LSAT考试词汇对于大家来说并不陌生,今天出出国留学和大家分享一下法律用语方面的常用词汇。
category "A" prisoners A类囚犯
=prisoners who are dangerous, and would be a danger to the public if they escaped from prison. 逃狱后将对公家造成危险的重罪犯
abandonment 抛却(自愿抛却某项权力,如财富权)
= act of giving something up voluntarily (such as the right to a property)
abandonment of a claim = giving up a claim in a civil action.
抛却索赔(在平易近事诉讼中抛却一种要求权)
abandon做动词是“遗弃”的意思:
e.g. Abandoning a child under two years old is a notifiable offence. 遗弃两岁以下儿童是一种严重的犯罪过为。
abeyance 中止,暂缓
e.g. This law is in abeyance. 此法暂缓执行。 = This law is not being enforced at the present time.
ABH
= actual bodily harm 实妓缮㈨危险
abode
= residence, the place where someone lives 栖身地,居处 right of abode = right to live in a country. 栖身权(在一个国家的栖身权)
abolish
= to cancel or to remove (a law or a rule) 铲除、撤回(废止或铲除法令或划定)
e.g. The Chancellor of the Exchequer refused to ask parliament to abolish the tax on alcohol. 财政大臣拒绝让议会铲除对烈性酒的征税。
abscond
= to go away without permission or not to return to the court after being released on bail or to escape from prison.
潜逃、失踪踪(私行逃走或保释后不回到法庭或逃狱逃走)
absolute
= complete or total 无前提的,绝对的
absolute discharge = letting a convicted person go free without any punishment. 无前提释放
absolute title = land registered with the Land Registry, where the owner has a guaranteed title to the land (absolute title also exists to leasehold land, giving the proprietor a guaranteed valid lease) 绝对的不动产所有权(指在土地挂号处挂号的土地,其所有人对土地享有 被担保的所有权。租借土地也享有绝对所有权,它给以物主一个有担保的 有用租借权。)