1A vocabulary b

includes copyright, trademark, and patent laws

intellectual property law

a subject or problem that people are thinking and talking about:

issue

an official legal decision:

judgment

focuses upon the uses and supply of land. It looks to facilitate how an owner of land may use it or moderate how others do so

land law

a person or organization that owns a building or an area of land and is paid by other people for the use of it:

landlord

a body of law regulating contracts in England and Wales

the law of contract

Equity and Trusts deals with the rules and principles governing the creation and operation of trusts

the law of equity and trusts

concerns the compensation for harm to people's rights to health and safety

the law of tort

to make a legal agreement by which money is paid in order to use land, a building, a vehicle, or a piece of equipment for an agreed period of time

lease

the process of taking a case to a court of law so that a judgment can be made:

litigation

a period in which a woman is legally allowed to be absent from work in the weeks before and after she gives birth

maternity leave

a situation or subject that is being dealt with or considered:

matter

to combine or join together, or to cause things to do this

merge

the fact of not giving enough care or attention to someone or something:

negligence

something that you must do:

obligation

to need to pay or give something to someone because they have lent money to you, or in exchange for something they have done for you:

owe

the fact that you own something:

ownership

a company that is owned by two or more people:

partnership

one of the people or groups of people involved in an official argument, arrangement, or similar situation:

party

someone who makes a legal complaint against someone else in court

plaintiff

you speak out in their support or defence.

plead a case

to work in an important skilled job for which a lot of training is necessary:

practise

a set of actions that is the official or accepted way of doing something:

procedure

the actions that are taken in a court of law:

proceedings

property in the form of land or buildings:

real estate

a situation in which someone loses their job because their employer does not need them:

redundancy

to say or write something as a reaction to something that has been said or written, for example, a letter:

respond

a right to appear and conduct proceedings in court.

right of audience

To deliver or present (a process of the court, such as a summons or court order) in a manner prescribed by law to a person who is legally entitled to receive it or legally required to obey it.

serve

money given by an employer to someone who cannot work because of illness

sick pay

a person who pays rent for the use of land or a building

tenant

an act of injury or damage to a person or property that is covered by a law

tort