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Ethiopian Federal Advocates Exam key terms

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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.