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Useful nouns, 2nd Year Flashcards

1
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A person who is appointed to deal with financial or other matters on behalf of another person.

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Nominee

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A licence to trade using a brand name and paying a royalty for it.

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Franchise

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An official who investigates complaints by the public against government departments or otherlarge organisations (especially banks, travel companies, and electricity, gas, water and telecommunications providers).

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Ombudsman

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Somebody who gives a guarantee

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Guarantor

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A failure to carry out the terms of an agreement, a contract, etc

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Breach

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One of the main conditions of a contract, where one party agrees to what is proposed by the other party. Also the act of signing a bill of exchange to show that you agree to pay for it.

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Acceptance

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The notifiable offence of telling lies when you have made an oath to say what is true in court.

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Perjury

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Somebody who has committed a civil wrong to somebody, entitling the victim to claim damages.

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Tortfeasor

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A payment made by a person or company to cover the cost of damage or hardship which he / she /it has caused.

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Compensation

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An attempt by a third party to make the two sides in an argument agree

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Mediation

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A document in which a company acknowledges it owes a debt and gives the company’s assets as security

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Debenture

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The closing of a company and the selling of its assets.

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Liquidation

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Money claimed by a claimant from a defendant because of harm or damage done, or moneyawarded by a court to a claimant as a result of harm suffered by the claimant

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Damages

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14
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The legal responsibility for paying someone for loss or damage incurred.

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Liability

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A failure to give proper care to something, especially a duty or responsibility, with the result that a person or property is harmed.

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Negligence

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The good reputation of a business and its contacts with its customers (for example, the name of the product it sells or its popular appeal to customers).

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Goodwill

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17
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A court order telling a person or a company to stop doing something, or telling them not to do it in the first place

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Injunction

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18
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To send someone to prison or to a court

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Commit

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19
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An adjective referring to a judge or to the law.

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Judicial

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20
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Not guilty of a crime.

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Innocent

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21
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Any act which is not legal.

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Offence

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22
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A person who has studied law and can act for people on legal business

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Lawyer

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23
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A disagreement or argument between parties

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Dispute

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24
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A specialist court outside the judicial system which examines special problems

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Tribunal

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A set of arguments or facts put forward by one side in a legal proceeding

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Case

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26
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An official who presides over a court

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Judge

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27
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To make an allegation in legal proceedings

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Plead

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28
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Someone who is accused of a crime in a criminal case

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defendant

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29
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A person who makes a claim against someone in a civil court.

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Claimant

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30
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An agreement reached after an argument.

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Settlement

31
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To hold someone legally so as to charge them with a crime.

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Arrest

32
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A case which is being heard by a committee, tribunal or court of law.

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Hearing

33
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To find that someone is guilty of a crime.

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Convict

34
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To bring someone to court to answer a criminal charge

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Prosecute

35
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To ask a high law court to change its decision or sentence.

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Appeal

36
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To say that someone has committed a crime.

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Charge

37
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Having the legal ability to force someone to do something.

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Binding

38
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An adjective referring to the rights and duties of private persons or organisations

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Civil

39
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The arguments used when fighting a case.

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Defence

40
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A legal agreement between two or more parties

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Contract

41
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An adjective referring to crime

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Criminal

42
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A group of 12 citizens who decide whether or not someone is guilty in a trial

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Jury

43
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A written or spoken statement of facts which helps to prove or disprove something at a trial.

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Evidence

44
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To order someone to pay money as a punishment

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Fine

45
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responsible for what had happened

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Accountable

46
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being acceptable because it is true or relevant

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valid

47
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Not biased or prejudiced

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Impartial

48
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difficult to value as it does not exist physically

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Intangible

49
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financial expression

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pecuniary

50
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not having happened before

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unprecedent

51
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not having any legal effect

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void

52
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referring to evidence which a court will allow to be used

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admissible

53
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where everyone votes in the same way

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unanimous

54
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able or allowed to do something

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eligible

55
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very strong, so that it is not possible for
two sides to reach an agreement

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irreconcilable

56
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serious negligence

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gross

57
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Able to be removed

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Deductible

58
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not able to pay debts

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insolvent

59
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Acting as trustee for someone else, or being in a position of trust

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fiduciary

60
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To make something weaker or less effective

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undermine

61
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People who have invested in and own part of a business, or people who have a personal interest in how something happens

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stakeholders

62
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Open and honest about its actions

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transparent

63
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People who own shares in a company

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shareholders

64
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Business dealings and other actions

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transactions

65
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To ask someone for something (in this case, for an immoral or unethical purpose)

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solicit

66
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Something which encourages

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incentive

67
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Money offered corruptly to someone to get him to do something to help you

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bribes

68
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Honesty / moral principles

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integrity

69
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the way a company behaves and the way it operates within a set of self-imposed rules, or externally-imposed legislation;

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Corporate governance

70
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rules that determine how a company and its
employees behave, dress, deal with the public, etc

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codes of conduct / bylaws

71
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ethical and moral standards that a company
imposes on itself so that it operates to the best of its ability with minimum negative effect on employees, customers,
neighbours, etc;

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codes of best practice

72
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rules or instructions on how to so something;

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guidelines

73
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make sure that something is obeyed

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uphold

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