Coroners

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 616.

Unit 4.

Ex. 42. Look through the text.

Coroners, who must be qualified lawyers or doctors, have a duty to hold public inquests into any violent, unnatural or suspicious death, or in the case of a person dying suddenly without any obvious cause, or in prison or in police custody. Coroners' inquests are not trials, but witnesses are called, and there is often a jury who decide on the manner of death - suicide, unlawful killing, misadventure or accident - or (where they are not sure) return an open verdict.

The post of Coroner is ancient, dating from the 11th Century, and coroners still sit today to determine the cause of death in situations where people have died in potentially suspicious circumstances, abroad, or in the care of central authority. Coroners no longer sit in judgment of Treasure Trove cases, following the passing of the Treasure Act 1996.

Coroner - an officer of the Crown whose principal function is to investigate deaths either by ordering a postmortem examination or conducting an inquest. Coroners are appointed by the crown from among barristers, solicitors, and qualified medical practitioners of not less than five years standing.

Ex. 43. Translate the expressions.

- public inquest

- suspicious death

- obvious cause

- police custody

- trial

- witness

- suicide

- return a verdict

- misadventure

- ancient post

- cause of death

- suspicious circumstances

- central authority

- judgment

- Treasure Trove

- postmortem examination

- conducting an inquest

- to be appointed

Ex. 44. Use the proper prepositions.

Coroners have a duty to hold public inquests ……… any violent, unnatural or suspicious death, or ……… the case ……… a person dying suddenly ……… any obvious cause, or ……… prison or ……… police custody. For these inquests witnesses are called, and there is often a jury who decide ……… the manner of death - suicide, killing, misadventure or accident - or return an open verdict.

The post ……… Coroner is ancient, dating ……… the 11th Century, and coroners still sit today to determine the cause ……… death ……… situations where people have died ……… potentially suspicious circumstances, or ……… the care ……… central authority. Coroners no longer sit ……… judgment ……… Treasure Trove cases, following the passing ……… the Treasure Act 1996.

Coroner - an officer ……… the Crown whose principal function is to investigate deaths either ……… ordering a postmortem examination or conducting an inquest. Coroners are appointed ……… the crown ……… ……… barristers, solicitors, and qualified medical practitioners of not less than five years standing.

Ex. 45. Create the sentences according to the sample. Pay attention to the translation of the sentences.

1. Jury (decide on the manner of death).

2. Coroner (find out if it had been a misadventure).

3. He (to qualify a lawyer).

4. Witnesses (to take part in the coroners' inquest).

5. She (to commit a suicide).

6. The police (to examine his documents).

7. This barrister (to be appointed a coroner).

8. She (to be written about in the local newspaper).

Ex. 46. Read.