C1 — advancedsociety45 words

Law, justice & rights

SerbianMeaning
zákonlaw, statute
právoright, law; being right (imati pravo = to be right); cf. adverb pravo
sȗdcourt; judgement, opinion
ȕgovōrcontract
advòkātlawyer; attorney
ȍbavezaduty, obligation
prȅsudaverdict, court ruling
tùžbalawsuit, statement of claim — the document by which a party turns to a court; a complaint to a higher authority is žalba, a product complaint is reklamacija
žàlbacomplaint, appeal (to a higher authority; cf. reklamacija, prigovor)
ȕstāvconstitution (not a company's charter — that is statut)
odgovórnōstresponsibility, liability (fem.) — everyday and legal alike; the kind is named by an adjective: krivična, građanska, materijalna odgovornost
pròpisregulation, statutory instrument — the generic word for any written rule issued by authority; a zakon, a uredba and a pravilnik are all propisi. Plural propisi = the body of regulations
pràvīlnīkrulebook, set of implementing rules — a subordinate act with detailed provisions issued by a body or an organisation; not a zakon (statute), not a propis (the generic term)
člȃnarticle (of a law or contract) — the main numbered unit; inside it come stav (paragraph) and tačka (item). Also 'member' (of a body, family); a newspaper article is članak
stȁva stance, attitude; a paragraph of a legal article
tȁčkapoint, full stop; item, sub-point — used when citing a legal text: član 5, stav 2, tačka 3
sȗdskī pòstupakcourt proceedings — the handling of a case in court as a whole; the type is specified: parnični (civil), krivični (criminal), izvršni (enforcement)
pàrnicacivil lawsuit, litigation — a dispute between parties heard by a court (parnični postupak = civil procedure); the everyday word for a sudski/pravni spor
tùžilac1) claimant, plaintiff — the party that filed the claim in a civil case; 2) prosecutor — in a criminal case, in full javni tužilac (the office is tužilaštvo). One word, two different participants: the type of proceedings decides which
túženīrespondent, defendant — the party a civil claim is filed against; the accused in a criminal case is called okrivljeni or optuženi instead
pòdneti tȕžbuto file a lawsuit — the standard collocation; podneti is the official-register verb for submitting a document: podneti zahtev, podneti žalbu
ròčīštecourt hearing — the appointed day and time the parties are called to court; not a sednica (session of a body), not a sastanak (meeting)
sȗdskā òdlukacourt decision — the generic name for any act of a court; the two main kinds are distinguished: a presuda decides the case on its merits, a rešenje deals with procedural and other matters. English 'decision' blurs both
rešénjeofficial decision
prȁvnosnažanfinal and binding, res judicata — of a court decision that has reached its final state; noun pravnosnažnost. Not 'lawful' (that is zakonit)
drȕgostepenīsecond-instance — of the court, body or proceedings the case moves to after the first instance (prvostepeni); English needs a phrase: 'appellate', 'of the second instance'
nádležnōstjurisdiction, competence (fem.) — the range of matters a given body or court deals with; adjective nadležan 'competent, in charge'
dȍkaznī pòstupakthe taking of evidence — the part of proceedings in which the court works through the evidence (dokaz); no one-word equivalent
svedòčēnjetestimony, the giving of evidence — both the act and its content; svedočiti = to testify, svedok = witness
vèštākcourt-appointed expert — a specialist who gives an opinion on a question requiring expertise; veštačenje = expert examination. From vešt 'skilled'
túžitito sue someone (tužiti nekoga); colloquially also to tell on someone. Not the Russian тужить 'to grieve' — that is tugovati
zastúpānjerepresentation — acting in someone else's matter on their behalf (zastupnik = representative, zastupati = to represent)
pȕnomōćjepower of attorney (the document)
prȁvo naright to (something) — the frame Serbian uses to name any specific right; na is followed by the accusative
rȁskid ùgovoratermination of a contract — bringing a contract to an end before it runs out (verb raskinuti ugovor); not istek (expiry), not otkaz (dismissal)
ùgovōrnā kȁznacontractual penalty, liquidated damages — a sum fixed in the contract itself for the event of breach; literally 'contractual fine', but not a fine imposed by the state
nȁknada štȅtecompensation for damage — the payout on a claim
rȏk zastàrelostilimitation period — the period after which a claim counts as time-barred (zastarelost = limitation, zastareti = to become time-barred); periods differ by type of claim
prȃvno lícelegal person, legal entity — an organisation acting as a subject of law in its own right; on forms it is the alternative to fizičko lice
fìzičko lícenatural person — a human being as a subject of law, as opposed to a pravno lice (an organisation)
ȍveracertification
nòtārnotary (everyday word; the official title is javni beležnik)
nàsledstvoinheritance
testàmentwill
stàratēljstvoguardianship — care for a person unable to manage their own affairs, and for their property; staratelj = guardian

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