Cases of word usage

1) to give a legal decision that a person is not guilty of an offense (acquit)

2) take a child into one's family is a son or daughter, with the legal responsibilities of a parent (adopt)

3) a written statement, made on oath, (to be) used as legal proof or evidence (affidavit)

4) the money (to be) paid by one person to another by a judge's order, after a legal separation or divorce (alimony)

5) (of a person, a record) defeated: a beaten man (e.g. one who has lost a legal or personal battle) (beaten)

6) to establish, give legal authority to, (a committee etc) (constitute)

7) (to protect a work, author, with) the sole legal right to print, publish, sell, broadcast, perform, film or record the work or any part of it (copyright)

8) a place where legal cases are heard and judged; the judges, magistrates and other officers who administer justice (court)

9) a person against whom a legal action is brought (defendant)

10) (an instance of) the legal ending of a marriage so that the man and woman are free to marry again (divorce)