Vocabulary exercises

I.

1. b

2. g

3. c

4. d

5. i

6. j

7. a

8. h

9. f

10. e

II.

1. a

2. e

3. c

4. b

5. g

6. f

7. d

III.

1. 2i 3c

2. 2a 3e

3. 2g 3d

4. 2d 3j

5. 2h 3f

6. 2b 3i

7. 2j 3g

8. 2l 3l

9. 2k 3b

10. 2f 3h

11. 2e 3k

12. 2c 3a

V.

1. determination; 2. determining; 3. determinate; 4. determine; 5. determined; 6. determined; 7. determinant; 8. determination; 9. determinism; 10. determine.

VI.

1. develop/introduce/produce/tender evidence; 2. assess damages; 3. conform to/obey rules; 4. decisive proof; 5. estate duty/inheritance duty; 6. lay down/set rules; 7. render an opinion; 8. infallible/irrefutable proof; 9. pre-imposition statement; 10. produce/show proofs; 11. separate opinion; 12. parol statement; 13. punitive/punitory damages; 14. statement of claim.

VII.

1. b

2. a

3. a

4. a

5. a

6. b

7. b

8. f

9. b, d

10. b

11. b

12. f

13. e

14. b, e

15. d

16. c, g

17. f

18. e

19. b

20. e

21. b

22. b

VIII.

1. in; 2. in, with; 3. out; 4. into; 5. to; 6. to; 7. within; 8. with; 9. to; 10. to; 11. down; 12. out; 13. in; 14. on/upon; 15. in; 16. to; 17. by; 18. for; 19. of; 20. for.

IX.

1. statement; 2. rules; 3. duty; 4. determination; 5. damage; 6. capacity; 7. evidence; 8. conclusion; 9. opinion; 10. proof.

III.

1. l

2. d

3. c

4. n

5. g

6. e

7. k

8. m

9. f

10. i

11. j

12. a

13. b

14. h

IV.

1. h

2. j

3. g

4. b

5. a

6. c

7. d

8. f

9. e

10. i

V.

1. in, for, with; 2. from, from, of; 3. on, of, of, in; 4. to, of; 5. of, of, from; 6. of, from, in; 7. to, on, in; 8. of, of; 9. of, for, of, to, of; 10. to, by, to, on.

VI.

1. a, an, a, the; 2. a, an, a; 3. a, a, the; 4. a, the, a, a, a, the; 5. the, a, a, the, the, the; 6. the, the, a; 7. a, the; 8. the, the, the, the; 9. a, a; 10. the, a, the.

VII.

1. artificial person, legal entity; 2. distinguished, legal identity; 3. contents, document; 4. testify, state, interpreted; 5. signature, witness; 6. validity, execution; 7. legal capacity, subject; 8. prove, admitted, opponent; 9. general rule; 10. contract, special rules, dissolution.

IX.

1. The legal view of marriage is that it is a voluntary union for life of one man and one woman. 2. The general rule is that a person can give evidence of what he heard or saw, however he cannot give evidence of what he heard another person say. 3. The actual rules to which a person is subject depend on the factual situation in which he finds himself. 4. A corporation is an artificial person which is recognized in law as a separate legal entity once the formalities for its creation have been complied with. 5. Human beings generally have full legal capacity, and consequently are subject to any rule of law. 6. A person who wishes to rely on the contents of a document as a means of proving a fact must prove what the document in question contains. 7. A witness may only testify as to facts which he has directly per­ceived but he may not state his opinion on how those facts should be interpreted. 8. Hearsay evidence is basically 'second hand' evidence of what another person said or wrote. 9. All persons including children and mentally disordered persons are both competent and compellable as witnesses. 10. A legal person is a being that is regarded by the law as having rights and duties.