Wednesday 27 April 2016

Legal English at Bennett Languages Civitavecchia: Lesson 23

Class

  • Modals continued - Can for general or occasional possibility. Didn't need to versus Needn't have done. May and Shall in Legal English.
  • Alternatives to modals: to be required to, to be + to + infinitive (e.g. You are to submit the document by Friday = obligation) had better (should/ought to), to be under no obligation to (don't have to), to be advisable to (should), to feel obliged to, to be forbidden to (must not).
  • Company Law - Memorandum of Association
Vocabulary
objects = the company's objectives
bylaws = regulations
stipulations = terms or conditions of the agreement
vested in = given to
provided = on condition
repealed = cancelled
in lieu thereof = instead
amended = revised
passed = expired




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