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Unit 1. The law

Rocío Pinazo ENGLISH Spanish 68 cards

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  1. 1Money claimed by someone as compensation for harm doneDamages
  2. 2To send someone to prison or to a courtCommit
  3. 3Not guilty of a crimeInnocent
  4. 4An adjective referring to judge or to the lawJudicial
  5. 5Any act which is not legalOffence
  6. 6A person who has studied law and can act for people on legal businessLawyer
  7. 7A disagreement or argument between partiesDispute
  8. 8A specialist court outside the judicial system which examines special problemsTribunal
  9. 9A set of arguments or facts put forward by one side in a legal proceedingCase
  10. 10An official who presides over a courtJudge
  11. 11To make an allegation in legal proceedingsPlead
  12. 12Someone who is accused of a crime in a criminal caseDefendant
  13. 13A person who makes a claim against someone in a civil courtClaimant
  14. 14An agreement reached after an argumentSettlement
  15. 15To hold someone legally so as to charge them with a crimeArrest
  16. 16A case which is being heard by a committee, tribunal or court of the lawHearing
  17. 17To find that someone is guilty of a crimeConvict
  18. 18Failure to carry out the terms of an agreementBreach
  19. 19To bring someone to court to answer a criminal chargeProsecute
  20. 20To ask high law court to change its decision or sentenceAppeal
  21. 21To say that someone has committed a crimeCharge
  22. 22Having the legal ability to force someone to do somethingBinding
  23. 23An adjective referring to the rights and duties of a private person or organisationsCivil
  24. 24The arguments used when fighting a caseDefence
  25. 25A legal agreement between two or more partiesContract
  26. 26An adjective referring to crimeCriminal
  27. 27A group of 12 citizens who decide whether or not someone is guilty in a trialJury
  28. 28A written or spoken statement of facts which helps to prove or disprove something at a trialEvidence
  29. 29To order someone to pay money as punishmentFine
  30. 30A court order telling someone to stop doing something or not to do somethingInjunction
  31. 31A body that is appointed to make a judgment or inquiryTribunal
  32. 32A country's body of judgesThe Judiciary
  33. 33An act or acts passed by a law-making bodyRule
  34. 34Behaviour recognized by a community as binding or enforceable by authorityLegal Action
  35. 35Legal proceedingsLegislation
  36. 36An official body that has authority to try criminals, resolve disputes or make other legal decisionCourt
  37. 37An organization responsible for enforcing the law, especially the policeLaw enforcement agency
  38. 38A senior official in a court of lawJudge
  39. 39The body or system of rules recognized by a community that is enforceable by established processLegal system
  40. 40The control resulting from following a community's system of rulesAuthority
  41. 41Members of the legal professionLawyers
  42. 42To rule society and control the behaviour of its membersGovern
  43. 43The term which refers to all professionals working in the legal profession; it does not refer to a specific job.Lawyers
  44. 44The area of law relating to business organised as companies. It includes the formation and end of companies, their legal status and the duties of their members.Company law
  45. 45The system of law created by the European CommunitiesEC Law
  46. 46The part of the law which deals with relations between ordinary individuals, and also between individuals and the State in circumstances where the State has no special rights or powersCivil/Private law
  47. 47The area of law relating to the organization of the family and the legal relations of the membersFamily Law
  48. 48The system of law which regulates relations between StatesInternational Law
  49. 49The law relating to illegal conduct for which a person may be prosecuted and punished by the StateCriminal Law
  50. 50The area of law applied to employment, remuneration, conditions of work, etc...Labour law
  51. 51The part of the legal system which deals with the State and also with relations between the State and ordinary individuals in circumstances where the State has special rights or powersPublic Law
  52. 52The law relating to the legal structure of government in State. It defines the principal organs of government and their relationship to each other and to individualsConstitutional Law
  53. 53The area of law relating to the functions and powers of government organisations and how they operate in practise to administer government policy.Administrative Law
  54. 54means not having enough money to pay your debtsTo be insolvent
  55. 55Is the joining together of two or more things, such as companies, to form one single thing or company.To merger
  56. 56is a person who pays rent to the owner of a house, a flat or an office in return for living there, or for using the building for business purposes.A tenant
  57. 57is the legal process involved in transferring the ownership of a house or land from the setter to the buyerConveyancing
  58. 58means to behave differently towards that person because of their age, skin, sex...To discriminate against someone
  59. 59is a situation where someone loses his or her job for a reason that is not validUnfair dismissal
  60. 60is money that an employer must pay to an employee when the employee is ill and can not workSick pay
  61. 61is an agreement to allow someone to use the land to buildings for a fixed period of time in return for a payment or rentA lease of land and buildings
  62. 62is the establishment of a new business in a specific wayThe formation of a business
  63. 63is a business which minimum of two people own and controlA partnership
  64. 64is the period when a woman is not ar work before and after the birth of her baby. her employer usually pays her for part or all the time she is away.Maternity leave
  65. 65is the total amount of money, property and other assets that a business hasCapital
  66. 66is a situation where someone loses his or her job because an employer no longer needs so many employeesRedundancy
  67. 67is a person who owns a house, flat or office and receives rent from someone for allowing them to live there, or use the building for business purposesLandlord
  68. 68is a more formal way of saying land and buildingsReal estate

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Words used in the legal profession.
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Rocío Pinazo · May 2020
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May 5, 2020
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