Legal English Review

An inquisitorial system is a legal system in which the court, or a part of the court, is actively involved in investigating the facts of the case.

• True

• False

2. Rather than being a contest, the adversarial system is an investigation.

• True

• False

In Common Law Legal Systems, legal cases are governed by a combination of legal precedent, established by judges, and statutory laws, enacted by legislatures.

• True

• False

Complete the sentence:
The U.S. president is elected for a four year_____and can appoint or nominate high officials in government.

• term

• submission

• nomination

• offer

MPs are members of parliament elected from each constituency to the House of Commons.

• True

• False

The 1978 Constitution of Spain strictly limits the king’s constitutional powers. _____ powers are expressly vested in the government, not in the king.

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judiciary

• Democratic

Find the incorrect negative form from the adjective list below:

• Intolerant

• Incompetent

• Inaccurate

• Inusual

A formal questioning of the legality of a person, act or thing.

• Amended

• Enacted

• Approved

• Challenged

Duty to do something (noun)

• Obligations

• Violations

• Prohibitions

• Distinctions

Basic, essential (adjective) 

• Equal

• Rights

• Fundamental

• Unfair