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Legal English (Subject) / Unit 1 (Lesson)
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- litigator lawyer specialized in representing clients in court Prozessanwalt
- magistrates' court trial court with limited powers in Britain the magistrates are either lay persons ( called justice of peace) or trained judges Amtsgericht
- merger the joining of two companies resulting in the dissolution of one company survival of the other Zusammenschluss
- misdemeanor an offence of lesser gravity in the US Vergehen
- mortgage/ foreclosure forcing the sale of a property aquired by a borrower who fails to keep up with regular mortgage repayments Zwangsversteigerung
- negligence failure to do somethin a reasonable would do, or to do something a reasonable person would not do Fahrlässigkeit
- paralegal non lawyer, with some form of specialised legal training, who helps lawyer in their legal work Juristische Hilfskraft
- personal property, chattles, movables, personalty things that are moveable and capeable of being owened bewegliche Sache
- petitioner in the US someone who takes an appeal to a supreme court Antragsteller
- real property, real estates, realty land, including anything attached to it Immobilie
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- Registrar of Companies a government official whose job is to keep records of all existing and new companies in the UK, and to make sure that they record their accounts and other information correctly Handelsregister
- remedy, relief, redress means of preventing, redressing or compensating a violation of a rigth Rechtsschutz
- respondent in the US, person against whom an appeal to a supreme court has beentaken; in the UK, person against whom an appeal has been taken der Beklagte
- ruling A judges decision in a court of law
- sentence what the judge imposes as a punishment Strafe
- sole proprietor, sole trader the owner of a business who is personally liable for depts Einzelunternehmer
- solicitor in the UK, lawyer who is qualified to give legal advice and prepare legaldocuments; solicitors may now qualify for rights of audience (i.e. a right toappear before a court) in the higher courts to offer a complete service for aclient – from initial advice through to case preparation and presentationbefore the courts der Notar
- specific performance when a court orders the breaching party to perform its part of a contract Naturalrestition
- stare decisis the practice of applying precedents to later cases
- statute (adjuctive statutory) law formal written law created by a legislative body such asparliament, as opposed to a law created through the courts Gesetz
- supreme court highest court in jurisdiction, the court of last resort oberstes bundesgericht
- tenant person who has the right to use a particular property or piece of land to live in or for work, usually in return for paying rent Mieter
- to comply with sth to conform or adapt one’s actions to another’s wishes, to a rule, or tonecessity; to act in accordance with sth sich nach etw richten
- to litigate to take legal action in ordert o settle a dispute; e.g to ~cases or disputes ein Prozess führen
- tort law wrong committed between private individuals for which the law provides a remedy Deliktsrecht
- trial court first court to hear a case, considers both issues of fact and issues of law, convenes with one judge and possibly a jury Prozessgericht
- tribunal body with either judicial or quasi-judicial functions Gerichtshof
- tribunal body with either judicial or quasi-judicial functions Gerichtshof
- tribunal body with either judicial or quasi-judicial functions Gerichtshof
- ultra vires unauthorised, beyond a person’s legal power über die Befugnisse hinausgehend
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- verdict the decision of a jury urteil
- writ document informing someone that they will be involved in a legal process and instructing them what they must do der Erlass