本书精选了法律英语中较为常见的核心词汇，在强调这些词汇含义的同时，还特别注重介绍一些基本的英美法知识。

本书具有内容新颖、选词实用，例证丰富、可供模仿，释义准确、学术性较强等特点。

本书按照字母顺序编排，内容涉及基础法律术语近300个，主要讲解英美法中最为基础的核心词汇，但又不乏对大陆法系中重要法律术语的探析。每个词汇的讲解包括：实例及翻译、详细讲解、短评、活学活用等部分。通过阅读本书，读者可掌握涉外合同、涉外诉讼、法庭辩护、外国法律原著中最常见的英文专业术语，并为从事涉外法律实务及法学科研打下良好基础。

本书供掌握了4000个左右英文词汇量，通过大学英语四级考试或具有同等英语水平的在校学生、涉外律师、法律翻译工作者，以及法律英语爱好者使用。

前言

A

accuse

acquit

act

act of God

act or omission

action

administrative

admission

adversary system

advocate

affirm

alibi

allege

amendment

appeal

appearance

arbitration

argument

arrest

article

attorney

avoid

award

B

bail

bailiff

bar

barrister

battery

bench

beyond a reasonable

doubt

bind

breach

break ( a law)

burden of proof

burglary

business secret

C

capital punishment

case

cause of action 

challenge

charge

check

citation

civil law

claim

client

codefendant

commit

common law

complaint

congress

consideration

constitution

construction

contract

conviction

copyright

correction

counsel

counterpart

court

crime

criminal

cross-examination 

custodian

custody

D

damages

debt

decision

deed

default 

defendant

defense

delisting of the company

demise

deposition

design

detention

direct examination

disability

discovery

dismiss

dispute

dock

document

domestic violence

domicile

due process

duration of patent right

duress

duty

 E

enact

enforce

evidence

executed

exhibit

expert witness

extort

 F

family law

fault

felony

file

find

finding of fact

fine

fraud

 G

good faith

grace

grand jury

guaranty

guilty

 H

hearing

hearsay

hold

homicide

honor

human rights

 I

illegal

impeachment

implementation

imprisonment

indictment

inflict

information

infraction

infringe

inherit

inheritance

inmate

innocent

inquiry

insanity

instrument

intellectual property

interrogation

inventiveness

issue

 J

jail

joint and several liability

judge

judgment

judicial

judicial review

jurisdiction

jurisprudence

jury

justice

justification

juvenile

 K

kickback

knowledge

 L

law

lawful

lawsuit

lawyer

leading question

lease

legal

legislative

liability

libel

licensing

listed company

litigate 

 M

magistrate

malice

malpractice

manslaughter

marriage

mediation

military court

minor;major

misdemeanor

misrepresentation

moot court

mortgage

motion

murder

 N

nation

necessary 

necessity

neglect

negligence

negotiable

nominal

note

notice

nullity

 O

objection

objective

obligation

offense

offer

opinion

order

ordinary

overrule

owner

 P

patent

performance

plaintiff

plea

policy

power

precedent

principle

prison

proceeding

product liability

profit

promise

proof

property

prosecution

Q

qualification

R

race

ratification

real estate

reason

reasonable person

recover

remedy

rent

resolution

respondent

responsibility

return

revenue

reversal

review

revocation

right

risk

robbery

rule

S

sale

security 

sentence

share

slander

solicitor

statute

stock

strict liability

subsidiary

succession

sue

suit

summons

swear

T

tax

term

testimony

theft

title

tort

trademark

transfer

trial

trust

 U

unlawful

uphold

usage

 V

verdict

vest

victim

violate

void

voidable

 W

warranty

will

witness

workers' compensation

wrong

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