14-10-31 A pleading is a legal document filed with the court that sets forth the position and contentions of a party. 诉辩状是向法院提交的，陈述当事人立场和主张的法律文书。 A lawsuit begins with the filing of a complaint. 诉讼从提交诉状开始。 An answer usual...

14-10-31 Costs of the case will be borne by the defendant. 讼案费用由被告承担。 Costs will be shared equally between the two paties. 诉讼费由双方当事人平均分。 The amount of costs payable by one party to another may be fixed by rules or determined by way of...

14-08-05 A man has a long history of stealing cars. When he did it again, he was caught by the police. The prosecutor asked him, Now tell the court how you came to take that car. To defend himself, the man said, The car was parked by a cemetery. I thought th...

14-06-26 The US Supreme Court has ruled police cannot search the digital contents of mobile phones of those arrested without a warrant. 美国最高法院裁定，警察不能在未经授权的情况下搜查疑犯手机中的数码内容。 The unanimous decision is a win for privacy advocat...

14-05-25 A New York man has filed a lawsuit demanding what is believed to be the largest amount of compensation ever after he was bitten by a dog. Anton Purisima, 62, is suing a long list of defendants including the City of New York, Au Bon Pain and Kmart, f...

14-05-22 A court in Egypt has sentenced former President Hosni Mubarak to three years in prison after finding him guilty of embezzling public funds. 埃及一家法院判处前总统胡斯尼穆巴拉克三年监禁，罪名是发现他贪污公款。 The three were accused of diverting $17....

14-03-28 China on Wednesday launched a website for live broadcasts of court trials to allow the public to supervise proceedings. 中国于周三推出法院庭审直播网站，以便公众监督庭审过程。 Live broadcasts of court trials（庭审直播）被视为中国全面推进司法公开（jud...

13-12-11 India's top court has upheld a law which criminalises gay sex, in a ruling seen as a major blow to gay rights. 印度最高法院对一项同志性行为非法化的法律表示支持，这一举措被认为是对同性恋权利的一次沉重打击。 The Supreme Court ruling reverses a landmar...

13-11-06 Bo Xilai, former Communist Party of China chief of Chongqing Municipality, stood trial in open court Thursday on charges of taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power at the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in East China's Shandong province. 原...

13-10-25 Silvio Berlusconi should pay his estranged wife, Veronica Lario, half the amount of money originally ordered by judges, an Italian court has said. 意大利一家法院裁定，意大利前总理西尔维奥贝卢斯科尼须每月向前妻维罗妮卡拉里奥支付140万欧元，而此前的离...