
- criminal liability
- criminal libel
- criminal lunatic
- criminal machinations
- criminal manufacture
- criminal matter
- criminal matters
- criminal means
- criminal mind
- criminal misbehavior
- criminal misbehaviour
- criminal mischief
- criminal misconduct
- criminal mob
- criminal monopoly
- criminal motive
- criminal nature
- criminal negligence
- criminal obscenity
- criminal occupation
- criminal of ordinary birth
- criminal of war
- criminal offence
- criminal offense
- criminal offence victim
- criminal offense victim
- criminal offender
- criminal office
- criminal omission
- criminal operation
- criminal organization
- criminal participant
- criminal participation
- criminal participator
- criminal pathology
- criminal pattern
- criminal penalty
- criminal personality
- criminal phenomenology
- criminal physics
- criminal physiognomy
- criminal picketing
- criminal plan
- criminal policy
- criminal population
- criminal practice
- criminal presumption
- criminal prisoner
- criminal procedure
- criminal proceeding
- criminal proceedings
- criminal process
- criminal proclivities
- criminal promoter
- criminal propensities
- criminal propensity
- criminal prosecution
- criminal psychiatry
- criminal psychology
- criminal punishment
- criminal punishment system
- criminal purpose
- criminal pursuits
- criminal record
- criminal records
- criminal records office
- criminal regime
- criminal registration
- criminal relief
- criminal remedy
- criminal resistance
- criminal responsibility
- criminal sanction
- criminal science
- criminal sector of economy
- criminal sentence
- criminal sentencing
- criminal side
- criminal society
- criminal sociology
- criminal solicitation
- criminal sophistication
- criminal specialist
- criminal standards
- criminal statistics
- criminal stigma
- criminal structure
- criminal suit
- criminal summons
- criminal suspect
- criminal syndicate
- criminal system
- criminal tendency
- criminal terror
- criminal terrorism
- criminal transaction
- criminal treatment
- criminal trespass
- criminal trial
- criminal twist
- criminal under applicable law
- criminal use
- criminal use of guns
- criminal violation
- criminal violence
- criminal world
- criminal youth
- criminal's counsel
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9 international
міжнародний; інтернаціональнийInternational Arbitration Tribunal — ( of the International Chamber of Commerce) Міжнародний арбітражний суд ( Міжнародної торгівельної палати)
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development — Міжнародний банк реконструкції і розвитку (скор. МБРР)
International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes — Міжнародний центр з вирішення інвестиційних спорів
International Convention against Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries — Міжнародна конвенція про заборону вербування, використання, фінансування і підготовки найманців
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships — Міжнародна конвенція з попередження забруднення плавальними засобами (1978 р.)
International Convention on the Prohibition of the Manufacture and Testing of Chemical Weapons — Міжнародна конвенція про заборону виробництва і випробування хімічної зброї
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights — Міжнародний пакт про громадянські і політичні права
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights — Міжнародний пакт про економічні, соціальні і культурні права
International Criminal Police Organization — Міжнародна організація кримінальної поліції (скор. МОКП)
international criminal register — міжнародний кримінальний реєстр; міжнародний кримінальний реєстр злочинців і злочинів
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia — Міжнародний кримінальний суд по колишній Югославії
International Day against Drug Abuse and Traffickng — Міжнародний день проти вживання і торгівлі наркотиками ( 26 червня)
international investigation of the crimes of an aggressor — міжнародне розслідування злочинів агресора
international judicial assistance — міжнародна правова ( судова) допомога
International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea — Міжнародні правила з попередження зіткнень на морі
- international adjudicationInternational Tribunal for the Prosecution of War Crimes — Міжнародний трибунал з переслідування військових злочинів
- international administration
- international affairs
- international air carriage
- international air law
- international air route
- international airport
- international application
- international arbitration
- international arena
- international arrest warrant
- international authority
- international aviation
- international bank
- international bids
- international body
- international bribery
- international carriage
- international certificate
- international check
- international cheque
- international civil aviation
- international civil servant
- international code of conduct
- international commission
- international committee
- international community
- international conference
- international conflict
- international conspiracy
- international contract
- international control
- international control organ
- international convention
- international conventional law
- international cooperation
- international copyright
- International Court of Justice
- international courtesy
- international crime
- international criminal law
- international criminal
- international custom
- international customary law
- international delinquency
- international design
- international dispute
- international divorce
- international drug trafficking
- international engagement
- international entity
- international espionage
- international expert
- international extradition
- international fluvial law
- international forum
- international gangster
- international gangsterism
- international isolation
- international judicial organ
- international jurisprudence
- international jurist
- international language
- international law
- International Law Association
- international law code
- International Law Commission
- international law enforcement
- international law of the sea
- international lawyer
- international legal
- international legal capacity
- international legal concept
- international legal issue
- international legal practice
- international legal relations
- international legislature
- international licensing
- international mafia
- international market
- international marriage
- international monetary base
- International Monetary Fund
- international monetary law
- international monetary system
- international navigation
- international norm
- international obligation
- international order
- international organ
- international organization
- international penal law
- international person
- international personality
- international prestige
- international public law
- international registration
- international reputation
- international responsibility
- international rules in force
- international salute
- international sanctions
- international scandal
- international scene
- international sea area
- international sea-bed area
- international security
- international standard
- international status
- international stream
- international tax law
- international team of experts
- international tensions
- international tension
- international terrorism
- international terrorist
- International Tracing Service
- international trade
- international trade in cocaine
- international traffic
- international traffic in arms
- international transaction
- international treaty law
- international tribunal
- international trusteeship
- international underworld
- international union
- international usage
- international waters
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конституційний, який відповідає конституції; статутнийconstitutional and legal regulations — = constitutional and legal rules конституційно-правові встановлення
- constitutional actconstitutional disability of the President — неможливість виконувати президентом обов'язки, визначені конституцією
- constitutional action
- constitutional activity
- constitutional adjudication
- constitutional aim
- constitutional amendment
- constitutional and democratic
- constitutional and legal
- constitutional and legal rules
- constitutional assembly
- constitutional authority
- constitutional ban
- constitutional bound
- constitutional cause of action
- constitutional change
- constitutional charter
- constitutional claim
- constitutional compact
- constitutional complaint
- constitutional conflict
- constitutional controversy
- constitutional convention
- Constitutional Convention
- Constitutional Court
- Constitutional Court Act
- constitutional crisis
- constitutional decision
- constitutional democracy
- constitutional dispute
- constitutional disposition
- constitutional document
- constitutional doubt
- constitutional drafting
- constitutional duty
- constitutional eavesdropping
- constitutional execution
- constitutional form
- constitutional formulation
- constitutional frame
- constitutional framework
- constitutional framing
- constitutional freedoms
- constitutional function
- constitutional government
- constitutional ground
- constitutional guarantee
- constitutional guideline
- constitutional history
- constitutional implication
- constitutional innovation
- constitutional instrument
- constitutional interpretation
- constitutional issue
- constitutional jurisdiction
- constitutional jurisprudence
- constitutional jurist
- constitutional justification
- constitutional language
- constitutional law
- constitutional
- constitutional legislation
- constitutional liberties
- constitutional limit
- constitutional matter
- constitutional means
- constitutional method
- constitutional monarch
- constitutional monarchy
- constitutional norm
- constitutional obligation
- constitutional officer
- constitutional order
- constitutional permissibility
- constitutional position
- constitutional power
- constitutional practice
- constitutional principle
- constitutional privilege
- constitutional procedure
- constitutional process
- constitutional prohibition
- constitutional proposition
- constitutional propriety
- constitutional protectee
- constitutional protection
- constitutional provision
- constitutional purism
- constitutional purist
- constitutional qualification
- constitutional question
- constitutional rationale
- constitutional reform
- constitutional republic
- constitutional requirement
- constitutional restraint
- constitutional revision
- constitutional right
- constitutional rights
- constitutional safeguard
- constitutional scruples
- constitutional sense
- constitutional settlement
- constitutional scholar
- constitutional sensibility
- constitutional significance
- constitutional society
- constitutional standard
- constitutional state
- constitutional status
- constitutional supervision
- constitutional system
- constitutional term
- constitutional text
- constitutional thinking
- constitutional tool
- constitutional tort
- constitutional transgression
- constitutional validity
- constitutional violation
- constitutional warrant
- constitutional wording -
11 judicial
судовий; суддівський; законний; узаконений; правовий; неупереджений; розсудливийjudicial assistance in criminal matters — юридична допомога в кримінальних питаннях (в т. ч. однієї країни іншій)
judicial control of administrative authorities — судовий контроль за рішеннями ( діями) адміністративних органів
- judicial actjudicial expression of the rule of law — правова норма в тлумаченні судової практики; правова норма, вироблена судовою практикою
- judicial action
- judicial activism
- judicial activity
- judicial activism
- judicial administration
- judicial admission
- judicial agency
- judicial appeal
- judicial appointment
- judicial approval
- judicial archaism
- judicial ascertainment
- judicial assembly
- judicial assistance
- judicial assistant
- judicial authorities
- judicial authority
- judicial autonomy
- judicial award
- judicial ballistics
- judicial bench
- judicial blindness
- judicial board
- judicial board for civil cases
- judicial body
- judicial branch
- judicial branch of government
- judicial bribery
- judicial capacity
- judicial career
- judicial case
- judicial choice
- judicial circuit
- judicial circumstances
- judicial citation
- judicial clerk
- judicial code
- judicial cognizance
- judicial colleague
- judicial collegiality
- judicial combat
- judicial comity
- judicial committee
- Judicial Committee Rules
- judicial concept
- judicial confession
- judicial consequences
- judicial conservative
- judicial construction
- judicial contest
- judicial control
- judicial corruption
- judicial council
- judicial courage
- judicial court
- judicial creativity
- judicial custody
- judicial day
- judicial decision
- judicial decision-making
- judicial definition
- judicial department
- judicial dictum
- judicial discretion
- judicial district
- judicial document
- judicial duties
- judicial duty
- judicial education
- judicial effectiveness
- judicial endorsement
- judicial enforcement
- judicial enquiry
- judicial error
- judicial establishment
- judicial evidence
- judicial examination
- judicial excess
- judicial execution
- judicial expert
- judicial expression
- judicial factor
- judicial field
- judicial function
- judicial functionary
- judicial functions
- judicial government
- judicial hierarchy
- judicial immunity
- judicial incumbent
- judicial independence
- judicial inquiry
- judicial inquisition
- judicial instance
- judicial interference
- judicial interpretation
- judicial investigation
- judicial investigation inquest
- judicial investigator
- judicial jurisdiction
- judicial knowledge
- judicial law
- judicial lawmaking
- judicial legislation
- judicial letter
- judicial level
- judicial machinery
- judicial manpower
- judicial matter
- judicial measure
- judicial misconduct
- judicial murder
- judicial nomination
- judicial notice
- judicial oath
- judicial office
- judicial officer
- judicial officials
- judicial opinion
- judicial order
- judicial organ
- judicial organization
- judicial performance
- judicial policy
- judicial post
- judicial power
- judicial practice
- judicial precedent
- judicial precept
- judicial prevention
- judicial privilege
- judicial procedure
- judicial proceeding
- judicial proceedings
- judicial process
- judicial protection
- judicial psychology
- judicial punishment
- judicial question
- judicial questioning
- judicial re-examination
- judicial recommendation
- judicial record
- judicial records
- judicial recourse
- judicial reform
- judicial relief
- judicial remedy
- judicial resolution
- judicial responsibility
- judicial restraint
- judicial review
- judicial review of legislation
- judicial rulemaker
- judicial salary
- judicial sale
- judicial scrutiny
- judicial security
- judicial selection
- judicial selection system
- judicial self-restraint
- judicial separation
- judicial sequestration
- judicial service
- judicial session
- judicial settlement
- judicial sitting
- judicial statistics
- judicial subpoena
- judicial superior
- judicial supervision
- judicial supremacy
- judicial system
- judicial tenure
- judicial term
- judicial training
- judicial trial
- judicial tribunal
- judicial trustee
- judicial vacation
- judicial vacations
- judicial work
- judicial workload
- judicial workloads
- judicial writ -
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1) підданий (ім.), громадянин; вітчизна; військова повинність2) національний, державний; федеральний, загальнодержавний; внутрішньодержавний, вітчизняний; народний•National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect — Національний центр з питань жорстокого поводження з дітьми та недогляду за дітьми ( США)
National Crime Information Center — = National Crime Information Centre Національний центр інформації про злочини ( США)
National Crime Information Centre — = National Crime Information Center
national search for wanted file — картотека осіб, які перебувають у розшуку, оголошеному в масштабах країни
national security classification — засекречування відомостей, що стосуються державної безпеки
- national accountsNational Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children — Національне товариство попередження жорстокого поводження з дітьми
- national administration
- national agency
- national agreement
- national airspace
- national anthem
- national archives
- national arrest warrant
- National Assembly
- national assistance
- national authority
- national autonomy
- National Bankruptcy Act
- National Bank Act
- national bank
- National Bank of Ukraine
- national board
- national border
- national borders
- national boundary
- national boundaries
- national budget
- national census
- national committee
- national consensus
- national consciousness
- national constitution
- national contract
- national convention
- national council
- national court
- national currency
- national day
- national debt
- national defence matter
- national defense matter
- national defence information
- national defense information
- national democracy
- national democrat
- national democratic
- national-democratic
- national dignity
- national domain
- National Driver Register
- national drug-control policy
- national election
- national emblem
- national executive
- national feelings
- national fingerprint file
- national flag
- national flag desecration
- national form of government
- national frontier
- national guard
- national government
- national guardsman
- national health
- national heritage
- national holiday
- national income tax
- national insurance
- national insurance act
- national insurance law
- national Interpol bureau
- national intolerance
- national judicial system
- national jurisdiction
- national language
- national law
- national laws
- national legal system
- national legislation
- national level
- national liberation
- national-liberation
- national liberation war
- National Maximum Speed Limit
- national minority
- national monument
- national observer
- national origin of a work
- national origin
- national parliament
- national patriot
- national pension
- national property domain
- national police
- national policy
- national poll
- national power
- national problem
- national property
- national qualification
- national reconciliation
- national referendum
- national representative
- national republic
- national security
- national security act
- national security law
- national security adviser
- National Security Agency
- National Security Council
- national security offence
- national security offense
- national self-determination
- national servant
- national service
- national serviceman
- National Sheriffs' Association
- national system
- National Socialist Party
- national socialist
- national sovereignty
- national strife
- national strike
- national supremacy
- national tax
- national tax systems
- national taxation
- national taxes
- national ticket
- national tolerance
- national treatment
- national union
- national unity
- national values
- national waters
- national wealth -
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n1. сила, влада2. держава3. pl повноваження- absolute power абсолютна/ верховна влада- acceding powers держави, що приєдналися (до договору, протоколу)- colonial power колоніальна держава- dual power двовладдя- emergency powers надзвичайні повноваження- exceptional powers виключні повноваження- executive power виконавча влада- great powers (the) великі держави- judicial power судова влада- large powers широкі повноваження- leading power (the) провідні держави- legislative power законодавча влада- major power велика держава- maritime power морська держава- non-nuclear power неядерна держава- nuclear power ядерна держава- official powers офіційні повноваження- political power політична влада- signatory powers держави, що підписали документ- state power державна влада- veto power право вето- wide powers широкі повноваження- power base амер. політична підтримка при проведенні кампанії тощо- abuse of power зловживання владою- assumption of power захоплення влади- delegation of powers передача повноважень- division of powers розподіл повноважень- verification of powers перевірка повноважень- party in power правляча партія, партія при владі- to be beyond one's powers бути понад чиюсь силу/не під силу- to come to power прийти до влади- to confer the necessary powers to smbd. видати/ надати комусь необхідні повноваження- to delegate one's powers to smbd. передати комусь свої повноваження- to do all in one's power зробити все можливе- to examine the powers перевірити повноваження- to exceed the powers перевищити повноваження- to exercise one's powers здійснювати свої повноваження- to exhibit one's full powers пред'явити свої повноваження- to invest smbd. with full powers наділити/ наділяти когось повноваженнями- to preserve one's powers зберігати свої повноваження- to prolong the powers of parliament продовжити повноваження парламенту- to seize power захопити владу- vested with powers and authority наділений повноваженнями та владою- within one's powers в межах своїх повноважень- delegated powers юр. "даровані повноваження" (повноваження, надані уряду США конституцією і перераховані в перших трьох статтях)- granted powers юр. "даровані повноваження" (повноваження, надані уряду США конституцією і перераховані в перших трьох статтях)
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