Vocabulario legal bsico

Agreement / contract: contrato, acuerdo

Breach: incumplimiento
Covenant / provision: pacto
Deed: escritura, ttulos de propiedad
Duty: deber, obligacin
In witness whereof: en virtud de lo cual
Provided that: siempre que, a condicin de que
Pursuant to: de conformidad con
Remedy: accin legal
To enforce: hacer cumplir, ejecutar
To execute: firmar, otorgar o formalizar un documento
Undertaking: compromiso, obligacin

Expresiones relacionadas con law ("ley")

Abide by the law: atenerse a la ley
Apply the law: aplicar la ley
Break the law: quebrantar la ley
Enforce the law: hacer cumplir la ley
Obey or observe the law: obedecer la ley
Pass a law: aprobar una ley
Practise the law: ejercer el Derecho

The law forbids or prohibits: la ley prohbe

The law permits or allows: la ley permite
The law provides or stipulates: la ley establece
The law requires: la ley requiere

Expresiones relacionadas
con legal proceedings ("casos judiciales")
Appeal against a decision: recurrir una sentencia. The author had not
appealed against his conviction for forgery.
Appear in court: comparecer en un juicio. The defence witnesses will
appear in court tomorrow.
Arrive at a settlement: llegar a un acuerdo. The goal is to arrive at a
settlement that satisfies the interests of both sides.
Breach a contract: incumplir un contrato. The airline has committed a
serious breach of contract.
Discredit the witness: desacreditar al testigo. An entire defence can
depend on discrediting the witness.
Enter judgement: dictar sentencia. The Judge will enter judgement
against you and tell the clerk to schedule the sale of your home.
Give evidence: declarar o testificar. The witness gave evidence
regarding the Murdock case.
Settle out of court: llegar a un acuerdo extrajudicial. Most road traffic
accidents are settled out of court.
To carry out an investigation: investigar un caso. The police are
carrying out an investigation into the Irish murders.
To issue a claim form: poner una demanda.
To defend a claim: contestar a una demanda.

Lista: los 20 phrasal verbs ms usados

con ejemplos
1.

Back up: apoyar. The rest of the team backed her up when she told
Management about her plans. Tambin puede significar "dar marcha atrs" o
"hacer una copia de seguridad".
2.
Bring up: mencionar algo. Don't bring up the budget during the
meeting, please.
3.
Carry out: llevar a cabo. The company is carrying out a plan to increase
salaries by 20% next year.
4.
Come across: encontrarse a alguien por casualidad. I went to the park
and came across your brother - he is looking so grown up now!
5.
Come up with: ocurrirse (una idea, solucin...). Remember our IT
problem? Well, Carlos has come up with a great solution!
6.
Drop off: dejar a alguien en un sitio. Marcos is dropping me off at the
airport today.
7.
Find out: averiguar. Mara got promoted when they found out she has
excellent business skills.
8.
Get along: llevarse bien. Do you get along with your English teacher? I
think she's really cool.
9.
Get back to: responder ms tarde. Let me check out some numbers
and I will get back to you with an answer this afternoon.
10.
Get over: superar. He has gotten over his breakup quite well, don't you
think?
11.
Give up: dejar un hbito. I gave up smoking last May. Tambin puede
significar "rendirse".
12.
Hurry up: darse prisa. Hurry up or we will never make it in time!
13.
Look after: cuidar de alguien. I'm looking after the children while my
sister is at work.
14.
Make up: recuperar. Making up for lost time. Otros posibles significados:
hacer las paces, maquillarse, inventar...
15.
Pick up: recoger. Can you pick me up at the train station? Tambin
puede significar "aprender por casualidad": I picked up some French while I
was living in Paris.
16.
Point out: sealar. Thanks for pointing this out, John -otherwise we
could have made a big mistake.
17.
Set up: fundar, establecer. I have always wanted to set up my own
freelance business.
18.
Turn on/off: encender/apagar. Can you turn the lighs off when you
leave, please?
19.
Turn out: ocurrir de manera diferente a lo esperado. As it turns out,
John didn't get the job in Advertising -he is going to Australia for a gap year
instead.
20.
Turn up: llegar o aparecer. Mike hasn't turned up yet. Do any of you
know where is he?