Criminal Justice Bill, the

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishCriminal Justice Bill, thethe Criminal Justice BillˌCriminal ˈJustice ˌBill, the noun a series of changes to British law in 1995, officially called the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act, which changed the law concerning a person's right to silence (=their right to say nothing when the police arrest them, or when they are on trial in a court of law), and also made the laws against squatting (squat = living in a building without the owner's permission) and trespassing (trespass = being on someone's land without their permission) much stricter. The more recent Criminal Justic Act 2003 allowed trials without juries (jury) in cases where there is a risk of jury-tampering. It also give the police increased powers to stop and search people.

单词	Criminal Justice Bill, the
释义	Criminal Justice Bill, the From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishCriminal Justice Bill, thethe Criminal Justice BillˌCriminal ˈJustice ˌBill, the noun a series of changes to British law in 1995, officially called the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act, which changed the law concerning a person's right to silence (=their right to say nothing when the police arrest them, or when they are on trial in a court of law), and also made the laws against squatting (squat = living in a building without the owner's permission) and trespassing (trespass = being on someone's land without their permission) much stricter. The more recent Criminal Justic Act 2003 allowed trials without juries (jury) in cases where there is a risk of jury-tampering. It also give the police increased powers to stop and search people.
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