لغات مهم و کاربردی زبان انگلیسی در حوزه‌ی حقوق قسمت سوم (آخر) | Law Words Part 03

A dispute is a disagreement between two parties

A person or company on one side of a legal dispute

Dispute base on a disagreement over the terms of a contract

The conditions that each side must fulfill in order to validate the contract

Collocations

Make a contract

To enter into an agreement

Break a contract

To not fulfill a condition of a contract

Breach a contract

To break a condition of a contract

Collocations

Be under contract

To do work obligated by a contract

Contract with

To agree to do work based on the terms of a contract

Contract out

To arrange for work to be done by another company

The area of commercial law used to regulate contracts between individuals and companies

To control or supervise by means of rules and regulations

©

An original creative work or invention

The ownership or permission to use a work

Unauthorized use or reproduction of another’s work

The exclusive legal right, given to the creator or owner of a work to use the work to their benefit

Exclusive rights means only the owner has the right to use perform or otherwise benefit from the work

The rights of property owners and people who buy or lease property

The basic rights that society considers belong to every human

The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality

Laws that govern the conditions and rights of employees

To break an agreement or not fulfill one of the terms

The process by which the parties to a dispute submit their differences to the judgment of an impartial person

Treat all parties in a dispute fairly and equally

The decision of the arbitrator must be followed

The decision cannot be enforced by law but is based on professional respect for the arbitrator’s decision

An experienced and respected professional or a lawyer

A claim against a person or an organization that is made in a court by a private person or company

collocations

File a lawsuit

To go through the process of making a legal claim

Bring a lawsuit

Same meaning as to file a lawsuit

Drop a lawsuit

To decide not to pursue a lawsuit

To make a legal claim against someone, especially for money, if you or your interests have been harmed in some way

collocations

Sue for

The company was sued for damages by the injured worker

Sue over

YouTube has been sued over its use of copyrighted material

A more formal word with the same meaning as to sue

The process of suing another party

The company or person that files the lawsuit

Money that a court orders someone to pay the plaintiff for harming them or their property

An agreement to resolve a dispute before it is taken to court

collocations to describe actions

State your case

To argue your case in court

Provide testimony

A statement by a witness in court

Present evidence

To show evidence to the court

The final decision in a trial

To find that the plaintiff has not proven their case

A judicial order demanding the offending party stops infringing the other party’s legal rights

A formal court process by which the losing side asks a higher court to overturn or reverse the verdict of the lower court