Partial Test

DEGREE IN
LANGUAGES

Student´s name:
Date:
Subject: Legal and Economic-Commercial texts

INSTRUCTIONS: Read carefully and answer the questions

according to each section.

1. They are called “the insiders” in legal English vocabulary

a) Legal documents
b) Lawyers
c) Lawyers and Judges
d) The defense
2. The repetition in legal texts has the purpose of
a) Be understood
b) Avoid ambiguity
c) Help the Judges
d) Include the references
3. They interrupt the ‘natural’ flow of the sentence by inserting
added information
a) Coordination and subordination
b) Long sentences
c) Use of passive
d) Syntactic discontinuities

4. The proverbs from the field of law are still used in

a) Latin
b) Old English
c) French
d) German

5. In legal English these words are very common

a) love, friendship, flower, sleep
b) fancy, ship, shave, friendship
c) thing, will, parents, money, regulation
d) eat, smile, corn, food

6. The word “shall” in legal English is frequently used because

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a) It is the common word to use everywhere
b) It refers to a promise or compromise
c) It has the same meaning of will
d) It comes from the old English
7. These are called problems in legal English
a) Nouns
b) Verbs
c) Adjectives
d) Ambiguity and multiple meaning

8. These words are called technical terminology

a) waiver, restraint, res judicata
b) lease, executor, and tenant
c) steal, swear, theft
d) negligence, adjacent, frustrating

9. These words come from Latin

a) evidence, indictment, judge
b) appeal, attorney, claim
c) versus, pro se, in propria persona
d) thief, ward, witness

10. These words come from French

a) counsel, court, damage
b) right, sheriff, steal
c) caveat emptor, obiter dictum, Amicus
d) negligence, adjacent, frustrating

11. It means “place for standing; the right of a party to appear

and be heard in court”
a) Ab initio
b) Amicus curiae
c) Locus standi
e) Mens rea

12. It means “guilty mind; a criminal intention or knowledge that

an act is wrong”
a) Ad hoc
b) Amicus curiae

c) Prima facie
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e) Mens rea

13. It means “under judicial consideration”

a) Sub judice
b) Mens rea
c) Ad hoc
d) Prima facie

14. It means “endlessly; forever”

a) Ad infinitum
b) Ad hominem
c) Ab initio
d) Ad hoc

15. It means “made or done for a particular purpose”

a) Ad hominem
b) Ad referendum
c) Ad hoc
d) Mens rea

16. It means “by this means; as a result of this”

a) Herein
b) Hereafter
c) Hereof
d) Hereby

17. It means “to this place or to this matter or document”

a) Hereto
b) Herein
c) Hereat
d) Hereby

18. It means “in that place, document or respect”

a) Thereafter
b) Thereby
c) Thereat
d) Therein

19. This phrase is a modern equivalent of “because”

a) At a later date

b) As a consequence of
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c) During such time as
d) Adequate number of

20. This phrase is a modern equivalent of “then”

a) At that particular time
b) As a consequence of
c) During such time as
d) At a later date

21. This phrase is a modern equivalent of “like”

a) At that particular time

b) Adequate number of
c) Similar to
d) In the event of

22. This phrase is a modern equivalent of “until”

a) Similar to
b) In the event of
c) Until such time as
d) At that particular time

23. This phrase is a modern equivalent of “if”

a) Until such time as
b) Similar to
c) In the event that
d) At a later date

24. It is an example of Doublet

a) Will and testament
b) At a later date
c) Similar to
d) In the event of

25. It is an example of Triplet

a) Fit and proper
b) Judge, jury and executioner
c) Have and hold
d) Belt and braces