offer | a proposal, the terms of which are certain | |
acceptance | an unconditional agreement to what is proposed by the other party | |
offeror | a person who makes an offer | |
precedent | a decision of a judge in an earlier case that other judges must follow if the circumstances of s. as | |
case | a set of arguments in a situation that might become legal or is already legal in nature | |
contract | binding agreement between two or more parties | |
obliged | zobowiązany/ you must do sth, it's necessary to do it | |
unconditional | absolute, without any doubts | |
parties | the people who have entered into a contract | |
ratio decidendi | reasoning behind the decision | |
recorded | written down | |
source of law | a place where law comes from, f.e. civil code | |
body of laws | collection of laws | |
pronouncement | a judge's words at the end of a case giving his decision | |
a principle of law | accepted idea that forms part of law | |
a factor | something that is important to consider when making a decision | |
relevant | of significance or importance to a particular situation | |
a claimant | person who starts the legal action | |
defendant | person who the claimant is making a claim against | |
sue | to start an action against sbd in the civil court / pozwać | |
defective | faulty - not working correctly | |
direct loss | sth that you suffer as a direct result of the breach of contract | |
benefit | advantage | |
binding | enforced by law | |
comply with | zgodny z | |
condition | terms of the contract | |
issue | matter | |
revoke | cancel | |
term | a single duty | |
sum | amount | |
transaction | exchange or transfer of goods | |
valid | ważny | |
void | invalid | |
consent | to say yes | |
capacity | zdolność prawna/ ability to form a contract | |
jurisdiction | legal power over a geographical area or people | |
injunction | court order to STOP doing sth | |
specific performance | court order to DO sth | |
remedy | compensation/ relief | |
to contrue/ construction | to interpret/ interpretation | |
to enforce | to perform | |
expressly | clearly | |