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1 selected from Test your Professional English – Law author Nick Brieger 2 Test
your Professional English – Law pp. 48-49
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Areas of
Description
commercial law
Transaction
e. contracts 5. this law covers promises that the
law will enforce; it provides
remedies if a promise is breached.
f. debtor and 6. this law governs situations where
one party is unable to pay a
creditor
monetary debt to another
g. landlord and 7. this law governs the rental of
Commercial and residential
tenant
property; the basis of the legal
relationship between the parties is
grounded in both contract and
property law
h. mortgages 8. this transaction involves the
transfer of an interest in land as a
security for a loan or other
obligation; it is the most common
method of financing real estate
transactions
i. negotiable 9. these are ‘unconditioned writings’
that promise or order the payment
instruments
of a fixed amount of money;
drafts and notes are the two main
Categories
j. real estate 10. the agreement to sell between
a buyer and seller s governed by
transactions
the general principles of contract
law; it is normally required that
these types of contract be in
Writing
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Areas of
Description
commercial law
k. Sales 11. this branch of law regulates
every phase of a transaction for the
sale of goods and provides
remedies for problems that may
arise; it provides for implied
warranties of merchantability and
fitness
l. Secured 12. this interest arises when in
exchange for a type of loan a
Transactions
borrower agrees, in a security
agreement, that a lender (the
secured party) may take specified
collateral owned by the borrower if
he should default on the loan.
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Test your Professional English – Law p.50
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Term 1 Term Definition 1 Definition 2
Executor Client An officer A person who
appointed by the by reason of
shareholders to incapacity is
Represent their under the
Interests control of
another
Trustee Employee An individual A person who
who, By legal serves others
appointment or
by the effect of a
written law, is
given custody of
both the property
and the person of
one who is
unable to
manage his own
affairs, such as a
child or
mentally-
disabled person
Master Heir An individual or A person
entity (as a hired by
corporation) another to
having control or perform a
Authority over service
Another especially for
wages or
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Term 1 Term Definition 1 Definition 2
salary and
who is under
the other`s
control
Guardian Servant A person A person or
Specifically entity named
appointed by a or otherwise
testator to entitled to
Administer the receive the
will ensuring that principal or
final wishes are income or
respected(i.e. both from a
that the will is trust
property
‘executed’)
Corporate Stockholder A person A person who
director authorized to act buys the
on another`s services of
behalf as a another, in
lawyer this case legal
services
Employer Ward A natural or An owner of
legal person to corporate
whom property
stock
is committed to
Be administered
for the benefit of
a beneficiary (as
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Term 1 Term Definition 1 Definition 2
a person or
Charitable
organization)
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Test your Professional English – Law pp. 82-83
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· the Court is competent to entertain a dispute only if the
States concerned have accepted its jurisdiction
· the other role is to give advisory opinion on legal questions
referred to it by duly authorized international organs and
agencies
· only States may apply to and appear before the Court
· the Court is composed of 15 judges elected to nine-year
terms of office by the United Nations General Assembly and
Security Council
· after the oral proceedings, the Court deliberated in camera
and then delivers its judgment at a public sitting
· if one of the States involved fails to comply with it, the
other party may have recourse to the Security Council of
the United Nations
· the Court may not include more than one judge of any
nationality
· the judgment is final and without appeal.”
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6.2.4. The International Criminal Court5 - reading comprehension
practice test:
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Test your Professional English – Law pp. 84-85
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d. to remedy the deficiencies of ad hoc tribunals
e. to take over when national criminal justice institutions are
unwilling or unable to act
f. to deter future war criminals
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f) treaty vs convention
g) usage vs custom
h) conclude vs ratify
i) accession vs adherence
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