Legal Spanish Blog
Skid marks left by tires on the road. Used during accident investigation/reconstruction.
Translations
Spanish – huella de frenado/ marcas de patinaje de llantas
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REDDI stands for Report Every Drunk Driver Immediately.
It is a way for citizens to report suspected drunk drivers to law enforcement.
Heard during a DUI trial. One of the witnesses that testified was the citizen who had called in the REDDI Report, to notify law enforcement of another vehicle’s erratic driving.
Translations
Spanish – REDDI is an acronym. Unless anyone knows of a common equivalent in a Spanish-speaking country, I would refer to it as un Informe REDDI.
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Just a little 420 fun for interpreters!
There is some good terminology in these two articles. It is also interesting to note the differences in the way the legal sale of marijuana is being handled in Uruguay versus Colorado. Both articles are from Uruguayan newspaper El Observador.
Click on the links below to read the articles.
Después de la clave de wifi, los turistas preguntan dónde conseguir marihuana
Gobierno impulsa la creación de minimercados de marihuana
An object or body part whose real or fantasized presence is psychologically necessary for sexual gratification and that is an object of fixation to the extent that it may interfere with complete sexual expression.
(from Merrian-Webster online)
Translations
Spanish – obsesión/fijación sexual
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The formal inquiry of a judge as to whether a person has anything to say to the court on their own behalf, before sentence is imposed.
Translations
Spanish – Derecho de alocución.
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Having a sexual affair for one night with someone that a person has known for less than 24 hours.
Translations
Spanish – encuentro sexual de una noche, ligue de una noche, conquista de una noche.
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A psychosexual disorder in which a person receives sexual gratification from watching others who are naked, undressing or engaging in sexual activity.
A person who engages in voyeurism can be called a voyeur or a Peeping Tom.
Translations
Voyeurism – voyeurismo
Voyeur – voyeur
Peeping Tom – fisgón
Peeping, act of – espiar (ilegalmente)
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Psychosexual disorder of getting sexual stimulation and satisfaction by rubbing against another person without the other person’s knowledge (for example, in a crowd)
Translations
Spanish – fricción o contacto con otra persona para gratificación sexual sin el conocimiento de dicha persona
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Overheard in court…
Judge: To the charge, sir, how do you plead: guilty or not guilty?
Defendant: Can I plead half guilty, half not guilty?
Judge: No.
A Latin legal phrase meaning “body of the crime.” Refers to the essential facts showing that a crime has been committed.
A defendant’s confession to a crime is not considered sufficient to prove guilt, as there must be some other corroborating evidence of a crime having been committed.
A common example is the need for a dead body in order to convict someone of murder.
Heard in a First Appearance, when a judge was trying to establish Probable Cause.
For more information: https://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/corpus+delicti
Translations
Spanish – Since this is a Latin term, it can be left as is. Alternatively, the Spanish translation would be cuerpo del delito.
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Décalage 