Judge Rejects Request to Change Jewellery Valuer in Zapatero Case
A judge has made a new decision in a case in Spain. The judge is named Calama. A person named Zapatero asked the judge to change the jewellery shop doing a valuation of some jewels. Zapatero wanted a different shop. The judge said no.
The jewellery shop is called Yanes. The judge said Yanes can do the job. This is a second valuation of the jewels. A first valuation happened before. Now Yanes will check the jewels again.
Zapatero tried to remove Yanes from the case. This is called a recusal. The judge did not accept this request. The judge said Yanes will still do the work.
This means Yanes will now look at the jewels. They will decide how much the jewels are worth. The court will use this new information later.
Vocabulary15 words
- judge
- a person who decides things in court
- valuation
- finding out how much something is worth
- recusal
- asking to remove someone from a job because you do not trust them
- jewellery
- rings, necklaces, and other pretty things people wear
- court
- a place where judges decide legal problems
- shop
- a place that sells things
- decision
- a choice a judge or person makes
- request
- asking for something
- case
- a legal problem being studied by a court
- jewels
- valuable stones or metal objects, like diamonds or gold
- reject
- to say no to something
- worth
- the value of something in money
- second
- happening again, after the first time
- accept
- to say yes to something
- confirm
- to say something is true or final
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Answer key
1. Remove the chosen jewellery shop 2. Yanes 3. No
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A _____ has made a new decision in a case in Spain.
The judge is named _____.
A person named Zapatero asked the judge to change the jewellery shop doing a _____ of some jewels.
Zapatero wanted a different _____.
The judge said _____.
The jewellery shop is called _____.
This is a second _____ of the jewels.
Zapatero tried to remove Yanes from the case. This is called a _____.
The judge did not accept this _____.
They will decide how much the jewels are _____.
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