A member of a jury
- juror
- jurist
- judge
- junior
A person who has specialized in the study and practice of law
- juror
- jurist
- judge
- junior
An official who presides over a court and in civil cases decides which party is in the right
- juror
- jurist
- judge
- junior
A person who starts an action against someone in the civil courts
- plaintiff
- defendant
- defence
- court reporter
A person who is sued in a civil case
- delegate
- successor
- suffragist
- defendant
A party in a legal case which is sued by the claimant or a party in a criminal case which is being prosecuted
- obligee
- obligor
- defaulter
- defence
A person who makes a claim against someone in the civil courts
- citizen
- civil servant
- claimant
- customer
Someone who tells in a court of law what they saw happen or what they know about a person
- forensic scientist
- vagrant
- witness
- negotiator
A person who brings a charge against someone in a court of law
- proprietor
- prosecutor
- executor
- expert
A technician who examines evidence such as blood, semen, bullets or guns to try to determine who committed a crime
- foreman of the jury
- forensic scientist
- floating voter
- foreigner
A stenographer who records and transcribes a verbatim report of all proceedings in a court of law
- coroner
- councillor
- court reporter
- writer
A public official (either a doctor or a lawyer) who investigates sudden violent deaths
- coroner
- controller
- contributor
- defendant
A person who is resposible for a crime or for something which has gone wrong
- prison guard
- prison warden
- culprit
- traffic warden
A person who is to transport the prisoners from the courtroom to the prison cell or from prison to prison
- prosecutor
- judge
- police escort
- custodian
A person who is paid to find information about the criminals, he follows them and tracks them down
- police escort
- prison guard
- traffic warden
- private detective
A person who talks to the hostage takers and tries to persuade them to give in
- shop detective
- private detective
- executioner
- negotiator