LSAT考试中的法律用语词汇

1. category "A" prisoners A类囚犯

=prisoners who are dangerous, and would be a danger to the public if they escaped from prison. 越狱后将对公众造成危险的重罪犯

2. abandonment 放弃(自愿放弃某项权利,如财产权)

= 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.

放弃索赔(在民事诉讼中放弃一种要求权)

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行为。

3. 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.

4. ABH

= actual bodily harm 实际人身伤害

5. abode

= residence, the place where someone lives 居住地,住所 right of abode = right to live in a country. 居住权(在一个国家的居住权)

6. abolish

= to cancel or to remove (a law or a rule) 废除、撤回(废止或废除法律或规定)

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废除对烈性酒的征税。

7. 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(擅自逃走或保释后不回到法庭或越狱逃走)

8. absolute

= complete or total 无条件的,**的

absolute discharge = letting a convicted person go free without any punishment. 无条件释放

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) **的不动产所有权(指在土地登记处登记的土地,其所有人对土地享有 被担保的所有权。租借土地也享有**所有权,它给予物主一个有担保的 有效租借权。)

9. abstain

= to refrain from doing something(especially voting) 弃权,克制做某事(尤其指不投票)

e.g. Sixty MPS abstained in the vote on capital punishment. 在表决死刑时,60位下议院议员弃权。

= using something wrongly 滥用(错误的使用)

abuse of power = using legal powers in an illegal or harmful way. 滥用权力(用非法或有害的方法使用合法的权力)

abuse of process = suing someone in bad faith or without proper justification or formalicious reasons. 滥用诉讼程序(恶意地,在没有合适司法程序情况下或带恶意地起诉某人)

10. accommodation

a. = money lent for a short time 通融贷款,短期贷款

b.= something done to help someone 通融(做某事帮助某人)

e.g. to reach an accommodation with creditors = to agree terms for settlement 与债权人取得和解(同意了解债务的条件)