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Useful nouns part 2 Flashcards

1
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A country’s body of judges

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JUDICIARY

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2
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A senior official in a court of law

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JUDGE

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3
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System of laws in England –

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COMMON LAW

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System of laws which evolved in the 8th century

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ROMAN LAW

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The branch of law dealing with a crime

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CRIMINAL LAW

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A person who institutes a criminal case

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PROSECUTOR

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A person who makes a claim in a civil case

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PLAINTIFF

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The defendant pays this to the plaintiff

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DAMAGES

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9
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A panel of 12 people who decide whether the accused committed a crime

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JURY

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10
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A lawyer who presents a case to a higher court

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BARRISTER

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A lawyer who advises clients

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SOLICITOR

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An untrained lawyer who presides over the lowest criminal court

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MAGISTRATE

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13
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The person against whom a civil case is brought

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DEFENDANT

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An act passed by a law-making body

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LEGISLATION

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The control resulting from following a community system of rules

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AUTHORITY

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16
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Apprenticeship served by trainee practicing barrister -

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PUPPILAGE

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17
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Becoming an assistant to a practicing barrister

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TENANCY

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18
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The court which hears appeals from the court of appeal

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HOUSE OF LORDS

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an act of breaking or failing to observe a law, agreement, or code of conduct.

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BREACH

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20
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When a person makes unlawful threats or otherwise engages in coercive behavior that cause another person to commit acts that the other person would otherwise not commit. contracts.

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DURESS

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21
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This agreement is used where one party is providing services and an independent advisor to a company

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CONSULTANCY AGREEMENT

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This agreement is used where one party buys goods from the manufacturer and re-sells them on his own account. He will however be given the right to use the manufactures intellectual property rights

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DISTRIBUTION

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23
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This agreement is used where one party grants another the right to run a business in the name of the first party.

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FRANCHISE AGREEMENT

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24
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This agreement is used to ensure the repayment of money borrowed usually in monthly installments

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LOAN AGREEMENT

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25
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This agreement should be used where one party owns intellectual property rights in respect of a product it has developed and wishes to license the manufacture of the product to a third party.

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MANUFACTURING LICENSE AGREEMENT

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This agreement sets out the terms and conditions on which a business supplies goods

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE AGREEMENT

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This contract comes into existence as soon as a job offer is accepted whether that offer is oral or in writing

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CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT

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28
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This is the equivalent of a contract of employment for directors

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DIRECTORS AND SERVICE AGREEMENT

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this is intended to govern the relationship between several shareholders in a company. This agreement works as a second layer of protection preventing the company from being run in a manner other than what has been agreed

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SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT

30
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the first day of working

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Date of commencement

31
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Starting salary

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Commencing Salary

32
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the number of days of paid holiday in a year that a worker is entitled to take

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Holiday entitlement

33
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notification to allow preparations to be made

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Notice

34
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a complaint or a strong feeling that you have been treated unfairly

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Grievance

35
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A contract for a job position for an unknown period

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OPEN ENDED CONTRACT

36
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A contract for a job position for a known period

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FIXED TERM CONTRACT

37
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Someone who works in a factory or a manual job

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BLUE COLLAR WORKER

38
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the total of all people who work in the company

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MANPOWER

39
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The level of a job within the structure of a company’s workforce

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GRADE

40
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A system of working where one group of workers starts work as soon as the other group finishes

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SHIFT

41
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Someone who is below you in the organization

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SUBORDINATE

42
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Someone in charge of several other workers

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SUPERVISOR

43
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one of the higher courts of law which hears cases sent up for review

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Court of Criminal Appeal

44
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disorderly behavior, disrespect

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Criminal Contempt

45
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where an individual fails to exercise a duty of care and the resulting action leads to the commission of a crime

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Criminal negligence

46
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a court with jurisdiction to hear felonies and misdemeanors

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Criminal Court

47
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study of the mental processes and behavior of persons who commit crimes

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Criminal forfeiture

48
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a person who repeatedly commits offences

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Habitual Criminal

49
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responsibility for committing a crime (minors and the insane are excluded)

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Criminal Liability

50
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any act or comission that violated the law and is punishable by the state, it includes felonies (like murder or rape) and misdemeanors (like speeding, petty theft)

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Crime

51
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the actual use of illegal force on another person

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Battery

52
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a document that promises to pay money if a particular future event happens, or a sum of money that is put up and will be lost if that event happens

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Bond

53
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A release from prison before a sentence is finished

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Parole

54
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the sentencing of a criminal to a period during which they will be deprived of their freedom

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Imprisonment

55
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A kind of punishment given out as part of a sentence, which means that instead of jailing a person convicted, a judge will order that the person reports to an officer regularly and according to a set schedule

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Probation

56
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An act by which the court requires a bond or bail money

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Binding over

57
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A sentence that the judge allows the convicted person to avoid serving (if the person continues on good behavior, completes community service

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Suspended sentence

58
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A bond required by a judge of a person likely to breach the peace, to guarantee the person’s good behavior for a period of time

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Peace bond

59
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An exact prison term that is set by law, rather than one that may be shortened for good behavior

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Determinate sentence

60
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A place for long term incarceration for a crime

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Prison

61
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A person specifically apointed by a testator to administer the will ensuring that final wishes are respected

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Executor

62
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a person entitled to receive under the terms of a will

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Heir/Heiress

63
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A natural or legal person to whim property is commited to be adminstered for the benefit of a beneficiary

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Trustee

64
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a person or entity named or otherwise entitled to receive the principal or income or both from a trust

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Benefeciary

65
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an individual or entity having control or authority over another

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Master

66
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a person who servs others

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Servant

67
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an individual who by legal appointment or by the effect of a written law is given custody of both the property and the person of one who unable to manage his own affairs, such as a child or mentally-disabled person

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Guardian

68
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a person who by reason of incapacity is under the control of another

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Ward

69
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an officer appointed by the shareholders to represent their intersts

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Corporate director

70
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an owner of corporate stock

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Stockholder

Limbaj juridic (35 decks)

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