Chinese-English Legal Lexicon

The following lexicon includes English legal terms and their Chinese translations in alphabetical order.

ENGLISH	CHINESE	PINYIN
Abduct and traffic (women / children)	?????????	guai3mai4 (fu4nv3 / er2tong2)
Accomplice	??	cong2fan4
Acting in concert	??	he2zuo4
Adjudication	??	shen3pan4
Appeal	??	shang4su4
Appear in court	??	chu1ting2
Apply, application	??	shen1qing3
Approve (an arrest)	??????	pi1zhun3 (dai4bu3)
Appoint (an attorney)	??????	zhi3ding4 (lv4shi1)
Arrest (v.)	??, ??	dai4bu3, ju1bu3
Arson	??	fang4huo3
Attempted (crime)	?????	wei4sui4 (zui4)
battery, to beat up	??	ou1da3
blood	??	xue4ye4
burden	??	zhong4dan4
bribery	??	hui4lu4
case	??	an4jian4
charge, accuse	??	kong4gao4
check (the accuracy of sthg.)	??	he2dui4
circumstances (of a case)	??	qing2jie2
circumstantial evidence	??	pang2zheng4
civil (adj.)	??	min2shi4
coerce	??	xie2po4
commute a sentence	??	jian3xing2
compare and contrast	?????	xiang1bi2he2dui4bi3
compensation	??	pei2chang2
confess	?????	gong4ren4, gong4shu4
confession, deposition	??	gong4ci3
confession (oral)	??	kou3gong4
corruption	??	fu3bai4
counterfeit, falsify	??	wei3zao4
court	??, ??	fa3yuan4, fa3ting2
criminal (adj.)	??	xing2shi4
criminal (n.)	????	fan4zui4fen1zi3
criminal law	??	xing2fa3
criminal procedure law	?????	xing2shi4su4song1fa3
death penalty	??	si3xing2
defect	??	que1dian3
defendant	???	bei4gao4zhe3
defend, defense	??	bian4hu4
defender	???	bian4hu4zhe3
detain, detention	??	ju1liu2
detain, take into custody	??	ji1ya1
discontinuation of a crime	????	fan4zui4zhong1zhi3
discovery	????	yao1qiu2gao4zhi1
dismiss, dismissal	?????	bo2hui2, che4xiao1
DNA	??????	tuo1yang3he2tang2he2suan1
drugs, narcotics	??	du2pin3
drug trafficking	????	fan4mai4du2pin3
entrust (a representative)	???????	wei3tuo1 (dai4li3ren2)
evidence	??	zheng4ju4
evidence, documentary	??	shu1zheng4
evidence, material	??	wu4zheng4
examine, inspect	??	jian3cha2
exonerate	????	zheng4ming2wu3zui4
extort a confession through torture	????	xing2xun4bi1gong4
eyewitness	???	jian4zheng4ren2
facts	??	shi4shi2
fiber	??	xian1wei1
fine	??	fa2jin1
foreseeable	????	ying1dang1yu4jian4
fraud, swindle	??	zha4pian4
guilty	??	you3zui4
hair	????	tou2fa, mao2
hire (an attorney)	??????	pin4qing3 (lv4shi1)
homicide	??	sha1ren2
detention centre	???	ju1liu2suo3
illegal	???	fei1fa3de
illegal detention	????	fei1fa3ju1jin1
illegal search	????	fei1fa3sou1cha2
indecent behavior (usually toward a woman)	??	wei3xie2
independent (adjudication)	??????	du2li4 (shen3pan4)
innocent	??	wu3zui4
insufficient facts	????	zheng4ju4bu4zu2
insufficiency (case)	??	bu4zu2
intentional	??	gu4yi4
international bridges to justice	??????	guo2ji4si1fa3qiao2liang2
interrogate, question	??	xun4wen4
interrogation record	????	xun4wen4bi3lu4
intoxication (as an affirmative defense)	??	he1zui4
investigate	?????	zhui1jiu1, zhen1cha2
jail (n.)	??	jian1yu4
jail (v.)	??	jian1jin4
judge (n.)	??	fa3guan1
judge (v.), enter a judgment	??	pan4jue2
jurisdiction	??	guan3xia2
justification, justifiable defense	????	zheng4dang1fang2wei4
juvenile	??	shao4nian2
juvenile delinquency	????	shao4nian2fan4zui4
kidnap	??	bang3jia4
law	??	fa3lv4
lawsuit	??	su4song4
legal aid	????	fa3lv4yuan2zhu4
legal principle	????	fa3lv4fa3ze2
legal representative	?????	fa3ding4dai4li3ren2
liability, responsibility	??	ze2ren4
life imprisonment	????	wu2qi1tu2xing2
limitation period (for prosecution of crime)	????	zhui1su4qi1xian4
murder	????	gu4yi4sha1ren2
mental illness	???	jing1shen2bing4
Ministry of Justice	???	si1fa3bu4
mitigate, mitigation	??	jian3qing1
mitigating circumstances	??????	jian3qing1chu3fa2
motion	??	ti2an4
national legal aid center	??????	fa3lu4yuan2zhu4
national people's congress	????????	quan2guo2ren2min3dai4biao3da4hui4
negligence	??	shu1hu
negligent crimes	????	guo4shi1fan4zui4
non-governmental	???	fei1zheng4fu3
non-governmental organization	?????	fei1zheng4fu3zu3zhi1
non-profit	???	fei1ying2li4
non-profit organization	?????	fei1ying2li4zu3zhi1
objective (adj.)	??	ke4guan1
panel (of judges)	???	he2yi4ting2
pardon	??	she4mian3
parole	??	jia3shi4
people's court, primary	??????	ji1ceng2ren2min3fa3yuan4
people's court, intermediate	??????	zhong1ji2ren2min3fa3yuan4
people's court, higher	??????	gao1ji2ren2min3fa3yuan4
people's court, supreme	??????	zui4gao1ren2min3fa3yuan4
penalty, punishment	??	xing2fa2
police, policeman	??	jing3cha2
preliminary inquiry	??	yu4shen3
preparation (for a crime)	??????	(fan4zui4) yu4bei4
principal actor	??	zhu3fan4
private prosecution	??	zi4su4
probation period	???	kao3yan4qi1
procuratorate	???	jian3cha2yuan4
promulgate (a regulation, etc.)	????????	gong1bu4 (gui1ding4,deng3)
prosecutor (procurator)	??????	yuan2gao4,jian3cha2guan1
prove, proof	??	zheng4ming2
public prosecution	??	gong1su4
public security bureau	???	gong1an1ju2
public surveillance	??	guan3zhi4
rape	??	qiang2jian1
recidivist	??	lei3fan4
reeducation through labor	??	lao3jiao4
reeducation and reform through labor (more formal)	????	jiao4yu4gai3zao4
regulation	??	gui1ding4
review, reconsideration	??	fu4yi4
represent, representation	??	dai4li3
robbery	??	qiang3jie2
search	??	sou1cha2
search warrant	???	sou1cha2zheng4
seize, seizure	??	kou4ya1
semen	??	jing1ye4
sentence, sentencing	??	liang4xing2
smuggle	??	zou3si1
sue	??	kong4su4
suspect (v.)	??	she4xian2
suspect (n.)	???	xian2yi2ren2
suspend (execution of punishment)	????????	huan3qi1 (zhi2xing2xing2fa2)
suspended sentence	??	huan3xing2
testimony	??	zheng4yan2
theft, to steal	??	dao4qie4
threat, threaten	??	wei1xie2
try, bring to trial	??	shen3pan4
try, trial	??	shen3xun4
unforeseeable circumstances	???????	bu4neng2yu4jian4deqing2kuang4
victim	???? ???	bei4hai4zhe3,shou4hai4zhe3
violate (rights, etc.)	????????	qin1fan4 (quan2yi4, deng3)
voluntary surrender	??	zi4shou3
warrant, arrest warrant	??	ju1piao4
withdraw	??	hui2bi4
witness	??	zheng4ren2