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English for Law C1-C2

English for Law C1-C2

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This set of flashcards helps university-level students learn English, particularly legal terminology and concepts. The flashcard set focuses on vocabulary, with examples like "tenor," "salvage," and "rank," and supports backward learning from the target language to the source language. It's ideal for law students or professionals needing to expand their legal English vocabulary, offering a comprehensive collection of terms essential for legal practice and exams.

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Language

English

Category

English

Level

University

Created / Updated

02.12.2017 / 04.12.2017

Because of this, hence, therefore

Accordingly

To put a special mark next to information that you think is important

Flag

A particular example or case of sth. The example itself has usually being previously described in the text.

instance

Easily

Without much fuss

Not of importance

To be neither here nor there

To check, to confirm

To verify

To search or examine very carefully

To sift through

Sth. with two aspects

Twofold

To make more certain, to strengthen or support with other evidence

In corroboration

To occur or appear

To crop up

To signify directly, to mark, to indicate

To denote

To cause uncertainty about something

To cast doubt on

A discharge of an individual or corporation from employment.

…which prohibited discrimination in working conditions, including conditions governing ____ on grounds of sex.

Dismissal

A phrase used in pleading to designate that a particular statute set out therein is only a part of the statute that is relevant to the facts of the lawsuit and not the entire statute. - ___ is also used when reporting court decisions to indicate that there were other rulings made by the court but only a particular holding of the case is cited.

Inter alia

Marriage partner

spouse

Being aware; heedful.

Mindful of

A position within the hierarchy of an organization or society

Rank

The payment given for the rescue of a ship, its crew, or its cargo from fire or shipwreck

Salvage

steady, continuing

Abiding

The course of meaning which holds on or continues through something written or spoken; the general sense or meaning of a document, speech, etc.; substance, purport, import, effect, drift.

The tenor

A serious crime (such as murder or rape).

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Felony

An intentional act by one person that creates a fear in another of an imminent harmful or offensive contact, even though contact is not required.

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Assault

An unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. Although actual injury is not a requirement this type of assault usually is accompanied by the use of a weapon or by means likely to produce death or great bodily harm.

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Aggravated assault

The unlawful touching the person of another by the aggressor himself, or any other substance put in motion by him. It must be either wilfully committed, or proceed from want of due care. Hence an injury, be it never so small, done to the person of another, in an angry, spiteful, rude or insolent manner, as by spitting in his face, or any way touching him in anger, or violently jostling him, are batteries in the eye of the law.

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Battery

Theft or fraudulent conversion of money entrusted to one's care.

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Embezzlement

A voluntary act by one person inconsistent with the ownership rights of another. Examples are seen in cases where trees are cut down and the lumber hauled from the land by someone not having clear ownership; or removing furniture belonging to another from a cohabited dwelling, placing it in storage and not telling the owner of the whereabouts.

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Conversion

The crime of using dishonest methods to take something valuable from another person.

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fraud

The illegal taking and carrying away of personal property belonging to another with the purpose of depriving the owner of its possession.

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Larceny

To proceed against a defendant by charging that person with a crime and bringing him or her to trial.

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Prosecute

Early release of a prisoner who is then subject to continued monitoring as well as compliance with certain terms and conditions for a specified period.

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parole

The denial, refusal, or rejection of a right, power, or responsibility.

disclaimer

The specific manner of expressing in words in a speech or piece of writing

wording

A condition, requirement, or item specified in a legal instrument.

stipulation

Consistent conditions; conditions conforming to one standard.

Uniform conditions

A defect in a legal document that can render it invalid.

flaw

To be in conflict with, to disregard, to breach

To contravene, contravention

To make into law

to enact

Something is doubtful or uncertain, and therefore capable of being understood in more possible senses

ambiguous

A private or civil wrongful act that causes another person harm or damage and entitles him or her to compensation.

tort

Responsible or obligated.

liable

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Although

Albeit

By accident; without intending to; unintentionally

Inadvertently

After a particular thing has happened; afterwards.

Subsequently

That has been stated to have happened or to be true, when this might not be the case

Purportedly

Because of this, hence, therefore

Accordingly

To put a special mark next to information that you think is important

Flag

A particular example or case of sth. The example itself has usually being previously described in the text.

instance

Easily

Without much fuss

Not of importance

To be neither here nor there

To check, to confirm

To verify

To search or examine very carefully

To sift through

Sth. with two aspects

Twofold

To make more certain, to strengthen or support with other evidence

In corroboration

To occur or appear

To crop up

To signify directly, to mark, to indicate

To denote

To cause uncertainty about something

To cast doubt on

A discharge of an individual or corporation from employment.

…which prohibited discrimination in working conditions, including conditions governing ____ on grounds of sex.

Dismissal

A phrase used in pleading to designate that a particular statute set out therein is only a part of the statute that is relevant to the facts of the lawsuit and not the entire statute. - ___ is also used when reporting court decisions to indicate that there were other rulings made by the court but only a particular holding of the case is cited.

Inter alia

Marriage partner

spouse

Being aware; heedful.

Mindful of

A position within the hierarchy of an organization or society

Rank

The payment given for the rescue of a ship, its crew, or its cargo from fire or shipwreck

Salvage

steady, continuing

Abiding

The course of meaning which holds on or continues through something written or spoken; the general sense or meaning of a document, speech, etc.; substance, purport, import, effect, drift.

The tenor

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