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Lesson 1 Flashcards

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1
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advocacy

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  • Befürwortung/juristische Wordgewandheit

* skill of pleading a case before a court

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advocate

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  • plädierender Anwalt

* barrister, lawyer pleading before a court

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petition

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  • Antrag/Klage

* written application to a court

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settlement

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  • Vertrag über ein Gründstück/Vergleich

* contracts on land/agreement after an argument

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pleadings

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  • Plädoyer/Schriftsätze

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

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6
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litigation

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  • Rechtsstreit/Zivilprozess

* starting legal proceedings against someone to have a dispute settled

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writ

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  • Klageschrift mit Vorladung/gerichtliche Anordnung

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

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I read law.

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Ich studiere Jura.

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interlocutory proceedings

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  • Vorverfahren

* hearing that takes place before full trial

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right of audience

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  • Anhörungsrecht

* permission to plead before court

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non-litigious matters

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  • nichtstreitige Angelegenheiten

* matters which are not in dispute

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will

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  • Testament

* last wishes of a person drafted in a legal document

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trust

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  • Treuhandschaft

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

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estate

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  • Nachlass/Grundtsück

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

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15
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conveyancing

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  • Formalitäten bei der Eigentumsübertragung von Grundstücken

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

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16
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partnership

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  • Personengesellschaft/GbR

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

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17
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to instruct

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  • beauftragen/anweisen

* to give an order to somebody

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lay (adj.)

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  • laienhaft

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

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to withdraw from sth.

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  • etwas zurückziehen

* remove (e.g. offer)

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precedent

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  • Präzedenzfall

* to set a precident

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legal

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

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  • rechtmäßig/gesetzesmäßig
  • allowed by the law (in civil law)
  • opposite = unlawfull
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23
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conduct

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  • Handlungsweise

* behaviour

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jurist

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  • Jurist

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

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to counsel

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  • empfehlen/beraten

* to give advice, espacially on social or personal problems

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defence counsel

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Verteidiger

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damages

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  • Schadensersatz

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

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judgement (legal)

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  • richterliche Entscheidung

* official legal decision

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judgement (decide)

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  • Urteilsvermögen

* the ability to form valueable opinions and make good decisions

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judiciary

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  • Judikative/Richterschaft

* the part of a countries government that is responsible for its legal system

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justice

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  • Gerechtigkeit, Justiz/Richter

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

32
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administrative law

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Verwaltungsrecht

33
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constitutional law

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Staatsrecht

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land law

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  • Immobiliarsachenrecht

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

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law of tort

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  • Deliktsrecht

* provides for damages for the victim injured by another person

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family law

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Familenrecht

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labour law

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Arbeitsrecht

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law of contract

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Vertragsrecht

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European Union law

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EU-Recht

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equity

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Billigkeitsrecht

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criminal law

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  • Strafrecht

* determines crimes and punishment

42
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landlord and tennant law

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Mietrecht

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intellectual property

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Immaterialgüterrecht

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company law

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Gesellschaftsrecht

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law of succession

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Erbrecht

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civil procedure

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Zivilprozessrecht

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law of taxation

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Steuerrecht

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legal history

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Rechtsgeschichte

49
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sentencing and penal system

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Strafe und Strafsystem (Teil des Strafprozessrechts)

50
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criminal procedure and criminal evidence

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Strafprozessrecht und Beweisführung

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aspects of obligations

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Aspekte von (gesetzlichen) Schuldverhältnissen

52
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jurisprudence

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Rechtsphilosophie

53
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prescribed subjects

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Fächer mit Teilnahmeschein

54
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to alienate

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veräußern

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offender

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  • Straftäter

* person who is guilty of a crime

56
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to observe

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  • befolgen
  • to obey a law, rule or custom
  • opposite = to break the law
57
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accountancy

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Buchhaltung/Rechnungswesen

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undergraduate

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  • Student vor dem ersten akademischen Grad

* student who is studying for their first degree at a college or university

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postgraduate

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

60
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department

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  • Fakultät

* faculty

61
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The lawyer gives legal advice to his clients.

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Der Anwalt berät seine Klienten rechtlich.

62
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The defense counsel appears in court for his client.

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Der Verteidiger vertritt den Klienten vor Gericht.

63
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The public prosecutor charges sb. with a crime.

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Der Staatsanwalt klagt jemanden wegen eines Verbrechens an.

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