Fakultet za pravne i poslovne studije, Novi Sad

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Pravni engleski 1

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Index No.

I. Circle the best answer:

A COMPLAINT HAS ALREADY BEEN FILED
Maybe I should start by explaining how things work. You say that 1) in writing / written / a writ
has been 2) sent to / served on / sentenced to you, informing you that an action has been filed
against you for 3) breaking of / break of the / breach of contract. If that is right, that means that a
complaint against you has already been filed 4) to / with / in the court. Our next step will be 5)
drawing / to draft / to draw an answer to this complaint. In order to be able to do this, I will need
information from you - facts, documents and the like - so that I can begin preparing your defence.
Of course, we will then also have to start building up evidence to 6) submit / support / save your
defence. For example, we may wish to get affidavits - sworn statements - from potential witnesses
supporting the statements you have 7) said / made in / promised for your defence. Depending on
how we wish 8) proceedings / to present / to proceed, we should try to have the case 9) to dismiss
/ distinguishing / dismissed as soon as we can. Of course, this will require filing motions. We will
also have to draft briefs clarifying our legal position, which we will then 10) supply to /
surrender / submit to the court. Whether there will be a trial is hard to say exactly. And if there is
a trial, when the time comes, the court will issue a notice to inform us of the date and time of the
hearing.
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II. Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence in the text:
1. minutes
7. has been

2. thereto
3. all action
4. in place 5. by class
8. shall have 9. vested in
10. by a vote of

6. that permits

The power to alter, amend or repeal the bylaws or to adopt new bylaws shall be 1) _____ the Board of
Directors; provided, however, that any bylaw or amendment 2) _____ as adopted by the Board of
Directors may be altered, amended or repealed 3) _____ the shareholders entitled to vote for the election
of directors, or a new bylaw in lieu thereof may be adopted by vote of such shareholders. No bylaw
which 4) _____ altered, amended or adopted by such a vote of the shareholders may be altered, amended
or repealed by vote of the directors until two years 5) _____ expired since such action by vote of such
shareholders. The Corporation shall keep as permanent records 6) _____ of all meetings of its
shareholders and directors, a record of 7) _____ taken by the shareholders or the directors without a
meeting, and a record of all actions taken by a committee of the directors 8) _____ of the Board of
Directors on behalf of the Corporation. The Corporation shall also maintain appropriate accounting
records. The Corporation, or its agent, shall maintain a record of its shareholders in a form 9) _____
preparation of a list of the names and addresses of all shareholders, in alphabetical order, 10) _____ of
shares, showing the number and class of shares held by each.
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III. Use the words in the sidebar to form one word that fits in the same numbered gap:
At the smaller firms, I wrote case briefs for the partners and associates,
and all kinds of correspondence with clients from the first day on, which I
liked 1) _______. At the bigger firms, I was asked to do research and to
help to maintain court books. That was a useful learning experience, too.
In my opinion, the main advantage of a 2) _______ at a large firm is that
you meet a lot of new people. There's a big 3) _______ of people - so
many different lawyers and clients. There's also a greater 4) _______ on
learning and developing the various skills a lawyer needs in courses and
seminars. I must say that both the larger and the smaller firms 5) _______
to give me a sense of being a part of the company, as if I really 6) _______
to their team. At the larger firms, I was even invited to some of their social
events, and that was really fun. However, the smaller firms definitely made
you feel more comfortable; everything was more friendly and relaxed. But
in both types of firms I never felt that I 7) _______ my time. My 8)
_______ to you all is that it's really important to try to do clerkships,
starting in your first year of law school. I also think it's
9) _______
to get to know a variety of firms, with different 10) _______ areas and
different sizes.

1. DO
2. CLERK
3. NET
4. EMPHASIZE
5. TRY
6. BELONG
7. WASTE
8. ADVISE
9. VALUE
10. PRACTISE

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IV. Match the term in A with the appropriate definition in B:

A
1. tribunal
2. affidavit
3. liquidator
4. fraud
5. high court
6. auditor
7. legal person
8. proxy
9. bailiff
10. writ

B
a) a document informing someone that they will be involved in a legal
process and instructing them what they must do
b) officer of the court whose duties include keeping order and assisting the
judge and jurors
c) where a group of specially chosen people examine legal problems of a
particular type, such as employment disputes
d) a written statement that somebody makes after they have sworn officially
to tell the truth, which might be used as proof in court
e) person appointed by a shareholder to attend and vote at a meeting in
his/her place when the shareholder is unable to attend
f) artificial entity created by law and given legal rights and duties, for
example a corporation
g) deliberate misrepresentation or concealment of a material fact to gain an
advantage
h) person appointed by the company to examine the company's accounts and
to report to the shareholders annually on the accounts
i) person appointed by a court, the company or its creditors to wind up the
companys affairs
j) usually the highest court in a jurisdiction, the court of last resort

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