Ethiopian Federal Advocates Exam flashcards
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- Licence category
- The statutory class of professional authorization whose conditions and permitted service must be checked for the actual applicant.
- Equivalence evaluation
- An assessment of a foreign educational qualification by the concerned organ, distinct from satisfying every licensing condition.
- Examination exemption
- A specific statutory release from taking an examination that does not automatically remove other admission requirements.
- Service scope
- The agreed extent of professional work to be provided, distinct from a guarantee of the judicial outcome.
- Client trust account
- An account holding client money separately from the advocate’s or firm’s private account under the applicable framework.
- Intermediary
- A person within the statutory recruitment definition involving immediate or expected payment or commission for engaging advocacy services.
- Quorum
- The minimum attendance condition for a valid meeting, distinct from the votes needed to approve a particular decision.
- In-kind contribution
- A contribution other than cash whose valuation and acceptance follow the actual partnership agreement and relevant legal rules.
- Joint and several liability
- A form of shared liability that must be established under the applicable provision rather than presumed for every partner.
- Accreditation
- Institutional recognition to provide the specified legal training, distinct from employment, attendance or an educational advertisement.
- Pro bono record
- Documentation of the date, type and time of qualifying service rather than a general statement of professional generosity.
- Reinstatement
- A statutory process concerning disciplinary status and possible restoration, subject to conditions and specified exclusions.
- Novation
- Replacement of an existing obligation by a new one with the required intention, not merely redocumenting the same debt.
- Set-off
- Extinction of reciprocal obligations under the relevant positive conditions and exclusions, distinct from unilateral refusal to pay.
- Special authority
- Authority for specified acts beyond the applicable general-management scope, interpreted with the actual mandate and governing law.
- Res judicata
- The bar arising from a qualifying prior final determination, requiring the relevant issue, party and jurisdiction conditions.
- Interim protection
- A temporary procedural measure based on its own statutory grounds rather than a final judgment on every substantive issue.
- Cassation
- The specified review for fundamental legal error, distinct from an automatic unrestricted rehearing of all disputed facts.
- Legality
- The requirement for a lawful offence and punishment framework applicable to the conduct, distinct from mere disapproval.
- Presumption of innocence
- The protection against treating an accused person as convicted before proof through the legally required process.
- Legitimate defence
- A justification requiring the applicable conditions concerning the attack, protected interest and response rather than a label alone.
- Legal personality
- The organization’s capacity as a legal person under its applicable formation framework, distinct from each member’s personal identity.
- Arbitration agreement
- An agreement subject to the relevant formal and substantive framework for submitting specified disputes to arbitral determination.
- Recognition of an award
- The legal treatment of an arbitral decision under the applicable domestic and treaty framework, distinct from a complete merits retrial.