Korean Judicial Scrivener Examination (법무사): legal and registration foundations key terms

An act expressing an intention to produce legal consequences, whose validity must be assessed under the applicable substantive law.

An act lacking the intended legal effect because a governing rule treats the defect as invalidity rather than merely a right of rescission.

A doctrine protecting qualifying reliance on a representative’s apparent authority where the specific statutory requirements are satisfied.

A relationship between reciprocal obligations that can permit a party to withhold its performance until the other offers the required counter-performance.

An official recording that can be necessary for specified changes in real rights over immovable property arising from juridical acts.

The binding effect of a final judgment within the objective and subjective limits prescribed for the particular adjudication.

The allocation of the risk of nonpersuasion concerning facts necessary to establish a legal claim or defense.

A registration procedure requiring the participation of the legally designated entitled and obligated persons unless an applicable exception permits another route.

A registration used to preserve the priority associated with a specified claim pending the conditions for the corresponding final registration.

A procedure addressing an error or omission in a registration, distinguished from recording a later change in the underlying right.

An entry removing an existing registered right or record on an appropriate substantive and procedural basis.

Confidential information supplied in the registration framework to help authenticate a qualifying application by the relevant right-holder.

Official recording of enterprise information and changes that the applicable commercial and registration laws require or permit to be registered.

An official civil-status record governed by the family-registration framework rather than a substitute for every other personal certificate.

A legally recognized instrument or decision that supplies a basis for compulsory execution subject to the applicable procedural requirements.

An endorsement used within the enforcement framework to certify that execution may proceed for the specified qualifying title and parties.

An enforcement order authorizing a creditor to collect a seized claim from the third-party debtor under the governing statutory framework.

An enforcement order transferring a seized claim to the execution creditor in lieu of payment subject to the applicable legal conditions.

A preservation measure aimed at protecting the possibility of later compulsory execution of a monetary or money-convertible claim.

A deposit used to perform an obligation where a statutory ground permits deposit instead of direct receipt by the creditor.

A judicial deposit serving to secure a potential liability or procedural risk rather than automatically constituting final payment of the underlying debt.

A structured assessment of legitimate purpose, suitability, necessity and the balance between a measure’s public benefit and its restriction of rights.

The legally recognized interest that permits a person to seek a particular judicial remedy against the challenged action.

An exercise of public authority affecting a specific person’s rights or duties, distinguished from an instruction operating only internally.

A judicial challenge seeking cancellation of an unlawful administrative disposition within the requirements of the applicable procedural statute.

Interim judicial relief concerning the operation or enforcement of a disposition while the relevant dispute remains pending.

A statutory route for adjudicating specified constitutional infringements, subject to its own jurisdictional and procedural requirements.

The constitutional requirement that judges decide according to conscience and the Constitution and laws rather than executive instructions.