GLOSSARY

ENG DEFINITION PT NOTES /EXAMPLE OF USAGE

is scheme that every month money they take from

A contracted-out you salary and put into the fund for you, and you
pension scheme will get the the money when your 67 years, when
you are retired.
A security deposit money you pay to guarantir
Acceptance The act of accepting with approval when receive an
offer
Allowance permission
clause that for the parties to have possibility to
Amendment
change in the contract.
The change only can be made unless signed by both
Amendment
parties.
the company will pay you the way like they pay
Amount
other
Annual leave Holiday
Form of ADR - alternative Dispute resolution; the
Arbitration arbitrator resolve the dispute in the arbitral
tribunal
Base salary quantity of payment
Be interpreted; be understood
Be Construed
Ex, the contract shall be construed…
Be engaged in Someone take part in a business (of a company) ocupado com
Be entitled to have the right to do
Benefit welfare
additional payment, extra money can be reciped
Bound
according to the performance
Breaching party Defaulting party, the party that breaches the
contract.
justification of the termination of the contract if you
Cause
don't do your job right
Commence begin
Commence on Start; take the first step in carrying out an action
Commencement When it starts; title Verb:commence
Conditions These are conditions that must be met before a
precedent clauses contract becomes effective.
Confidential
means all material business-related information
information
Connected to Associated with

Consent agreement Ex, To buy from another supplier the Importers

will first need to obtain written consent from
the Manufacturers.
dismission immediately by the employees; the
Constructive
employee quit the job because he feels depresse or
dismissal
other reason.
Construed Understood
court place where legal cases are heard and decided by a tribunal Can be used with the verb ‘rule’
judge Ex. The court ruled in favour of the defendant.
an agreement, contract or written promise between
two individuals that frequently constitutes a
Covenant
pledge(=promise) to do or refrain from doing
something.
Damages Compensation, money which the court orders the Indemnização
breaching party to pay to the injured party.
sacrifice the time and life to put his effort in to the
Dedication
job.
Deemed to be something is considered to be
Desire Want desejo
Disclose information divulge
Dispute resolution To resolve a dispute
Duration length(of time)
Duress Refers to when a party is put under pressure to sign
a contract or threats are made against him to force
him to sign the contract.
Duty what you have to do in your job
 Eligible to receive sth. Ex, only certain people
Eligibility qualification of being something are eligible to vote.

Enforce To make sure people comply with.

Entitlement the right
clause for the parties prevent things that out of
Force Majeure
their control.
Forfeited lose the right because some error
Fraudulent The description of a wilful act commenced with the Fraudulente
specific intent to deceive or cheat, in order to cause
some detriment to another.
free and clear of any
no claim
claim
from time to time sometime
General Standard
to make a complain;to have a grievance; employee CH:抱怨
Grievances have problems with company; complaint by worker
to the managerment
Gross income the salary you get before anybody take it from you
serious wrong things are cause by the missing by
Gross misconduct
somebody.
Head office
Hereby By this document Ex. We hereby agree
In accordance with According to
In default Having failed to fulfil an obligation; breaching
contract
In lieu of in place of
Including but not what it said is already inside, but there will be other
limited to situation can also be included.
Initial Term the start of the termo of this agreement
Injure Harm; to hurt or cause physical damage to a person. prejudicar
Injured party The non-breaching party.
innocent Acting in good faith with no knowledge of defects, Inocente
objections, or inculpative circumstances.
Inoperative invalid
Judge The person in the court that decide the cases. juíz
Leave holiday
Dispute, the judge will resolve the dispute in the
Litigation
court
Lump sum a single payment
May Is used to express discretion( you can do if you
want, but there is no obligation)
Misrepresentation False statement of facts made by one party
(representor) to the other (representee) during
negotiations which induces the representee to
enter into the contract.
National insurance seguranca social
Negligence The failure to do something which a reasonable
person would do under the circumstances, or the
doing of something which a reasonable and prudent
person would not do under the circumstances;
failure to be as careful as the law demands
Negligent Conduct that falls below the standards of behaviour Negligente
established by law for the protection of others
against unreasonable risk of harm.
Notice a party give information to another party
obligations Something which a party has to do or to give up in Obrigações Ex. The obligration to do work
order to get those rights.
Operative part The essence of a contract that creates the legal início
rights and obligations of the parties.
Party Who is involved in a contract ou in a legal cas.e Parte
money they take from the salary that go straight to Retenção na fonte
PAYE: Pay as you
the state. Tax is deducted at source, the tax is been
earn
taken immediately.
Performance skill
Performance bonus performance related bonus
Place of
location to work
performance
places where the company carry on, the company
Premises
runs.
Provision A statement in a contract or a law that a specific
thing must happen or be done; Terms
Provisions terms
Recitals The factual background to a clause or to the
contract.
Recorded delivery the person has signed to confirm the contract.
Redress Money or that is paid to someone, or something Reparação
that is done for someone, to compensate them for
loss, injury or for some other problem.
 to make somebody redundant≠to dismiss
somebody, but the results is the same, someone is
gonna lose his job, but in the case of redundancy, is
Redundancy reduce the employees on the company not because the fault of the person, maybe because
the company is losing money. In this case, the
person will receive the payments from the
company. The word "dismiss"= "just cause"
Registered backup document used to prove that there has
post/mail already a contract.
Remedy A solution or result to the problem in law; CH: 補救 Remédio
Renewable can be renewed
rent shall abate abate, be reduced
Representations and Promises made by either of the parties about Representação e
warranties certain facts that may have encouraged the other garantia
party to enter into the contract.
Rights Something positive a party wants to get from a Direitos Ex. The right to payment of money.
contract.
Rights and These clauses set out what the parties are Direitos e
obligations promising to do, and how they're promising to do it. obrigações
Schedules Lists of relevant matters Anexo
Set forth Written down, included
Shall To be to; express obligation in legal English
Shall not Used to express a prohibition Ex. PartyA shall not refuse to supply PartyB.
Shall not May not; is used to express a prohibition
Shifts change the schedule of the work
Standard or These are clauses which are found in a range of
boilerplate clauses different types of contract.
Means sth should be set out by law.
Ex, the statutory retirement age…
Statutory
Ex, the statutory rules governing…
Ex, the statutory minimum wage…
the money receive from the government when you
Statutory sick pay
are sick.
agree to
Submit to
Ex, the parties submit to the jurisdiction
Such This;con be used to refer backwards.
Surrender give back
Term How long the contract will last; duration Duração
Terminate on End; bring to and end.
Terms clause of contract
The above- The aforementioned; Said; Such; used to refer to
mentioned something already referred to
Advisary, Conciliation and Arbitration Service - they
The Acas code work to help the employees with some problems, to
give suggestion. There is not obligation to use this.
To assign a right to transfer
To assign a right to transfer a right to someone; you have the right, and
someone you pass the right to other one.
To forfeit a right to lose
to notify someone to give notice to someone.
to sublease transform the lease
To supersede to replace
Undertake promise Ex, The Manufacturer undertakes to supply the
products at a fixed rate of two euros each.
Undue influence Where influence is exerted on someone that he influência injusta
cannot exercise independent judgement regarding a (influência
transaction. inadequada de um
dos lados sobre o
contrato que pode
causar a anulação do
mesmo)
dismission by the company for some reason but this
dismission is not followed the rule by the company,
Unfair dismissal
and then the employee can complain to the
government acording this unfair dismissal.
unless otherwise
unless they say sth clearly differente
expressly agreed
Void A contracto that was never legally valid Nulo
Voidable The one which may have legal validity, but which Anlável
may be set aside, or rescinded
Waiver to waive a right; to give it up.
Whereas Setting the scene of the contract objeção
With respect to… Relating to
worn through
wear-and-tear
normal occupancy