法律英语名词解释.doc

A:1 acquittal 宣告无罪 The legal certification ,usu. by jury verdict that an accused person is not guilty of the charged offense. 2.authority 法源 A legal writing taken as definitive or decisive, esp. a judicial or administrative decision cited as a precedent. 3 ALI american law institute 美国法学会 An organization of lawyers ,judges,and legal scholars who promote aonsistency and sincplification of american law by publishing restatement ,as well as promoting continuing legal education. 4, .article of incorporation公司章程 A document that set forth the basic terms of a corporations existence, including the number and classes of shares and the purposes and durations of the corporation. C: 1.criminal law 刑法 The body of law defining offenses against the community at large regulating how suspects are investigated, charged and tried and establishing punishment for convicted offenders. 2.crime 犯罪 A social harm that the law makes punishable , the breach of a legal duty treated as the subject-matter of a criminal proceeding. 3.criminal procedure 刑事诉讼程序 The rules governing the mechanisms under which crimes are investigated, prosecuted，adjudicated, and punishment. 4.civil rights 民权 The individual rights of personal liberty by bill of rights and 13th, 14th, 15th and 19th amendment, as well as by legislation such as the voting right act. 5.civil-rights act 民权法案 One of several federal statutes enacted after the civil war and much later during and after civil-rights movements of the 1950s and 1960s, and intended to implement and give further force to the basic rights guaranteed by constitution and esp. prohibiting discrimination in employment, and education on the basis of race, sex, religion, color or rage. 6.civil action 民事诉讼 An action brought to enforce redress or protect a private or civil rights, a non-criminal litigation. 7.contract合同 An agreement between two or more parties creating obligations that are enforceble or otherwise recognizable at law. 8.community property共同财产权 Pro