Exercise 1 : Contract Law Vocabulary

There is a word or phrase missing from the following sentences. For each sentence, circle the
word which best fits into the space from the options provided. There is an example at the
beginning (*).

Example: In the English legal system a precedent is (*) upon similar future
cases.

(1) The case you mention from 1976 is very similar to the current case but I think it is
possible to (1) between them.

(2) The claimant was (2) damages of £100,000.

(3) The decision of the first judge was (3) by the judges in the Court of
Appeal.

(4) An offer can come to an end due to (4) of time. It means that too
much time has passed since the offer was made.

(5) When a person who makes an offer withdraws it before it can be accepted we can say
that the offer has been (5) .

(6) According to English contract law, acceptance must be (6) and cannot
be by silence.

(7) Consideration in contract law requires the parties to gain a benefit or suffer
a (7) .

(8) When a lawyer refers to the (8) he or she puts upon a contract term it
is a more formal way of referring to his or interpretation or understanding of that term.

(9) Specific (9) is an order from a court that tells a party in breach to
carry out his or her obligations under a contract.

(10 According to English contract law consideration must be (10) ,

) which means that both parties must give or receive something and not just one of them.

(*) A. enforceable B. unavoidable C. binding D. obligatory

(1) A. differ B. distinguish C. separate D. discriminate
(2) A. ordered B. handed C. awarded D. granted
(3) A. overruled B. annulled C. refused D. rejected
(4) A. conclusion B. ending C. lapse D. disappearance
(5) A. revoked B. cancelled C. negated D. invalidated
(6) A. said B. contributed C. given D. communicated
(7) A. difficulty B. detriment C. injury D. disadvantage
(8) A. meaning B. elucidation C. version D. construction
(9) A. action B. execution C. performance D. completion
(10) A. reciprocal B. joint C. common D. shared

Answers

(*) C

(1) B
(2) C
(3) A
(4) C
(5) A
(6) D
(7) B
(8) D
(9) C
(10) A