B1 Ordlista - Juridik och politik

a set of ideas and activities involved in governing a country, state, or city

someone who is competing in an election or for a job position

kandidat,kandidatin

a line that separates two countries, provinces, or states from each other

gräns,gränsområde

(in some countries) the group of people who have been elected to make laws, which in the US it consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate

kongress,församling

a group of elected people who govern a city, town, etc.

råd,kommunfullmäktige

(in the US) one of the areas into which a state is divided and has a local government of its own

län,distrikt

the place in which legal proceedings are conducted

domstol,rätt

the job, skill, or act of managing the relationships between different countries

the process in which people choose a person or group of people for a position, particularly a political one, through voting

to choose a person for a specific job, particularly a political one, by voting

a group of people who officially represent their government in another country

the group of politicians in control of a country or state

the government of a city or town and not of a country

someone who is in charge of a region or town

a country's rules that all of its citizens are required to obey

someone who is elected to be the head of a town or city

the group of elected politicians whose responsibility is changing or making laws or discussing political matters

parlament

an official political group with shared beliefs, goals, and policies aiming to be a part of or form a government

related to or involving the governance of a country or territory

the leader of a country that has no king or queen

a society's ordinary people

publiken,folket

the act of making someone suffer because they have done something illegal or wrong

something that a person is legally, officially, or morally allowed to do or have

rätt,rättigheter

one of the two groups of politicians, the other being the House of Representatives, who have been elected to make laws in some countries, such as France and the US

senat

(of law enforcement agencies) to take a person away because they believe that they have done something illegal

to officially forbid a particular action, item, or practice

one of the political areas with limited law-making abilities that together form a federal country, like those of Germany or the US

to do a particular thing that is unlawful or wrong

to get away from captivity

to try to find the truth about a crime, accident, etc. by carefully examining its facts

to unlawfully and intentionally kill another human being

to cause someone suffering for breaking the law or having done something they should not have

to control and be in charge of a country

someone who steals something from a person or place without using violence or threats

to show which candidate one wants to win in an election or which plan one supports, by marking a piece of paper, raising one's hand, etc.

an official meeting where a group of people discuss a certain matter, which often continues for days

konferens,symposium

an official announcement regarding something specific

a piece of cloth with a mark or pattern that stands for a country, organization, etc.

flagga,baner

an amount of money given by law to the close relatives of a murdered victim

blodspengar,ersättning för mord

to release someone from captivity or arrest

the punishment of killing a criminal, which is officially ordered by a court

dödsstraff,kapitalstraff

related to or involving illegal activities

kriminell,illegal

someone who does or is involved in an illegal activity

kriminell,brottsling