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  Court cases in the news

  Terry Fredrickson, Published on 14/09/2010

  » There are currently four big legal cases in the news involving four different courts. We’ll look at the kind of vocabulary you are like to see in each of these cases, but first let’s look at some general vocabulary commonly found in court cases of all types. All come from recent Bangkok Post stories.

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  Lawsuit

  Terry Fredrickson, Published on 14/09/2010

  » A case that a court is asked to decide involving a disagreement between two people or groups คดีที่ยื่นฟ้องต่อศาล (Note, we normally file a lawsuit when we make a complaint to a court)

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  Testify

  Terry Fredrickson, Published on 16/09/2010

  » To make a statement about something that you saw, know, or experienced, usually in a court of law ให้การเป็นพยาน (The noun form is testimony).

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  Reconciliation

  Terry Fredrickson, Published on 17/09/2010

  » (verb form: reconcile) the process of creating a new and friendly relationship again with someone you argued with or fought with การปรองดอง

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  Internet Crime I

  Jon Fernquest, Published on 17/09/2010

  » A short passage about transnational internet crime including a vocabulary list.

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  injunction

  Terry Fredrickson, Published on 20/09/2010

  » an order from a court that prevents a person, company, government, etc., from doing something temporarily คำสั่งคุ้มครองชั่วคราว, คำสั่งห้าม

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  Appeal

  Published on 21/09/2010

  » (n) a request that a court change a decision of a lower court การอุทธรณ์ (v) appeal – to request that a court decision be changed ยื่นอุทธรณ์ ขออุทธรณ์

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  Auction, auction off

  Published on 22/09/2010

  » (n) a usually public sale of goods or property, where people make higher and higher bids (= offers of money) for each thing, until the thing is sold to the person who will pay most การประมูล การขายโดยการประมูล (v) to sell through an auction นำไปขายโดยการประมูล

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  Agricultural price supports

  Jon Fernquest, Published on 22/09/2010

  » The Abhisit administration has put in place a true system of crop insurance and agricultural price supports. Payments to farmers used to be used as a system of "political booty" to gain voter support in elections.

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  Sacrifice

  Terry Fredrickson, Published on 23/09/2010

  » (v) to give up something important or valuable, so that you or other people can have or do something else เสียสละเพื่อส่วนรวม (n) sacrifice – important or valuable things given up, so that you or other people can have or do something else ความเสียสละเพื่อส่วนรวม

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