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Legal and contract vocabulary (English)
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- Terms
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- curated by hand from common contract clauses, US/UK legal glossaries and Latin legal maxims; aka spellings are real stt (whisper large-v3-turbo) mis-transcriptions of macOS say voices Samantha and Daniel reading each term in a sentence, reviewed by hand
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Terms 43
Top to bottom is priority: stt feeds the first terms to the decoder as a hint. Misheard spellings are replaced as facts; anything else close to a term is only flagged.
| Term | Misheard as | Note |
|---|---|---|
| SAFE | Simple Agreement for Future Equity; a startup financing contract | |
| SOW | statement of work | |
| novation | replacing a party or obligation in a contract with consent of all parties | |
| indemnitee | the party protected by an indemnity | |
| tortfeasor | tortfisa | the person who commits a tort |
| apostille | app are still | certificate authenticating a document for use abroad |
| sublicense | sub-licensesublisten | license granted by a licensee to a third party |
| hereinafter | herein after | contract drafting word meaning from now on in this document |
| drag-along | dragalong | right forcing minority shareholders to join a sale |
| tag-along | right letting minority shareholders join a sale | |
| res judicata | race judicataResjudicator | Latin: a matter already decided by a court |
| stare decisis | StereocesisStare Decesis | Latin: courts follow precedent |
| amicus curiae | Micah's Curie | Latin: friend of the court |
| actus reus | Actus RoyceActus Rius | Latin: the guilty act |
| ultra vires | ultra-virusultra-vias | Latin: beyond the powers |
| inter alia | inter-a-lia | Latin: among other things |
| quantum meruit | quantum meritQuantum Meru | Latin: payment for the value of work done |
| ex parte | ex-part | Latin: on behalf of one party without the other present |
| sua sponte | sui spontesuespawned | Latin: on the court's own motion |
| nolo contendere | Nalo ContenderaNolo Kantandir | Latin: no contest plea |
| forum non conveniens | forum known convenionsforum non-convenience | Latin: doctrine letting a court decline jurisdiction |
| certiorari | writ by which a higher court agrees to review a case | |
| de jure | diura | Latin: by law |
| indemnification | contract clause shifting losses from third-party claims to the other party | |
| force majeure | clause excusing performance after events beyond a party's control | |
| estoppel | doctrine barring a party from contradicting its earlier position | |
| promissory estoppel | enforcement of a promise relied on without a signed contract | |
| severability | clause keeping the rest of a contract valid if one term is void | |
| NDA | non-disclosure agreement | |
| term sheet | non-binding summary of deal terms before the final agreement | |
| escrow | money or assets held by a neutral third party until conditions are met | |
| habeas corpus | Latin: petition challenging unlawful detention | |
| pro rata | Latin: in proportion | |
| bona fide | Latin: in good faith; genuine | |
| affidavit | written statement sworn under oath | |
| subpoena | court order to testify or produce documents | |
| GDPR | EU General Data Protection Regulation | |
| DPA | data processing agreement under GDPR | |
| mens rea | Latin: guilty mind; criminal intent | |
| prima facie | Latin: at first sight; sufficient unless rebutted | |
| pari passu | Latin: on equal footing | |
| caveat emptor | Latin: let the buyer beware | |
| voir dire | jury selection questioning |