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Greek Bar Exam key terms

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Legal capacity

A legally defined ability relevant to a person's acts, distinguished from assuming that every person can undertake every transaction in the same way.

Representation

Acting for another person within the relevant authority, whose scope and limits must be distinguished from the representative personal preferences.

Jurisdiction

The authority of a body to deal with a matter under the applicable subject, territorial and procedural rules.

Substantive right

A legally recognized claim, power or interest considered separately from the procedure used to seek its protection or enforcement.

Procedural condition

A requirement affecting the availability or conduct of a process, rather than automatically proving every underlying factual allegation.

Burden of proof

The allocation of responsibility for establishing relevant facts under the applicable framework and type of proceeding.

Public instrument

A document with the evidentiary character supplied by applicable law, whose effect should not be extended beyond what it actually establishes.

Notarial deed

A notarial instrument meeting applicable requirements, distinguished from an ordinary private document or a guarantee about every underlying commercial prediction.

Succession

The legal transition concerning a deceased person's estate, requiring attention to the relevant persons, acts and applicable framework.

Security interest

A legally defined interest supporting a claim against an asset under its conditions, rather than ownership of every debtor resource.

Inability to pay

An insolvency concept concerning the relevant due obligations and payment conditions, distinguished from a profit decline alone.

Over-indebtedness

A defined insolvency concept involving the relation of liabilities and assets under the applicable scope, not a synonym for every cash shortage.

Confidentiality

A professional duty protecting entrusted information under its applicable scope and exceptions, rather than a convenience controlled solely by personal preference.

Conflict of interest

A situation involving competing interests relevant to independent professional judgment, requiring examination of the actual conditions and permissible response.

Entrusted funds

Money held for another under a defined purpose or arrangement, distinguished from funds already earned and freely available for office expenses.

Contractual remuneration

Payment based on a relevant agreement, whose scope and amount are distinguished from a tariff or court-cost calculation.

Personal performance

A professional-responsibility principle whose exact implications depend on the regulated activity and applicable framework, not an unlimited delegation permission.

Interpreting act

An act conveying meaning in the relevant interpreting setting, distinguished from written translation and deciding the underlying legal dispute.

Translation act

A written language act whose source, content and professional requirements need clear identification rather than a seal alone.

Expert findings

The observations and material results recorded in specialist work, distinguished from the assessment and final legal judgment.

Expert reasoning

The explanation connecting specialist methods, evidence and assumptions with a conclusion so the work can be reviewed.

Tax base

The amount determined under the relevant tax rules before applying a rate, which need not equal cash receipts or accounting profit.

Accounting adjustment

A justified change connecting records with the relevant reporting or tax basis, distinguished from inventing an amount to force a desired result.