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Legal Vocabulary - UK and US Equivalents; Martyna

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English legal vocabulary with British and American differences in terms.

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claimant (UK)
plaintiff (US)
appellant (UK)
petitioner (US)
company (UK)
corporation (US)
to lift the corporate veil (UK)
to pierce the corporate veil (US)
memorandum of association (UK)
articles of incorporation = certificate of incorporation (US)
articles of association (UK)
bylaws (US)
annual general meeting (UK)
annual meeting of the shareholders (US)
extraordinary general meeting (UK)
special meeting of the shareholders (US)
Accounts (UK)
financial statements (US)
proft-and-loss account (UK)
profit-and-loss statement = income statement (US)
Bonus (UK)
stock dividend (US)
capitalisation issue (UK)
cash dividend (US)
share subdivision (UK)
stock split (US)
share consolidation (UK)
reverse (stock) split (US)
fixed charge (UK)
security interest in specific assets (US)
authorised share capital (UK)
authorized shares (US)
ordinary shares (UK)
common shares (US)
preference shares (UK)
preferred shares (US)
pre-emption rights (UK)
preemptive rights (US)
voluntary liquidation (UK)
dissolution = winding-up (US)
compulsory winding-up (UK)
involuntary bankruptcy (US)
takeover bid (UK)
tender offer (US)
trade union (UK)
labor union (US)
labour law (UK)
labor law (US)
endorsement (UK)
indorsement (US)
debentures (UK)
bonds / secured debentures (US)
cheques (UK)
checks (US)
bills of exchange (UK)
drafts (US)
floating charge (UK)
floating lien (US)
entire agreement (UK)
merger (US)
trade marks (UK)
trademarks (US)
competition law (UK)
antitrust law (US)
undertaking (UK)
business = enterprise (US)
abuse of a dominant position (UK)
abuse of monopoly power (US)
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