| English Word |
Latin Root/Engl. meaning |
| accusation, accuser, accusatory |
accusator - prosecutor |
| advocate, advocacy |
advocatus - supporter |
| attest, testimony, testament |
testes - witnesses |
| conjure, abjure |
jus (ius) - right, law |
| counsel, counselor |
consilium - panel of experts |
| defendant, defense, indefensible |
defendo, -ere, defendi, defensus |
| judicial, judicious, adjudicate |
judices - judges |
| jurist, perjure, conjure |
ius, iuris - right, law |
| magistrate |
magistratus - magistrate |
| patron, patronize |
patronus - lawyer, once w/clients |
| prosecute, prosecution |
prosequi - to pursue, prosecute |
| reus |
reus - defendant |
| scribe, inscribe, prescribe |
scribae - recorders |
