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1 action at common law
позов за нормами загального права; позов про встановлення юридичних прав, що регулюються загальним правом -
2 common law action
судовий позов; позов, заснований на загальному праві -
3 action
акція, дія, діяння, вчинок, діяльність; поведінка; захід; позов; обвинувачення перед судом, судове переслідування, судова справа, судовий процес; судочинство; акт законодавчої влади; чинність; рішення експерта патентного відомстваaction against the United States — = action against the United States of America позов проти Сполучених Штатів (Америки)
action against the United States of America — = action against the United States
action constituting threat or use of force — дія, що становить загрозу насильства (застосування насильства або сили)
action directed against the government's existence — дія, направлена усунення уряду
action for declaratory judgement — = action for declaratory judgment установчий позов
action for declaratory judgment — = action for declaratory judgement
action for determination of adverse claims — позов про визначення змісту вимог третьої особи стосовно майна, на яку накладено арешт ( або на яке обернене стягнення)
action for separate maintenance — позов про матеріальну підтримку (нерозлученої дружини, яка проживає окремо від чоловіка)
action for the breach of a contract — = action for the dissolution of a contract позов про розірвання контракту ( угоди)
- actionablyaction for the dissolution of a contract — = action for the breach of a contract
- actional
- actionize
- action at common law
- action at law
- action brought
- action copy
- action ex contractu
- action ex delicto
- action for annulment
- action for ascertainment
- action for battery
- action for conspiracy
- action for damages
- action for death
- action for divorce
- action for enticement
- action for exoneration
- action for invalidation
- action for levying execution
- action for libel
- action for mesne profits
- action for partition
- action for recovery of payment
- action for restitution
- action grant
- action in contract
- action in equity
- action in personality
- action in personam
- action in rem
- action in tort
- action lies
- action of assize
- action of assumpsit
- action of book account
- action of book debt
- action of civil disobedience
- action of conversion
- action of covenant
- action of debt
- action of detinue
- action of forcible entry
- action of local nature
- action of mandamus
- action of recourse
- action of rescission
- action of tort
- action of trespass
- action of trover
- action of writ
- action on request
- action on the case
- action over
- action proceeding
- action proceedings
- action station
- action to quiet title
- action ultra vires
- action will lie
- action will not lie -
4 common
1) громада, спільнота, народ; земля громади, вигін; право на користування землею; сервітут2) єдиний, спільний, колективний; публічний, суспільний; звичайний; обопільний; пайовий ( про право)•- Common Agricultural Policy
- common amenities
- common appendant
- common appurtenant
- common assault
- common assumpsit
- common at large
- common bail
- common barratry
- common bawdy house
- common because of vicinage
- Common Bench
- common carrier
- common cash box
- common consent
- common council
- common councillor
- common councilor
- common count
- common crime
- common criminal
- common criminal purpose
- common currency
- common customs tariff
- common design
- common diligence
- common drunkard
- common enemy
- common gaming house
- common gaol
- Common Hall
- common heritage
- common heritage of mankind
- common honesty
- common in gross
- common informer
- common inheritance
- common intendment
- common internal borders
- common invention
- common jail
- common juror
- common jury
- common jury list
- common knowledge
- common land
- common law
- common-law
- common law action
- common law arbitration
- common law copyright
- common law court
- common-law crime
- common-law declaration
- common-law husband
- common law jurisdiction
- common-law lien
- common law marriage
- common-law marriage
- common law of England
- common-law practice
- common law procedure
- common-law prohibition
- common-law punishment
- common law remedy
- common-law spouse
- common-law status
- common law trademark
- common law wife
- common-law wife
- common lawyer
- common membership
- common mistake
- common of pasturage
- common of piscary
- common ownership
- common penalty
- common plea
- common pleas
- common practice
- common principle
- common property
- common prostitute
- common purpose
- common recovery
- common remedy
- common right
- common rule
- common seal
- Common Serjeant
- common security
- common stock
- common stock fund
- common tender
- common traverse
- common trial jury
- common trust fund
- common vouchee
- common woman -
5 crime
1) злочин, злодіяння; злочинність; неправильна поведінка2) виносити (обвинувальний) вирок; військ. карати за порушення статуту•crime against the law of nations — злочин за міжнародним правом, міжнародний злочин; діяння, визнане злочинним за кримінальним правом всіх країн
crime committed on government property — злочин, пов'язаний з державною власністю
crime committed with the use of arms — злочин, вчинений із застосуванням зброї
crime for which punishment may be imprisonment — злочин, за який передбачається ув'язнення
crime foreign to the common criminal purpose — злочин, не охоплений спільною злочинною метою
crime suggested and committed but in a different way — вчинення злочину за намовлянням, але способом, відмінним від запропонованого підбурювачем
- crime affiliationcrime that does not threaten life — злочин, що не загрожує життю
- crime affiliations
- crime afoot
- crime against bodily security
- crime against humanity
- crime against justice
- crime against morality
- crime against nature
- crime against peace
- crime against property
- crime against public property
- crime against public order
- crime against public security
- crime against state property
- crime against the individual
- crime against the person
- crime against the peace
- crime against the reputation
- crime against the state
- crime against the State
- crime aided and abetted
- crime alleged at bar
- crime as a protest act
- crime as a protest action
- crime association
- crime at common law
- crime authority
- crime bill
- crime boss
- crime-breeding
- crime-breeding consequences
- crime business
- crime by repeater
- crime career
- crime cartel
- crime category
- crime causation
- crime committer
- crime confederation
- crime connections
- crime construction
- crime control
- crime control administrator
- crime coverage
- crime czar
- crime data
- crime data source
- crime detection
- crime detection agency
- crime deterrence
- crime deterrent
- crime difficult to trace
- crime done unwillingly
- crime due to jealousy
- crime due to passion
- crime easy to solve
- crime enterprise
- crime ethnomethodology
- crime expert
- crime explosion
- crime family
- crime fighter
- crime-fighter
- crime fighting
- crime-fighting
- crime figure
- crime figures
- crime for profit
- crime front
- crime fugitive
- crime group
- crime in passion
- crime in progress
- crime in the economic sphere
- crime-inciting
- crime income
- crime index
- crime industry
- crime information
- crime-information system
- crime instrument
- crime intelligence
- crime-intensive
- crime-intensive sphere
- crime investigation
- crime investigator
- crime lab
- crime laboratory
- crime-laboratory tool
- crime-laboratory tools
- crime leader
- crime map
- crime mastermind
- crime member
- crime merchant
- crime method
- crime of dishonesty
- crime of forethought
- crime of high treason
- crime of momentary passion
- crime of negligence
- crime of omission
- crime of passion
- crime of treason
- crime of vagrancy
- crime of violence
- crime passionel
- crime perpetrator
- crime prevention
- crime-prevention measure
- crime-prone
- crime-prone years
- crime rate
- crime reconstruction
- crime record
- Crime Record Center
- crime reduction
- crime register
- crime reporter
- crime reported
- crime reporting
- crime-ridden
- crime-ridden area
- crime scene
- crime scene tape
- crime scene videotape
- crime scene investigation
- crime scene photography
- crime scene processing
- crime scene sketch
- crime sheet
- crime site
- crime situation
- crime solved
- crime statistics
- crime suspect
- crime syndicate
- crime trend
- crime triangle
- crime typology file
- crime under consideration
- crime under international law
- crime under investigation
- crime victim
- crime wave
- crime with the use of firearms -
6 court
суд; зал суду; будівля суду; законодавчі збори; засідання законодавчих зборів; королівський двір; суддя; розм. час, призначений для слухання справи у суді; палацеве прийняттяcourt of appellate jurisdiction — апеляційний суд, апеляційна судова інстанція; суд другої інстанції
court of competent jurisdiction — належна судова інстанція, належний суд
court staffed by professional judges — суд, укомплектований професійними суддями
- court actioncourt's power of judicial review — право судового нагляду, право судового контролю
- court administration
- court and jury
- court appearance
- court-appointed
- court-appointed attorney
- court-appointed expert
- court-appointed lawyer
- court-appointed trustee
- court approval
- court-approved agreement
- court attendant
- court authorization
- court-authorized
- court-baron
- court below
- court brief
- court briefing
- court case
- court challenge of a decision
- court charges
- court Christian
- court christian
- court clerk
- court-committed
- court-committed inmate
- court competence
- court composition
- court costs
- court day
- court decision
- court decree
- court delay
- court determination
- court district
- court expert
- court expert's report
- court fee
- court fees
- court file
- court hearing
- court holding
- court house
- court-house
- court-imposed
- court-imposed fine
- court in banco
- court in bank
- court in camera
- court in session
- court in term time
- court in vacation
- court injunction
- court instance
- court investigator
- court judgement
- court judgment
- court jurisdiction
- court-like
- court-like body
- court-martial
- Court Martial Appeal Court
- court-martial for desertion
- court-martial prisoner
- court-martial summons
- court not of record
- court of admiralty
- court of aldermen
- court of appeal
- court of appeals
- court of appeal ruling
- court of appeals ruling
- court of arbitration
- Court of archdeacon
- court of assize and nisi prius
- court of assizes
- court of auditors
- court of bankruptcy
- court of cassation
- court of chivalry
- court of claims
- court of Common Council
- court of common law
- court of conciliation
- court of construction
- court of criminal appeal
- court of criminal correction
- court of domestic relations
- court of enquiry jurisdiction
- court of inquiry jurisdiction
- court of equity
- court of first appearance
- court of first instance
- court of general jurisdiction
- court of highest resort
- court of honor
- court of honour
- court of impeachment
- court of industrial relations
- court of inquiry
- court of inquiry jurisdiction
- Court of International Trade
- court of judiciary
- court of jurisdiction
- court of justice
- court of last resort
- court of law
- court of limited jurisdiction
- court of military appeals
- court of military justice
- court of nisi prius
- court of original jurisdiction
- court of oyer and terminer
- court of Passage
- court of petty sessions
- court of primary jurisdiction
- court of quarter sessions
- court of record
- court of referees
- court of second instance
- Court of Session
- court of sessions
- court of small claims
- court of special jurisdiction
- Court of St. James
- court of staple
- Court of Star Chamber
- court of summary jurisdiction
- court of summary prosecution
- court of superior jurisdiction
- court of swainmote
- Court of the Archbishop
- court of the communions
- court of the United States
- court of third instance
- court of trial
- court of wards
- court official
- court opinion
- court order
- court-ordered
- court-ordered desegregation
- court orders
- court practice
- court preference
- court president
- court prisoner
- court proceedings
- court procedure
- court processes
- court rate
- court receiver
- court record
- court record
- court records
- court referral
- court register
- court registry
- court report
- court reports
- court reporter
- court rolls
- court-room
- court rules
- court ruling
- court rulings
- court sentence
- court settlement
- court session
- court structure
- court style
- court system
- court taxes
- court trust
- court usage
- court usher
- court victory
- court with lay judges
- courts brief
- courts martial system
- court's approach
- court's budget
- court's calendar
- court's conclusion
- court's consent
- court's construction
- court's conviction
- court's decision
- court's decision for retrial
- court's duty
- court's expert
- court's holding
- court's independence
- court's initial ruling
- court's interpretation
- court's invalidation
- court's judgement
- court's judgment
- court's jurisdiction
- court's jurisprudence
- court's justice
- court's majority
- court's office
- court's offices
- court's opinion
- court's order
- court's position
- court's powers
- court's public session
- court's resolution of a case
- court's role
- court's ruling
- court's rules
- court's satisfaction
- court's unanimous opinion
- court's witness
- court's work -
7 right
1) право ( суб'єктивне); праводомагання; справедлива вимога; привілей; права сторона2) правильний; належний; правомірний, справедливий; правий ( у політичному сенсі); реакційний3) відновлювати ( справедливість); виправляти(ся)4) направо•right a wrong done to the person — виправляти шкоду, заподіяну особі
right not to answer any questions that might produce evidence against an accused — право не давати відповідей (не відповідати) на будь-які запитання, що можуть бути використані як свідчення проти обвинуваченого
right not to fulfill one's own obligations — право не виконувати свої зобов'язання ( у зв'язку з невиконанням своїх зобов'язань іншою стороною)
right of a state to request the recall of a foreign envoy as persona non grata — право держави вимагати відкликання іноземного представника як персони нон грата
right of citizens to use their native language in court — право громадян виступати в суді рідною мовою
right of every state to dispose of its wealth and its national resources — право кожної держави розпоряджатися своїми багатствами і природними ресурсами
right of everyone to the opportunity to gain his living by work — право кожної людини на отримання можливості заробляти собі на прожиття власною працею
right of legislative initiative — право законодавчої ініціативи, право законодавства
right of nations to free and independent development — право народів на вільний і незалежний розвиток
right of nations to self-determination up to and including separation as a state — право націй на самовизначення аж до державного відокремлення
right of nations to sovereignty over their natural resources — право націй на суверенітет над своїми природними ресурсами
right of parents to choose their children's education — право батьків на вибір виду освіти для своїх неповнолітніх дітей
right of reception and mission of diplomatic envoys — право приймати і призначати дипломатичних представників
right of representation and performance — право на публічне виконання (п'єси, музичного твору)
right of the accused to have adequate time, facilities and assistance for his defence — = right of the accused to have adequate time, facilities and assistance for his defense право обвинуваченого мати достатньо часу, можливостей і допомоги для свого захисту
right of the accused to have adequate time, facilities and assistance for his defense — = right of the accused to have adequate time, facilities and assistance for his defence
right of the child to live before birth from the moment of conception — право дитини на життя до її народження з моменту зачаття
right of unhindered communication with the authorities of the appointing state — право безперешкодних зносин із властями своєї держави
right to a counsel from the time that an accused is taken into custody — право на адвоката з часу арешту (зняття під варту) обвинуваченого
right to arrange meetings, processions and picketing — право на мітинги, демонстрації і пікетування
right to be confronted with witness — право очної ставки із свідком захисту, право конфронтації ( право обвинуваченого на очну ставку із свідком захисту)
right to be represented by counsel — право бути представленим адвокатом, право на представництво через адвоката
right to choose among a variety of products in a marketplace free from control by one or a few sellers — право вибирати продукцію на ринку, вільному від контролю одного чи кількох продавців
right to choose between speech and silence — право самому визначати, чи говорити, чи мовчати
right to compensation for the loss of earnings resulting from an injury at work — право на відшкодування за втрату заробітку ( або працездатності) внаслідок каліцтва на роботі, право отримати компенсацію за втрату джерела прибутку внаслідок виробничої травми
right to conduct confidential communications — право здійснювати конфіденційне спілкування, право конфіденційного спілкування ( адвоката з клієнтом тощо)
right to diplomatic relations with other countries — право на дипломатичні відносини з іншими країнами
right to do with one's body as one pleases — право робити з своїм тілом все, що завгодно
right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress — право на користування досягненнями наукового прогресу
right to freedom from torture and other inhuman forms of treatment — право на свободу від тортур і інших форм негуманного поводження
right to gather and publish information or opinions without governmental control or fear of punishment — право збирати і публікувати інформацію або думки без втручання держави і страху бути покараним
right to lease or sell the airspace above the property — право здавати в оренду або продавати повітряний простір над своєю власністю
right to leave any country, including one's own, and to return to one's country — право залишати будь-яку країну, включаючи свою власну, і повертатися до своєї країни
right to material security in (case of) disability — право на матеріальне забезпечення у випадку втрати працездатності
right to material security in (case of) sickness — право на матеріальне забезпечення у випадку захворювання
right to possession, enjoyment and disposal — право на володіння, користування і розпорядження
right to safety from product-related hazards — право на безпеку від шкоди, яку може бути заподіяно товаром
right to terminate pregnancy through an abortion — право припиняти вагітність шляхом здійснення аборту
right to the protection of moral and material interests — право на захист моральних і матеріальних інтересів
right to use one's own language — право на свою власну мову; право спілкуватися своєю власною мовою
right to visit one's children regularly — право відвідувати регулярно дітей ( про одного з розлученого подружжя)
right of a person to control the distribution of information about himself — = right of a person to control the distribution of information about herself право особи контролювати поширення інформації про себе
right of a person to control the distribution of information about herself — = right of a person to control the distribution of information about himself
right of states to self-defence — = right of states to self-defense право держав на самооборону
right of states to self-defense — = right of states to self-defence
right of the accused to counsel — = right of the accused to legal advice право обвинуваченого на адвоката (захисника) ( або на захист)
right of the accused to legal advice — = right of the accused to counsel
right to collective self-defence — = right to collective self-defense право на колективну самооборону
right to collective self-defense — = right to collective self-defence
right to collective self-defence — = right to collective self-defense право на колективну самооборону
right to collective self-defense — = right to collective self-defence
right to consult with one's attorney — = right to consult with one's lawyer право отримувати юридичну допомогу від (свого) адвоката, право на консультацію з адвокатом
right to consult with one's lawyer — = right to consult with one's attorney
right to control the work of the administration — = right to control the work of the managerial staff право контролю (діяльності) адміністрації ( підприємства)
right to control the work of the managerial staff — = right to control the work of the administration
right to individual self-defence — = right to individual self-defense право на індивідуальну самооборону
right to individual self-defense — = right to individual self-defence
right to obtain documents essential for an adequate defence — = right to obtain documents essential for an adequate defense право отримувати документи, необхідні для належного захисту
right to obtain documents essential for an adequate defense — = right to obtain documents essential for an adequate defence
right to regulate news agencies — = right to regulate news organizations право регулювати діяльність інформаційних агентств
- right a wrong doneright to regulate news organizations — = right to regulate news agencies
- right at law
- Right-Centrist
- right extremism
- right extremist
- right-hand man
- right-holder
- right in action
- right in gross
- right in personam
- right in rem
- right not to belong to a union
- right of a trial by jury
- right of abode
- right of access
- right of access to courts
- right of access to court
- right of action
- right of angary
- right of appeal
- right of approach
- right of appropriation
- right of assembly
- right of asylum
- right of audience
- right of authorship
- right of birth
- right of blood
- right of chapel
- right of choice
- right of common
- right of concurrent user
- right of conscience
- right of contribution
- right of correction
- right of court
- right of denunciation
- right of detention
- right of dissent
- right of divorce
- right of eminent domain
- right of enjoyment
- right of entry
- right of equal protection
- right of establishment
- right of existence
- right of expatriation
- right of expectancy
- right of feud
- right of first refusal
- right of fishery
- right of free access
- right of hot pursuit
- right of individual petition
- right of innocent passage
- right of intercourse
- right of intervention
- right of joint use
- right of jurisdiction
- right of legal entity
- right of legation
- right of light
- right of membership
- right of military service
- right of mortgage
- right of navigation
- right of operative management
- right of ownership
- right of passage
- right of patent
- right of personal security
- right of petition
- right of place
- right of political asylum
- right of possession
- right of pre-emption
- right of primogeniture
- right of prior use
- right of priority
- right of privacy
- right of private property
- right of property
- right of protest
- right of publicity
- right of pursuit
- right of re-election
- right of recourse
- right of recovery
- right of redemption
- right of regress
- right of relief
- right of remuneration
- right of reply
- right of representation
- right of reprisal
- right of reproduction
- right of rescission
- right of retaliation
- right of retention
- right of sanctuary
- right of search
- right of secrecy
- right of self-determination
- right of self-preservation
- right of settlement
- right of silence
- right of suit
- right of taking game
- right of the individual
- right of the owner
- right of the people
- right of the state
- right of transit
- right of translation
- right of visit
- right of visit and search
- right of water
- right of way
- right of withdrawal
- right on name
- right oneself
- right the oppressed
- right to a building
- right to a counsel
- right to a dual citizenship
- right to a fair trial
- right to a flag
- right to a hearing
- right to a nationality
- right to a piece of land
- right to a reasonable bail
- right to a speedy trial
- right to a trial by jury
- right to act independently
- right to administer property
- right to adopt children
- right to aid of counsel
- right to air
- right to an abortion
- right to an effective remedy
- right to annul laws
- right to appeal
- right to appoint judges
- right to assemble peaceably
- right to assistance of counsel
- right to attend
- right to bail
- right to bargain collectively
- right to be confronted
- right to be heard
- right to be presumed innocent
- right to be represented
- right to bear arms
- right to bear fire-arms
- right to become president
- right to begin
- right to belong to a union
- right to burn national flag
- right to carry a firearm
- right to carry arms
- right to carry fire-arms
- right to challenge a candidate
- right to challenge a juror
- right to change allegiance
- right to choose
- right to choose one's religion
- right to coin money
- right to collective bargaining
- right to compensation
- right to consult an attorney
- right to counsel
- right to criticism
- right to cultural autonomy
- right to damages
- right to declare war
- right to designate one's hairs
- right to die
- right to divorce
- right to earn a living
- right to education
- right to elect and be elected
- right to emigrate
- right to end pregnancy
- right to enjoy one's benefits
- right to enter a country
- right to exact payment
- right to expel a trespasser
- right to express ones' views
- right to expropriate
- right to fish
- right to fly a maritime flag
- right to found a family
- right to frame a constitution
- right to free education
- right to free medical services
- right to freedom
- right to freedom from torture
- right to freedom of expression
- right to freedom of residence
- right to freedom of speech
- right to health
- right to hold a public office
- right to hold property
- right to housing
- right to human dignity
- right to immediate release
- right to impose taxes
- right to impose taxes
- right to independence
- right to inherit
- right to initiate legislation
- right to inspection
- right to interpret laws
- right to intervene
- right to introduce legislation
- right to join an association
- right to jury trial
- right to keep and bear arms
- right to keep arms
- right to possess firearms
- right to kill
- right to land
- right to lease
- right to legal equality
- right to legal representation
- right to legislate
- right to levy taxes
- right to liberty
- right to life
- right to make a decision
- right to make a will
- right to make treaties
- right to manage
- right to maternity leave
- right to medical care
- right to national autonomy
- right to neutrality
- right to nullify laws
- right to one's own culture
- right to oppose
- right to organize unions
- right to ownership of property
- right to personal security
- right to picket
- right to possess firearms
- right to practice law
- right to present witnesses
- right to privacy
- right to private property
- right to property
- right to protection
- right to public trial
- right to publish expression
- right to punish a child
- right to real estate
- right to recall
- right to recover
- right to redeem
- right to redress
- right to regulate trade
- right to remain silent
- right to remarry
- right to rest
- right to rest and leisure
- right to retain counsel
- right to return to work
- right to safety
- right to secede
- right to secede from the USSR
- right to secession
- right to security
- right to security of person
- right to seek elective office
- right to seek pardon
- right to seek refund
- right to self-determination
- right to self-expression
- right to self-government
- right to sell
- right to silence
- right to social insurance
- right to social security
- right to speak
- right to stop a prosecution
- right to strike
- right to sublet
- right to subpoena witness
- right to sue
- right to take water
- right to tariff reduction
- right to tax exemption
- right to terminate a contract
- right to terminate pregnancy
- right to the name
- right to the office
- right to the patent
- right to the voice
- right to think freely
- right to transfer property
- right to travel
- right to treasure trove
- right to trial by jury
- right to use
- right to use firearms
- right to use force
- right to use water
- right to veto
- right to will property
- right to work
- right of defence
- right of defense
- right to collect revenues
- right to collect taxes
- right to exist
- right to existence
- right to issue decrees
- right to issue edicts
- right to labor
- right to labour
- right to self-defence
- right to self-defense
- right to set penalties
- right to set punishment
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