C1 · Advanced

Legal Proceedings and Contracts

Danish vocabulary for legal proceedings and contracts, with attention to roles, obligations, exceptions and the limits of legal equivalents.

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Words & phrases: 51
Lessons: 3
Conversations: 1
Readings: 1

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English

a section (of a statute)
a defendant, the accused
evidence
a criminal charge (at the investigation stage)
to impose (a sentence)
a prison sentence
a court hearing
an appeal
to appeal
a court ruling
to acquit
a prosecution service, the public prosecutor's office
a defense lawyer, defense counsel
a witness statement, testimony
a penal code, criminal code
an indictment (the document)
pre-trial detention, remand
parole, early conditional release
sentencing, the setting of the penalty
a mitigating circumstance
an aggravating circumstance
case law, judicial precedent
legal safeguards, due process
a perpetrator, offender
a criminal record certificate, criminal record check
to question, to interrogate
to serve (a sentence)
a summons, a writ
a confession
an arrest warrant
custody
to detain
to incarcerate
incarceration
an inmate
to kidnap
to prosecute
an allegation
asylum
a conspiracy
constitutional
unconstitutional
a disclosure
to indemnify
a guardianship
dissent
to infringe
to overturn
to consult
to swear
to cede, to transfer ownership of

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3 Lessons

Lesson 1
Legal Processes and Contracts
Lesson 2
Formal Relative Clauses
Lesson 3
Interpreting a Contract Clause

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