Legal English

to abandon an action lease contract according to law legal action - lawsuit
arbitration legal adviser arbitration clause legal assistance
assessment of damage legal charges - legal fees assignment legal department
attorney - proxy holder legal domicile to authenticate
legal proceedings - legal action to award a contract legal representative bankruptcy lessee - tenant bankruptcy petition letter of intents
to be in force liability in contract bilateral agreement licensee binding
lien creditor breach of contract limitation period to break an agreement
magistrate - judge to break the law to mortgage cancellation date notary public certificate notice to certify to notify to cheat - to swindle
omission code partial agreement to come into force to patent
to come to terms patent competent court patent holder conflict of interests patent office contracting party patent pending copyright
per procurationem - by proxy declarant power of attorney - proxy to declare null and void prescription to decline any responsibility principal
deed of gift procedure defendant - accused protest to defraud
proxy to dishonour (GB) - to dishonor (US) public officer dispute
to put on record - to take minutes to draw up a contract quittance - aquittance
effective date to refund - to pay back to endorse - to back
to register a trademark to enforce a law registered
exclusion clause - exemption clause registration charges - registration fees fair rent rent - lease - hire to file documents resolution fine responsibility - liability
first mortgage revenue stamp fixed term contract to revoke fraud - swindle
rights on industrial patent gentlemen's agreement royalties to give due notice
rule - regulation guarantee deposit second mortgage to have full legal powers
separate signature to honour (GB) - to honor (US) to settle a dispute
illegal - unlawful to sign a receipt illegally signature by proxy to implement an agreement specimen signature in case of controversy subcontractor
in force sublease - sublet in good faith to sublease - to sublet indictment
to sue industrial property to summon witnesses to infringe to take legal action injunction to take someone to court insolvent tax fraud
to invalidate tenant jointly and severally tenderer judge
the regulations in force judgement third mortgage jurisprudence
third-party guarantee justice trial venue lack of evidence unpatented
to lapse - to be statute-barred upon notice lapsed verbal agreement
law courts verdict lawyer (GB) - attorney (US) witness
to lease - to rent - to let written agreement