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Legal English (Subject) / Vocabulary (Lesson)

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• abatement the ending, reduction or lessening of something, especially something harmful or unpleasant Abflauen
• abolish to end a system, practice or institution forever
• abolishment the act of doing away with, making void or destroying (something)
• above suspicion if you are above suspicion then you do nothing to make people think that you have acted wrongfully or improperly
• abort to stop an activity before it begins or before it is complete, especially because it would be difficult or dangerous to continue it
• abscond to leave a place, usually hurriedly, with the money or property of another (flüchten)
• abstention a formal decision not to vote either for or against something in an election or meeting
• abstain to not vote
• accede to become a part of a larger whole - betreten, mitmachen to accede to sth. - beitreten, einwilligen, zustimmen, stattgeben
• abuse of a dominant position when a business uses illegal means to take advantage of its market power. In the EU, abuse of a dominant position means any infringement of Article 82 of the EC Treaty. "missbräuchliche Ausnutzung einer beherrschenden Stellung"
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• acceleration a lender's demand for repayment of all money outstanding on the loan before maturity, usually on the grounds of default (vorzeitige Fälligkeit)
• tort Wrong committed between private individuals for which the law provides a remedy.
• penal law Area of the law which Deals with Drives and their punishments, including feines and/or imprisonment.
• presiding judge Vorsitzender Richter
• recant widerrufen
• By-law (UK) municiple law (US), städtische Verordnung
• directive order from a central authority, e.g. EU-Richtlinie
• Grundsteuer property tax
• bill draft document before it is made into law
• Acquired Company (UK) Company that has been merged into another Company and is therefore no longer existent, (US: transferor
• accession the act of agreeing to something
• accord and satisfaction an agreement to accept an alternative form of payment for a debt, and for that debt to then be discharged (=ended following payment) (Abfindung; vergleichsweise Erfüllung)
• an arrangement with a business or a firm (eg a law firm) to pay for goods and services at a later time, often once a month; the money available under this arrangement account
• accountancy Buchführung
• accounts receivable money owed to a company for products and/or services bought on credit
• accounts receivable financing the selling of outstanding invoices at a discount to generate capital for a business
• the selling of outstanding invoices at a discount to generate capital for a business the amount of interest due to a lender which has been earned on the loan but not yet paid (aufgelaufene Zinsen)
• acquit to decide and state formally in court that a person is not guilty of a crime they were accused of
• acquittal a formal declaration in court that a person is not guilty of a crime they were accused of
• act on behalf to represent or be employed by someone to deal with a particular matter
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• acquiesce to accept, agree or consent to something passively or without protest; to imply agreement or consent (sich fügen, etwas hinnehmen)
• act of God extreme weather conditions and natural disasters (eg lightning, flooding and volcanic activity etc) that interrupts the expected course of events
• action to collect legal proceedings to force a debtor to pay an outstanding debt
• actionable if someone's act (=something that they have done) or omission (=something that they have not done but should have) is actionable then there are legal grounds for a lawsuit or other legal action (einklagbar, strafbar) opposite: non-actionable
• addendum a piece of additional material added at the end of a book, document or a speech
• depreciation Wertverlust, Abschreibung
• adhere if you "..." to an agreement or a law etc then you accept it and act according to it (befolgen)
• to adduce to give something as evidence that something is true. (to adduce evidence = den Beweis antreten/erbringen)
• to adjudicate the action of making a formal judgment or decision about a disputed matter or a problem. (to adjudicate on/upon sth. = über etwas ein Urteil fällen)
• adjourn to close a meeting or proceeding; to suspend or postpone a meeting or legislative session until another time
• the law "says" Stipulates, provides, specifies, states, Sets forth, determines, lays down, prescribes that
• Letzte Möglichkeit Last resort
• moot case Fiktiver Fall. Moot Court = were law Students argue hypothetical cases
• Void Contract Ungültiger Vertrag
• To assert a claim Anspruch erheben
• Jemanden in Kopie setzen To copy sb in.
• Insiderinformation bekommen (über) to get the skinny (on)
• anwenden, verwenden, nutzen, benutzen to employ
• Prone Wackelig
• Apparently Anscheinend

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