LEGAL LANGUAGE INCLUDING GENERAL ENGLISH
Mohanlal Sukhadia University · LL.B. Semester 1 · 6000
Unit A — VOCABULARY
1. Use of Legal Phrases and terms (list of legal terms given below) · 2. Pair of Words. · 3. One word substitution. · 4. Latin Maxims (Listed Below)
Unit B — COMPREHENSIVE SKILLS
1. Common Logical Fallacies (a) Valid rules of syllogism. (b) Syllogistic Fallacies. · 2. Other type of material or verbal fallacies. Comprehension of legal tests: Reading Materials, The prescribed leading cases.
Unit C — COMPOSITION SKILLS
1. Use of cohesive devices (Legal Drafting). · 2. Precise Writing. · 3. Brief writing and drafting of reports; Letters and Applications. · 4. Essay writing and topics of legal interest. · 5. Varieties of sentence structure and verb patterns. · 6. Translation (English to Hindi & Hindi to English)
Unit Annexure — List of Legal Terms and Latin Maxims
List of Legal Terms which are relevant for LL. B. Students Abet Abstain Accomplice Act of God Actionable Accused Adjournment Adjudication Admission Affidavit Amendment Appeal Acquittal Article Assent Attested Attornment Averment Bail Bailment Citation Clause Coercion Code Cognizable Confession Compromise Consent Conspiracy Contempt Contingent Contraband Conviction Convention Corporate Custody Damages Decree Defamation Defence Escheat Estoppel Eviction Executive Ex-parte Finding Floating Charge Forma Pauperis Franchise Fraud Frustration Good Faith Guardian Habeas Corpus Hearsay Homicide Hypothecation Illegal Indemnity Inheritance Bench Bill Bill of attainder Bill of Rights Blockage Bonafide By Laws Capital Punishment Charge Chattels Justiciable Legislation Legitimacy Liability Liberty Licence Lieu Liquidation Maintenance Malafide Malfeasance Minor Misfeasance Mortgage Murder Negligence Negotiable Instruments Neutrality Nonfeasance Notification Novation Nuisance Oath Obscene Offender Order Ordinance Over-rule De-facto De Jure Deposit Detention Discretion Distress Earnest Money Enact Enforceable Equality Partition Perjury Petition Plaintiff Pledge Preamble Pre-emption Prescription Presumption Privilege Privity Prize Process Promissory Note Proof Proposal Prosecution Provision Ratify Receiver Redemption Reference Regulation' Remand Remedy Rent Repeal Res-judicata Respondent In Limine Insanity Institute Insurance Intestate Issue Judgement Judicial Jurisdiction Justice Restitution Rule Ruling Schedule Section Settlement Sovereignty Specific Performance Stamp Duty Status Quo Statute Stay of Execution Succession Summons Surety Tenant Testator Testatrix Title Tort Trade Mark Treason Treaty Trespass Trial Tribunal Trust Ultra vires Undue Influence Usage Valid Verdict Vested Violate Vis-major Void Voidable Wager Waiver Warrant Warranty Will Writ Wrong LIST OF LATIN MAXIMS · 1) Ab initio From the beginning · 2) Actiopersonalismoritur cum persona A personal action dies with the person · 3) Actus curiae neminemgravabit An act of the Court will hurt no person · 4) Actus non facitreum, nisi mens sit rea An act does not make a man guilty, unless there be guilty intention · 5) Actus reus wrongful deed · 6) Ad interim in the meantime · 7) Ad litem for the suit · 8) Ad valorem according to the value · 9) Alibi Elsewhere · 10) Amicus curie friend of the Court · 11) Animus an intent · 12) Audi alteram partem here the other side · 13) Caveat emptor buyer beware · 14) consensus ad idem meeting of the minds · 15) Damnum sine injuria damage without injury · 16) De facto in fact · 17) De jure in law, by right · 18) De minimis non curatlex The law cares not about very trifling matters · 19) Decree nisi a decree which takes effect after a specified period · 20) Delegata potestas non potestdelegari no delegated powers can be further delegated · 21) Doliincapax incapable of crime · 22) Donatio mortis causa gift by a person on the death bed · 23) Ejusdem generis of the same kind or nature · 24) Eminent domain the right which a Government retains over the estates of individuals to resume them for public use · 25) Ex officio by virtue of offices · 26) Ex parte a proceeding by one party in the absence of the other · 27) Ex post facto with retrospective action or force · 28) Factum valet the fact which cannot be altered · 29) fait accompli a thing which is done or accomplished · 30) ignorantialegisneminemexcusat ignorance of law is no excuse · 31) In parimateria in an analogous case or position · 32) Interest reipublicaeut sit finis litium in the interest of society as a whole, litigation must come to an end · 33) Injuria sine damnum injury without damage · 34) Intra vires within the power · 35) Jus tertii the right of a third party · 36) Lis pendens a pending suit · 37) Mens rea a guilty mind · 38) Mesne profit the profit received by a person on wrongful possession · 39) Nemo dat qui non habet no one can give a better title than he has · 40) Nemo debetbisvexari pro eadem causa no person should be twice vexed for the same offence · 41) Nemo debetesseudex in proparia causa no man shall be a judge in his own case · 42) NolleProsequi to be unwilling to prosecute · 43) obiter dicta a judge's expression of opinion uttered in court or in a written judgement, but not essential to the decision and therefore not legally binding as a precedent. · 44) Onus probandi the burden of proof · 45) Pactasuntservanda treaties shall be complied with · 46) pendente lite during litigation · 47) per capita counting heads or per person · 48) per incuriam through inadvertence or carelessness · 49) Pro bono public for the public good · 50) Ratio decidendi grounds for decision, principles of the case · 51) Res gestae connected facts forming the part of the same transaction · 52) Res ipsa loquitur the thing speaks for itself · 53) Res judicata a matter already adjudicated upon · 54) Res nullius an ownerless thing · 55) Rule nisi where the ruling of a court becomes final unless one or both parties show cause for it not to be · 56) Status quo existing position · 57) Sub judice in course of adjudication · 58) Sui juris of one’s own right · 59) Suo moto on its own motion · 60) ubi jus ibiremedium where there is a right, there is a remedy · 61) ultra vires beyond the powers · 62) Volenti non fit injuria risk taken voluntarily is not actionable