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Disclaimer – refusal of rights or liability which might otherwise fall upon the person.
Merchantability – an implied term concerning the quality of the goods.
Product liability – the responsibility of a manufacturer or vendor of goods to compensate for injury caused by a defective
product.
Purchaser – a person buying goods (buyer, vendee).
Refund – a repayment of a sum of money.
Statute of limitation – the law establishing the maximum period of time within which an action must be brought.
Statute-barred – action or right, that can no longer be the subject of a legal action because of the time limit imposed by the
limitations act.
Terms – the elements of the proposed contract.
Vendor – a person who sells.
Warranty – non-essential contractual term (vedlejší smluvní podmínka/ujednání) or a guarantee given on the performance
of the product (záruka).
Contract – bindind agreement between two or more parties, which might be enforced by the court.
Exemption clause – warning that no responsibility will be accepted in the case of loss, damage or injury.
Collocations:
Rejected the claim
Affirm (potvrdit)/ uphold (potvrdit výnos nižšího soudu)/ reverse the judgement (změnit rozhodnutí)
Dismiss the claim/ case (zamítnout)
Remand the case back (vrátit zpět)
To seek damages
To suspend the performance
To award damages
To sustain injury
To make a contract
To bring an action
To stipulate a provision (ujednat ustanovení)
To refer to provisions
To interpret the clause with regard to
To provide redress (kompenzace)
In the event of any doubts
To uphold the rulling on the basis
Case brief – a report on the case:
Name of the case – who is opposing whom, with the name of the party who initiated the legal action appearing first
Facts of the case (skutková podstata) – a summary of the relevant facts, the nature of the litigation, what happened in the
lower courts
Legal issues (právní otázky) – questions of law raised by the facts specific to the case, often in the form of questions that
can be answered with yes or no.
Holdings (soudní rozhodnutí) – the court's answer to a question presented which can include narrow procedural holdings
such as „case reversed and remanded.“
Reasoning – the chain of arguments which led judges to rule as they did.