法律英語(yǔ)特點(diǎn)介紹

1、The English Language of law法律英語(yǔ)l Features:l1.precise or exact 準(zhǔn)確嚴(yán)格解釋原則principle of strict construction The Charter required that directors “shall be elected on a vote of the stockholders representing not less than two-thirds of outstanding capital stock of the corporation.l理解甲：被選上董事的人需三分之二的股東投票贊成“ a

2、 candidate needs the votes of two-thirds of the stockholders to be elected” （錯(cuò)，如為，應(yīng)把“on” 改by)l理解乙：選董事時(shí)必須有三分之二的股東出席（ two-thirds of the stockholders must be present at the meeting at which the election is held 2.formal 拘謹(jǐn)lCome here= approach the benchlHe has become a judge=He is the bencelTrust each o

3、ther=repose in one anotherlLaw teacher=law donlRefer=advertlTell=adviselInform =appriselBegin or start=commencelShow=demonstrate 證明lBring about=effectuate 實(shí)現(xiàn)lUse=employlUnfriendly=inimicallWork=employmentlFor the same reason=by the same tokenlFollow=ensue 跟著發(fā)生3.toughl(1)常用平常的字表示不平常的意思l如”action 行動(dòng)law

4、suit 訴訟lAvoid避免 cancel 撤銷(xiāo)lConsideration the price you pay for ones promise 對(duì)價(jià)lInstrument 器械legal document法律文書(shū)lParty person contracting or litigating訂約人或訴訟方l sentence句子 decision of a court 法庭判決lWithout prejudice無(wú)偏見(jiàn)without loss of any rights 不使權(quán)利喪失lcase盒子 lawsuit案例lMinor and major次要學(xué)科與主科 a person unde

5、r the legal age未成年 and a person come of age已成年(2)對(duì)古英語(yǔ)和中古英語(yǔ)的經(jīng)常使用l古英語(yǔ) 指公元4501100年流行的英語(yǔ)l中古英語(yǔ)指公元11001500年流行的英語(yǔ)l如：為什么 whereforel與此一道 herewithl此外，又，theretol 從那里起，從那時(shí)起thence, thenceforth, thenceforwards中古英語(yǔ)(3)對(duì)其他語(yǔ)言的大量借用拉丁文拉丁文l不在犯罪現(xiàn)場(chǎng) alibil別名aliasl真正的，真誠(chéng)的 ,善意的bona fidel貨物一經(jīng)售出，買(mǎi)主概不負(fù)責(zé)caveat emptorl特別 inter al

6、ial附文，限制性條款 provisol好像；準(zhǔn) quasil法定人數(shù) quoruml單方面地（的） ex partel法語(yǔ) action, appeal上述, contract, damages損害賠償, defendant被告, heir繼承人, parties當(dāng)事人, plaintiff原告, sentence判決, tort侵權(quán)行為, verdict裁定lien扣押權(quán), larceny偷竊罪, Reprieve緩期執(zhí)行, treason叛國(guó)罪,（4）對(duì)法律專(zhuān)門(mén)術(shù)語(yǔ)的使用l仍然由買(mǎi)房負(fù)責(zé)時(shí) ,不用：the responsibility still remains with the sellerl而說(shuō)： the onus(責(zé)任) still remains with seller4.對(duì)模糊語(yǔ)言的有意使用lIntentional use of ambiguous languagel在下述三種情況下法律界人士常用模糊語(yǔ)言：l（1）不愿肯定地表達(dá)自己立場(chǎng)與觀(guān)點(diǎn)時(shí)如“ unless this account is paid within next ten days, it will be necessary to t