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2 court
суд; зал суду; будівля суду; законодавчі збори; засідання законодавчих зборів; королівський двір; суддя; розм. час, призначений для слухання справи у суді; палацеве прийняттяcourt of appellate jurisdiction — апеляційний суд, апеляційна судова інстанція; суд другої інстанції
court of competent jurisdiction — належна судова інстанція, належний суд
court staffed by professional judges — суд, укомплектований професійними суддями
- court actioncourt's power of judicial review — право судового нагляду, право судового контролю
- court administration
- court and jury
- court appearance
- court-appointed
- court-appointed attorney
- court-appointed expert
- court-appointed lawyer
- court-appointed trustee
- court approval
- court-approved agreement
- court attendant
- court authorization
- court-authorized
- court-baron
- court below
- court brief
- court briefing
- court case
- court challenge of a decision
- court charges
- court Christian
- court christian
- court clerk
- court-committed
- court-committed inmate
- court competence
- court composition
- court costs
- court day
- court decision
- court decree
- court delay
- court determination
- court district
- court expert
- court expert's report
- court fee
- court fees
- court file
- court hearing
- court holding
- court house
- court-house
- court-imposed
- court-imposed fine
- court in banco
- court in bank
- court in camera
- court in session
- court in term time
- court in vacation
- court injunction
- court instance
- court investigator
- court judgement
- court judgment
- court jurisdiction
- court-like
- court-like body
- court-martial
- Court Martial Appeal Court
- court-martial for desertion
- court-martial prisoner
- court-martial summons
- court not of record
- court of admiralty
- court of aldermen
- court of appeal
- court of appeals
- court of appeal ruling
- court of appeals ruling
- court of arbitration
- Court of archdeacon
- court of assize and nisi prius
- court of assizes
- court of auditors
- court of bankruptcy
- court of cassation
- court of chivalry
- court of claims
- court of Common Council
- court of common law
- court of conciliation
- court of construction
- court of criminal appeal
- court of criminal correction
- court of domestic relations
- court of enquiry jurisdiction
- court of inquiry jurisdiction
- court of equity
- court of first appearance
- court of first instance
- court of general jurisdiction
- court of highest resort
- court of honor
- court of honour
- court of impeachment
- court of industrial relations
- court of inquiry
- court of inquiry jurisdiction
- Court of International Trade
- court of judiciary
- court of jurisdiction
- court of justice
- court of last resort
- court of law
- court of limited jurisdiction
- court of military appeals
- court of military justice
- court of nisi prius
- court of original jurisdiction
- court of oyer and terminer
- court of Passage
- court of petty sessions
- court of primary jurisdiction
- court of quarter sessions
- court of record
- court of referees
- court of second instance
- Court of Session
- court of sessions
- court of small claims
- court of special jurisdiction
- Court of St. James
- court of staple
- Court of Star Chamber
- court of summary jurisdiction
- court of summary prosecution
- court of superior jurisdiction
- court of swainmote
- Court of the Archbishop
- court of the communions
- court of the United States
- court of third instance
- court of trial
- court of wards
- court official
- court opinion
- court order
- court-ordered
- court-ordered desegregation
- court orders
- court practice
- court preference
- court president
- court prisoner
- court proceedings
- court procedure
- court processes
- court rate
- court receiver
- court record
- court record
- court records
- court referral
- court register
- court registry
- court report
- court reports
- court reporter
- court rolls
- court-room
- court rules
- court ruling
- court rulings
- court sentence
- court settlement
- court session
- court structure
- court style
- court system
- court taxes
- court trust
- court usage
- court usher
- court victory
- court with lay judges
- courts brief
- courts martial system
- court's approach
- court's budget
- court's calendar
- court's conclusion
- court's consent
- court's construction
- court's conviction
- court's decision
- court's decision for retrial
- court's duty
- court's expert
- court's holding
- court's independence
- court's initial ruling
- court's interpretation
- court's invalidation
- court's judgement
- court's judgment
- court's jurisdiction
- court's jurisprudence
- court's justice
- court's majority
- court's office
- court's offices
- court's opinion
- court's order
- court's position
- court's powers
- court's public session
- court's resolution of a case
- court's role
- court's ruling
- court's rules
- court's satisfaction
- court's unanimous opinion
- court's witness
- court's work -
3 trial
1) розгляд ( судової справи); судове слухання, судовий процес, судовий розгляд, судове слідство; слухання справи по суті ( судом першої інстанції); випробування•- trial at bar
- trial at common law
- trial at equity
- trial at nisi prius
- trial at statutory law
- trial attorney
- trial before a judge
- trial before maritime court
- trial brief
- trial by a court
- trial by battle
- trial by certificate
- trial by compurgation
- trial by court martial
- trial by examination
- trial by inspection
- trial by jury
- trial by ordeal
- trial by physical ordeal
- trial by record
- trial by the country
- trial by the jury
- trial case
- trial center
- trial centre
- trial counsel
- trial court
- trial day
- trial de novo
- trial docket
- trial examination
- trial examiner
- trial for crime
- trial for murder
- trial for theft
- trial in absentia
- trial in open court
- trial judge
- trial jurisdiction
- trial juror
- trial jury
- trial lawyer
- trial list
- trial magistrate
- trial mechanism
- trial model of sentence
- trial of challenges
- trial of facts
- trial of law
- trial of the issue
- trial per pais
- trial per testes
- trial period
- trial postponement
- trial privilege
- trial procedure
- trial testimony
- trial transcript
- trial tribunal
- trial with assessors -
4 appeal
1) заклик, відозва, звернення; оскарження, апеляція, апелювання, апеляційна скарга; апеляційне провадження; опротестування ( вироку або рішення суду тощо); право апеляції; пропозиція суду відповідачеві дати пояснення щодо позову; скарга потерпілого по справі приватного обвинувачення2) закликати, звертатися з відозвою, просити; оскаржувати, апелювати, подавати апеляційну (касаційну) скаргу; пропонувати відповідачу дати пояснення стосовно позову ( про суд)•appeal against a deportation decision — оскарження рішення про депортацію; оскаржувати рішення проти депортації
appeal against disciplinary penalty — = appeal against disciplinary punishment оскарження дисциплінарного стягнення; оскаржувати дисциплінарне стягнення
appeal against disciplinary punishment — = appeal against disciplinary penalty
appeal against executive and administrative decisions — оскарження адміністративних рішень та рішень органів виконавчої влади; оскаржувати адміністративні рішення та рішення органів виконавчої влади
appeal against the investigator's actions — оскарження дій слідчого; оскаржувати дії слідчого
appeal against the actions of the officials — оскарження дій службових осіб; оскаржувати дії службових осіб
appeal against the decision of the court — оскарження рішення суду; оскаржувати (опротестовувати) рішення суду
appeal against the judge's decision — оскарження рішення судді; оскаржувати рішення судді
appeal against the judgement of the court — = appeal against the judgment of the court оскарження судового рішення; оскаржувати рішення суду
appeal against the judgment of the court — = appeal against the judgement of the court
- appeal against a convictionappeal directly to a supreme body of state power — звертатися із скаргою безпосередньо до вищого органу державної влади
- appeal against a sentence
- appeal an acquittal
- appeal as of right
- appeal bond
- appeal brief
- appeal by allowance
- appeal by defendant
- appeal by government
- appeal committee
- appeal conviction
- appeal court
- appeal court's judgement
- appeal court's judgment
- appeal documents
- appeal fee
- appeal for cassation
- appeal for pardon
- appeal from conviction
- appeal from judgement
- appeal from judgment
- appeal hearing
- appeal instance
- appeal instructions
- appeal legally
- appeal lies to...
- appeal of leave
- appeal of one's conviction
- appeal of right
- appeal on questions of law
- appeal procedure
- appeal process
- appeal rate
- appeal system
- appeal taken
- appeal the conviction
- appeal the court verdict
- appeal the sentence
- appeal to a higher court
- appeal to a precedent -
5 file
1) справа, досьє, картотека; підшивка ( документів тощо); архів; архів суду; подання (доказів, документів тощо); прилучення до справи2) здавати в архів, підшивати до справи ( документи тощо); звертатися (із заявою, клопотанням тощо); подавати (документи, заяву, позов тощо); реєструвати і зберігати документи ( у певному порядку)•file an itemized account of campaign expenditures — подавати звіт про витрати на виборчу компанію по пунктах видатків
- file a bill in bankruptcyfile directly in the Supreme Court — подавати ( апеляцію тощо) прямо до Верховного суду
- file a brief
- file a business
- file a case
- file a charge
- file a claim
- file a complaint
- file a complaint with a court
- file a criminal charge
- file a dissenting opinion
- file a document
- file a joint return
- file a lawsuit
- file a petition
- file a petition for divorce
- file a petition in bankruptcy
- file a pleading in court
- file a request
- file a report
- file a return
- file a suit
- file a tax return
- file an action
- file an appeal
- file an application
- file an income-tax return
- file an indictment
- file an information
- file an objection
- file an opposition
- file application
- file charges
- file copy
- file countercharge
- file countercharges
- file documents
- file espionage charges
- file for bankruptcy
- file for divorce
- file history
- file number -
6 hold
1) розм. ув'язнення; розм. в'язниця, місце ув'язнення2) володіти (акціями, патентом тощо); зобов'язувати; бути (залишатися) чинним, мати силу; виносити рішення; визнавати ( про суд); розм. тримати ( у в'язниці), утримувати ( під вартою); проводити (збори, конференцію, вибори тощо); обіймати (посаду, пост)•hold a threat of disclosure over head — = hold a threat of disclosure over smb.'s head тримати ( когось) під загрозою розкриття
hold a threat of disclosure over smb.'s head — = hold a threat of disclosure over head
hold office during good behavior — = hold office during good behaviour обіймати посаду довічно
hold office during good behaviour — = hold office during good behavior
hold possession under the color of title — = hold possession under the colour of title володіти за законним правом ( на законних підставах)
- hold a conferencehold possession under the colour of title — = hold possession under the color of title
- hold a court
- hold a demonstration
- hold a government post
- hold a high-level position
- hold a high office
- hold a judicial decision
- hold a judicial inquiry
- hold a judicial office
- hold a judicial sale
- hold a legal office
- hold a licence
- hold a license
- hold a local referendum
- hold a meeting
- hold a patent
- hold a person on suspicion
- hold a plebiscite
- hold a post
- hold a rally
- hold a rank
- hold a reception
- hold a referendum
- hold a session
- hold a sitting
- hold a trial
- hold a view
- hold absolutely
- hold an action
- hold an appointment
- hold an inquiry
- hold an inquest
- hold an office
- hold as a material witness
- hold at gunpoint
- hold at knifepoint
- hold consultations
- hold court
- hold debate
- hold debates
- hold election
- hold elections
- hold for court
- hold for interrogation
- hold good
- hold good in law
- hold hearing
- hold hearings
- hold hostage
- hold in abeyance
- hold in bondage
- hold in captivity
- hold in contempt
- hold in contempt of court
- hold in detention
- hold in esteem
- hold in internal exile
- hold in preventive detention
- hold in trust
- hold incommunicado
- hold invalid
- hold legally liable
- hold legally responsible
- hold liable
- hold mediately
- hold more than one job
- hold more than one office
- hold office during pleasure
- hold on espionage charges
- hold on spy charges
- hold on spying charges
- hold on the charge
- hold over
- hold over a decision
- hold pleas
- hold preliminary hearings
- hold prisoner
- hold property
- hold public office
- hold re-election
- hold re-elections
- hold reasonable
- hold responsible
- hold responsible in damages
- hold shares in a company
- hold the affirmative
- hold the assizes
- hold the chair of law
- hold the hearing of an action
- hold to account
- hold to bail
- hold to be valid
- hold to ransom
- hold to security
- hold to the contrary
- hold under house arrest
- hold up
- hold-up
- hold up a law
- hold up a train
- hold up delivery
- hold up in court
- hold up legislation
- hold-up man
- hold without charge -
7 applicant
1) заявник, прохач; особа, яка подає заяву, подавець заяви (заявки); претендент2) заявний•- applicant for the orderapplicant subject to future custody — заявник, який в майбутньому повинний бути взятим під варту
- applicant in custody
- applicant of invention
- applicant party
- applicant state
- applicant's brief -
8 administrative
адміністративний округ; виконавчий, розпорядчий, адміністративний, адміністративно-господарський- administrative actionadministrative decentralization — децентралізація управління, адміністративна децентралізація
- administrative action
- administrative agencies brief
- administrative agency
- administrative agency licence
- administrative agency license
- administrative agency relief
- administrative agency sanction
- administrative agent
- administrative aid
- administrative and managerial
- administrative appeal
- administrative assistant
- administrative authority
- administrative board
- administrative body
- administrative boss
- administrative capacity
- administrative case study
- administrative casework
- administrative clemency
- administrative code
- administrative commission
- administrative company
- administrative control
- administrative court
- administrative court session
- administrative criminology
- administrative decision
- administrative dereliction
- administrative detention
- administrative determination
- administrative director
- administrative discharge
- administrative discipline
- administrative discretion
- administrative district
- administrative division
- administrative duty
- administrative employee
- administrative excess
- administrative exile
- administrative fine
- administrative forfeiture
- administrative government
- administrative hearing
- administrative implementation
- administrative influence
- administrative infraction
- administrative investigation
- administrative job
- administrative justice
- administrative law
- administrative lawyer
- administrative-legal
- administrative-legal system
- administrative-punitive
- administrative litigation
- administrative matters
- administrative officer
- administrative official
- administrative order
- administrative ordinance
- administrative police
- administrative power
- administrative practice
- administrative procedure
- administrative procedures
- administrative proceeding
- administrative proceedings
- administrative referral
- administrative reform
- administrative regulation
- administrative remedy
- administrative report
- administrative responsibility
- administrative review
- administrative rule
- administrative sanction
- administrative secrecy
- administrative servant
- administrative service
- administrative staff
- administrative trial
- administrative tribunal
- administrative unit
- administrative use -
9 defendant
відповідач, підсудний, обвинуваченийdefendant advised of his legal rights — підсудний, якому було роз'яснено його законні права
defendant in a criminal prosecution — обвинувачений, підсудний (по кримінальній справі) (ім.)
- defendant in custodydefendant unadvised of his legal rights — підсудний, якому не було роз'яснено його законні права
- defendant in error
- defendant not in custody
- defendant-patient
- defendant in person
- defendant party
- defendant pending appeal
- defendant pleading guilty
- defendant-triggered procedure
- defendant's confession
- defendant's brief
- defendant's case
- defendant's consistency
- defendant's counsel
- defendant's interests
- defendant's last word
- defendant's plea
- defendant's record
- defendant's story
- defendant's table
- defendant's witness
- defendants joined for trial
- defendants jointly charged -
10 state
1) держава; штат ( США); земля (адм.-тер. одиниця в Австрії і ФРН); стан2) заявляти; формулювати; визначати; зазначати (ім'я, прізвище, адресу та ін. подібні дані у документі)•state department of identification and apprehension — поліцейське управління з ідентифікації і затримання злочинців
State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research — Бюро розвідки і досліджень Державного департаменту ( США)
- state a chargestate sponsor of international terrorism — держава, що підтримує ( в тому числі матеріально) міжнародний тероризм
- state action
- state administration
- state agencies
- state-aided
- state an address
- state an offence
- state an offense
- state apparatus
- state arbitration
- state arrest warrant
- state assembly district
- state at war
- state attestation
- state authority
- state autonomy
- state bank
- state bodies
- state body
- state border
- state border checkpoint
- state borders
- state boundaries
- state boundary
- state brief
- state budget
- state capitalism
- state censorship
- state-centric
- state commission
- state committee
- state control
- state control body
- state-controlled
- state-controlled economy
- state court
- state crime
- state criminal
- State Customs Committee
- State Department
- state difference
- state discipline
- state document
- state duty
- state elections
- state emblem
- state examination
- state examiner
- state executive
- state flag
- state force
- state foundation
- state-granted
- state-granted monopoly
- state institution
- state institutions
- state insurance
- state interests
- state jurisdiction
- state language
- state law
- state legal aid
- state legislative district
- State Legislature
- state litigation
- state machinery
- state matter
- state monopoly
- state-monopoly capitalism
- state of affairs
- state of belligerency
- state of crime
- state of extreme necessity
- state of facts
- state of international law
- state of justice
- state of martial law
- state of mind
- state of pregnancy
- state of registry
- state of siege
- state of sojourn
- state of the art
- State of the City of Vatican
- state of the law
- State of the Nation message
- State of the Union message
- state of transit
- State of Vatican
- state of war
- state office
- state-owned
- state ownership
- state paper
- state policy
- state power
- state practice
- state prison
- state prisoner
- state prize
- state property
- state prosecution
- state record office
- state registration
- state reimbursement
- state residence requirement
- state responsibility
- state revolt
- state-run
- state sanction
- state seal
- state secret
- state security
- state security agency
- state security body
- state security service
- state sovereignty
- state-sponsored terrorism
- state statute
- state structure
- state supervision
- state system
- state territory
- state terrorism
- state traffic inspector
- state traffic warden
- State Traffic Inspectorate
- state trial
- state troop
- state trooper
- state-use law
- state voting
- state wage control
- state-wide law
- state with a planned economy
- state within a state
- state's evidence
- state's theory
- State's theory
- state's witness
- states' rights -
11 take
1) улов2) заволодівати; затримувати, заарештовувати; обертати у власність•take a statement into consideration — приймати заяву до відома ( або на розгляд)
take part in an election campaign — = take part in an electoral campaign брати участь у передвиборній кампанії
take part in an electoral campaign — = take part in an election campaign
take review against a judgement — = take review against a judgment оскаржувати рішення суду
take the investigation under personal control — = take the investigation under one's personal control брати розслідування під особистий контроль
take the investigation under one's personal control — = take the investigation under personal control
take the law into one's own hands — брати закон в свої руки; розправлятися без суду з кимсь
take the stand in one's own defence — = take the stand in one's own defense виступати на свій захист, давати свідчення на власний захист
- take a blood sampletake the stand in one's own defense — = take the stand in one's own defence
- take a bribe
- take a brief
- take a case
- take a case to court
- take a claim to arbitration
- take a copy
- take a decision by majority
- take a drug overdose
- take a hostage
- take a law off the books
- take a lease
- take a lie-detector test
- take a loyalty oath
- take a picture
- take a polygraph test
- take a second ballot
- take a sheet off a hedge
- take a shot
- take a shot at smth.
- take a sight
- take a specimen of blood
- take a specimen of blood urine
- take a statement
- take a verdict
- take a view
- take a vote
- take acknowledgement
- take acknowledgement of a fact
- take acknowledgment of a fact
- take advantage
- take advice
- take alive
- take all measures
- take all measures to prevent
- take all responsibility
- take an action
- take an affidavit
- take an appeal
- take an independent stand
- take an overdose
- take arms
- take as a hostage
- take away
- take ballot
- take by assault
- take by descent
- take by force
- take by purchase
- take by storm
- take care clause
- take chair
- take charge
- take coercive measures
- take cognizance
- take collective action
- take collective actions
- take confession
- take one's confession
- take counsel's opinion
- take count
- take count of votes
- take criminal proceeding
- take criminal proceedings
- take decisive measures
- take decisive steps
- take deposition
- take depositions
- take disciplinary actions
- take discriminatory measure
- take divorce proceedings
- take effect
- take effect on ratification
- take effect on signature
- take effect upon ratification
- take emergency measures
- take enforcement action
- take enforcement actions
- take evidence
- take examination
- take exception
- take exception against
- take exception to
- take extraordinary measures
- take formal note
- take guidance
- take guidance from the law
- take home pay
- take hostage
- take in charge
- take in the mainor
- take in the mainour
- take into account
- take into consideration
- take into custody
- take into one's confidence
- take judicial note
- take judicial notice
- take legal action
- take legal advice
- take legal proceedings
- take legal recourse
- take legal steps
- take life
- take smb.'s life
- take measures
- take mercy
- take minutes
- take necessary measures
- take no chances
- take note
- take notice
- take-off
- take-off accident
- take off an embargo
- take off to jail
- take on hire
- take on sale
- take opinion
- take out a document
- take out a patent
- take out a process
- take out insurance
- take out an insurance policy
- take-over
- take over a case
- take over as President
- take-over of public buildings
- take over the case
- take own life
- take one's own life
- take part
- take part in a debate
- take part in a demonstration
- take part in a discussion
- take part in a duel
- take part in a meeting
- take part in a session
- take part in a sitting
- take part in election
- take part in elections
- take physical part in a crime
- take possession
- take potassium cyanide
- take power
- take power in one's own hands
- take precautions
- take precedence
- take preference
- take preventive actions
- take preventive measures
- take prisoner
- take proceedings
- take prompt action
- take prompt actions
- take proof
- take punitive measures
- take recourse
- take red-handed
- take remedial action
- take responsibility
- take responsibility on oneself
- take review against a judgment
- take risk
- take seat on the court
- take security measures
- take silk
- take stock
- take testimony
- take the ballot
- take the blame upon oneself
- take the case under control
- take the census
- take the chair
- take the change
- take the consequences
- take the decision to court
- take the floor
- take the form of a contract
- take the law
- take the name
- take the oath
- take the poll
- take the rue
- take the side
- take the stand
- take the surname
- take the throne
- take the witness chair
- take the witness stand
- take third-party proceedings
- take title
- take to court
- take to court for trial
- take to freight
- take to prison
- take under advisement
- take under strict control
- take up
- take up a bill
- take up arms
- take up duties
- take up one's duties
- take upon oneself
- take vengeance -
12 strike
I n удар- counterforce strike контрсиловий удар, війна- countervalue strike контрудар по основних джерелах сили противника, удар по районах концентрації промисловості і населення- first strike- limited nuclear strike обмежений ядерний удар- preemptive strike випереджаючий/ обеззброюючий удар- preventive strike випереджаючий/ обеззброюючий удар- second strike "другий" удар, удар у відповідь- selective nuclear strikes ядерні удари, що завдаються по вибіркових цілях- to carry out selective nuclear strikes завдавати вибіркових ударів; завдавати ударів по вибіркових цілях- to counter a strike завдати контрудару- to launch a retaliatory strike завдати удару у відповідь- to make a retaliatory strike завдати удару у відповідь- to make a strike at smbd. замахнутись на когосьII v (struck, stricken)1. нападати2. уражати, приголомшувати3. досягати4. справляти враження; привертати увагу, вражати- to strike a committee скласти комісію- to strike a compromise досягнути компромісуIII n1. страйк2. колективна відмова (від чогось); бойкот- brief strike короткий страйк- general strike загальний страйк- inconclusive strike страйк, що не мав успіху- partial strikes окремі страйки- pathetic strike страйк солідарності- sit-in strike сидячий страйк- sit-down strike сидячий страйк- sympathetic strike страйк солідарності- strike donations грошова допомога однієї профспілки іншій під час страйку- strike movement страйковий рух- expansion of the strike розширення страйку- storm of strikes хвиля страйків- threat of an instant general strike загроза негайно розпочати загальний страйк- to avert the strike запобігати страйкові- to be on strike страйкувати- to break the strike придушити страйк- to call a strike оголосити страйк- to call off a strike відмінити страйк- to conduct a strike проводити страйк- to extend a strike розширити страйк- to go on a strike оголосити страйкIV v (struck, stricken)страйкувати, оголосити страйк- to strike for a higher pay оголосити страйк за підвищення заробітної плати
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