UNIT 2: COURTS Flashcards
to perform (a task)
realizar una tarea
to fulfil(l)
realizar/perfeccionar
fulfilment a duty
cumplir una tarea
to name after or to be named after
denominar o ser denominado
feature
la categoria/la figura
legal practice
abogacia
lawyers
legal practitioners
judicial system
jurisdiction
scope
alcance
“fixtures n´fittings”
different elements that are incorporated
to behold
considerar/contemplar
Plaintiff
US
Claimant
UK
Sitting period of a court
sesion del Tribunal
Office hours
Horario de oficina
Court reporter´s table
official/servant who takes notes and write the proceedings/minutes
Proceedings/minutes
Acta
Court clerk´s table (evidence)
secretario judicial
Statements of the parties
intervenciones de las partes
pleas
alegato
the audience
la audiencia/ el publico
jurist
jurista
power of attorney
mandato/poderes
attorney
representante
legal attorney
abogado
foreperson
portavoz
consuel (US)
abogados de parte o consejo legal
decide a case
sentenciar
adjudicate
adjudicar
files
expediente
Your honor
señoria
Bailiff
auxiliar
to take oath
tomar juramento
to oath
prestar juramento
oathing
el juramento
to ascertain
verificar/acreditar
to prosecute
encausar
the prosecution
la Fiscalia
summons
citacion
to summons
citar
have jurisdiction over
son competentes sobre
to deal with a case/ to bring a case
deducir/plantear el pleito
to sue someone
demandar
suit
demanda
law/suits
pleito
to file a suit
presentar/ deducir una demanda
to sport
vestir/llevar
right to trial by jury
derecho a juicio con jurado
legal disputes
litigio/conflictos
are resolved
resueltos
settlement
acuerdo intraprocesal
agreement
acuerdo extraprocesal
trial
juicio
courts of first instance
Tribunales de 1ª instancia
Upper courts
Tribunales de 2ª instancia
to chair/hear
presidir
Courts of appeal
tribunal de apelación
appellate of courts
tribunales de apelación
decisions
resolución
sentence
condena
judicial decision
sentencia
‘Ruling’
fallo