Derivation in Legal English EX 01.5

1. What confused him was not the crowd that was waiting for him at the courtroom. It is the legal _____________________ (proceed) that were on his mind the whole time.
2. His firm was very much entrenched in its _____________________ (advocate) for women’s and children’s rights.
3. People said that he was a great liar when he started schooling; they were surprised that his _____________________ (magistrate) turned him into such an honest and God-fearing man.
4. The judge found him guilty of murder, but said that considering death sentences was not within his  _____________________ (jury).
5. Melvin has been sued by his former company for _____________________ (defame). That can have far-reaching implications on her current job.
6. The case is already in court now although it was difficult for them to find a _____________________ (prosecute) last week.
7. Although he wasn’t  really into crime, many people found his _____________________ (acquit) a little shocking because the evidence against him was overwhelming.
8. Even when judge found that the car crash was a result of _____________________ (neglect), he did not soften his judgement.
9. Her mother has been so sad. Actually, this is Adel’s first _____________________ (convict) and it came when she was due to travel for her university education.
10. Because of the gravity of the accusation, the solicitor believed that she could better prove her point using _____________________ (document) evidence.

Derivation in Legal English EX 01.4

1. When the head of the aeronautics company landed in the country, he was_____________________ (obligation) to work with the ministry of environmental protection.
2. When he came back from the farm, he met a well-worded _____________________ (injunctive) telling him not to continue work at the site. That is what sparked this confusion.
3. When the lawyer enlightened our director that day, he advised that we could use a _____________________ (prohibit) injunction now although a __________________ (mandate) injunction was also possible.
4. When he reached the meeting, the members were already discussing the case, little did he know that his blood brother was the _____________________ (claim) and that would be the _____________________ (defend).
5. After the court session, the Legal English student went up to the _____________________ (litigation) to understand the court.
6. When the man was dismissed from office, he decided that he was going to_____________________ (defamation) the company. Unfortunately, the venture finally cost him a lot of Money.
7. When the companies began discussing a merger, Africa Aeronautics brought in four US-trained lawyer  to conduct _____________________ (negotiate).
8. I discussed with the lawyer and we agreed that we would pursue the case in the domain of _____________________ (crime) law, and not civil law.
9. The quarrel between the two workers induced the other workers to become nonchalant. This state of affairs ended up in the _____________________ (dismiss) of many innocent workers.
10. The company has agreed that the only way for Mr Adamu to avoid a prison term is for him to make a concrete _____________________ (state) in front of a college of experts.

 

 

Derivation in Legal English EX 01.3

EX 01.3

1. The chairperson made a mistake by not accepting the votes of the members who were absent. He forgot that the _____________________ (constitute) allows members to vote by via video conferencing or by proxy.
2. It was embarrassing when he only mentioned the death of the former secretary only after the _____________________ (adjourn) of the meeting.
3. The members were angry because the chairperson did not follow the procedure for _____________________ (convene) meetings.
4. When the solicitor advised the company to register with a good _____________________ (insure) company, many thought it was an expensive venture. Now, look at the consequences.
5. The lawyers reminded the panelist that pensions are an_____________________ (entitle), and not a gift the institution was giving to the retired workers.
6. When the list was put up, James discovered that he was the only _____________________ (benefit) from the personnel department to receive 100,000 FCFA.
7. When the company received the judgement, they could not believe they would be paying _____________________ (damage) amounting to £2m.
8. When Jonathan and James came back from India, they said they doubted the _____________________ (sincere) of the representatives of the foreign company.
9. What _____________________ (concede) did the company make to allow us reach a consensus last week?
10. Is anyone to be reminded that voting for the election of a leader in this company  is supposed to be something_____________________ (confident)? 

Derivation in Legal English EX 01.2

1. When we came to the end of the board of directors’ meeting, we had to write our names and append our _____________________ (sign).
2. When he was doing a survey to incorporate the firm, many people did not respond to his questionnaire. He later realized that there were problems of anonymity and _____________________ (confident).
3. Bismarck was asked by his fellow officers to write down all his points before addressing the board of _____________________ (direct).
4. The assembly voted two important _____________________ (resolve) last week.  They are currently being implemented.
5. When they were unable to reach a consensus, they felt that meeting the company _____________________ (solicit) was a good idea.
6. There is always an _____________________ (extraordinarily) general meeting every December that brings together directors of the company from all over the word.
7. When both secretaries were _____________________ (appointment), the human resource manager took them round, introducing them to the workforce of the company.
8. The driver had lied to his boss that he was in the meeting; unfortunately, the minutes that day had a list of the few members who were in _____________________ (attend).
9. When the human resource manager heard that he had been dismissed, he took it lightly because he had godfathers in the company; little did he know that the decision had been taken_____________________ (unanimously).
10. James sent his excuses that he would not attend the meeting, but he soon changed his mind when he heard that the administrative general himself was the _____________________ (convene).