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This is a sample of a completed vocabulary sheet, based on the word 'copyright'. The student has
included as much information about the word as possible, including its grammatical function and
pronunciation. Much of the information has been taken or adapted from the A & C Black Dictionary
of Law, a useful source of legal vocabulary.
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Unit 0000
65
For reference see Dictionary of Law 4th edition (A & C Black 0-7475-6636-4).
Vocabulary record sheet sample
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language:
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copyright (noun) 
Intellectual property
An author’s legal right to publish his or her own work and not to have it copied.
Also the similar right of an artist, film maker or musician.
droits d'auteur
copyrighted (adjective)
copyright (adjective)
to copyright (verb; regular)
This work is out of copyright.
The work is still in copyright.
The program is protected by copyright.
This article is an infringement / a breach of the author's copyright.
The use of copyrighted material must be approved in advance.
copyright deposit, copyright holder, copyright law, copyright notice
assert your copyright
patent, (registered) trademark, author, artist, artiste,
protect, protected
Copyright exists in original written works, in works of art and works of music. It covers films, broadcasts,
recordings, etc. It also covers the layout of books, newspapers and magazines.
Copyright only exists if the work is created by a person who is qualified to hold a copyright, and is published
in a country which is qualified to hold a copyright.
Copyright lasts for 50 years after the author’s death (according to the Berne Convention) and for 25 years
according to the Universal Copyright Convention. The European Union has adopted a copyright term of 70
years after the author’s death.
Copyrighted material has to include the symbol ‘©’, the name of the copyright holder and the date of first
publication.
Do not confuse ‘copyright’ with ‘copywriter’.

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Unit 0000
For reference see Dictionary of Law 4th edition (A & C Black 0-7475-6636-4).
Before you begin: Essential words (page 1)
1. damages 2. commit 3. judicial 4. innocent 5. offence 6. lawyer 7. dispute 8. tribunal 9. case 10. judge
11. plead 12. defendant 13. claimant 14. settlement 15. arrest 16. hearing 17. convict 18. breach
19. prosecute 20. appeal 21. accuse 22. binding 23. civil 24. defence 25. contract 26. criminal 27. jury
28. evidence 29. fine 30. injunction
Remember that many of these words can have more than one meaning. To check the other meanings, refer to the A & C
Black Dictionary of Law.
Business law 1: Key adjectives (pages 2 – 3)
Exercise 1:
1. accountable 2. 9
3. impartial 4. intangible 5. pecuniary 6. 9
7. void (if a contract is void, or null and void, it
becomes legally unenforceable) 8. admissible 9. unanimous 10. eligible 11. irreconcilable 12. gross (gross can
also mean before tax and other deductions: for example, gross earnings, gross salary, etc) 13. 9
14. 9 (note that a
company or organisation becomes insolvent, a person becomes bankrupt) 15. fiduciary 
Exercise 2:
1. occupational 2. mandatory 3. exempt 4. negotiable 5. verbatim 6. unconditional 7. fraudulent 8. feasible
9. redundant 10. Habitual 11. solvent 12. material 13. nominal 14. corporate 15. open-ended 16. litigious
(the verb is to litigate, the noun is litigation. A person who litigates is a litigant. A lawyer who specialises in litigation is
known as a litigation practitioner)
Business law 2: Key nouns (pages 4 – 5)
1. nominee (from the verb to nominate. Nominee can precede words such as account and shareholder: a nominee