Legal English
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Communication
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Final exam: Intermediate
60 questions · pass mark 70%
1. Is 'consideration' identical to Costa Rican 'causa'?
No, they are different concepts
It does not exist in either
Yes, exactly the same
2. What does the Client want to develop?
A booking platform
A bank
A hotel
3. Choose the correct term: "The legal ability to enter into a contract."
capacity
boilerplate
recitals
4. How long is the cure period?
Thirty days
Fifteen days
Three weeks
5. What does 9.3 mean?
Only the client keeps rights
Rights already earned remain
All rights disappear
6. Choose the correct term: "Ending a contract without needing a reason."
cure period
termination for convenience
term
7. What should be outside the cap?
Recitals
Monthly fees
Data protection indemnity
8. Which loss is excluded entirely?
IP infringement claims
Direct loss
Consequential loss
9. Choose the correct term: "A maximum limit."
wilful misconduct
warranty
cap
10. Why is the award enforceable in the US?
US courts accept all decisions
Because it is in English
Both countries are parties to the New York Convention
11. How many arbitrators?
One
Three
None
12. Choose the correct term: "A private process where an arbitrator issues a binding award."
arbitration
award
governing law
13. When is the buyer protected against third parties?
Once the deed is registered
When the realtor confirms
When signing the option
14. What does the notary do at closing?
Executes and files the transfer deed
Issues the cadastral map
Sets the price
15. Choose the correct term: "A neutral account holding funds until conditions are met."
escrow
National Registry
due diligence
16. How will the mortgage be handled?
Transferred to the buyer
Cancelled at closing with part of the price
Ignored
17. What condition applies to the conclusion?
Payment of back taxes
Cancellation of the mortgage at closing
A new survey
18. Choose the correct term: "A right to use another's land for a specific purpose."
maritime zone
easement
lien
19. Which exception keeps the deposit refundable after 30 days?
Bad weather
Buyer changes his mind
Seller fails to deliver clear title
20. What happens if the buyer does not exercise the option?
The price is reduced
The buyer gets the deposit back
The seller receives the deposit
21. Choose the correct term: "To decide to buy under the option."
option period
to forfeit
to exercise an option
22. Where is the mortgage cancelled?
In a separate lawsuit
At the bank only
In the same deed
23. What must the buyer update?
Her passport
The municipal declaration
The cadastral map
24. Choose the correct term: "Fees paid to register a document."
transfer deed
registry stamps
to release funds
25. What must the notary verify?
Only signatures
Identities, capacity and legality
The bank account
26. Why can't the notary represent one party against the other in the act?
Duty of impartiality
Lack of time
Because of fees
27. Choose the correct term: "An official copy of a deed issued by the notary."
certified copy (testimonio)
public faith
authentication
28. Does the daughter need to attend?
No
Yes
Only with a witness
29. What is the risk of a false sworn statement?
It may be a criminal offence
Higher fees
Nothing
30. Choose the correct term: "Authority for a specific act only (poder especial)."
special power of attorney
witness
sworn statement
31. What did the client ask to repeat?
The date
The boundaries
The price
32. What did the grantor state?
Nothing
That they understood and agreed
That they disagreed
33. Choose the correct term: "To agree formally."
in witness whereof
to consent
interpreter
34. Who can translate it?
The client
Any bilingual friend
An authorised official translator
35. What validity requirement is mentioned?
No requirement
Issued within one year
Issued within the last three months
36. Choose the correct term: "The 1961 treaty that created the apostille."
validity
official translation
Hague Convention
37. What does the senior say about 'without prejudice'?
It must never be used
It is always invalid
Its effect depends on the applicable law
38. What must always be proofread?
Only the greeting
The font
Names, amounts and dates
39. Choose the correct term: "Overly complex legal language."
register
without prejudice
legalese
40. What does the partner recommend first?
Immediate eviction
Doing nothing
A formal notice
41. When can Blue Coast terminate?
Immediately
If not remedied by 20 May
Never
42. Choose the correct term: "Probable."
likely
short answer
to recommend
43. What is requested?
Return of the deposit within ten days
An apology
Payment of damages
44. How much is the deposit?
US$1,500
US$15,000
US$150
45. Choose the correct term: "A statement accepting a fact against one's interest."
admission
settlement proposal
our client's position
46. How many days will be given?
Eight
Thirty
Ten
47. What is demanded in addition to the amount?
Late-payment interest
Nothing else
Legal fees only
48. Choose the correct term: "Still unpaid or unresolved."
to initiate proceedings
outstanding
letterhead
49. What does the lawyer propose?
Selling the house
Searching the will registry
Suing the brother immediately
50. What reduces client anxiety?
Legal jargon
One clear next step
Long explanations
51. Choose the correct term: "A worry."
expectation
to paraphrase
concern
52. What do the children have?
A mortgage
Usufruct
Bare ownership
53. What is an exception?
Salaries
Houses
Inheritances and gifts
54. Choose the correct term: "Ownership shared by two or more people (copropiedad)."
usufruct
heir
joint ownership
55. How long will the solution take?
Six months
Two days
About six weeks
56. What happens if not corrected in time?
The property is lost
The filing expires
The Registry corrects it automatically
57. Choose the correct term: "The possibility of a negative result."
unfortunately
risk
alternative
58. How is the information treated?
Publicly
Confidentially
Shared with the seller
59. What is the retainer?
50% on signing
100% at closing
None
60. Choose the correct term: "Proof of where money comes from."
origin of funds
scope of work
retainer
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