Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 60 – Test your Legal English
Test your Legal English
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Hello!
Today we have a Legal English multiple choice test to check your knowledge of some essential legal English terms. Verify your answers after you have done the test in the key that follows. Please remember to do this only AFTER you have done the test!
1. Which is correct?
A. He is a party in the contract
B. He is a party of the contract
C. He is a party to the contract
D. He is a party with the contract
E. Both A and B
2. I signed a contract. The other person who also signed the same contract is called:
A. My counterpart
B. My counterparty
C. The culprit
D. The other person
3. When a provision of a contract has no legal effect and should be treated as not existing, we call this provision:
A. Null
B. Void
C. Null and void
D. Empty
E. All of the above are correct (A to D)
F. Both A and B
G. A, or B, or C are all correct
4. When something cannot be legally avoided or stopped and the parties have a legal obligation to each other, we say that this is:
A. Vincolating
B. Obligating
C. Binding
D. Constrictive
E. Inderogable
F. All of the above (A to E)
G. Both A and D
H. Both A and E
5. The document that specifies the rules for a company’s operations and how tasks are to be done within the company, including the process concerning directors and the handling of financial records in the UK is called:
A. The articles of association
B. The deed of incorporation
C. The memorandum of bylaws
D. The memorandum of incorporation
E. All of the above (A to D)
6. When you keep something in custody for a third party, this is called:
A. Deposit in guarantee
B. Fidejussion
C. Escrow
D. Unjust enrichment
E. All of the above (A to D)
F. Both A and B
G. Both A and C
H. A, or B, or C are all correct
7. A wrongful act or civil wrong by one person or entity against another that causes harm (danno) and is not governed by contract is called a:
A. Trick
B. Tort
C. Illicit
D. Extra-contractual illicit
E. Wrong
F. Damage
8. All the assets and all the debts, that a person has when they die; the total value (positive or negative) that a deceased person leaves in this world; is called:
A. Estate
B. Trust
C. Patrimony
D. Alimony
E. Belongings
F. Real value
G. Life value
H. Nett value
I. Gross value
9. A charge or an encumbrance on property to guarantee a debt or other duty that is created by agreement of the parties, or by law, is called a:
A. Super-encumbrance
B. Debt
C. Fidejussion
D. Lien
E. Legal vincol
F. Vehicle
10. In Legal English “damages” means:
A. More than one damage
B. A sum of money given as compensation
C. Things that are damned
D. A group of noble French women
11. A legal document that is signed and delivered, especially one regarding the ownership of property or legal rights is called a/an
A. Act
B. Contract
C. Deed
D. Title
12. Which statement is correct:
A. All agreements are contracts
B. All contracts are agreements
C. All contracts are agreements and all agreements are contracts
D. A contract is not an agreement.
13. Which verb means the same as “to make a transfer of a property interest to another individual by either gift or sale”
A. Remit
B. Convey
C. Transmit
D. Dispatch
E. Shift
F. Encumber
14. The abbreviation for “last will and testament” is:
A. Last
B. Will
C. Will and testament
D. Testament
E. Both C and D
15. The best way to say: “The shareholders have chosen and given authority to a new director” is to say:
A. The shareholders have awarded a new director.
B. The shareholders have nominated a new director.
C. The shareholders have allotted a new director.
D. The shareholders have appointed a new director.
E. The shareholders have set a new director.
F. The shareholders have granted a new director.
YOUR SCORE: ________________/15
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KEY to test:
1C See Peter’s Pills 1
2B See Peters Pills 1
3G Null; void, or null and void are all correct. See Peter’s Pills 6
4C Only C is correct. The other words are invented. See Peter’s Pills 59
5A See Peter’s Pills 4
6C See Peter’s Pills 5
7B Only B is correct
8A Only A is correct
9D Some of the options are invented words. See Peters Pills 35
10B See Peter’s Pills 7
11C See Peter’s Pills 51
12B See Peter’s Pills 51 (paragraph 2);
13B Peter’s Pills 6
14B “Will” is the only abbreviation we use in Englsih for the longer expression;
15D See Peter’s Pills 53
Thank you, and see you next time for more Peter’s Pills to improve your legal English.
Legal English – Sommario delle Lezioni
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 60 – Test your Legal English
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 59 – Appurtenent vs In gross
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 58 – Building societies and Banks
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 57 – Valid, void and voidable contracts
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 56 – Rescission
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 55 – Golden expressions
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 54 – Pre-emption right vs Right of first refusal
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 53 – What do we mean by “agent” of a company?
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 52 – Voting at a meeting
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 51 – Contracts vs Deeds
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 50 – Executive and Non-Executive Directors
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 49 – Transfer of shares vs transmission of shares
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 48 – They, them, their for singular nouns
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 47 – Jointly and severally
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 46 – Invoice words
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 45 – Quotation
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 44 – Gazumping and Gazundering
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 43 – English words that the English do not understand
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 42 – Easement vs Profit à prendre
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 41 -er, -or and -ee names
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 40 – The Objects Clause
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 39 – When is Latin hot, and when is it not?
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 38 – Default
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 37 – Company Agent
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 36 – Injunction (false freind)
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 35 – Mortgage
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 34 – Freehold, Leasehold and Commonhold estates
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 33 – Transferor, Transferee and Transmittee
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 32 – Tax evasion, tax mitigation and tax avoidance
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 31 – Numbers
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 30 – Ordinary resolutions vs special resolutions
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 29 – AGM vs EGM
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 28 – A going concern
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 27 – Collocations: Violate, breach, break, disobey and infringe
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 26 – Company meeting words
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 25 – Mortgagor vs Mortgagee
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 24 – Fixed charges vs Floating charges
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 23 – Doctrine
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 22 – Construe
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 21 – Sign vs Execute
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 20 – The closing statement
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 19 – Writing Business Emails
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 18 – Limited companies
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 17 – Annual Accounts
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 16 – Meetings
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 15 – Attorney-at-law vs Attorney-in-fact
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 14 – Here and there compounds
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 13 – Subject Matter
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 12 – The clear days rule
Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 11 – Shareholder, Member or Holder of shares?
Legal English: Peter’s Pills – Lesson 10 – Competition Law
Legal English: Peter’s Pills – Lesson 9 – Lasting Power of Attorney
Legal English: Peter’s Pills – Lesson 8 – Guardianship
Legal English: Peter’s Pills – Lesson 7 – Damage vs Damages
Legal English: Peter’s Pills – Lesson 6 – Legal Doublets
Legal English: Peter’s Pills – Lesson 5 – Escrow
Legal English: Peter’s Pills – Lesson 4 – Memorandum of Association vs Articles of Association
Legal English: Peter’s Pills – Lesson 3 – Sign legibly
Legal English: Peter’s Pills – Lesson 2 – Deed poll
Legal English: Peter’s Pills – Lesson 1 – Party, counterparty and counterpart
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