Topic 11- Legal english

A contract

Legal agreement

Parties

People or groups

A lease

A contract which allows one party (the tenant) to use the land or property of the other party (the landlord) for a specified period of time

A landlord

a lessor

A tenant

A lessee

Terms

Conditions

To meet or fulfill all the conditions

Izpolniti vse pogoje

Binding conditions

Zavezujoči pogoji

To sue in a court of law

Tožiti na sodišču

An appendix/ addendum/ annex

Dodatek/priloga

A breach of law

Kršitev zakona

A employment contract

a contract between an employer and employee

Permanent

or temporary

Full-time

or part-time

A public (procurement) contract

an agreement to perform a particular task to benefit the community at large that is financed

by government funds

A contract of sale

a contract between a seller (or vendor) and a buyer (or purchaser)

An insurance policy

a contract between an insurance company and a person who pays for the insurance

A software license

a contract which allows someone to use a computer programme

A licensor

Dajalec licence

A licensee

Imetnik licence

A credit agreement

a legal contract in which a bank agrees to loan a customer a certain amount of money for a

specified amount of time

A public tender

a contract published by a public sector organisation to invite competing offers from

suppliers who can provide goods, services, products or works that an organisation requires with the decision ultimately being made on the basis of price and quality

The insurer

Zavarovalnica

Policy holder

zavarovanec

Sign a conract

to put your signature on a contract to show that you agree to it

Draw a contract

to prepare/write a contract, including all the details

Breach a contract

To break one or more of the terms of the contract

Terminate a contract

to end a contract before the official end date

Complete a contract

to fulfil all the terms of the contract

Extend a contract

to make a contract continue for a longer time

Renew a contract

to sign a new contract (when the previous contract has finished)

A signer

A signee

To revoke or to annul

Preklicati ali razveljaviti

An extension

Podaljšek

A renewal

Obnova

Hereinafter

in the following part of this document

To purchase

to buy

A quotation

A formal statement setting out the estimated cost for a particular job or service

An invoice

a list of goods sold or work done showing what the customer must pay

A balance

an amount of money that remains to be paid for something

A penalty

a type of punishment, often involving paying money, that is given to you if you break an agreement or do not follow rules

A warranty

a written guarantee which enables you to get a product repaired or replaced free of charge

Applicable law

The law that applies to a particular agreement

Dispute resolution

Reševanje sporov

To be in accordance with terms and conditions of

According to a rule, system

To comply with the Seller’s quotation

To obey something such as a rule or law

To be subject to a 5% late payment penalty

Affected by or possibly affected by

To be liable for any damages

To be legally responsible

To conform to the requirements of this Agreement

To behave or act according to a standard, norm or pattern

To remedy defects under the terms of this Agreement

To put right, to put back in a proper condition

To amend the Agreement

To change the words of a text, especially a law or a legal document

To be made in writing

In the form of a document, printed or written on a paper

To enter into the Agreement

To officially make an agreement, contract

To set out terms and conditions

To present information or ideas in a well-ordered way

To resolve disputes

To solve or end

To be liable

Biti odgovoren

to become null and void

To become invalid, having no legal force, cancelled

compensation

money that someone who has experienced loss or suffering claims from the person or organization responsible, or from the state

stock

a supply of something (to be in / out of stock)

a warehouse

a large building for storing things before they are sold or sent to shops

to relinquish responsibility

to give up responsibility

to hold accountable

to be completely responsible for something

to dispatch

to send somewhere

On behalf of

speaking for, representing

to permit something

to allow it to happen