-er, -or and -ee names
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Hello!
Names with reciprocal opposite relationships are often indicated by -er/-or and -ee endings in Legal English.
Generally the party who “does” or “gives” ends in -er/-or, while the party who “receives” ends in -ee. So, for example, an Employer is someone who gives employment to another person known as an Employee.
Lets look at some more common examples like this:
Assignor is a party who assigns or transfers something to another party.
Assignee is the party to whom something is assigned.
Donor is a party who donates something to another party.
Donee is the party to whom something is donated.
Interviewer is a person who is interviewing someone.
Interviewee is a person who is being interviewed by the interviewer.
Lessor is a party who grants a lease over a property. This person is therefore the owner of the property or the landlord.
Lessee is the party to whom a lease over a property is granted. This person is therefore the tenant.
(Please be careful with Mortgagor and Mortgagee)
Mortgagor (or mortgager) is the property owner who gives property as security for money.
Mortgagee is the bank which accepts the property as security for money which it loans.
Offeror is a party who makes a contractual offer to another party.
Offeree is the party to whom a contractual offer is made.
Payer is a party who makes a payment to another party.
Payee is the party to whom payment is made.
Promisor is a party who makes a promise to another party.
Promisee is the party to whom a promise is made.
Transferor is a party who transfers something to another party.
Transferee is the party to whom something is transferred.
Please notice this grammar rule: when there is a preposition before “who” we must use “whom” in English. So we say “a party TO whom” and NOT “a party TO who”.
Thank you very much and see you next time for more Peter’s Pills to improve your Legal English!
Read more about mortgager vs. mortgagee here: “Who is the mortgagee: mortgager vs. mortgagee“.
Legal English – Sommario delle Lezioni
- 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
AUTORE
Peter Liebenberg è uno specialista nella formazione delle persone nella conoscenza della lingua inglese. Ha creato molti corsi nel campo dell’inglese per professionisti, tra cui English for banking, English for business e English for Insurance, ma ha sempre avuto un debole per l’inglese legale. Altri corsi che ha creato comprendono Phrasal Verbs I e II. Quando Peter non fa formazione, corre a Parco Sempione, crea arte nel suo studio sulla Martesana e fa volontariato.