Fill in the gaps with the words derived from the words in capitals

EXAMPLE: A Crown court is a court where serious CRIME cases are heard by a judge and a jury in the UK. – A Crown Court is a court where serious CRIMINAL cases are heard by a judge and a jury in the UK.

1. There are two main classes of criminal courts in England: those in which the trial of the more serious ___________TO OFFEND take place before a judge and jury, and those in which less serious offences are tried before magistrates without a jury.

2. The courts in the first __________ CLASSIFICATION are either assizes or quarter sessions.

3. The second class _____________CONSISTENCE of magistrates’ courts, sometimes referredto as petty sessions.

4. The assizes are held in every country, usually in a county town, being visited at least twice a year by a judge who is commissioned by the Queen to _______________ADMINISTRATION justice in this area.

5. Courts of quarter sessions are ____________ TO HOLD at least four times a year for counties and for certain boroughs.

6. These courts have the same jurisdiction as assizes with a few _____________ EXCEPTIVE.

7. Murder, bigamy, and some other _____________ SPECIFICALLY crimes cannot be tried at quarter sessions.

8. In counties the court ispresided over by a Chairman of ____________ QUARTERLY sessions, usually an experienced barrister, and in boroughs by a barrister known as a Recorder.

9. In London and the ________________ SURROUND area the Central Criminal Court takes the place of the assizes.

10. Trials there are _______________ PRESIDENT over either by a High Court judge or by the one of the special judges of that court.

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