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 Peter’s 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 63 – Machine translations
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 62 – Legal Timelines
• Legal English – Peter’s Pills – Lesson 61 – Liens
• 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

Peter Liebenberg

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.