Mrs. Bartlett's 5th grade class

Week of 4/21

1. judgement – a decision made by a court.

2. jurisdiction – the power or right to make judgments about the law and to arrest and punish criminals

3. juror – a member of a jury (a group consisting of members of the public who are chosen to make a decision in a legal case.

4. perjury – the crime of telling a lie in court after promising to tell the truth.

5. prejudice – an unfair feeling of dislike for a person or group based on race, gender, religion, etc.

6. transaction – a business deal; an occurrence in which goods, services, or money are passed from one person to another; the act or process of doing business with another person or company.

7. transform – to change something completely and usually in a good way.

8. transition – a change from one state or condition to another.

9. automatic – having controls that allow something to work or happen without being directly controlled by a person; happening or done without deliberate thought or effort.

10. autonomy – the state of existing or acting separately from others.