法律英语期末复习题汇总.pdfVIP

法律英语期末复习资料

一、定义

1、LegalEnglish:isthetypeofEnglishasusedinlegalwriting.Ithasbeen

referredtoasa“languageforspecialpurposes”,aslegalEnglishdiffers

fromordinarylanguageinvocabulary,morphology,syntax,and

semantics,aswellasotherlinguistic.

2、Legalassistant:anothertermforparalegal.

3、Legaltechnician:atermusedtodescribeanonattorneywhois

authorizedtoengageinalimitedpracticeoflaw.

4、Precedent:theexamplesetbythedecisionofanearliercourtforsimilar

casesorsimilarlegalquestionsthatariseinlatercases.

5、Staredecisis:”itstandsdecided”;anothertermsforprecedent.

6、Bar-examination:anexaminationadministeredbyastatethattestsan

individual’sknowledgeofthelawandisaprerequisitetobeingallowed

topracticelaw.

7、Federalism:asystemofgovernmentinwhichthepeopleareregulated

bybothfederalandstategovernments.

8、Exclusivejurisdiction:whenthepowertoregulateanareabelongs

solelyorexclusivelytoeitherthefederalorstategovernment,wesay

thatthegovernmenthasexclusivejurisdiction.

9、Concurrentjurisdiction:whenboththefederalandstategovernments

havetherighttoregulatedanarea,thosegovernmentshaveconcurrent

jurisdiction:eg.incometax;crime.

10、Supremacyclause:theclauseintheU.S.Constitutionmakingthe

ConstitutionandthelawsoftheUnitedStatesthesupremelawofthe

land.

11、Jurisdiction:thepowerorauthoritytoactincertainsituation;thepower

ofacourttohearcasesandrenderjudgments.

12、Originaljurisdiction:thepoweroffirsthearacase;courtoforiginal