video vocab 06 law 3
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This video podcast introduces definitions and collocations related to commercial law, including: contract law; copyright; intellectual property rights, arbitration, lawsuit; to sue; to litigate; plaintiff; defendant; damages; settlement; injunction & to appeal.TRANSCRIPT
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Law 3: Commercial Law
Video Vocab 06
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Law
Part 1: Basic Legal Terms
Part 2: Court Cases
Part 3: Commercial Law
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What do you remember from Part 2?
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1. What is the name for a lawyer in British
English?
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2. What do we call a person
who is testifying in a court case?
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3. When the jury retires, what verb do we use to
describe their discussion of the case?
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4. How do we spell Jail in British English?
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Answers
How did you do?
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Answer
Solicitor
1. What is the name for a
lawyer in British English?
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Answer2. What do we call a person
who is testifying in a court case?
Witness
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Answer3. When the jury retires, what verb do we use to
describe their discussion of the case?
Deliberate
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Answer4. How do we spell Jail in
British English?
G A O L
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commercial law
Commercial law is the body of law which governs business and commerce.
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A dispute is a disagreement between two parties.
dispute
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A person or company on one side of a legal dispute.
party
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contractualdispute
Disputes based on a disagreement over the terms of a contract.
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terms of a contract
The conditions that each side must fulfill in order to validate the contract.
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contractmake a contractTo enter into an agreement.
break a contractTo not fulfill a condition of a contract.
breach a contractTo break a condition of a contract.
collocations
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contractbe under contractTo do work obligated by a contract.
contract with To agree to do work based on the terms of a contract.
contract outTo arrange for work to be done by another company.
collocations
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contract law
The area of commercial law used
to regulate contracts between
individuals and companies.
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To control or supervise by means of rules and regulations.
regulate
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copyrightlaw
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An original creative work or invention.
intellectual property
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The ownership or permission to use a work.
rights
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Unauthorized use or reproduction of another’s work.
piracy
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The exclusive legal right, given to the creator or owner of a work to use the work to their benefit.
copyright
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Exclusive rights means only the owner has
the right to use, perform or otherwise
benefit from the work.
exclusive rights
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The rights of property owners and people who buy or lease property.
property rights
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The basic rights that society considers belong to every human.
human rights
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The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.
civil rights
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Laws that govern the conditions and rights of employees.
labor law (employment law)
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To break an agreement or not fulfill one of the terms.
violate
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The process by which the parties to
a dispute submit their differences to
the judgment of an impartial person.
arbitration
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Treat all parties in a dispute fairly and equally.
impartial
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The decision of the arbitrator must be followed.
bindingarbitration
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The decision cannot be enforced by law but is based on professional
respect for the arbitrator’s decision.
non-bindingarbitration
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An experienced and respected professional or a lawyer.
arbitrator
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A claim against a person or an organization that is made in a court by a private person or company.
lawsuit
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lawsuitfile a lawsuitTo go through the process of making a legal claim.
bring a lawsuitSame meaning as to file a lawsuit.
drop a lawsuitTo decide not to pursue a lawsuit .
collocations
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To make a legal claim against someone,
especially for money, if you or your interests have been harmed in
some way.
sue
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sue
sue forThe company was sued for damages by the injured worker..
sue overYouTube has been sued over its use of copyrighted material.
collocations
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A more formal word with the same meaning as to sue.
litigate verb
The process of suing another party.
litigation noun
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The company or person that files the lawsuit.
plaintiff
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Money that a court orders someone to pay the plaintiff for harming them or their property.
damages
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An agreement to resolve a dispute before it is taken to court.
settlement
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court cases
state your caseTo argue your case in court.
provide testimonyA statement by a witness in court.
present evidenceTo show evidence to the court.
collocations to describe actions
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verdict
The final decision in a trial.
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To find that the plaintiff has not proven their case.
dismiss
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A judicial order demanding the offending party stops infringing the other party’s legal rights.
injunction
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A formal court process by which the
losing side asks a higher court to
overturn or reverse the verdict of the
lower court.
appeal
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