Letters: M-O

period of time during which a woman is not at work before and after the birth of her baby (urlop macierzyński)

Maternity leave

law connected with the sea (prawo morskie)

Maritime law

to try to make 2 parties to a dispute reach an agreement without the need for litigation

Mediate

an official document which establishes a company, contains the most important information about this company (akt założycielski spółki, umowa spółki)

Memorandum of association

to join together to form a one thing (łączyć)

Merge

official record of what took place at a meeting, particularly a company meeting (protokół)

Minutes

a false and material statement which persuades a party to sign a contract (wprowadzenie w błąd)

Misrepresentation

to limit the amount of damage especially if you are the injured party (dosł. łagodzić)

Mitigate

– loan to buy a land or a house, this loan is secured over the purchased property (hipoteka)

Mortgage

lender under mortgage agreement (wierzyciel hipoteczny)

Mortgagee

borrower under mortgage agreement (dłużnik hipoteczny)

Mortgagor

proposal that is discussed during a meeting and a vote is taken on it (wniosek)

Motion

a tort, carelessness (niedbalstwo)

Negligence

about an offer, price, contract, etc, that can be discussed and changed before finally being agreed upon (do uzgodnienia)

Negotiable

the amount remaining after all finnancial deductions have been made (netto?)

Net

the amount remaining after all finnancial deductions have been made

Network

impartial, not supporting one side or the other in a dispute

Neutral

about an agreement between a lwayer and a client, in which if the claim is not successful the client is not going to pay for the legal services

No-win no-fee

an amount of money that is very small but is paid because some payment is necessary

Nominal

1) about sb who is named to deal with sth or to own sth on behalf of another person, 2) name given to that person (powiernik)

Nominee

clause mostly in employment contracts or partnership agreements in which one party agrees not to carry out the same business for a period of time after the contract has ended

Noncompetition clause

– person authorised to carry out work such as administering oaths, certyfing documents etc. (notariusz)

Notary

warning that sth is going to happen (ostrzeżenie)

Notice

to formally or oficially tell someone about something (zawiadamiać)

Notify

– 1) transaction in which an existing contract is replaced with a new one, 2) used to describe this new agreement

Novation

a tort, interfering sb with their enjoyment of their own property (IMMISJA)

Nuisance

a formal, legal promise to say or write only what is true (przysięga)

Oath

the legal responsibility of occupier to make sure that no visitor is harmed

Occupier’s liability

proposal to enter into legal relationship, to enter into a contract

Offer

to balance one thing against other thing [potrącenie wzajemne]

Offset

failure to do sth that was your duty (pominięcie, przeoczenie, zaniedbanie)

Omission

difficult, troublesome (uciążliwy)

Onerous

about sth that is without fixed limits

Open-ended

an offer giving someone the right to do sth within a certin peridod of time

Option

an agreement to settle a dispute before a trial (polubowna ugoda między stronami)

Out-of-court settlement

personal money used to pay for sth on behalf of sb else (bieżące wydatki)

Out-of-pocket expenses

to buy services externally rather than produce them internally (zlecenie usług firmie zewnętrznej)

Outsourcing

unpaid (zaległe płatności)

Outstanding

– amount of money that sb owes to a bank because they have taken more money from their account than they had in it (debet)

Overdraft

1) additional time that sb spends working, 2) name given to the money earned by working longer (nadgodziny)

Overtime