Lawyer's English 6A-6B (Understanding Contracts)

to draft

to write, складати проєкт договору

punctuation

пунктуація

the marks that people use to divide writing into different sections. Examples of punctuation are commas and full stops.

sentence structure

структура речення, будова

the way in which a sentence is organised.

word order

порядок слів

the order of something us what comes first, second, third, etc. In different languages the verb, noun and adjective may be in a different order in a sentence.

synonym

синонім

a word that has the same meaning or almost the same meaning as another word. For example “small” and “little” are synonyms in English.

the passive

пасивний стан

a sentence that uses the passive is a sentence that has it subject the person or thing to which an action is done. An example of the passive is “the contract was signed by the client”. In the active you would say “the client signed the contract”

in the event of

у разі, у випадку

if something happens

terminated

припинений договір, розірваний, закінчений

ended

forthwith

негайно, одразу, без зволікань

immediately

extent

ступінь, обсяг, рівень

amount or level

territory

територія, ділянка землі

an area of land

entitled to

мати право на

have the right to something

compensation

компенсація, відшкодування

payment for something that is lost or damaged

manner

спосіб виконання, манера щось робити

the method or way of doing something

extract

уривок, витяг тексту

a supplier

постачальник

a person or company that provides a particular product or service

a right

право

a legal entitlement to do or to have something

property

майно, власність

a person’s possessions or general things that they own. Property is different from real property, which means land.

a contractor

підрядник, особа чи компанія, яка виконує роботу за договором

a person or company that makes a legal agreement to provide goods or services to another person or company.

a distributor

дистриб’ютор, той хто закуповує товар, і постачає ці товари магазинам від імені іншої особи чи компанії

a person or a company that supplies goods in a particular area, often to shops, on behalf of another person or company.

an obligation

обов’язок, зобов’язання

a legal duty to do or not to do something

in the near future

= soon

найближчим часом, скоро

at the present time

= now

зараз, на даний момент

in the event of

= if

якщо, у випадку, у разі

during such time as

= while

поки, протягом того часу

until such time as

= until

доти, до того моменту

on the part of

= by

з боку, від (приклад: negligence on the part of the company недбалість з боку компанії)

due to the fact that

= because

через те, що, тому що

not less than

= at leas

щонайменше, не менше ніж

in effect

чинний, у силі

in operation or in force, Valid.

trading

ведення бізнесу, здійснення торгівельної діяльності

]operating as a business

notice

попередження

warning that something is going to happen in the future

to take place

відбуватися, мати місце

to happen, to occur

a remedy

засіб правового захисту (при порушені договору)

a solution for a breach of contract to make sure that the innocent party doesn’t suffer from the breach.

notwithstanding

незважаючи на

notwithstanding means despite or in spite of something. For example “The new law concerning the protection of the environment will come into force next year, notwithstanding a huge amount of opposition to it from industry”

inasmuch as

оскільки, тому що, наскільки настільки (тобто є правдою лише частково).

inasmuch as mean that what are you saying in the rest of the sentence is true only in a limited way or to a certain extent.

For example: Caroline is a good lawyer Inasmuch as she usually gets a good result in court. However she is not very good at keeping up to date with important work.

to come into force

вступати в силу, набувати чинності

to begin to have legal effect

opposition to something

заперечення проти чогось

strong disagreement to something

a top law firm

провідна юридична фірма

one of the most successful and well-known law firms

lack of experience

брак, нестача досвіду

only a little experience of something

inadmissible evidence

недопустимі докази (ті що суд не може враховувати)

evidence that for some reason cannot be presented in court.

prior to

до, перед (тим як..)

before

subject to

за умови, залежно від

depending on

engaged in

залучений до, займається чимось

involved in, doing

inclusive of

включаючи, разом із

including

reffered to

згаданий, названий

named, called, mentioned

to define

визначати (термін)

to say exactly what a word means

defined terms section

розділ визначених термінів

the section of a contract where the parties agree exactly what particular words mean when those words appear in the contract

running

керування, ведення (бізнесу)

operating

availability (авелабилеті)

доступність

how many. much of a product that a company has that it can sell.

outlet

магазин, торгова точка

a shop or a company through which goods are sold

retailer

(роздрібний) продавець, той хто продає товари безпосередньо споживачам

a person or a company who sells goods to the public.

defective

дефектний, несправний, з браком

not working properly, faulty

invoice

рахунок

a list of goos or services that you have received, showing how much you have to pay for them

manufacture

виробляти

make or produce goods to sell

sum (сам)

сума, кількість грошей

amount (of money)

chain of (shops)

мережа магазинів

to invest

вкладати, інвестувати

to put money into business or put into a bank account in order to make a profit

go ahead

продовжуйте

continue

to install

встановити, монтувати (обладнання наприклад)

to put a machine in the place that you want to use it and connect it to a power supply so that it is ready to use.