MOHANLAL SUKHADIA UNIVERSITY, UDAIPUR
FACULTY OF LAW
FIRST YEAR BACHELOR OF LAWS
(Effective from Session 2019-20)
PAPER –I (PAPER CODE - 6000)
(PAPER NAME - LEGAL LANGUAGE INCLUDING GENERAL ENGLISH)
QUALIFYING PAPER
Max. Marks: 100 Min. Marks: 36
Note: The marks of this paper will not be added in computing the percentage of the LL.B. Exam.
However, this paper is compulsory and has to be qualified only with at least 36 marks out of 100.
(A) VOCABULARY
1. Use of Legal Phrases and terms (list of legal terms given below)
2. Pair of Words.
3. One word substitution.
4. Latin Maxims (Listed Below)
(B) COMPREHENSIVE SKILLS
1. Common Logical Fallacies
(a) Valid rules of syllogism.
(b) Syllogistic Fallacies.
2. Other type of material or verbal fallacies. Comprehension of legal tests: Reading Materials, The
prescribed leading cases.
(C) COMPOSITION SKILLS
1. Use of cohesive devices (Legal Drafting).
2. Precise Writing.
3. Brief writing and drafting of reports; Letters and Applications.
4. Essay writing and topics of legal interest.
5. Varieties of sentence structure and verb patterns.
6. Translation (English to Hindi & Hindi to English)
List of Legal Terms which are relevant for LL. B. Students
Abet Abstain Accomplice
Act of God Actionable Accused
Adjournment Adjudication Admission
Affidavit Amendment Appeal
Acquittal Article Assent
Attested Attornment Averment
Bail Bailment Citation
Clause Coercion Code
Cognizable Confession Compromise
Consent Conspiracy Contempt
Contingent Contraband Conviction
Convention Corporate Custody
Damages Decree Defamation
Defence Escheat Estoppel
Eviction Executive Ex-parte
Finding Floating Charge Forma Pauperis
Franchise Fraud Frustration
Good Faith Guardian Habeas Corpus
Hearsay Homicide Hypothecation
Illegal Indemnity Inheritance
Bench Bill Bill of attainder
Bill of Rights Blockage Bonafide
By Laws Capital Punishment Charge
Chattels Justiciable Legislation
Legitimacy Liability Liberty
Licence Lieu Liquidation
Maintenance Malafide Malfeasance
Minor Misfeasance Mortgage
Murder Negligence Negotiable
Instruments Neutrality Nonfeasance
Notification Novation Nuisance
Oath Obscene Offender
Order Ordinance Over-rule
De-facto De Jure Deposit
Detention Discretion Distress
Earnest Money Enact Enforceable
Equality Partition Perjury
Petition Plaintiff Pledge
Preamble Pre-emption Prescription
Presumption Privilege Privity
Prize Process Promissory Note
Proof Proposal Prosecution
Provision Ratify Receiver
Redemption Reference Regulation'
Remand Remedy Rent
Repeal Res-judicata Respondent
In Limine Insanity Institute
Insurance Intestate Issue
Judgement Judicial Jurisdiction
Justice Restitution Rule
Ruling Schedule Section
Settlement Sovereignty Specific Performance
Stamp Duty Status Quo Statute
Stay of Execution Succession Summons
Surety Tenant Testator
Testatrix Title Tort
Trade Mark Treason Treaty
Trespass Trial Tribunal
Trust Ultra vires Undue Influence
Usage Valid Verdict
Vested Violate Vis-major
Void Voidable Wager
Waiver Warrant Warranty
Will Writ Wrong
LIST OF LATIN MAXIMS
1) Ab initio From the beginning
2) Actiopersonalismoritur cum persona A personal action dies with the person
3) Actus curiae neminemgravabit An act of the Court will hurt no person
4) Actus non facitreum, nisi mens sit rea An act does not make a man guilty, unless
there be guilty intention
5) Actus reus wrongful deed
6) Ad interim in the meantime
7) Ad litem for the suit
8) Ad valorem according to the value
9) Alibi Elsewhere
10) Amicus curie friend of the Court
11) Animus an intent
12) Audi alteram partem here the other side
13) Caveat emptor buyer beware
14) consensus ad idem meeting of the minds
15) Damnum sine injuria damage without injury
16) De facto in fact
17) De jure in law, by right
18) De minimis non curatlex The law cares not about very trifling matters
19) Decree nisi a decree which takes effect after a specified
period
20) Delegata potestas non potestdelegari no delegated powers can be further delegated
21) Doliincapax incapable of crime
22) Donatio mortis causa gift by a person on the death bed
23) Ejusdem generis of the same kind or nature
24) Eminent domain the right which a Government retains over the
estates of individuals to resume them for
public use
25) Ex officio by virtue of offices
26) Ex parte a proceeding by one party in the absence of
the other
27) Ex post facto with retrospective action or force
28) Factum valet the fact which cannot be altered
29) fait accompli a thing which is done or accomplished
30) ignorantialegisneminemexcusat ignorance of law is no excuse
31) In parimateria in an analogous case or position
32) Interest reipublicaeut sit finis litium in the interest of society as a whole, litigation
must come to an end
33) Injuria sine damnum injury without damage
34) Intra vires within the power
35) Jus tertii the right of a third party
36) Lis pendens a pending suit
37) Mens rea a guilty mind
38) Mesne profit the profit received by a person on wrongful
possession
39) Nemo dat qui non habet no one can give a better title than he has
40) Nemo debetbisvexari pro eadem causa no person should be twice vexed for the same
offence
41) Nemo debetesseudex in proparia causa no man shall be a judge in his own case
42) NolleProsequi to be unwilling to prosecute
43) obiter dicta a judge's expression of opinion uttered in
court or in a written judgement, but not
essential to the decision and therefore not
legally binding as a precedent.
44) Onus probandi the burden of proof
45) Pactasuntservanda treaties shall be complied with
46) pendente lite during litigation
47) per capita counting heads or per person
48) per incuriam through inadvertence or carelessness
49) Pro bono public for the public good
50) Ratio decidendi grounds for decision, principles of the case
51) Res gestae connected facts forming the part of the same
transaction
52) Res ipsa loquitur the thing speaks for itself
53) Res judicata a matter already adjudicated upon
54) Res nullius an ownerless thing
55) Rule nisi where the ruling of a court becomes final
unless one or both parties show cause for it
not to be
56) Status quo existing position
57) Sub judice in course of adjudication
58) Sui juris of one’s own right
59) Suo moto on its own motion
60) ubi jus ibiremedium where there is a right, there is a remedy
61) ultra vires beyond the powers
62) Volenti non fit injuria risk taken voluntarily is not actionable
SUGGESTED READINGS :
1. Inshtique Abidi : Law and Language
2. Venkataramia : Law Lexicon & Legal Maxims
3. Richard V. Wydict : Plain English for Lawyers
4. Glanvile William : Learning the law
5. Wren and Martin : English Grammer
6. Ganga Sahai Sharma : Fundamentals of legal writing
7. Hindi-English Legal Legal Glossory : Vidhi Sahitya Prakashan, Ministryof Law, Govt. of
India ,New Delhi (India)
8. David Green : Contemporary English Grammer - Structure and
Composition
