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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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  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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  Fiasco

  Terry Fredrickson, Published on 24/09/2010

  » something planned that goes wrong and is a complete failure, usually in an embarrassing way ความล้มเหลวอย่างสิ้นเชิง

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  breach

  Terry Fredrickson, Published on 28/10/2010

  » (1) to break through something ทำให้แตก (2) breach to fail to follow a law or rule ละเมิด

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  Revoke

  Terry Fredrickson, Published on 01/11/2010

  » to officially say that something is no longer legal, e.g., a contract, a law, a document, etc.  ยกเลิก, เพิกถอน

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  allegedly

  Terry Fredrickson, Published on 03/11/2010

  » claimed to have done something wrong, but not yet proven; stated without giving complete proof ถูกกล่าวหา, ถูกอ้าง

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