Letters: P-S

business in which at least 2 people share profits and risks (spółka)

Partnership

legal entity that is involved in a legal rellationship (strona)

Party

to make some false representation likely to induce a person to believe that the goods or services are those of another company (podawać się za)

Pass off

document that states that sb has the right to produce and sell an invention

Patent

criminal offence of not telling the truth when making a statement under oath in court (krzywoprzysięstwo)

Perjury

physical damage caused to a person by sb’s negligence

Personal injury

claim in some special cases, written document asking the court for sth (wniosek o)

Petition

claimant (powód/ka)

Plaintiff

– all of shares owned by a particular person or company

Portfolio

authority given to a person to allow him to make legal decisions and act on behalf of antoher person (upoważnienie, pełnomoncnictwo)

Power of attorney

judgement in common law that is binding for other courts

Precedent

place and sourroundings where the business is conducted (siedziba firmy)

Premises

actions that form a legal case (postępowanie sądowe)

Proceedings

according to

Pursuant to

amount

Quantum

period of 3 months (kwartał)

Quarter

a minimum numer of people that must be present at a meeting to make a valid decision

Quorum

confirmation of payment (paragon, pokwitowanie)

Receipt

insolvency procedure in which a person (reciever) is apponied to take control of a company’s property (zarząd przymusowy)

Receivership

introduction to a contract that contains the most important information about this contract – who the parties are and what is the main purpose of the agreement (preambuła)

Recitals

to get sth back (odzyskać)

Recover

date on which the loan is due to be repaid in full (termin spłaty)

Redemption date

about people who are no longer employed because they have been replaced with sth more modern (zwolniony: zbędny)

Redundant

to pay back costs that sb has incured (refundować, zwracać)

Reimburse

1) to provide a solution for harm caused by brach of contract or a tort, 2) name given to this solution

Remedy

to stop work because of age

Retire

to cancel

Revoke

money paid to a writer or an investor, often a percentage of sales

Royalty

money recieved in return for work, usually recieved every month (pensja(

Salary

document attached to the main contract, contains additional information (wykaz jako załącznik do dokumentu)

Schedule

1) to ask for, 2) to look for sth

Seek

to give someone a legal document

Serve

written

Set forth

1) to reach an agreement about a dispute, 2) to pay money you owe (m. in rozliczać)

Settle

a clause that states if any part of a contract is found to be invalid it can be cut out and the rest of a contract will be still valid

Severability clause

part of a share capital of a company (udział)

Share

remedy for a breach of contract, order form court obliging the party in breach to do what they promised to do under contract

Specific performance

act of Parliament (ustawa)

Statute

to hire another person or company to do a part of job that you have been hired to do (podzlecenie)

Subcontract

company that is over 50% owned by a parent company (filia)

Subsidiary

about sth that is not of an acceptable quality (niskiej jakości)

Substandard

to start legal proceedings (pozywać)

Sue