PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DEL PERU INGLES JURDICO Legal Language Review I) Complete the following chart.

Noun 1. Breach 2. 3. Trial 4. 5. 6. 7. Confirmation 8. Suit 9. 10. 11. 12. Liability 13. 14. 15. 16. Offer 17. 18. 19. Dissolution 20. 21. 22. 23. Withdrawal 24. 25. Bankruptcy 26. Verb Enact Remanded Uphold Reverse Filed Bind Acknowledge Wind up Enjoin Waived Tax Performed Merge Defaulted Enforce Terminated stipulate Past Participle

II) Match the words in column A with their meanings in column B. A B _____1. enact a. request _____2. fulfil _____3. act _____4. sue _____5. statute _____6. contract _____7. ruling _____8. record _____9. petition b. law passed by legislature c. civil action d. file with government agency e. judges decision f. put into effect g. start a civil action h. term i. agreement

_____10. lawsuit

j. law passed by one house k. comply

III) Use the words from the box to complete these sentences. hereafter hereunder whereas hereby herewith wherein herein hereinafter thereby whereby thereof whereto hereto therefore whereof

1. The exhibits are attached____________________. 2. _______________ the parties have found that their 2002 agreement did not adequately address incidental expenses, and _______________, the parties have now decided an equitable sharing of those expenses, now _________________ the parties agree to amend the 2002 agreement as follows: 3. Konstantinos stepped into the Embassy and ______________ found protection. 4. Although the disease is spreading rapidly, the cause ______________ is unknown. 5. I _______________ declare my intention to run for public office. 6. The court will _________________ issue a ruling on the guns admissibility. 7. Thats the treaty _________________ the warring nations finally achieved peace. 8. Enclosed _______________ are three documents. 9. The buyer agrees to purchase the property described ___________________. 10. At first, Campbell did not know__________________ he was being taken. court to reverse the case. 12. Judge Wald knows _________________ she speaks. 13. The jurisdiction _______________ Judy practices handles many civil cases. 14. Review the provisions _________________ before signing the consent form. IV) Rewrite these sentences in a formal, legal way. 1. This rent agreement starts being true at the moment we all sign it. 2. Were going to end this company because we arent making any money. I guess we have to sell the things we have. 3. If you dont do your duties I will take you to court. 4. We want to sell our parts in the corporation before they say we are broke. 5. With this paper I am going to start my own company and have my own logo. 11. The appellants due process arguments stated ________________ should convince the

6. What are the big problems in this case? 7. That man didnt do what he was supposed to; he broke our agreement. 8. The police took the entire pirate CD copies on a surprise visit to the street sellers. 9. The judge told the guy who had been taken to court, to pay 5,000 bucks to the injured lady. 10. I think Im going to combine my little business with a big one and just have one good business.

MEP/ Adapted from: BLACKS law Dictionary.