English Law Flashcards

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Upper/lower courts

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Cours supérieures/inférieures

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Paramount

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Essentiel, primordial

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Scope

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Portée

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Economic stakes

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Enjeux économiques

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Odd fellow

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Drôle de type

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Wit

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Esprit/Humour

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Boundaries

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Frontières

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To enable

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Permettre

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Snapshot

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Aperçu

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Summarise

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Résumer

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Take away

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Soustraire

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Realm

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Royaume

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Sworn

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Assermenté

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Exchequer

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Echiquier

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Proceedings

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Procédures, formalités

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16
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Issued by

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Émis par

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17
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Keeper of the seal

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Garde des sceaux

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18
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Remedy

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Recours

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19
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Decision-making

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Prise de décision

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20
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Covenant

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Pacte, alliance, engagement

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21
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Trespass

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Intrusion, empiètement

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22
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Defendant/Plaintiff

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Défendeur/Demandeur

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Bill

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Pétition

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To make up for

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Compenser

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Edge of the Common law
Tranchant de la loi
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Shifts
Modifications, manoeuvres
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Crafty contrivances
Stratagèmes astucieux
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Aggrieved creditor
Créancier lésé
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To be willing to
Etre disposé à
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Public policy and good morals
Ordre public et bonne moeurs
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Overstep on
Outrepasser (compétences)
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To settle a conflict/dispute
Régler/solutionner un conflit
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Forbearance
Abstention ; Tolérance
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To loan
Prêter
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To repay
Rembourser
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Customer
Client
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Ultimately
Finalement
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The surrender by
Reddition, Fait de renoncer
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Amount to
S'élever, se traduire
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Blatantly
Manifestement, ouvertement, de manière flagrante
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Promisee
Bénéficiaire de la promesse
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Promisor
Promettant
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Groom/bride
Marié/mariée
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To bring an action against
Intenter une action
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Sound and free of all defects
Sain et exempt de tout défaut
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To warrant
Garantir, justifier
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To offset the cost
Compenser les couts
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The sailor
Le marin
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Halfway
A mi chemin
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Round trip
Voyage aller-retour
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Wage
Salaire
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The crew
Equipage
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Commitment
Engagement
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Increase
Augmenter
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Safely
En sécurité
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Accordingly
En conséquence
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Afterwards
Par la suite
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To be allowed
Etre autorisé
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To go back on/To break a promise
Revenir sur/rompre une promesse
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Legislative layer
Couche législative
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To be accountable to
Répondre de/Etre responsable
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To be entitled to
Avoir droit à
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Compete with
Rivaliser avec
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Respect owed to
Respect du à
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Inn
Auberge
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Concurrent/dissenting opinion
Opinion concordante/dissidente
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Issue/render a decision
Rendre une décision
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Take over
Reprendre, prendre en charge
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To look inwards
Faire retour sur soi même (?)
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Issuer
Emetteur
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To rely in
Se fonder sur
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Unduly
Indument
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Depart from
Déroger, s'écarter de (la règle)
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Impudent
Insolent, effronté (impudent)
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Preliminary ruling
Question préjudicielle
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Repeal
Abroger, abrogation
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Withdrawal
Retrait
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Leads
Pistes
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To hold water
Tenir la route
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Sureness
Certitude
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Wherewithal
Moyens, ressources
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Canvassed
Examinés
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Unfair
Injuste
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Outdated
Obsolète
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Case at hand/present case
Cas d'espèce/cas présent
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Threaten
Menacer
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Means
Moyens
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Clutches
Griffes
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Hands-on-approach
Approche pratique
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Law reports
Recueils de jurisprudence
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The bulk
L'essentiel
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Perennial
Récurrent
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Casual regard
Attention négligente
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Vagueries
Imprécisions
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Critical stance
Attitude critique
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Worth
Valeur
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Expound
Expliquer, exposer
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Meaning
Signification/Sens
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Intented
Voulu
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Amount to
Etre équivalent à, s'apparenter
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Enshrined
Consacré
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Whereas
Alors que, tandis que
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Uncouth intrusion
Intrusion brutale, grossière
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Shortcomings
Lacunes
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Overly
Excessivement
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Inconsistency
Incohérence
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Mischief
Méfait
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Purposive
Téléologique
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The office of the judge
La fonction de juge
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Subtle
Subtile
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Maker of the act (lawmaker)
Législateur
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Parliamentary proceedings
Travaux parlementaires
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Loiter
Flaner
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I am content to
Je me contente de
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Ground
Motif
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Resort to
Recourir à
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Date back to
Remonter à
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Textbooks
Doctrine/Manuels scolaires
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Yield to preconceptions
Céder aux idées préconçues
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Sharpen his focus
Aiguiser son point de vue, sa concentration
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Argued law is tough law
Dura lex sed lex
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Feeble
Faible, piètre