| plot |  An Ethiopian court sentences five people to death and 33 others to life in prison over a plot to kill government officials. |
| plumber | Father was a plumber in the Tottenham Court Road, and he left a tidy business behind him, which mother carried on with Mr. Hardy, the foreman; but when Mr. Windibank came he made her sell the business, for he was very superior, being a traveller in wines. |
| plunged | A father appears in court charged with attempting to murder his children after a car plunged into a river near Evesham. |
| plunged | My popularity plunged three years ago and I didn't try to court publicity.
Namie Amuro
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| politician | A senior politician in Nigeria takes court action to force the country's sick president, Umaru Yar'Adua, from office. |
| pregnancy | A US general in Iraq defends his decision to add pregnancy to reasons his soldiers can face a court martial. |
| presidential | A Ukrainian court suspends the result of the recent presidential election, following a challenge by loser Yulia Tymoshenko. |
| prison | A court in Rwanda sentences an opposition politician to 17 years in prison for his part in the 1994 genocide. |
| prison | A High Court judge lifts a ban on reporting the Yorkshire Ripper's attempt to seek a ruling on the length of his prison sentence. |
| prosecute | It's at the discretion of the Procurator Fiscal, Advocate Depute or Lord Advocate to take a prosecution to court, and to decide on whether or not to prosecute it under solemn procedure or summary procedure. |
| provocation | Provocation can be a relevant factor in a court's assessment of a defendant's mens rea, intention, or state of mind, at the time of an act of which the defendant is accused. |
| racist | Four white students accused of making a racist video in South Africa will face trial, after attempts failed to resolve the matter out of court. |
| Ralph Neas | The death of chief justice Rehnquist and the president's nomination of John Roberts raises the stakes for the court and the American people exponentially.
Ralph Neas |
| Ralph Neas | The nation will be shaped for decades by decisions that are made by President Bush and the Senate about the future of the Supreme Court.
Ralph Neas |
| rape | A 19-year-old man appears in court charged with the rape of an 11-year-old girl in a park. |
| Raul Julia | Instead of acting in court, I decided to act onstage.
Raul Julia |
| reasonable | 'Yes, but I grow at a reasonable pace,' said the Dormouse: 'not in that ridiculous fashion.' And he got up very sulkily and crossed over to the other side of the court. |
| rebellion | A court in Georgia sentences more than a dozen soldiers and civilians to lengthy jail terms over a brief military rebellion. |
| record | A millionaire Swiss Ferrari driver is given a record $290,000 (£180,000) speeding fine by a court. |
| referendum | A nationwide referendum is taking place in Switzerland on a proposal to give animals the constitutional right to be represented in court. |
