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THEFT 2.: APPROPRIATION 6.1 Vocabulary paraphrasing at sentence level A Study the words in the blue box.


1 Copy and complete the table. Put the words in one or more boxes, in each case.


2 Build more words in the other columns. 3 What is the special meaning of each word in law?


4 Group the words in the blue box according to their stress pattern.


B Study the information on the opposite page. Discuss these questions using words from Exercise A.


1 What is the fundamental difference between theft under section 1 of the Theft Act (Unit 5) and taking without the owner’s consent under section 12?


2 Under section 12, what is meant by: 


taking?  a conveyance?  without the consent of the owner?


3 Look at the elements of the offence on the opposite page. Which of the following is not likely to be classified as a conveyance? Give reasons. 


a horse  a hovercraft


C Study the facts in R v Pearce [1973] Crim LR 321. 1 Which elements had to be interpreted in this case?


2 What do you think the court decided? Why?


D Two students have written about R v Pearce. 1 Study A’s sentences. Write one word in each space.


2 Study B’s sentences. Complete each sentence in a logical way.


E Study the facts of the cases on the opposite page.


1 Choose one of the cases. Write a summary of the elements to be interpreted, as in Exercise D. Use your own words.


2 Rewrite your summary in a different way.


F Study all the cases on the opposite page once more. 1 What do you think the court decided in each case?


2 Listen to the judgments. Do you agree with them? 46


Student A There are two


which have to be


Firstly, the court has to inflatable rubber dinghy is a


can be Student B The court has to on two


points here. The first question is whether or not an inflatable rubber dinghy can be as a


.


The second question to be answered is whether towing on a trailer can be as .


of the offence in this case. if an .


Secondly, the court needs to make a


as to whether towing on a trailer as taking under the Act.


R v Pearce [1973] Crim LR 321


Pearce took an inflatable rubber dinghy and towed it away on a trailer.


accuse aggravated attempt authority classify commit conveyance convict decide


interpret offence permit possession Noun Verb Adjective aggravation aggravate aggravated


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