UNIT 1: THE LEGAL

PROFESSION
WEEK 2: Documents in court – Legal Latin
DOCUMENTS IN COURT
Listening: Documents in court

A breach of contract
The lawyer thinks it’s hard to say.
Have you ever heard these words?
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brief

notice

pleading

affidavit

motion

injunction

complaint

answer
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an injunction, a notice, a writ
an affidavit, an answer, a brief, a complaint, a motion, a notice, a pleading
an injunction, a complaint, a notice, a pleading, a writ
an affidavit, an answer, a brief, a complaint, a motion, a notice, a pleading, a writ
 Let’s practise one more time!
draft issue file (with) serve (sth on submit (to)
sb / sb with
sth)
an affidavit
an answer  
a brief   
a complaint   
an injunction    
a motion  
a notice   
a pleading
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a writ
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VIDEO PRACTICE
 Watch the following video:
Video
 Work on the Quiz called ‘Documents in court: Suits’ in the virtual classroom
and answer whether the questions are True (T) or False (F).
LEGAL LATIN
 among other things

Thus: it
indicates the
original is
incorrect. In
this case ‘part’
should be
‘party’

for example (‘exempli gratia’) against (versus, vs. or v.)

Let’s work on the text. Answer these questions.
 1) Who is suing whom?
The plaintiff, probably a property developer, or possibly a private individual, is suing
LongCo, some sort of company involved in building a house for the plaintiff.
 2) What is the complaint?
Breach of contract – specifically the ‘Construction Contract’.
 3) What is the answer?
Although LongCo may (or may not) be party to a written, oral or implied contract, it is
not a party to the ConstructionContract identified in the complaint.
Let’s learn more Latin words!

sic
exempli gratia (e.g.)
ad hoc

versus (vs. or v.)

et alii (et al.)

et cetera
(etc.)
per se
id est (i.e.)
Let’s learn some more!

inter alia
per annum
quorum

de facto
sui juris
pro rata
ipso facto
pro forma
videlicet (viz.)
ultra vires
You can find more legal Latin words and phrases here:

 https://www.lawteacher.net/latin-legal-terms.php

 https://www.kent.ac.uk/library/subjects/lawlinks/skills-hub/docs/Glos
saryofLegalLatin.pdf

 https://latin-phrases.dechile.net/?Legal

 https://online.pointpark.edu/criminal-justice/25-latin-legal-terms/
Let’s practise!
Work on the Quiz
called ‘Legal Latin’ in
the virtual classroom.
You’re halfway there!

 Now you are ready to work on

‘A career in Law’