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    Learn English > English lessons and exercises > English test #128789: Vocabulary : the Law
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    Vocabulary : the Law


    Obviously, every country has different judicial systems... Yet, there are themes and terms

     

     

    common to  all of them. I didn't want to deal with very technical issues but kept to these

    common aspects. I hope they'll help you find your way through them if necessary. 

     

                                             

     

     A law/ an act 
     by law 
    under French law
     A bill 
     legislation on 
     a jurisdiction 
     a regulation 
     a code of conduct                                                                                                            
     a decree 
     jurisprudence 
     a test case
     To set a precedent                                                 

     

                               

                                                                                             from BILL to LAW. 

     Legal/ lawful/ lawfulness 
     illegal/  unlawful/  unlawfulness

     To consult a lawyer/ To take legal advice                                                                                     

     A legal adviser 
     legal aid

                                  

     

     To legislate on stg/ against stg                                                                                          
     To pass a law 
     To repeal a law 
     The civil/ penal code
     To decree that
     To legalise something
     To ban sth/ to prohibit sth
     sanctions against

     

                                         

                 To pass a law                                                                                A lawyer

    - To give a ruling on something

    - The judge ruled that

    - To maintain law and order

    - To enforce the law

    - To keep the law/ to abide by the law

    - The rights of the individual

     

                                           

     

     Law-abiding 
     legitimate/ legitimacy 
     disorder 
     anarchy 
     martial law
     To arbitrate/ arbitration                                                                                                    
     To go to arbitration 
     An arbitrator 

     

    A little tricky, indeed! Don't worry... I reduced my study to what is very important and

    common. Therefore, this test shouldn't be too difficult...

    Go for it!  

     



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    A. 'Of course it’s your right to defend yourself alone… but for your safety, if I were you, I’d take a …'

    B. 'When a case , it is often referred to by the parties involved.'

    C. 'You are advised to speak to regarding such important money transfers.'

    D. 'Don’t worry! In your financial position, you’ll be granted free and will be defended correctly.'

    E. In Britain, that has been passed by both Houses becomes once it has been given Royal Assent and this has been signified to Parliament.

    F. New laws smoking in all the restaurants of the country.

    G. In many democracies, governments are required to the laws which discriminate against women…

    H. citizens don’t have anything to fear from the police…

    I. A policeman’s duty is to maintain .

     

     

                       








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