Word in the News: EXTRADITION
Posted by: Josef EssbergerThis week the word EXTRADITION is in all the newspapers as the American government tries to get their hands on the world’s greatest journalist Julian Assange
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extradite EX-tra-dite (verb): hand over a person accused or convicted of a crime to a foreign country that wishes to try or jail said person—Finally the UK did not extradite him to Sweden.
extradition ex-tra-DI-tion (noun): the act of extraditing a person to another country—His legal team have fought for years to prevent his extradition from the UK to the USA.
appeal ap-PEAL (verb): apply to a higher court for reversal of a lower court’s decision—Today he is appealing to the High Court in London.
appeal ap-PEAL (noun): an application to a higher court for reversal of a lower court’s decision—If today’s appeal fails, it’s not yet clear whether he can appeal further to a European court.
Posted by Josef Essberger February 2024
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