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Vocabulary
Objective: Evaluate basic contract clauses and draft formal notices regarding compliance issues using precise legal vocabulary.
| French term | English equivalent | Domain |
|---|---|---|
| le contrat | contract | general |
| la clause | clause | drafting |
| le manquement | breach | liability |
| la mise en demeure | formal notice | litigation |
Conclure un contrat means to enter into an agreement, while rompre un contrat means to break it, so the two verbs describe opposite actions.
Une rupture amiable is agreed by both parties, while a violation imposed by one side produces une rupture unilatérale.
A bare noun phrase naming the provision that binds the parties to secrecy, ready to be combined with insérer or violer.
A bare noun phrase naming a breach of contractual duty, frequently used as the ground for a claim.
Conclure un contrat means to enter into an agreement, and it contrasts with rompre, which means to break it.
Une rupture unilatérale is imposed by one party, in contrast with a termination agreed by both sides.
Le brevet covers a technical invention, while a brand name falls under la marque déposée.
7 exercises · about 11 minutes
| le brevet |
| patent |
| intellectual property |
| la marque déposée | registered trademark | intellectual property |
Une clause de confidentialité imposes a duty of secrecy, so the verb must express restriction rather than permission.
Le brevet protects a technical invention, while a brand name falls under la marque déposée.
La mise en demeure is a formal legal notice, and its register belongs to litigation rather than to ordinary correspondence.
Une clause de confidentialité imposes a duty of secrecy, so the verb expresses restriction rather than permission.
The formula mettre en demeure opens a formal legal notice and demands performance within a stated deadline.
The closing formula announces the consequence of continued failure, which is the opening of litigation.