Enhancing Your Vocabulary: Legal Terminology Explained

This content provides explanations and examples of legal terms such as "adjourn," "censure," "dissent," "exonerate," "extemporaneous," and "extricate," illustrated with vivid imagery. Learn how these terms are used in various contexts to deepen your understanding of legal jargon.

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1. ADJOURN To close a meeting or suspend business. The judge chose to adjourn court until Monday morning due to bad weather.

2. http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT3f1KmdGur1lOBothsg1U42rY7qwCR09uDZUVQHNA716mrWCLG67MJ7_s:www.natcom.org/uploadedImages/CommunicationCurrents_Articles/Volume_5/Photo%2520-%2520school%2520boy%2520with%2520censor%2520tape%2520on%2520mouth.jpghttp://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT3f1KmdGur1lOBothsg1U42rY7qwCR09uDZUVQHNA716mrWCLG67MJ7_s:www.natcom.org/uploadedImages/CommunicationCurrents_Articles/Volume_5/Photo%2520-%2520school%2520boy%2520with%2520censor%2520tape%2520on%2520mouth.jpg CENSURE Act of blaming, expression of disapproval (often a look) http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTVnywugHNy6hHuQJJdWun3v4pUowLGSUGZV-jxj7GOCN8RB2KQRucgNiE:w1.chabad.org/media/images/145/xLRw1459717.jpg Alia could see the look of censure in Dad s eyes; she knew that he thought she was being rude.

3. DISSENT Disagree, object, differ in opinion. http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSBY_1J23T3A0q644vhJr0yikS8QBjhzWigbbZeOOTL_5-jFvS9nR_fThPv:s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-UV460_Debate_G_20121003233420.jpg George liked the pink tuxedo he tried on the Goodwill store, but Annie voiced her dissent quickly and loudly; he was not wearing that tux in their wedding!

4. EXONERATE Free from blame, acquit. The new DNA evidence presented in the appellate court was able to exonerate the innocent man who had been wrongly convicted.

5. http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRqPsQj470wGduf2-Tb4qC99SHSxza5SSXncfop6c0Xf24afTDB6AbjeQ:easypublicspeaking.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/impromptu_speaking.gifhttp://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRqPsQj470wGduf2-Tb4qC99SHSxza5SSXncfop6c0Xf24afTDB6AbjeQ:easypublicspeaking.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/impromptu_speaking.gif http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTFUk_I3RPWtlNGI9Sazp4TlrYijDQzRbJU3q1cbWX9J0_3_jD4hF09z9E:idealleaders.com/substance/uploads/2014/10/Impromptu.jpg EXTEMPORANEOUS Offhand, impromptu, improvised http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTHjq2vI2nIGCSm8SjDQU6jxwZ2s7vpIbbxmYzW18HfrQguRmC9Vq7Z8w:homepage.smc.edu/mcnamara_catherine/speech2.gif Joe had not prepared a speech, so he had to speak extemporaneously when he won the award.

6. http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRRuXIXfNKNxO202OkaaSSHefrhSsnCgDWrMpy1fREhuJ8EWvqBVsObdM23:media.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty_impact/photo/dscn0250jpg-237478eacf7001e6.jpghttp://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRRuXIXfNKNxO202OkaaSSHefrhSsnCgDWrMpy1fREhuJ8EWvqBVsObdM23:media.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty_impact/photo/dscn0250jpg-237478eacf7001e6.jpg EXTRICATE Disentangle, free from difficulties. Mom had to extricate herself from the pile of blankets and puppies in her lap to answer the doorbell.

7. http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQqTnunzp5G5sXF6XNYrPxvyV3Q4Y1GDPAcEUIB9JY8mLxFrd6GbsVv_oo:waado.org/images/Nana_Ethiop/Proclamation/PROC4.JPGhttp://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQqTnunzp5G5sXF6XNYrPxvyV3Q4Y1GDPAcEUIB9JY8mLxFrd6GbsVv_oo:waado.org/images/Nana_Ethiop/Proclamation/PROC4.JPG ILLEGIBLE http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTpXC_GpGubfW-m_z1KE_ZnrCL2Ty7AhSQz43pHx7745dIzEOwql3hHMeO7:enquirer.com/editions/2002/07/07/docnote_zoom.jpg Hard to read. If your test answers are illegible, I will mark them wrong; if I can t read it, I can t grade it.

8. http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQyeeK7CgHP6BM3L-qfE5Lp6CbZkNd-8wh75TsM_AKeMYDBXcoJU3ALfIY:www.emporis.com/images/show/168685-Large.jpghttp://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQyeeK7CgHP6BM3L-qfE5Lp6CbZkNd-8wh75TsM_AKeMYDBXcoJU3ALfIY:www.emporis.com/images/show/168685-Large.jpg http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRRkUFZkHRYvGXDoZQXuk14EHMQXYn_2hsQqmN4T5R_VUW7EzW0ombqOPh2:www.cosmopinie.nl/files/image/forum-thumb/500x500/url/http://bin.ilsemedia.nl/m/m1dycl5woq8n.jpg PERMANENT Lasting, enduring, stable. The building had a solid foundation so the town expected it to be a permanent part of its history.

9. http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSgXcUB0Tq4A9S_vQPFASze5-k31afOXxXMbodbNwOYn8TB6j88UN4gGVE:3.bp.blogspot.com/-ceWXrnvSu4g/UNde6m9yYxI/AAAAAAAAQfk/3ELqNqUzPIE/s1600/rebuke.jpeghttp://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSgXcUB0Tq4A9S_vQPFASze5-k31afOXxXMbodbNwOYn8TB6j88UN4gGVE:3.bp.blogspot.com/-ceWXrnvSu4g/UNde6m9yYxI/AAAAAAAAQfk/3ELqNqUzPIE/s1600/rebuke.jpeg REBUKE Express disapproval of; criticize sharply (generally verbal). http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRE8XIEO26wE6xMheNf65jOS3FffIMHdZX_OnDnyi_jX2DqcBMrCVDs404:img.tfd.com/wn/2F/65C4B-rebuke.png When he broke curfew for the third time, Stefan got more than a verbal rebuke from Dad; he lost his car and his phone for three weeks, too!

10. http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTyyT5fPGW7bMV0zc2ZjzGMOF6F_s_iv07lVM908cpqpujmExCgOofsnhI:i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k523/elijahalzekiel/320670_254725174568199_100000921548722_763448_663661399_n.jpghttp://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTyyT5fPGW7bMV0zc2ZjzGMOF6F_s_iv07lVM908cpqpujmExCgOofsnhI:i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k523/elijahalzekiel/320670_254725174568199_100000921548722_763448_663661399_n.jpg http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSF_LlahlGXE4hPT3Dmliqmub5YnqSFlaClmQxmyGHNT-gav9suVp2w_bY:darw0tdisu865.cloudfront.net/media/photos/1._exterior.jpg TRANSIENT Staying for only a short time. The vagrant was homeless and transient; he moved around from town to town, staying in one place for only a couple of days at a time.