Legal English Placement quiz
The correct answers!

Question 1
What are 'liquidated damages' in a contract case?
Money agreed to be paid in the event of a breach of contract.
Money awarded by a jury to remedy a breach of contract.
The value of the emotional harm caused to the victim of a breach of contract.

Question 2
In a contracts case, what is a waiver?
Giving up your right to legal representation.
An agreement not to enforce a provision of a contract.
A common greeting between opposing lawyers.







Question 3
Litigation is:
The trial of a legal case.
The appeal of a lawsuit.
The process of a lawsuit.
Question 4
An infringement of intellectual property is _______________.
a violation of someone's intellectual property rights.
a confirmation of someone's intellectual property rights.
a fair use of an intellectual property right.
Question 5
What does parol stand for?
It refers to a password used by an officer on guard.
It pertains to the release of a prisoner whose term has not expired.
It relates to an oral statement or declaration.
Question 6
The plaintiff requested that his lawyer ________ the lawsuit with Defendant .
quash
subpoena
mediate
Question 7
An example of a judicial lien is a _______________.
garnishment.
judgment lien.
both a garnishment and a judgment lien.
Question 8
In the U.S.A., competition law is referred to as ______________.
trustor-trustee law.
merger and acquisition law.
anti-trust law.
Question 9
An auditor is _______________________.
a person appointed by the court to oversee the repayment of debts.
a company's chief administrative officer.
a person appointed by a company to examine the company accounts and report to shareholders.
Question 10
The term which means the opposite of mandatory is ________________.
compulsory.
voluntary.
prerequisite.