Chapter 3: Unit 3: The Trial

to admit that you have done something wrong or something that you feel guilty or bad about.

សារភាព

Ex: She confessed to her husband that she had sold her wedding ring.

someone whose job is to give advice to people about the law and speak for them in court:

មេធាវី

Ex: I want to see my lawyer before I say anything.

feeling guilt

ដែលមានកំហុស

Ex: He must have done something wrong, because she's looking so guilty.

a person who is in charge of a trial in a court and decides how a person who is guilty of a crime should be punished, or who makes decisions on legal matters.

ចៅក្រម

Ex: a British high-court judge

Too decide and say officially what a punishment will be.

Ex: He was sentenced to life imprisonment.

a fact or piece of information 

that shows that something exists 

or is true:

ភ័ស្តុតាង

Ex:  Do they have any proof that it was Hampson who stole the goods?

the hearing of statements and showing of objects, etc. in a law court to judge if a person is guilty of a crime or to decide a case or a legal matter.

សាវនាការ /ការកាត់ក្តី

Ex: It was a very complicated trial that went on for months.

a group of people who have been chosen to listen to all the facts in a trial in a law court and to decide if a person is guilty or not guilty, or if a claim has been proved.

ក្រុមប្រឹក្សាតុលាការ/គណៈវិនិច្ឆ័យ

Ex: It was a very complicated trial that went on for months.