Letters: A-C

to remove sth because it is causing a disturbance to other people (dosł. zmniejszać)

Abate

comply with (przestrzegać czegoś)

Abide by

to oficially end sth or stop sth (znosić, obalać)

Abolish

to refrain from doing sth, especially voting (wstrzymywać się)

Abstain

agreement to the offer, to enter into legal realationship (przyjęcie)

Acceptance

about a person who is responsible for sth (odpowiedzialny)

Accountable

sth that grows larger (accumulates) over a period of time (przyrost)

Accrual

natural disaster that could not be predicted, it unables a party to perform the contract, sometimes known as a kind of force majeure (siła wyższa)

Act of God

to postpone (odraczać)

Adjourn

about sth that can be admitted by court as evindence in a case (dopuszczalny)

Admissable

money that is owed but sb has not paid on time (zaległości płatnicze)

Arrears

to certify (świadczyć o czymś)

Attest

decide the amount of money that sholud be given to sb, name of this money (odszkodowanie)

Award

to forbid sth

Ban

about a person who is not able to pay his debts

Bankrupt

in England, the collective name for the profession of barrister (adwokatura)

Bar

in advance (wcześniej, z wyprzedzeniem)

Beforehand

person who benefits (spadkobierca, beneficjent)

Beneficiary

to decide not to cooperate with sb, name of list which shows people with who you don’t want to cooperate (czarna lista; umieszczać...)

Blacklist (v,n)

in good faith

Bone fide

to take sth from sb with their permission and use it for a period of time before returning

Borrow

– informal word, to return a cheque to the person who has tried to cash it because there is not enough money on the account (act of a bank) (nie mieć pokrycia, odmówić realizacji czeku)

Bounce

name or a symbol that indefines a seller’s goods or services in the market

Brand

to break the contract, failure to perform the contract

Breach (v,n)

plan of future income and expenditure

Budget

organisation that lends money to buy a house

Building society

duty and responsibility to prove sth (ciężar dowodu)

Burden of proof

ability to enter into legal relationship

Capacity

all assets of a business

Capital

permission given to sb that allows him to make all of the decisions in a certain situation

Carte blanche

„let the buyer beware”, buyer is responsible for chceking if the good that he buys is in good condition ("niech kupujący się strzeże)

Caveat emptor

to declare sth officially in writting (zaświadczyć)

Certify

person who presides over a metting (przewodniczący)

Chairperson

organisation which benefits the general public and does not make a profit

Charity

to summon someone to appear in court (wzywać do sądu)

Cite

to start legal action before court, the document that starts legal action

Claim (v,n)

to force sb to do sth (zmuszać)

Compel

to call, especcially a meeting (zwoływać)

To convene

a promise or agreement to do sth (konwencja, porozumienie)

Convenant

to have or give protection, usulally under a insurace policy (kryć, ubezpieczać)

Cover (v,n)

an agreement allowing for delayed payment

Credit