英文法律文书写作选词、用词

An

attorney

who

advises

clients

on

legal

matters,

represents

clients

in

certain

lower

courts, and prepares cases for barristers to present in the higher courts.

Barrister[

英出庭律师

]

—

A

counsel

admitted

to

plead

at

the

bar

and

undertake

the

public

trial

of

causes

in

an

English superior court.

区别一：分工不同。

Solicitors generally handle office work, whereas barristers plead cases in court. However,

there is some overlap. Solicitors may appear as legal counsel in the lower courts, and barristers often prepare trial

briefs [

上诉状

] and other written documents.

区别二：数量不同。

There

are

more

solicitors

than

barristers

because

most

legal

work

is

done

outside

the

courtroom.

联系：

Barristers depend on solicitors to provide them with trial work because they are not allowed to accept work

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on their own. The solicitor meets prospective clients, hears the client's problems, gives legal advice, drafts letters

and documents, negotiates on the client's behalf, and prepares the client's case for trial. When a court appearance

appears inevitable, the solicitor retains [

聘请

] a barrister on the client's behalf. The solicitor instructs the barrister

on how the client wishes to proceed in court. The solicitor serves as an intermediary agent between the barrister

and his client, negotiating fees and preparing the case for trial.

e.g. & i.e.

用法

法律英语中的

for example

也可用

e.g.[

例如

]

表示；

that is

也可用

i.e.[

也就是

]

表示：

[

例句

1] The 15(a)(6) motion[

向法庭提的动议

] succeeded, i.e., the case was dismissed[

被驳回

].

[

例句

2] A contract may take many forms, e.g., a written letter or a mere oral promise.

注意：正式的英语 法律文书不提倡使用

e.g.

和

i.e .

，所以上面的例句最好改成：

[

例句

1] The 15(a)(6) motion succeeded, that is, the case was dismissed.

[

例句

2] A contract may take many forms, such as a written letter or a mere oral promise.

Plaintiff, Defendant, Appellant and Respondent

用法

如果是泛 指，

应用冠词引领且第一个字母不用大写，

如：

the plaintiff, a defendant, the appellant

或

a respondent

。

如果是特指，则不用冠词且第一个字母要大写，如：

Plaintiff , Defendant, Appellant

或

Respo ndent

。

Appellant

有时也被称为

Plaintiff in error

，

Respondent

有时被称为

Defendant in error

。

The Fact of the Matter or The Fact That

请注意下列紫色单词，其表达方式略显赘述，应尽量避免使用。如：

[

例句

1] The fact of the matter is that the plaintiff did not raise this claim until she learned of the defendant

’

s

afflu ence[

富有

]

。

< br>

此句应改为：

The plaintiff did not raise this claim until she learned of the defendant’s affluence.

[

例句

2] This failure was caused by the fact that the machine was inadequately designed.

此句应改为：

This failure was caused by the machine’s inadequate design.

Percent or Percentage

用法

P ercent[

百分比

]

常和具体数字 一起使用，

Percentage[

比率

]

一般不和具体数字一起使用，请看例句：

[

例句

1] The attorney gets a percentage for every recovery[

获偿

] obtained for his clients.

[

例句

2] The attorney gets 30 percent of every recovery obtained for his clients.

请记住：法律英语使用

percent

而不是

per cent

，

per

和

cent

不能分开。

ABHORRENCE OF or ABHORRENCE FOR

当表示憎恨或厌恶时请使用

abhorrence of

而不要使用

abhorrence for

。

Abhorrence of terrorism cannot justify flouting international law.

对恐怖活动的憎恶不能使藐视国际法的行为合法化。

THIS, THA

T, or SAID

Said[

上述、此、该

]

是陈旧的法律用语，现代法律英语大多采用

this