Word association 1 CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR LAW

CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR LAW

Word association 1

Complete each gap below with one word that can be used with the words and expressions in italics. All of these words, when used together with the italicised words, are connected directly or indirectly with different aspects of law (criminal, business, commercial, property, etc). The first letter of each word is already there for you, the function of each word is explained in brackets after each gap, and the first one has been done as an example. 1 This a____ (adjective) can come before discharge, majority, monopoly, privilege, right and title. (Answer = absolute) 2 This a____ (verb / noun) can come before the words your authority, of power, of process and of human rights. 3 This a____ (noun) can come before the expressions in personam, in rem and in tort, and after the expression to take legal. 4 This a____ (adjective) can come before outcome, party, possession and witness. 5 This a____ (noun) can come before agreement, award, board and clause, and also after the expressions to submit a dispute to, to refer a question to, to take a dispute to and to go to. 6 This b____ (noun) can come before the expressions of confidence, of contract, of promise, of the peace, of trust and of warranty, and between the prepositions in + of. 7 This c____ (noun) can come before allowance, assets, crime, expenditure, gains, goods, levy, loss and punishment, and in the expression to make political ___ out of something. 8 This c____ (noun) can come before the expressions of approval, of deposit, of incorporation, of judgement, of origin, of registration, of registry and of service. 9 This c____ (adjective) can come before the words action, court, disobedience, disorder, law, liberties, rights and strife. 10 This c____ (adjective) can come before the words assault, carrier, land, law, ownership, position, pricing and seal, and after the expression tenancy in. 11 This c____ (noun) can come before the words fund, order, and package, and before the expressions for damage, for loss of office and for loss of earnings. 12 This c____ (noun) can come before the words confidence, council, credit, goods, group, legislation and protection. 13 This c____ (noun) can come before the words law, note and work, before the expressions of employment, of service and under seal, after the word under, and after the expressions by private and to void a. 14 This c____ (noun) can come before the words action, case and order, before the expressions of appeal, of first instance, of last resort and of law, after the words open, criminal and civil, and after the expressions out of and to take someone to. 15 This c____ (noun) can come before the words act, action, bankruptcy, court, damage, law, libel, negligence, offence, record and responsibility, and after the words hardened and habitual. 16 This c____ (noun) can come before the words barrier, clearance, declaration, duty, examination, formalities, officer, seal, tariffs and union, before the expression and Excise, and after the expression to go through. 17 This d____ (noun) can come before the words counsel, statement and witness, before the expression before claim and after the expression to file a. 18 This d____ (noun) can come before the words abuse, addict, addiction, baron, czar, dealer, runner, squad and trafficking, and after the classification expressions Class A, Class B and Class C. 19 This f____ (adjective) can come before the words conveyance, misrepresentation, preference, trading and transaction. 20 This f____ (noun) can come before the expressions of assembly, of association, of information, of movement, of speech, of the press and of thought, conscience and religion. 21 This i____ (noun) can come before the words documents, papers, parade and theft, after the word false, and after the expressions to change your, to be asked for proof of and a case of mistaken. 22 This i____ (adjective) can be used before the words contract, malice, term and trust, and before the expression terms and conditions. 23 This i____ (adjective) can be used before the words accident, development, dispute, espionage, injury, property, relations and tribunal, and before the expression arbitration tribunal. 24 This j____ (adjective) can be used before the words account, beneficiary, committee, discussions, heir, liability, management, owner, ownership, signatory, tenancy and tortfeasors, and before the expressions and several, and several liability and commission of inquiry. 25 This j____ (noun) can be used before the words creditor, debtor and summons, before the expression by default, after the expressions to pronounce, to enter and to take, and in the expression to give your …on something. 26 This j____ (adjective) can come before the words immunity, notice, precedent, processes, review and separation. In Britain, it can come before the expressions Committee of the House of Lords and Committee of the Privy Council. 27 This j____ (noun) can come before the words box, room, service and vetting, after the expression foreman of the, and in the expression to be called for … service. 28 This l____ (noun) can come before the expressions before action, of acknowledgement, of allotment, of application, of appointment, of attorney, of complaint, of credit, of demand, of indemnity, of intent, of reference, of renunciation and of request. 29 This l____ (adjective) can come before the words liability, market, partner, partnership and warranty, and before the expression liability company. 30 This n____ (adjective) can come before the words earnings, estate, gain, price, profit, result and worth.

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