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Provide 3 charachteristic features of English common law

1. Continuity 2. Rules very rigid 3. Absence of codification

Provide 3 examples of legal genres

1. Legislation 2. judicial decisions 3. contracts

English law is based on two complementary systems of law kown as common law and...

equity

The polish term powód(ka) corresponds either to plaintiff(claimant) or...

petitioner

Determine whether the description below refers to adversarial or inquisitorial procedure:"in both criminal and civil cases the court remains neutral and bears the arguments by each side"

adversarial procedure

Name at least 3 areas in which Forensic Linguistics can be applied to assist the justice system.

1. Authorship attribution 2. Interpretation and Analysis of Legal Texts 3. language of police and law enforcment.

Provide an example of semi-technical (mixed) term:

party=someone who is part of a lawsuit

Expressions such as "false and untrue" or "sole and exclusive" are examples of ... expressions

binomial

assignee, assignor, lesse

avoiding pronouns

terms such as "reasonable" or "proper" are examples of yet another featuers of legal english. What is it?

vagueness

which type of legal deocument would you use to authorize someone to vote at a meeting which you cannot attend?

proxy

The principle that there is no original and no translations: all language verions form a single legal instrument presumed to have the same meanintg in all languages is called:

principle of equal authenticity

Expert witnesses are usually retained and called upon by either party. They may undergo cross-examination by opposing counsel to test the reliability and credibility of their testimony

common-law countries