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The following list has the ESL legal vocabulary items. Each word has a definition, and you should try to remember them all. There are also flashcards of all the vocabulary items that you can download and use anytime you are free. After that there is a recording of the ESL legal vocabulary being pronounced by a native English speaker. Accuse:  To claim someone did something, often something illegal.  (verb) Accused:  A person that is alleged to have done something.  (noun) Acquit:  To say a person is not guilty and did not perform a crime.  (verb) Advocate:  A lawyer who argues for a particular side of a case in court.  (noun) Allege:  To say that someone might have done something, but it has not been proven to be true.  (verb) Appeal:  To try to reverse the judgment of a court.  (verb) Appeal-court:  A special court where appeals are heard.  (noun) Arrest:  When a police officer takes away someone who has committ...

  The biggest names in technology want today's children to learn computer programming. Other stars, from the world of sport, entertainment, fashion, etc., also say kids need to learn to code. People like Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Microsoft founder Bill Gates have appeared in a video to tell children coding is fun. Dropbox creator Drew Houston believes coding is like learning to play a musical instrument or playing a sport: "It starts out being very [scary], but you kind of get the hang of it over time," he said. Black Eyed Peas member will.i.am also appeared in the video. He said: "Great coders are today's rock stars." Basketball star and coder Chris Bosh told kids he thought coding was cool. The video is from Code.org – a non-profit foundation that wants schools to give children more lessons on computer programming. Its website says: "Every student in every school should have the opportunity to learn to code." The site contains dozens...

  In a couple of years, Spain will be celebreating  its s ilver jubilee  since it legalized same sex marriages, becoming the fourth country to do so after Belgium, Canada and the Netherlands. Canada passed a similar law that year, following Belgium in 2003 and Holland in 2000. That Spanish law is in line with public opinion: around 70 per cent of Spaniards support legalizing gay marriage. This is despite opposition from the Catholic Church, which voiced fierce and vehement protests against the new law throughout the legislative process. The law gives same sex unions identical status as heterosexual ones, including inheritance rights, pensions and the right to adopt children. The vote in the 350-seat Spanish Congress passed smoothly, with 187 in favor, 147 against and four abstentions. Spain’s Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero sponsored the law. The Catholic Church was left smarting from the decision. Supporters of the bill were ecstatic upon hearing it had bee...

  Watch : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMNBXU1rP9M   On October 24th, 2000, Spain  rejoiced  as their Paralympic basketball team  triumphed  against Russia in a  thrilling  87 to 63 win. Their team of 12 were each awarded gold medals and flowers and  praise , before they sung their national anthem on the world stage. It was part of Spain's most successful Paralympics yet - winning 107 medals and placing third overall, behind Australia and Britain. But beneath their cheers was a  callous  lie. Upon returning home, player Carlos Ribagorda published a story in which he unveiled what would become one of the most infamous cases of cheating in Paralympic history.  Out of the 12 Spanish basketball players, all of whom had said they have an intellectual disability, only two were telling the truth. The other 10 - of whom Ribagorda was one - had no disability at all. And it wasn't only in the Spanish basketball team that thi...