1.律師部分
被告：defendant（用于民事、行政案件）；the accused （用于刑事案件）
被訴人：respondent ； defendant
辯護詞：defense ； pleadings
辯護律師：defense lawyer
辯護要點：point of defense
辯護意見：submission
裁定書：order； ruling； determination（指終審裁定）
裁決書：award （用于仲裁）
裁決書：verdict （用于陪審團）
傳票：summons ； subpoena
答辯狀：answer ； reply
代理詞：representation
調解：mediation
調解書：mediation
國際訴訟：international litigation
國內訴訟：domestic litigation
舉證責任：burden of proof
律師費：lawyer fee
律師函：lawyer’s letter
刑事案件：criminal case
刑事訴訟：criminal litigation
行政訴訟：administrative litigation
休庭：adjourn the court
專職律師：professional lawyer ； full-time lawyer
資信調查：credit standing investigation
自訴案件：private prosecuting case
2.訴訟法律：
案件：case
敗訴方：losing party
駁回請求：deny/dismiss a motion
查封：seal up
撤回上訴：withdraw appeal
撤訴：withdraw a lawsuit
撤銷立案：revoke a case placed on file
撤銷原判：rescind the original judgment
發回重審：remand the case to the original court for retrial
公訴案件：public -prosecuting case
公訴詞：statement of public prosecution
公證機關：public notary office
共同管轄：concurrent jurisdiction
管轄：jurisdiction
檢察官：procurator
民事案件：civil case
民事審判庭：civil tribunal
民事訴訟：civil action
民事訴訟法：Civil Procedural Law
判決：judgment ； determination
旁證：circumstantial evidence
涉外民事訴訟：foreign civil proceedings
涉外刑事訴訟：foreign criminal proceedings
3.民事法律：
判例法：case law； precedent
普通法：common law
特別法：special law
固有法：native law； indigenous law
實體法：substantial law
程序法：procedural law
原則法：fundamental law
例外法：exception law
司法解釋：judicial interpretation
習慣法：customary law
公序良俗：public order and moral
自然法：natural law
羅馬法：Roman Law
私法：private law
公法：public law
民法法系：civil law system
英美法系：system of Anglo-American law
大陸法系：civil law system
普通法：common law
大陸法：continental law
羅馬法系：Roman law system
英吉利法：English law
衡平法：equity ； law of equity
平等原則：principle of equality
自愿原則：principle of free will
公平原則：principle of justice
等價有償原則：principle of equal value exchange
誠實信用原則：principle of good faith
自為行為：self-conducting act
不可抗力：force majeure
意外事件：accident
行為能力：capacity for act
意志能力：capacity of will
民事行為：civil act
時效：time limit ； prescription ； limitation
時效中止：suspension of prescription/limitation
時效中斷：interruption of limitation/prescription
時效延長：extension of limitation
取得時效：acquisitive prescription
時效終止：lapse of time； termination of prescription
涉外民事關系：civil relations with foreign elements
違約責任：liability of breach of contract ； responsibility of default
有限責任：limited liability
無限責任：unlimited liability
連帶責任：joint and several liability
過失責任：liability for negligence ； negligent liability
過錯責任：fault liability ； liability for fault
共同過錯：joint fault
混合過錯：mixed fault
被害人過錯：victim’s fault
推定過錯：presumptive fault
惡意：bad faith ； malice
故意：deliberate intention ； intention ； willfulness
過失：negligence
重大過失：gross negligence
疏忽大意的過失：careless and inadvertent negligence
損害事實：facts of damage
有形損失：tangible damage/loss
無形損失：intangible damage/loss
財產損失：property damage/loss
人身損失：personal damage/loss
精神損失：spiritual damage/loss
使用權：right of use； right to use of
收益權：right to earnings ； right to yields
善意占有：possession in good faith
連帶之債：joint obligation
損害賠償之債：obligation of compensation for injury ； obligation of damages
人身損害：damage to person
精神損害：moral/mental/spiritual damage
慰問金：consolation money
產品瑕疵：defect of product
不當得利：unjust enrichment
信用擔保：credit guarantee
讓與擔保：alienation guarantee
保證：guaranty
明示保證：express guaranty
默示保證：implied guaranty
保證人：guarantor
保證合同：contract of guaranty
保證金：guaranty bond ； security deposit
押金：deposit
預付款：advanced payment
定金：earnest money ； deposit
違約金：liquidated damages
法定違約金：liquidated damages by law
約定違約金：liquidated damages by agreement
實際履行原則：doctrine of specific performance
情事變更原則：doctrine of change of circumstances
清償：discharge ； satisfaction
知識產權：intellectual property
國民待遇原則：doctrine of national treatment
優先權原則：a right of priority doctrine
自動保護原則：doctrine of automatic protection
特許權使用費：royalties
智力成果：intellectual property
著作權：copyright
版權：copyright
技術訣竅：know-how
專有技術：know-how
專利證書：certificate of patent
專利事務所：patent office
專利代理：patent agency
4.刑法總論：
刑法學：criminal law； penal law
犯罪學：criminology
犯罪心理學：criminal psychology
刑事偵查.：criminal detection
司法精神病學：forensic psychiatry
罪刑法定原則：principal of a legally prescribed punishment for a specified crime
罪刑相適應原則：principal of suiting punishment to crime
罪責自負原則：principal of bearing responsibility solely for one’s own crime
從舊原則：the doctrine of observing old laws
從新原則：the doctrine of observing new laws
追訴時效：limitation of prosecution
刑事責任：criminal liability/responsibility
刑事責任年齡：age for criminal responsibility
刑事責任能力：criminal responsibility ； capacity for criminal responsibility
犯罪：crime ； commit a crime
故意犯罪：intentional crime； willful crime
過失犯罪：negligent crime
犯罪構成：constitution of a crime
