Question 1

courthouse

Accepted Answer

a building that contains rooms where trials and other legal cases happen

Question 2

obtain

Accepted Answer

to get

Question 3

run off with

Accepted Answer

to leave a place or person suddenly after having stolen something

Question 4

law-abiding

Accepted Answer

obeying the law

Question 5

catch sb red-handed

Accepted Answer

to find someone in the act of doing something illegal

Question 6

brush with the law

Accepted Answer

a situation in which you experience something, especially something unpleasant with the police

Question 7

take into custody

Accepted Answer

arrest sb

Question 8

reach a verdict

Accepted Answer

reach a decision made after judging the facts that are given, especially one made at the end of a trial

Question 9

convict sb of

Accepted Answer

to decide officially in a law court that someone is guilty of a crime

Question 10

innocent

Accepted Answer

a person not guilty of a particular crime

Question 11

sentence sb to sth

Accepted Answer

a punishment given by a judge in court to a person after they have been found guilty of doing something wrong

Question 12

on trial

Accepted Answer

the hearing of statements and showing of objects, etc. in a law court to judge if a person is guilty of a crime

Question 13

testify

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to speak seriously about something, especially in a law court, or to give or provide proof

Question 14

client

Accepted Answer

a customer

Question 15

do time

Accepted Answer

to spend a period of time in prison

Question 16

obey

Accepted Answer

to do what you are told

Question 17

sneak

Accepted Answer

to go somewhere secretly

Question 18

street vendor

Accepted Answer

someone who sells food or other goods in the street

Question 19

death penalty

Accepted Answer

the legal punishment of death to sb who has committed a crime

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