Boteanu Teona

Ghiban Sebastian
Moldovan Catalina
AML, German-English
3rd year

Glossary of Business Law

Source:
Law for Business Students by Alix Adams,
Pearson Education Limited, 2010 (Sixth Edition), p. 6-81

1) Term: (to) overrule

Definition: To supersede; annul; reject by subsequent action or decision. A

judicial decision is said to be overruled when a later decision, rendered by the
same court or by a superior court in the same system, expresses a judgment upon
the same question or law directly opposite to that which was before given.
Source: Blacks Law dictionary, www.thelawdictionary.org
Context of use: If the appeal court believes that a precedent, which bound the
lower court, no longer represents the law, it may [] overrule that precedent and
restate the legal principle.
Source: Law for Business Students by Alix Adams, Pearson Education Limited,
2010 (Sixth Edition), p. 31.
Romanian Translation: a respinge
Source: www.linguee.com
Comments: -

2) Term: attachment
Definition: (1) Document attached to court papers to give more information; (2)
A way to collect judgment: by getting a court order that says you can take a piece
of property.
Source:
https://www.saccourt.ca.gov/general/legal-glossaries/docs/romanianlegal-glossary.pdf
Context of use: An attachment of earnings order requires an employer to
pay a proportion of the defendants earnings to the claimant.
Source: Law for Business Students by Alix Adams, Pearson Education Limited,
2010 (Sixth Edition), p. 51.
Romanian Translation: sechestru
Source:
https://www.saccourt.ca.gov/general/legal-glossaries/docs/romanianlegal-glossary.pdf
Comments: Possible collocations for the word attachment are: attachment of
earnings; attachment of assets.
3) Term: civil action
Definition: (in the civil law) A personal action which is instituted to compel
payment, or the doing some other thing which is purely civil.
Source: Blacks Law dictionary, www.thelawdictionary.org
Context of use: In the UK, a state body has been pursuing a civil action against
our own party, with the express purpose of closing us down.
Source: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/
Romanian Translation: aciune civil
Source: www.linguee.com
Comments: -

4) Term: interlocutory injunction

Definition: A temporary injunction; which lasts only until the end of the trial
during which the injunction was sought.
Source: Duhaime Dictionary, http://www.duhaime.org/LegalDictionary
Context of use: Member States shall ensure that the judicial authorities may, at
the request of the applicant: issue against the alleged infringer an interlocutory
injunction intended to prevent any imminent infringement of an intellectual
property right [...]
Source:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?
uri=CELEX:32004L0048R%2801%29
Romanian Translation: ordonan preedinial
Source: IATE, www.iate.europa.eu
Comments: The correct Romanian equivalent is ordonan preedinial, not
ordonan preedenial!

5) Term: contracting party

Definition: Person who gets into a obligatory contract with one (or more) dealing
parties and hence accepts the profits and responsibilities provided in it. For a deal
to be legit, all dealing parties involved in it must be competent.
Source: Blacks Law dictionary, www.thelawdictionary.org
Context of use: The advantages of the arbitration process are that it ensures
privacy [] and it is more likely to ensure a friendly outcome between the parties
than litigation.This may be valuable in a specialist business area where the choice
of contracting parties is limited.
Source: Law for Business Students by Alix Adams, Pearson Education Limited,
2010 (Sixth Edition), p. 52.
Romanian Translation: parte contractant
Source: IATE, www.iate.europa.eu
Comments: -

6) Term: judicial review

Definition: One courts review of another courts proceedings and judgments.
Typically, a higher court review of a lower court. Can also be a review of an
administrative bodys factual or legal findings. The reviewing court can even
award damages as well as uphold or reverse any order reviewed. 2. Supreme
Court authority to decide constitutionality of a law.
Source: Blacks Law dictionary, www.thelawdictionary.org
Context of use: It [the Divisional Court of the Queens Bench] also has
a supervisory jurisdiction over all inferior courts and tribunals exercised through
the process of judicial review.

Source: Law for Business Students by Alix Adams, Pearson Education Limited,
2010 (Sixth Edition), p. 44.
Romanian Translation: control jurisdicional
Source: IATE, www.iate.europa.eu
Comments: -

7) Term: arbitration clause

Definition: A clause inserted in a contract providing for compulsory arbitration in
case of dispute as to righis or liabilities under it; ineffectual if it purports to oust
the courts of jurisdiction entirely.
Source: Blacks Law dictionary, www.thelawdictionary.org
Context of use: It is common for an arbitration clause to be a term of contracts
between businesses; the parties may subsequently agree to submit a dispute to
arbitration.
Source: Law for Business Students by Alix Adams, Pearson Education Limited,
2010 (Sixth Edition), p. 52.
Romanian Translation: clauz de arbitraj
Source: www.linguee.com
Comments: In some sources, the collocation is also translated by clauz
compromisorie.

8) Term: (to) amend

Definition: To improve; to make better by change or modification.
Source: Blacks Law dictionary, www.thelawdictionary.org
Context of use: Those measures designed to amend non-essential elements of
this Directive by supplementing it shall be adopted in accordance with the
regulatory procedure []
Source:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?
uri=COM:2008:0119:FIN:EN:PDF
Romanian Translation: a modifica
Source: IATE, www.iate.europa.eu
Comments: NOT to be translated by a amenda!

9) Term: signatory
Definition: A person who places their signature on an agreement that causes them
to be bound by the terms of it.
Source: Blacks Law dictionary, www.thelawdictionary.org
Context of use: It [the European Convention on Human Rights] now has over 40
signatories, including the UK.

Source: Law for Business Students by Alix Adams, Pearson Education Limited,
2010 (Sixth Edition), p. 32.
Romanian Translation: semnatar
Source: IATE, www.iate.europa.eu
Comments: -

10) Term: barrister

Definition: (in English law) An advocate; one who has been called to the bar. A
counselor learned in the law who pleads at the bar of the courts, and who is
engaged in conducting the trial or argument of causes. To be distinguished from
the attorney, who draws the pleadings, prepares the testimony, and conducts
matters out of court.
Source: Blacks Law dictionary, www.thelawdictionary.org
Context of use: The court hears legal arguments from both parties, who will
generally be represented by a barrister or a solicitor-advocate. Solicitors in
general do not have the right to appear in the High Court []
Source: Law for Business Students by Alix Adams, Pearson Education Limited,
2010 (Sixth Edition), p. 50.
Romanian Translation: avocat
Source: www.linguee.com
Comments: In Romanian, both barrister and solicitor are translated by the
word avocat.