Legal English 1
Definitions
Definitions
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| Kategorie | Englisch |
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| Erstellt / Aktualisiert | 29.06.2014 / 29.04.2018 |
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the training stage of a solicitor
training contract
Strafrecht
criminal law
Vertragsrecht
the law of contract
Deliktsrecht
the law of torts
Europarecht
EU law
Treuhandrecht
the law of trusts
Grundstücksrecht
land law
Öffentliches Recht
public law
Verfassungsrecht
constitutional law
Verwaltungsrecht
administrative law
Recht des geistigen Eigentums
intellecutal property law
Patent und Urheberrecht
patent and copyright law
Gesellschaftsrecht
company and commercial law
Familienrecht
family law
Arbeitsrecht
employment (labour) law
arranged into a systematic code, e.g. a book of laws
codified
based on random choice rather than any system
arbitrary
the law which arises out of decided cases
case law (judge-made law)
a judicial order preventing a person from doing something or forcing them to do something
injunction
describing a choice that can be made freely (cf. mandatory-verpflichtend)
discretionary (Handlungsfreiheit)
the person who brings a case against another in a court of law (defendant)
claimant (plaintiff)
a written law passed by the legislature
statute, enactment, Act of Parliament
awarded by a court to the party winning the case, e.g. compensation or injuction
remedy (Rechtsmittel, Rechtsbehelf)
culpable of or responsible for a wrong-doing or criminal offence (cf. innocent)
guilty
to reject or disallow
to refuse to
formal declaration by means of a jury verdict that somebody is guilty of a criminal offence
conviction
to formally accuse somebody of having committed a criminal offence
to charge with
to start/ to institute legal proceedings against someone in the civil courts
to sue
to take legal proceedings against someone in respect of a criminal offence
to prosecute
an area of law which concerns the relationship between private indivduals
civil law
consider to be more important (e.g. a situation), to be considered before something else
prevail, to prevail over (überwiegen)
responsibilty for the acts of another person, e.g. an employer's responsibilty for the negligent actions of employees
vicarious liability (Haftung für fremdes Verschulden)
the reason for the (judge's) decision and binding part of this decision
ratio decidendi
can be differentiated between
distinguishable
statements, made in passing by a judge, which do not form the binding part part of the decision
dictum, statements made obiter dicta
to reject or disallow (e.g. a decision)
overrule
if it is decided on appeal that a person is not guilty the conviction may be...
quashed
to revoke(widerrufen) or annul (e.g. a decision)
reverse
decide differently, take a different approach
depart from
present, current case
instant
