Legal Terms
| lawyer | advokat |
| divorce | get |
| court | gerikht |
| prosecutor | prokuror |
| to defend | farteydikn |
| to accuse | bashuldikn |
| plaintiff | onkloger |
| bankrupt | bankrot |
| will | tsavoe |
| inheritance | yerushe |
| inheritor | yoyresh |
| criminal | kriminal |
| bandit | bandit |
| Ò | gazlen |
| Ò | retseyekh |
| thief | ganev |
| trial | protses |
| jail | tfise |
| judge | rikhter |
| tribunal | tribunal |
| trial | mishpet |
| policeman | politsiant |
| client | kli'ent |
| adultery (fool around) | farat |
| divorcee | g'rushe |
| petition | petitsie |
| amnesty | amnestie |
| jury | zhuri |
| code | kodeks |
| paragraph | paragraf |
| law | gezets |
| guilty | shuldik |
| arbitration | arbitrazh |
| highest court | hekhster gerikht |
| chief justice | hoypt rikhter |
| felony | shverer farbrekhn |
| hearing | oysforshung |
| witness | eydes |
| to testify | eydes‑zogn |
| lawful | gezetslekh |
| guard | vekhter |
| sentence | urteyl, farurteyln |
| alimony | alimentn |
| taxes | shtayern |
| tax departmen | shtayer-amt |
| income tax | hakhnose-shtayer |
| agreement | heskem |
| cross exam | kraytz-farher |
| not guilty | umshuldik |
| examination | farher |
| a fine | shtrof |
| protocol | protokol |
| civil court | tsiviler gerikht |
| customs | tsol-amt |
| legal | legitim |
| legislature | legislatur |
| - | gezetsgebung |
| jurisprudence | yurisprudents |
Last Updated on 4/12/08
By PHILIP "FISHL" KUTNER