Kinds of Cases Heard by a Jury

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Разработчик доцент А. А.ЗАВЬЯЛОВ

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Тверь 2015

Контрольная работа № 2

Задание 1. Прочтите и письменно переведите текст.

Kinds of Cases Heard by a Jury

As ajuror, you may sit on a criminal case, a civil case, or both.

Civil Cases. Civil cases are usually disputes between or among private citizens, corporations, governments, government agencies, and other organizations. Most often, the party bringing the suit is asking for money damages for some wrong that has been done. For example, a tenant may sue a landlord for failure to fix a leaky roof, or a landlord may sue a tenant for failure to pay rent. People who have been injured may sue a person or a company they feel is responsible for the injury.

The party bringing the suit is called the plaintiff; the party being sued is called the defendant. There may be many plaintiffs or many defendants in the same case.

The plaintiff starts the lawsuit by filing a paper called a complaint, in which the case against the defendant is stated. The next paper filed is usually the answer in which the defendant disputes what the plaintiff has said in the complaint. The defendant may also feel that there has been a wrong committed by the plaintiff, in which case a counterclaim will be filed along with the answer. It is up to the plaintiff to prove the case against the defendant. In each civil case the judge tells the jury the extent to which the plaintiff must prove the case. This is called the plaintiff’s burden of proof, a burden that the plaintiff must meet in order to win. In most civil cases the plaintiff’s burden is to prove the case by a preponderance of evidence, that is, that the plaintiffs version of what happened in the case is more probably true than not true.

Jury verdicts do not need to be unanimous in civil cases. Only ten jurors need to agree upon a verdict if there are 12 jurors; five must agree if there are six jurors.

Criminal Cases. A criminal case is brought by the state or by a city or county against a person or persons accused of having committed a crime. The state, city, or county is called the plaintiff; the accused person is called the defendant. The charge against the defendant

is called an information or a complaint. The defendant has pleaded not guilty and you should presume the defendant's innocence throughout the entire trial unless the plaintiff proves the defendant guilty. The plaintiff’s burden of proof is greater in a criminal case than in a civil case. In each criminal case that you hear the judge will tell you all the elements of the crime that the plaintiff must prove; the plaintiff must prove each of these elements beyond a reasonable doubt before the defendant can be found guilty.

In criminal cases the verdict must be unanimous, that is, all jurors must agree that the defendant is guilty in order to overcome the presumption of innocence.

Задание 2.Напишите перевод следующих определений из текста $на русский язык.

Model:JURY - specific number of people (usually six or twelve), selected as prescribed by law to render a decision (verdict) in a trial. Определенное число людей (обычно 6 или 12), выбранных в соответствии с установленным порядком для вынесения решения (вердикта) в ходе судебного разбирательства.

1. DEFENDANT- (crim.) person charged with a crime.

(civ.) person or entity against whom a civil action is brought.

2. PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE means that the weight of evidence presented by one side is more convincing to trier of facts than the evidence presented by the opposing side.

3. PLAINTIFF - the party who begins an action, complains or sues.

4. COUNTERCLAIM - claim presented by a defendant in opposition to the claim of the plaintiff.

5. COMPLAINT - (crim.) formal written charge that a person has committed a criminal offence. (civ.) initial document filed by a plaintiff which starts the claim against the defendant.

Задание 3.Напишите английские эквиваленты следующих слов и выражений из текста.

Model:уголовное дело - a criminal case.

Гражданское дело – . . . ; частные лица - . . . ; материальный ущерб – . . . ; истец - . . . ; ответчик - . . . ; иск, официальное обвинение – . . .; письменные объяснения ответчика по делу, возражения ответчика по делу - . . . ; обвиняемый, подсудимый - . . . ; заявить о невиновности - . . . ; единодушное решение присяжных –

. . . .

Задание 4.Переведите слова из левой части на русский язык и подберите к ним соответствующие определения из левой части.

Model: a vandal (вандал) - deliberately causes damage to property.