ADVANCED COURTROOM VOCABULARY Incredibly Useful Words Phrases

hello and welcome to today's lesson in which we are going to learn courtroom vocabulary so if you enjoy building your vocabulary which think you do please subscribe turn on notifications that way can become your teacher if you don't know me and you've never been here before my name is Wes the Channel interactive English it's all about helping you reach your fluency goals and vocabulary is essential when it comes to achieving those goals so also the other thing I'd like to point out if you would like copy of the lesson notes you can access these the slides that you see right next to me click on the link down in the description if you are already part of our community check your email because have sent them to you so will throw that in the chat right there you can click on that link or the one down in the description if you would like to access the lesson notes so that you can review because that is the best way to remember the words and phrases and continuously build your vocabulary so this it's quiz lesson and want you to participate want you to write your answers in the chat in the comments you can also tell me your name I'd love to hear from you especially if you're new to the channel tell me where you're from so let's begin with some pre-trial words and phrases this is definitely think bit more advanced think lot of people watch TV shows movies relate that take place in the courtroom so this this is vocabulary you may have heard of before don't know if you would actively use much of it because it's very specific but again it's good to know you'll read this articles like said movies TV shows so let's let's jump into it here is the first question am going to I'll read it to you I'll give you moment to think of the word or phrase and then I'll tell you the answer so the proceeding in which defendant is brought to the court is brought to court informed of the charges and asked to plead guilty or not guilty is called and what so this is word that again if you're reading if somebody if somebody's in trouble with the law and there's an article about it in the newspaper yes you may come across this word that's why it's important and it refers to this proceeding the defendant must come in and say whether they're going to plead guilty or not guilty what is that proceeding called there is one hint and the hint would be that article and because then that tells you that the next word word well it's going to begin with vowel sound so what do you think write your answers in the chat in the comments so all right this is good like told you think some of this will definitely be new so if we're talking about that proceeding that proceeding is called an arraignment the defendant comes in and they must they they're asked to plead are you guilty or are you not guilty that is the arraignment to give you some more examples because thought maybe this might be new here are some news headlines using this word and again some of it's political because in the US there's been lot of well some people that have are in trouble with the law so for example that first one it says Hunter Biden arraignment they're talking about Joe Biden son president's son pleads not guilty to gun charges this happened during the arraignment or NASA murder suspect waves arraignment ordered held without bail when somebody waves arraignment think they're just saying look they they're just waving their right to be there they don't need to be there and then finally down here Donald Trump pleads not guilty to election charges in latest arraignment so if we're talking about that proed proceeding when the defendant comes in and they plead guilty or not guilty we're talking about the arraignment the next one right here so almost said the word and just told you the answer is the testimony of witness other than in open court often in the form of an oral statement made before an officer who is authorized to administer Oaths so think about the situation that last part this person is going to give testimony and they're witness maybe it's not an open court but they're going before somebody who is an authorized official that can administer Oaths that means that this is more serious this person really should tell the truth they must tell the truth and they are basically giving what lot of times you're going to use it with the verb give to give it refers to the testimony of witness and haven't seen the correct answer lot of people trying to put indictment indictment is really this the charges that are are are being brought against somebody and like somebody is indicted and they're being charged with with crime it doesn't mean they're guilty or not guilty but see that getting thrown in there lot so in this case we're talking about the testimony it is referred to as deposition so told you that lot of times you might hear people use it with give somebody's going to give deposition and they're going to go before an officer under oath and basically say what they know and they're going to give deposition so once again this is more advanced but if you're following the news like said there are some people have been caught up with you know caught up in courtroom lately these are words and phrases that you may hear and that you may come across so deposition is when that person they're giving their testimony but it's under oath all right so feel like it's been it's been little Challen I'm not making it easy on you for this one all wanted you to do was to try to look at the picture and see if you can tell me the word that I'm I'm thinking of so you see all these folders there and there's that magnifying glass like you're looking through it you're trying to find information in general the word that I'm looking for I'll go ahead and talk little bit about the meaning this is the process that both parts ities basically the the the attorneys the prosecutor the defendant they're going to share information or basically they're going to let all the information out that they have so that the other party can prepare and they can get organized and you're going to look through all of this stuff this is known as what and sometimes people don't go to court because they're work worried about this they don't want all the information out there but if you do go to court then this this is what this is how things get revealed lot of if you were following again the the Fox News defamation lawsuit there's lot of information that came out in this process and saw the correct answer yes tiura we're talking about I'm trying to describe Discovery this is the procedure in lawsuit in which each party through the law of civil procedure can obtain evid evidence from the other party or parties and you it's referred to as Discovery and it Things become more known and it allows people to kind of prepare for the trial like said this is the this vocabulary that we're looking at now is pre-trial words and phrases know that was difficult think this one will be little easier don't worry don't worry if you're if you're thinking like goodness didn't know any of these when the court I'm giving you the first letter of those two words it requires person to appear before the sorry that should be before the court not the course that's typo to give testimony or submit evidence when when the court what words there are two words that are missing there and this is what requires someone to appear before the court and they give testimony evidence they have they have to answer questions so again this is different than the arraignment that's when the defendant would show up to say guilty or not guilty this is more about testimony evidence sometimes people don't want to provide evidence and that that is when the court will do this and they will the first word yes issue and that other words they're going to issue what this is common cocation which is why included it Al together the court will issue subpoena saw it Edward great job Angela nice so when the court issues subpoena then it it's more serious you don't want to you can get into lot of trouble if you're not going to comply with the subpoena because this means that you are required to come in there give some evidence provide submit evidence give testimony talk about what you know if they issue subpoena and remember that with the the pronunciation subpoena you're not going to hear that sound silent but the pronunciate subpoena if you issue subpoena nice think again feel like you guys knew this one it's it's pretty common phrase that's used when talking about like pre-trial and they want to get testimony if you learn something new please you can let me know go ahead and hit that like button that tells me okay you're learning new words you're building your vocabulary and again don't expect you to remember all of this but as you continue to read about cases that are happening in the courtroom you will come across the the these words and phrases trust me so this is what is going to help you then remember it put it up here in your active memory so let's talk about some trial words and phrases and actually feel like I'll go ahead and tell you think as we go through this it will get little easier for some typically it go the other way and start out easy and get little more difficult the way it's turned out this lesson with the pre-trial words and phrases think that was the most difficult part we'll see so this next one is false statement made under oath which which is criminal offense is called what so if you are under oath you shouldn't lie that's that's big no no that's problem but if you do lie and you make false statement then what is this Criminal offense called and sometimes you may hear it used with the verb to commit to commit what and saw some great answers in there excellent Magdalena sjad perfect perjury we're talking about perjury so raphaela nice excellent good to see you too hi if we're this is this is would say false statement you could say lie somebody lied under oath they commit perjury that is the criminal offense lot of times people will use words like lying because it it's just more commonly used but if you specifically want to refer to the criminal offense you would say it's perjury to commit perjury great job La nice excellent here we go I'm trying to all right all right hopefully what is this what is this you May if you're looking closely maybe you'll find the word in there somewhere I've I've actually blocked out the top part of it because that's what what it is but in general it's kind of what it says up there it's sworn statement but what would you call this form this paper that you would submit and you're basically providing sworn statement that hey this is what saw this is what happened and notary May acknowledge this now this doesn't mean that it's absolutely true people have again lied when they've filled out these statements so but sworn statement in like this form this paper what would you call this again it is word that think is pretty common if you're going to read about some article of some who's in the courtroom and there's there's trial going on and you're trying to keep up with the information and again this is something that think you will come across whether it's we're talking about politicians or famous people you're going to find people that are in trouble with the law all the time so the word that I'm talking about great job nice is an affidavit so you can see up there kind of uncovered it in affidavit this is written or printed statement made under oath so again it it is more serious even though feel like it does the reason say it it doesn't mean that it's absolutely true because sure people lie under oath they commit perjury it happens but this is great job give some quick little shout outs heard like marrow nice bright future good so the other thing that want to talk about quickly the pronunciation there are four syllables the stress is on that third syllable affidavit affidavit an affidavit so we're talking about that proposal that statement under oath and affidavit here is the next one you guys are think you're doing well if court or someone in Authority decision or judgment they officially reject it think this one it it could be little challenging because it's not verb that think is used often even outside of courtroom and I'll I'll go ahead and tell you it is verb if court or someone in Authority decision or judgment they officially reject it and you could think about it as little bit of collocation this verb and noun you're going to decision or judgment and once again you are rejecting it so in this case the verb that I'm looking for I'll go ahead and tell you think this one is bit more challenging is to quash so if someone quashes decision or judgment they're rejecting it some other collocations decided to include down here with this verb in the courtroom somebody could quash motion and they reject it or they could quash evidence and they're saying look we're rejecting this it's you know we're not we're not going to use it and we're going to quash the evidence so hopefully maybe that might be new verb for you this one think is probably more commonly used than talking about quashing motion or quashing decision but in this case we're talking about the of so again this is phrase that's used together refers to the standard used to prove allegations in court proceeding and think the key word in there we're talking about the standard to prove allegations so to give you little bit of hint if there is trial going on generally speaking would say the of is on the prosecutor and you might follow it with that preposition is on this person and they are the ones who have to meet that standard to prove that the allegations are true and if they don't then probably the person is going to be found not guilty so thought maybe that of may help you kind of jog your memory thinking about this phrase so when we're talking about the standard we're talking about the burden of proof and mentioned that you may hear people use this and follow with on like the burden of proof is on this person so lot of times it would be on the prosecution because they're the ones who need to prove Beyond reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty so the prosecution needs to meet that standard so the burden of proof is on them and again you're referring to that standard the burden of proof great phrase okay now let's get to the sentencing all right so we did pre-trial and then we talked about some words and phrases that are more commonly used when when the trial is going on and let's say that it's now over and we're at the end and we're on the sentencing portion of this and let's talk about some words and phrases that have to do with sentencing so gosh all right decided used this picture bonus points if you can tell me who this is think you probably know but and means that the defendant is found not guilty because the prosecution did not prove its case Beyond Reasonable Doubt so the burden of proof said is on the prosecution if they don't prove the case Beyond Reasonable Doubt then there's likely to be what once again there's the key word in there that article tells you that this next word is going to begin with vow sound yes great job Alex OJ Simpson and the reason why included that picture of OJ because that is what happened in this case personally think OJ was guilty but that that's not what happened there was and what this is another word that think is pretty common in when you hear about sentencing if somebody's not guilty of course you you could say see many people like writing innocent sure you could say somebody is Innocent but you're using it as an adjective in this case we're talking about noun you would not say somebody is an innocent or in this case like it's not formal Court term that is used but do see other people talking about yes all right excellent but remember you use it as noun we're talking about an acquittal so you could say somebody was acquitted but in this case if wanted to be picky and say we're okay we're referring to the noun in aqu quid so an acquittal means that the defendant is not guilty they the burden of proof was on the prosecution they didn't reach meet that standard and there was an acquittal so the next one like kind of following up on this little bit and maybe don't think that's too much of hint and means that you have been proven to have not committed the alleged offense or offenses what what word would you put here and again you see that article and you know that the word begins with vowel sound so an aqu quiddle is when the prosecution they don't prove it Beyond Reasonable Doubt there was an AC quiddle but like said gave you my opinion thought O.J was guilty that don't want to give it away too much that doesn't mean that this person was what which is the word I'm talking about here and means that you have been proven to have not committed crime and that that's really the key there is proof that it was not you so what what would that be it's different than an aqu quiddle so the word that I'm looking for or yes nice Lait an exoneration so if somebody says they were exonerated it means that there is proof there is evidence that they did not commit the crime but here again I'm using it as noun an exoneration means that you you're proven not to commit the crime so for example if going back to the the OJ case where he was tried for murder and he was acquitted because they did not prove Beyond Reasonable Doubt at least in the eyes of the jury so there was an acquittal they never found the murderer so hypothetically if the murderer was found then you could say he was exonerated because okay we found the criminal we know for fact that this person did not commit the crime so that in that case they are exonerated or you could say it's an Exon eration so there is difference between an acquittal and an exoneration when you're exonerated there is proof that it was definitely not you which is not the same with an aquid how about this phrase right here after defendant is found guilty they can and or request that higher Court review the decision to determine if it was correct think this is phrase that you probably familiar with maybe you've heard it it's very common and think this happens all the time in the judicial system there is an initial judgment and if the defendant does not like that judgment they can what this is and it is phrase so I'm including it together they and so you would want to use it with this verb even though the the last part of this that last word that is the request that that some higher Court review it to determine well was this correct were things done by the book was this the right decision I'm little surprised guess thought people might be familiar with this again it's pretty common phrase lonel excellent to file an appeal so if the initial judgment comes down and the guilty party the defendant doesn't like it then they can they can file an appeal as long as they didn't represent themselves again I'm not lawyer but think people defendants can represent themselves in court of law and think if they do that then they lose their right to an appeal but if that's that's another reason why you would want to have lawyer somebody else representing you so then if there's an issue you can you can try to file an appeal appeal but that is the word an appeal and like said you're often going to use it with that verb to file an appeal how about this when jury is unable to reach verdict it's considered what what would you call this jury they can't reach verdict and you would call this jury this is little more challenging don't think it's phrase that you would hear as often especially is talking about filing an appeal because think that's pretty common in the judicial system but specifically again this is very specific the jury can't reach decision or the jury can't reach verdict so you would call this if you're not sure and specifically I'm talking about the jury what would you refer to the jury or actually the process guess you could say I'm talking about if the jury cannot reach verdict it would be called hung jury hung jury maybe that's new hopefully it is so these are the words and phrases that we talked about told you broke it into three different parts pre-trial trial and sentencing if you would like to get the lesson notes please click on that link down in the description if you're already part of our community then check your email think I've sent them to you very quickly because got to get going actually have class right now starting in few minutes how did you do on the quiz okay I'm going to say nailed it okay and need whoops need lot more practice this with my courtroom vocabulary but let me know what you think if you enjoyed the lesson and you did learn something new of course appreciate it you hit that like button that tells me that these vocabulary lessons are helpful know with this topic it is rather specific but that's good thing because think in this case there are many people it's as often in the news if there's famous celebrity or politician someone is having legal troubles and they find themselves in the courtroom these are words and phrases that you're going to come across that you could use even if you're having conversation and they definitely are bit more advanced appreciate you guys being here with me today thank you so much for watching the lesson and participating because love that that is this is interactive English after all and just looking at some of these poll results yeah don't again if you said you need more practice that's okay the these are challenging words have