Law and order (Comic strip activity)
Have you ever had any issues with the law (that you can tell)?
Educational authorities
sue /sjuː $ suː/ ●○○ verb [intransitive, transitive]
1 to make a legal claim against someone, especially for money, because they have harmed you in some way
If the builders don’t fulfil their side of the contract, we’ll sue.
pleito sustantivo
(judicial) lawsuit
ganar / perder un pleito
to win/to lose a case
poner un pleito a alguien
to take legal action against somebody
Plea [countable usually singular] a statement by someone in a court of law saying whether they are guilty or not
a guilty plea
make/enter a plea
Adams entered a plea of ‘not guilty’.
He refused the appointment on a plea of illness.
The company is in default on its loan agreement.
debt‧or /ˈdetə $ -ər/ noun [countable] technical
debt‧or /ˈdetə/
Do you have to deal with legal documents at work?
acta sustantivo
1 (de una reunión) minutes (plural)
levantar (un) acta / redactar el acta
to take the minutes/to write up the minutes
2 (certificación) record; (de nacimiento, defunción) certificate
levantar acta de...
to record that..., to put it on record that...
3 actas [plural] (de un congreso, de unas jornadas) proceedings
How do you feel about them?
break a rule (also violate a rule formal) (=not obey it)
He had clearly broken the official rules.
Any one who violates this rule will be severely punished.
obey/follow a rule
She wasn’t going to obey their silly rules.
comply with/abide by/observe a rule formal (=obey it)
All members must comply with the rules of the organization.
There is little that one country can do if another fails to abide by the rules.
We expect you to observe the general rules of conduct as set out below.
Do you think law is designed to help us? Is it user friendly?
obey the law
Citizens have a duty to obey the law.
break the law (=do something illegal)
Is the company breaking the law?
pass a law
New Jersey passed a law requiring helmets for scooter riders.
become law (=officially be made a law)
For a bill to become law, it must be approved by both Houses of Parliament.
make laws
Part of the function of Parliament is to make laws.
introduce a law
In 1989, a new law was introduced to protect the Polish language.
enforce a law (=make people obey a law)
It is the job of the police to enforce the law.
flout a law (=deliberately disobey a law)
Employers who flout the law should be properly punished.
har‧ass‧ment /ˈhærəsmənt, həˈræsmənt/ ●○○ noun [uncountable]
African-Americans have been complaining about police harassment for years.
harassment of
Political parties are banned, and harassment of dissidents is commonplace.
sexual/racial harassment (=because of someone’s sex or race)
We need effective strategies to combat sexual harassment in the workplace.
ver‧dict /ˈvɜːdɪkt/
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