Paralegal Technology
The Small Glossary About Law And Paralegal Technology
This is a small glossary of 15 words to help people to know more about my program. Law is abstract, so I tried to illustrate the best way I can. This is what we learn in general, in an easy way for the viewers of this blog.
- Doctrine
- noun
- Set of legal works intended to explain or interpret the law.
- Example: If you want to do proper research, you should look the doctrine.
- fr: Doctrine
- Case law
- noun
- The law as established by the outcome of former cases.
- Example: The lawyer is showing to the judge an old case law to refer to his situation.
- fr: Jurisprudence
- Themis
- noun
- In Greek religion, personification of justice, goddess of wisdom and good counsel, and the interpreter of the gods' will.
- Example: Themis is the emblem of justice.
- fr: Thémis
- Legal proceeding
- noun
- The ordinary process of a lawsuit or criminal prosecution, from the first filing to the final decision.
- Example: The legal proceeding took a lot of time.
- fr: Procès/ poursuite judiciaire
- Gown
- noun
- A distinctive robe worn by a professional or academic person.
- Example: A lawyer needs to wear a gown.
- fr: Toge
- Law firm
- noun
- A business that is engaged in the practice of law.
- Example: She is a lawyer in a Montreal law firm.
- fr: Cabinet
- Bailiff
- noun
- An official in a court of law who keeps order, looks after prisoners, etc.
- Example: The bailiff will take your house if you don't pay your dept.
- fr: Huissier
- Court house
- noun
- A court house is a building that is home to a local court of law and often the regional county government as well, although this is not the case in some larger cities.
- Example: I am going to the court house.
- fr: Palais de justice
- Stenographer
- noun
- A person whose job is to transcribe speech in shorthand.
- Example: A court stenographer is taking notes in an effective way.
- fr: Sténographe
- Security
- noun
- A thing deposited or pledged as a guarantee of the fulfillment of an undertaking or the repayment of a loan, to be forfeited in case of default.
- Example: Your car have a security.
- fr: Valeur mobilière
- Legislator
- noun
- A person who writes and passes laws, especially someone who is a member of a legislature.
- Example: The role of a judge is to determine what does the legislator wanted to say.
- fr: Législateur
- Legality
- noun
- The quality or state of being in accordance with the law.
- Example: Documentation testifying to the legality of the arms sale.
- fr: Légalité
- Enjoyment
- noun
- The action of possessing and benefiting from something.
- Example: This prejudice caused the loss of enjoyment for his life.
- fr: Jouissance
- Veto
- noun
- Power of opposition of an authority to a passed law, to an adopted resolution.
- Example: The governor general has the power of veto, that means that she can reject any law.
- fr: Véto
- Usufruct
- noun
- The right to enjoy the use and advantages of another's property short of the destruction or waste of its substance.
- Example: In usufruct, a person or group has the right to use the property of another.
- fr: Usufruit
