Language and Law II - First term exam

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Language and Law II - First term exam CIVIL PROCEDURE BASIC CONCEPTS AND COLLOCATIONS Trial courts → juzgados de primera instancia Judgment → in legal English it is spelled without an e. Pass / render judgment Hand down a judgment Issue a judgment / a decision Enter judgment → it implies that there was an official recordation of the case Defer TO sb/sth → to allow someone or something to make decisions for you or tell you what to do because of your respect for them or because of their higher rank, authority, knowledge; Give significant weight Two-tier / two-tiered system Try / hear / entertain a case U.S. → it refers to the federal court system. Juzgados / cámaras federales. Al traducir, no vamos a encontrar el término federal sino U.S. National / nationwide appellate jurisdiction “Litigants requiring Supreme Court review” When A requires something, A makes that a requirement to be fulfilled by someone else. A makes something necessary to be done by B. But it is not a synonym of request. So, the parties cannot require review because it would be like imposing an obligation, when actually the U.S. Supreme Court has discretionary appellate jurisdiction. Request / seek review Appeal TO...