Kaarten: juridisch engels jaar 2 unit 1 | Quizlet

A person who practices law and gives legal advice. (1)

lawyer (1)

Another word for lawyer, especially in the USA.

attorney

Officially recognized as having completed necessary training.

qualified

The process of taking legal action in court.

litigation

The legal right to speak and represent clients in court.

right of audience

To work in a profession (here: to work as a lawyer).

practise

A person who presides over court cases.

judge

A business or firm where legal services are provided.

legal practice

Speaking or acting on behalf of someone in court.

advocacy

To go to court to represent a client.

appear

Lawyers specializing in courtroom advocacy.

barristers

A period of practical training in a law firm.

training contract

A business owned by two or more people.

partnership

Presenting legal arguments in court.

pleading a case

Lawyers who advise clients and handle legal matters outside court.

solicitors

A company providing legal services.

law firm

Representing a client legally.

acting for

Acting on behalf of someone in legal matters.

represent

Focusing on a particular area of law.

specialise

People who hire a lawyer for legal help.

clients

dispute between private parties → result: compensation or orders

Civil

offence against the law/state → result: punishment

Criminal

The law that punishes acts against a person or against property that people consider to be harmful to the whole community. The state prosecutes criminals.

Criminal law

The law concerning the rights and duties of private individuals and companies other than criminal matters

Civil law

A subject or situation, eg a criminal matter, a civil matter

A matter

A legal document in which a person gives details of what they want to happen to their property after their death

A will

To take something that belongs to someone else with the intention of keeping it

To steal (stole)

To have a serious disagreement with another person

To be in dispute

The claimant or the defendant

A party to a court case

To have to pay someone for something that they have done for you or given to you

To owe money to someone

The court fees and payment for the lawyers who are acting for the parties

Legal costs

A decided way of doing something

A procedure

To take legal action against someone in the criminal court

To prosecute

to start a claim in the civil court

To issue a claim

to pay the court an amount of money

To pay a fee

to send the claim to the defendant's address and make sure that he or she receives it.

To serve a claim upon someone

confirm that you have received the claim and to say what you will do next.

To respond to a claim

listen to the details of the claim and listen to what the claimant and the defendant say about their dispute.

To hear a case

decide that this person has won the case

To find in favour of someone

officially announce the result of the case. The judge may give the reasons for the decisions.

To give a judgement

officially state what someone has to do, and how and when he or she must do it

To make an order:

a person who can legally take a person's property when that person does not pay money that he or she owes.

A bailiff

says that everyone has a civil duty to be careful and not to hurt or harm another person

law of tort

everyone has a civil duty to be careful and not to hurt or harm another person

duty of care

it is like an accusation

an allegation

it is when someone is not careful enough and this person's carelessness hurts another person as a result

negligence

when someone breaches their duty of care

A tort

starting legal action against someone

to sue

client does not have to pay his or her lawyer if the client loses his or her action in tort

no win no fee

money that an injured person gets from the defendant in a successful action in tort

Damages

the reasons for going to court

grounds

to break

to breach

To do business with someone or to take the correct action in an area of work

To deal with someone or something

Allowed by the law

Legal

Legally correct and acceptable

Valid

To write a document

To draft a document

To have legal interest in something (it is yours)

To have a right

A person who steals money or property while using or threatening to use violence

Robber

the legal ending of a marriage

A divorce

(in company law) when two companies join together to form one

To merge

To be established somewhere as the main place where you work or live

To be based somewhere

Things that are produced so that they can be sold

Goods

An amount of money that a person or organisation keeps to pay for something in particular

Fund

a lawyer who deals with clients who create new inventions such as medecines, machines or new artistic works, is a specialist in...

intellectual property law

a lawyer who deals with clients who breach their civil duty is a specialist in...

the law of tort

not heaving enough money to pay your debts

Insolvent

the joining together of two or more things, such as companies, to form one single thing or company

Merger

person who pays rent to the owner of a house, flat, or office in return for living there, or for using the building for business purposes

Tenant

the legal process involved in transferring the ownership of a house or land from the seller to the buyer

Conveyancing

to behave differently towards that person, usually in the workplace, because of their age, sex or the colour of their skin

Discriminate

a situation where someone loses his or her job for a reason that is not valid

Unfair dismissal

money that an employer must pay to an employee when that employee is ill and cannot work

Sick pay

an agreement to allow someone to use land or buildings for a fixed period of time in return for a payment of rent

Lease of land and buildings

the establishment of a new business in a specific way

Formation of a business

time period when a woman is not at work before and after the birth of her baby. Her employer usually pays her for part or all the time that she is away

Maternity leave

total amount of money, property and other assets that a business has

Capital

situation where someone loses his or her job because an employer no longer needs so many employees

Redundancy

a person who owns a house, a flat or office and receives rent from someone for allowing them to live there, or use the building for business purposes

A landlord

a more formal way of saying land and buildings

Real estate

To have ownership of a property means that the property belongs to you, you are the owner

Ownership

Things that a person or company owns

Assets

Sums of money that you owe

Debts

The money that someone pays, usually every month, to use a flat, a house or an office that belongs to someone else

Rent

Something that is fixed is certain and cannot be changed

Fixed

they represent you in order to deal with something

act for

an unproved statement declaring that something has happened

allegation

to not obey a law or to not do what was promised or agreed

breach

the fact of not taking or showing enough care and attention

carelessness

a matter to be decided by a judge or jury

case

The person who starts the claim

claimant

a person or organization taking advice from a lawyer

client

a set of several legal factors that control the formation, operation, and dissolution of a company.

company law

an obligation to pay or perform on another's claim

debt

the person accused of the crime

defendant

the obligation that the law places on a person to take reasonable steps to prevent foreseeable harm

duty of care

a set of laws that deal with the rights of employees and the responsibilities of employers:

employment law

the reasons or basis for a legal action or argument.

grounds

loss of or damage to a person's right, property, or physical or mental well-being.

harm

is a legal framework that governs how individuals enter, reside in, and become citizens of a country.

immigration law

focuses upon the uses and supply of land

land law