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IJ Excercise 12

This document contains a vocabulary exercise from a book on legal vocabulary. It provides 15 sentences with missing verbs from a list of legal terms. The sentences test filling in the correct legal verb like "evict" for tenants, "testify" for giving evidence in court, and "arbitrate" for when a management and union cannot agree.

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IJ Excercise 12

This document contains a vocabulary exercise from a book on legal vocabulary. It provides 15 sentences with missing verbs from a list of legal terms. The sentences test filling in the correct legal verb like "evict" for tenants, "testify" for giving evidence in court, and "arbitrate" for when a management and union cannot agree.

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This exercise has been taken from the book:

Check your Vocabulary for Law, D. Riley

Useful verbs 1
All the verbs in the box relate to legal matters. Use them to complete the sentences. The first one
has been done for you as an example.

adjourn approve arbitrate bribe dismiss earn employ evict issue


obligate reach recommend rescind testify withhold

1. The jury was unable to reach a unanimous decision.


2. The new landlord has started proceedings to ___________ all the tenants.
3. I am sure the board will ___________ your proposal; it’s just the sort of thing they’re
looking for at the moment.
4. The policeman warned him that it was illegal to ___________ evidence.
5. How much divided do these shares ___________?
6. The minister was desperate and event tried to ___________ the policeman to get the charges
dropped.
7. Unfortunately the committee has had to ___________ its earlier decision on the use of the
local government premises.
8. This tribunal will now ___________ until tomorrow at ten a.m.
9. How many people does the company ___________?
10. Are you ready to ___________ in court that this is what happened?
11. The company is going public and they are going to ___________ 25,000 shares.
12. Do you realise that this contract will ___________ you to buy a minimum quantity of goods
each year?
13. This evidence is hearsay and I call upon the court to ___________ it.
14. The prisoner’s behaviour has been food and I am going to ___________ him for parole.
15. The management and the union could not agree and they called in an industrial tribunal to
___________.

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