英语法律词典APlainEnglishGuidetoLegalTerms.pdf

A Plain English Guide to Legal Terms 01 855 4332 • literacy@nala.ie • www.nala.ie A Plain English Guide to Legal Terms 2003 A Plain English Guide to Legal Terms Published by National Adult Literacy Agency 76 Lower Gardiner Street, Dublin 1. © 2003 National Adult Literacy Agency The copyright in this guide belongs to the National Adult Literacy Agency. ISBN 1-871737-29-x The views expressed in this publication are not necessarily the views of the National Adult Literacy Agency. Introduction The language used in law is changing. There are many legal phrases that non-lawyers don’t understand. This guide is intended to help non-lawyers understand legal phrases and to give lawyers guidance in explaining the legal phrases they use. Although it comprises over 60 pages with over 1,400 words explained, this is not a complete dictionary of legal terms in use in Ireland. The explanations in this guide are not intended to be alternatives. Lawyers will continue to use legal phrases when necessary. This publication is designed to explain ideas and concepts rather than to give legal definitions. We invite your suggestions for additions. Please e-mail us at literacy@nala.ie with your ideas. The National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) would like to thank Patrick O’Connor, B.C.L., LL.B., Solicitor of Swinford, County Mayo who edited the legal content of the guide. He was President of the Law Society of Ireland in 1999. NALA would also like to thank: The Plain English Campaign in the UK for providing the bulk of the initial information from their ‘A to Z of legal terms in plain English’. Kieron Wood for making available ‘Glossary of legal terms’ from his website (http://welcome.to/barrister) as a reference point from his website. The Office of the D