Lesson 1

Question 1

advocacy

Answer 1

• Befürwortung/juristische Wordgewandheit

* skill of pleading a case before a court

Question 2

advocate

Answer 2

• plädierender Anwalt

* barrister, lawyer pleading before a court

Question 3

petition

Answer 3

• Antrag/Klage

* written application to a court

Question 4

settlement

Answer 4

• Vertrag über ein Gründstück/Vergleich

* contracts on land/agreement after an argument

Question 5

pleadings

Answer 5

• Plädoyer/Schriftsätze

* action of speaking on behalf of a client in court/documents giving the arguments of the parties

Question 6

litigation

Answer 6

• Rechtsstreit/Zivilprozess

* starting legal proceedings against someone to have a dispute settled

Question 7

writ

Answer 7

• Klageschrift mit Vorladung/gerichtliche Anordnung

* legal document containing the demands of a person and inviting the defendant to come to court

Question 8

I read law.

Answer 8

Ich studiere Jura.

Question 9

interlocutory proceedings

Answer 9

• Vorverfahren

* hearing that takes place before full trial

Question 10

right of audience

Answer 10

• Anhörungsrecht

* permission to plead before court

Question 11

non-litigious matters

Answer 11

• nichtstreitige Angelegenheiten

* matters which are not in dispute

Question 12

will

Answer 12

• Testament

* last wishes of a person drafted in a legal document

Question 13

trust

Answer 13

• Treuhandschaft

* duty of looking after goods or money or property which someone has passed to you

Question 14

estate

Answer 14

• Nachlass/Grundtsück

* property left by a dead person/a piece of land

Question 15

conveyancing

Answer 15

• Formalitäten bei der Eigentumsübertragung von Grundstücken

* drawing up a document which transfers the ownership of a land from a seller to a buyer

Question 16

partnership

Answer 16

• Personengesellschaft/GbR

* unregistered business where two people or more share risks and profits equally

Question 17

to instruct

Answer 17

• beauftragen/anweisen

* to give an order to somebody

Question 18

lay (adj.)

Answer 18

• laienhaft

* not belonging to a certain profession (e.g. layman)

Question 19

to withdraw from sth.

Answer 19

• etwas zurückziehen

* remove (e.g. offer)

Question 20

precedent

Answer 20

• Präzedenzfall

* to set a precident

Question 21

legal

Answer 21

• gesetzlich, rechtlich, juristisch/rechtmäßig, legal
• connected with the law/allowed by the law (in criminal law)
• opposite = illegal

Question 22

lawful

Answer 22

• rechtmäßig/gesetzesmäßig
• allowed by the law (in civil law)
• opposite = unlawfull

Question 23

conduct

Answer 23

• Handlungsweise

* behaviour

Question 24

jurist

Answer 24

• Jurist

* an expert of law or jurisprudence, but only academic (e.g. professor)

Question 25

to counsel

Answer 25

* empfehlen/beraten | * to give advice, espacially on social or personal problems

Question 26

defence counsel

Answer 26

Verteidiger

Question 27

damages

Answer 27

* Schadensersatz | * compesation money that is paid to someone by a person or organization who was responsible for causing injury or loss

Question 28

judgement (legal)

Answer 28

* richterliche Entscheidung | * official legal decision

Question 29

judgement (decide)

Answer 29

* Urteilsvermögen | * the ability to form valueable opinions and make good decisions

Question 30

judiciary

Answer 30

* Judikative/Richterschaft | * the part of a countries government that is responsible for its legal system

Question 31

justice

Answer 31

* Gerechtigkeit, Justiz/Richter | * the system of laws in a country that judges and punishes people/ a judge in law court (AE)

Question 32

administrative law

Answer 32

Verwaltungsrecht

Question 33

constitutional law

Answer 33

Staatsrecht

Question 34

land law

Answer 34

* Immobiliarsachenrecht | * deals with the ownership and transfer of land or immovable property

Question 35

law of tort

Answer 35

* Deliktsrecht | * provides for damages for the victim injured by another person

Question 36

family law

Answer 36

Familenrecht

Question 37

labour law

Answer 37

Arbeitsrecht

Question 38

law of contract

Answer 38

Vertragsrecht

Question 39

European Union law

Answer 39

EU-Recht

Question 40

equity

Answer 40

Billigkeitsrecht

Question 41

criminal law

Answer 41

* Strafrecht | * determines crimes and punishment

Question 42

landlord and tennant law

Answer 42

Mietrecht

Question 43

intellectual property

Answer 43

Immaterialgüterrecht

Question 44

company law

Answer 44

Gesellschaftsrecht

Question 45

law of succession

Answer 45

Erbrecht

Question 46

civil procedure

Answer 46

Zivilprozessrecht

Question 47

law of taxation

Answer 47

Steuerrecht

Question 48

legal history

Answer 48

Rechtsgeschichte

Question 49

sentencing and penal system

Answer 49

Strafe und Strafsystem (Teil des Strafprozessrechts)

Question 50

criminal procedure and criminal evidence

Answer 50

Strafprozessrecht und Beweisführung

Question 51

aspects of obligations

Answer 51

Aspekte von (gesetzlichen) Schuldverhältnissen

Question 52

jurisprudence

Answer 52

Rechtsphilosophie

Question 53

prescribed subjects

Answer 53

Fächer mit Teilnahmeschein

Question 54

to alienate

Answer 54

veräußern

Question 55

offender

Answer 55

* Straftäter | * person who is guilty of a crime

Question 56

to observe

Answer 56

* befolgen * to obey a law, rule or custom * opposite = to break the law

Question 57

accountancy

Answer 57

Buchhaltung/Rechnungswesen

Question 58

undergraduate

Answer 58

* Student vor dem ersten akademischen Grad | * student who is studying for their first degree at a college or university

Question 59

postgraduate

Answer 59

student who has already received ohne degree and is studying at a university for a more advanced degree

Question 60

department

Answer 60

* Fakultät | * faculty

Question 61

The lawyer gives legal advice to his clients.

Answer 61

Der Anwalt berät seine Klienten rechtlich.

Question 62

The defense counsel appears in court for his client.

Answer 62

Der Verteidiger vertritt den Klienten vor Gericht.

Question 63

The public prosecutor charges sb. with a crime.

Answer 63

Der Staatsanwalt klagt jemanden wegen eines Verbrechens an.