VOCABULARY. clerk секретарь суда rural justice of the peace сельский мировой судья bailiff судебный пристав part-time занятый

clerk	секретарь суда	rural justice of the peace	сельский мировой судья
bailiff	судебный пристав	part-time	занятый неполный рабочий день
probation officer	чиновник, надзирающий за лицами, направленными судом на пробацию	makeshift	временный
probation	пробация, опека (вид условного осуждения)	fee	гонорар
nevertheless	тем не менее	pittance for salary	скудное жалование
public officer	публичное должностное лицо	appellate	апелляционный

1) What is by the term "court" meant? 2) A court a complex institution is, isn't it? 3) Whose functioning upon judges, lawyers and jurors depends? 4) What meant is by the term "party"? 5) What is by the meant term "lawyer"? 6) Who a crime and can describe what happened sees? 7) Who in charge of the records of a court is? 8) Who prisoners and keeps order in a court of law watches? 9) Whose job to watch, advise, is and help people who have broken the law and are on probation? 10) What system criminals not to go to prison if they behave well allows? 11) Who to details of a case in court and decides whether someone is guilty or not listens. 12) What the central figure in any court is? 13) Whose authority to is hear and decide how criminals should be punished? 14) What the difference between a rural justice of the peace and a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is?

► Ex. II. Agree or disagree with the following statements.

1) Court is a room where all the information concerning an offence is given so that it can be judged. 2) Lawyer is one of the persons or sides in a legal dispute. 3) Party is someone whose job is to advise people about laws, write formal agreements, or represent people in court. 4) Clerk is someone who sees a crime and can describe what happened. 5) Witness is an official in charge of the records of a court. 6) Probation officer is an official of the legal system who watches prisoners and keeps order in a court of law. 7) Bailiff is someone whose job is to watch, advise, and help people who have broken the law and are on probation. 8) Judge is a system that allows some criminals not to go to prison, if they behave well and see a probation officer regularly, for a fixed period of time. 9) Jury is a member of a jury. 10) Juror is a group of 12 ordinary people who listen to details of a case in court and decide whether someone is guilty or not. 11) Probation is the official with authority to hear and decide how criminals should be punished.

► Ex. III. Restore the word order in the following statements.

1) Court is a crime is given so that it can be judged building or room where all the information concerning. 2) Party is one in a legal dispute of the persons or sides. 3) Lawyer is advise people about laws, write formal agreements, or represent people in court someone whose job is to. 4) Witness is and can describe what happened someone who sees a crime. 5) Clerk is of a court an official in charge of the records. 6) Bailiff is an official of prisoners and keeps order in a court of law the legal system who watches. 7) Probation officer is someone whose job is have broken the law and are on probation to watch, advise, and help people who. 8) Probation is a not to go to prison, if they behave well and see a probation officer regularly, for a fixed period of time system that allows some criminals. 9) Juror of a jury is a member. 10) Jury is a group of 12 ordinary people who listen to and decide whether someone is guilty or not details of a case in court. 11) Judge is the official decide how criminals should be punished with authority to hear and.

► Ex. IV. Translate the following words and phrases from Russian into English.

Секретарь суда; свидетель; присяжный; сфера компетенции; судебный пристав; чиновник, надзирающий за лицами, направленными судом на пробацию; опека; публичное должностное лицо; сельский мировой судья; занятый неполный рабочий день; необученный; наказывать; вознаграждение; скудное жалованье; временный; зал судебного заседания; важность; мантия; апелляционный; иметь сходство; содействовать; варьировать; чрезвычайно.

► Ex. V. Complete the following statements.

1) Court is... 2) A court is a complex institution whose functioning depends upon... 3) Party is... 4) Lawyer is... 5) Witness is... 6) Clerk is... 7) Bailiff is... 8) Probation officer is... 9) Probation is a system that... 10) Juror is... 11) Jury is... 12) The central figure in any court is... 13) Judge is... 14) A rural justice of the peace in the United States is... 15) A justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is...

► Ex. VI. Choose one topic to speak about

a) people a court depends upon;

b) a rural justice of the peace in the United States;

c) a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Retell the text “Court and its people”.