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The Thai Legal System, part 1 of 3 Posted by on Sep 17, 2010 in Intermediate

I think its time to have at least one really difficult blog post. I’m sure by now someone Thai has asked you a legal question, and you felt entirely inept at not knowing a single legal term in Thai. Well, I’m hear to list it all out in an easily memorizable list.

Before anything even goes to court, there are a few words you’ll first encounter. You may have noticed I included ‘bribe’ in the list. In Thai culture, its considered normal to bribe the police (ให้สินบน) – and in fact its a common joke that accepting bribes is one of only two things a Thai police officer is capable of. The other is blocking off roads (ปิดถนน) and causing major traffic to let rich and powerful characters zip around the city.

vocabulary (คำศัพท์):

กฎหมาย                              law

ถูกกฎหมาย                         legal

ผิดกฎหมาย                         illegal

ตามกฎหมาย                       to stay within the law

สัญญา                                  legal contract, promise

คู่สัญญา                               mutual parties to a legal contract

หมายค้น                              search warrant (to search is ค้นหา)

หมายจับ                              an arrest warrant

นักโทษหนีคดี                    fugitive from justice

ตำรวจ                                  police

จเรตำรวจ                            police inspector

นักสืบ                                  detective

หลักฐาน                              evidence

กลั่นแกล้ง                           to frame (for a crime), libel, slander

งานตรวจสถานที่เกิดเหตุ   crime scene investigation

ถูกฟ้อง                                charged with a crime

ถูกจับ                                   caught (as by the police)

ค่าปรับ                                 fine

สินบน                                  bribe

ให้สินบน                              give a bribe

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