Закон в силе - Law Booster I. Дроботенко Ю.Б - 8 стр.

IV. FOCUS ON READING                                                               1. Find English equivalents to the following Russian word and expres-
                                                                                      sions.
Read the text …
                                                                                       наказуемый, ужасное деяние, предполагаемые наследники, проиг-
L    Felony crimes (Part I)                                                        равшая сторона, разумные формы судебного разбирательства, обви-
        Felony crimes are serious offenses punishable by a heavy sentence.         няемый преступник, особо распространенное наказание, различные
The punishment is usually imprisonment, but in certain murder cases, the           значения, определенные преступления, возможные последствия, реци-
punishment could be death.                                                         дивные преступления, гражданские права, страховое обеспечение,
        In early English law a felony was a heinous act that canceled the per-     страховые компании, общественная работа.
petrator's feudal rights and forfeited his lands and goods to the king, thus
depriving his prospective heirs of their inheritance. The accused might be
tried by an appeal of felony, i.e., personal combat with his accuser, the los-     2. Word search: find a word in the text to complete these phrases and
ing party to be adjudged a felon. The appeal of felony was gradually re-              translate them from English into Russian.
placed by rational modes of trial and was altogether abolished in England in
1819. In addition to the forfeiture of his property, the convicted felon usually         … offenses (2)                    modern…
suffered death, long imprisonment, or banishment. Death was an especially                public…                           in … senses
common English penalty in the 18th and the early 19th cent. To the list of               … sentence (2)                    federal…
common-law felonies – including murder, rape, theft, arson, and suicide –                murder…                           … consequences
many others were added by statute. With the abolition of forfeitures in Eng-             … act                             … jury
land in 1870 the felony acquired essentially its modern character.                       … combat                          civil…
        Felony is used in various senses in the United States. In federal law,           losing…                           certain… (2)
any crime punishable by death or more than one year's imprisonment is a                  convicted…                        insurance… (2)
felony. This definition is followed in some states; in others the common-law             common-law… (2)                   … requirements
definition is retained, or else statutes specifically label certain crimes as
felonies. Other possible consequences of committing a felony are loss of the
rights of citizenship, deportation if the felon is an alien, and liability to a    3. Retell the text using these verbs:
more severe sentence for successive offenses. Felonies are usually tried by              to cancel                         to be indicted by
jury, and in some states the accused must first have been indicted by a grand            to forfeit                        to be convicted
jury .                                                                                   to deprive smb. of smth.          to label
        If you are convicted of a felony you will lose many of your civil                to be tried by                    to lose
rights. You will not be eligible to vote and you will not be eligible to run for         to be gradually replace by        to be eligible to vote
public office. Some jobs will require certain bonding or insurance coverage              to be abolished                   to require
before you can obtain the job. Many insurance companies will refuse to bond              to suffer                         to obtain
convicted felons and, therefore, even though you are not barred by law from              to be added                       to refuse
certain jobs, you may find it difficult to obtain the job because of insurance           to acquire                        to be barred by
or other requirements.                                                                   to be used                        to find smth. difficult
                                                                                         to be retained



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