Test - tort law & Marriage

delikt, wykroczenie przeciwko prawu, czyn zabroniony

tort

krzywda, szkoda

wrong, harm, damage

odpowiedzialny za zadośćuczynienie/odszkodowanie

liable to compensate

zachowanie

conduct

zaniedbanie

negligence

środek naprawczy

remedy

wejście na cudzą posesję

trespass to land

imisja

nuisance

naruszenie przestrzeni osobistej

trespass to the person

zniesławienie

defamation

napaść

assault

pobicie

battery

przetrzymywanie wbrew woli

false imprisonment

pisemne zniesławienie

libel

słowne zniesławienie

slander

obowiązek zachowania staranności

duty of care

polubowny, pokojowy

amicable

rentowność, zdolność do zarobkowania

earning capacity

stan cywilny

marital status

autonomia rodziny

family autonomy

dobro dziecka

child’s welfare

Kodeks Rodzinny i Opiekuńczy

The Family and Guardianship Code

akta stanu cywilnego

the law on marital status

rodzina zastępcza

foster family

związki partnerskie

civil unions

adopcja na odległość

online adoption

opieka nad dzieckiem

child custody

przemoc domowa

domestic violence

alimenty dla eksmałżonka po rozwodzie

spousal maintenance

władza rodzicielska

parental authority

surogatka

surrogate mother

majątek małżeński, współwłasność małżeńska

marital property

intercyza

prenuptial agreement, prenup

The person against whom legal papers are filed, also sometimes referred to as respondent

defendant

Another word for divorce, which is the legal termination of a marriage relationship

dissolution

Financial payments made to help support a spouse or former spouse during separation or following divorce. Also called spousal support or spousal maintenance

alimony

Money that a non-custodial parent pays to the custodial parent for their child(ren)’s support

child support

Generally, property owned by either spouse prior to marriage or acquired by them individually, such as by gift or inheritance during the marriage

non-marital property

The person who initiates legal proceedings, often called the petitioner in family law matters

plaintiff

Having rights to your child. It can be either legal, which means that you have the right to make important decisions about your child’s welfare, or physical, which means that the child lives with and is raised by you

custody

A meeting at which the parties and their lawyers attempt to settle the case before trial, often ordered by the court

settlement conference

Financial payments made to help support a spouse or former spouse during separation or following divorce. Also called alimony

spousal support or maintenance

Physical abuse or threats of abuse occurring between members of the same household

domestic violence

The right to make important decisions about the raising of your child, on issues such as health care, religious upbringing, education, etc.

legal custody

Generally, all property acquired during the marriage

marital property

A form of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) for resolving legal disputes without going to trial, by the use of a trained and impartial third party who attempts to bring the parties together in mutual agreement

mediation

An agreement entered into before marriage that sets forth each party’s rights and responsibilities should the marriage terminate by death or divorce

premarital / prenuptial agreement

The time that a non-custodial parent spends with his or her child(ren)

visitation

sprawca deliktu

tortfeasor

things that I actively do

acts

things that I do not do

omissions

not to do that particular thing

omit

predictable, something that I anticipate might happen as a result of my conduct

reasonably foreseeable

It is something that is designed to make people not do a particular thing or not behave in a particular way.

deterrent

It is careless behaviour that is likely to cause harm to another person

negligent conduct

It means the same as compensation

redress

It is damage that the defendant could not reasonably foresee.

remote damage

It is evidence that the claimant actually suffered real harm, such as physical harm or loss of money.

proof of damage

It means that the claimant can make a claim for the thing that happened without any evidence or actual harm.

to be actionable per se