Закон в силе - Law Booster I. Дроботенко Ю.Б - 5 стр.

4. Scrambled words.                                                           Historical background:
   Unscramble the terms taken from Exercise 1.                                       Crimes are sometimes divided according to their nature:
                                                                                     – mala (malum) in se – "Wrong in itself", the class comprises those
     a. liceparmact                   g. nelyfo
                                                                              acts that are thought to be immoral or wrong in themselves, or naturally evil,
     b. conefef                       h. doncicmuts
                                                                              such as murder, rape, arson, burglary, larceny, and the like.
     c. tioliavon                     i. asemrionmed
                                                                                     – mala (malum) prohibita – "Prohibited wrong", the class embraces
     d. ecmir                         j. hebarc
                                                                              those acts that are not naturally evil but are prohibited by statute because
     e. gmetirfninen                  k. vtortoniancen
                                                                              they infringe on the rights of others (e.g., acts in restraint of trade that have
     f. elynneqduci
                                                                              been made criminal under antitrust legislation).

                                                                                      But usually crimes are classified as treason, felony, or misdemeanor.
5. Complete the expressions with one of the most appropriate term
                                                                                      In law, treason is the crime of disloyalty to one's nation. A person,
   from the box and fill in the gaps in the sentences given:
                                                                              who betrays the nation of their citizenship and/or reneges on an oath of loy-
      infringement     delinquency    contravention      crime                alty and in some way willfully cooperates with an enemy, is considered to be
      misconduct       violation      breach             offences             a traitor. Treason is defined as citizen's actions to help a foreign government
      malpractice                                                             overthrow, make war against, or seriously injure the parent nation. One per-
                                                                              son's traitor is another's patriot.
     minor…                           … of airspace                                   The fundamental distinction between felonies and misdemeanors
     organized…                       … of regulation                         rests with the penalty and the power of imprisonment. In general, a mis-
     professional…                    … of security                           demeanor is an offense for which a punishment other than death or impris-
     medical…                         in … of the terms of the treaty         onment in the state prison is prescribed by law. The term “degree of crime”
     juvenile…                                                                refers to distinctions in the culpability of an offense because of the circum-
                                                                              stances surrounding its commission.
     1. He is known to be a very professional doctor. So any allegations
        of … can damage his reputation.                                       The origin of the terms:
     2. The growing problem of … is a specific feature of Italian society.     felony                                  misdemeanor
     3. According to the statistics, the rate of … indicates the effective-    1. Latin – fel, gall.                   Misdemeanor comes from the verb
        ness of political course in the country.                               2. Latin – felonia, is a word that      demean, meaning “to conduct”,
     4. The press – secretary persuaded that it was a … and now the crew          imports action.                      which is the Latin minari via Old
        members of the plane are answering the questions of FBI officers.      3. it is derived from two words,        French.
     5. Pickpocketing and shoplifting belong to the category of … .              fee, which, in ancient Anglo-
     6. The behavior of local authorities was distinguished as a … .             Saxon had, and in modern
     7. The … is punishable by a fine.                                           English has, a meaning which
     8. The party decided to lead the agitation in ... .                         approaches to that of property
     9. The investigator thinks it could happen due to the … of bank se-         or money; and lon, which in
        curity. The burglars broke the alarm system of the building and          modern German means
        got into.                                                                “price”: fee lon is therefore
                                                                                 “pretium feudi”.

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