Vocabulary

Question 1

Fondo del asunto

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Merit

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Laudo arbitral

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Award

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Lugar del arbitraje

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Arbitral seat

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Lex Arbitri

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Arbitration law

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Arbitraje en curso

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Ongoing arbitration

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Anular

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Set aside (to annul or negate a court order or judgment by another court order) i.e. annulment

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Ámbito, alcance

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Scope

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Dispensar (let) o renunciar

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Waive/ Waiver

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Tomar en consideración

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Entertain

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Medidas Cautelares

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Interim measures

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Promulgar

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Enact

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De conformidad con

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Pursuant

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Presuntamente

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Allegedly

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Pedir / Solicitar

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Sought

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Suspender

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Stay; is a suspension of a case or a suspension of a particular proceeding within a case. A judge may grant a stay on the motion of a party to the case or issue a stay sua sponte, without the request of a party. Courts will grant a stay in a case when it is necessary to secure the rights of a party.

Question 16

En proceso

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in motion

Question 17

Vacatur

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A rule or order that sets aside a judgment or annuls a proceeding.

Question 18

Ditar (un lador)

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Render (an award)

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Aplazar

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Adjourn

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Defectuoso

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Flawed

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Aplazar

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Defer

Question 22

Considerar/Juzgar;

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Deem ; to consider or judge something in a particular way // e.i. The president asked Congress for authority to take whatever steps “he deemed” necessary, including the use of force.

Question 23

Excluir

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Bar or Exclude.

Question 24

Demanda colectiva

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Class action suit; is a type of lawsuit where one of the parties is a group of people who are represented collectively by a member of that group.

Question 25

Arbitraje Colectivo

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Class arbitration

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Embargo

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Attachment

Question 27

Unconcionabilty

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a doctrine in contract law that describes terms that are so extremely unjust, or overwhelmingly one-sided in favor of the party who has the superior bargaining power, that they are contrary to good conscience

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Declaración jurada

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affidavit

Question 29

Question principal

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threshold question; the first question that needs answers

Question 30

De oficio; generalmente se aplica a las acciones de un juez tomadas sin una moción previa o solicitud de las partes.

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Sua Sponte

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Testimonio (Unlike the information recorded in documents or the attorneys’ answers to interrogatories, a deposition involves a living, breathing witness being asked questions about the case)

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Depositions of witnesses