Electronic glossary with vocabulary and key concepts from Legislation and Regulations for English class.
Student: Enrique Antonio Roldán Mariscal
Authorize
verb
give official permission for or approval to (an undertaking or agent).
Example: The troops were authorized to use force.
en: Autorizar
Conduct
noun
the manner in which a person behaves, especially on a particular occasion or in a particular context.
Example: All three brothers were known for their disorderly conduct, nobody liked them.
en: Conducta
Custom
noun
a way of behaving or a belief that has been established for a long time.
Example: He left the house at nine exactly, as is his custom.
en: Costumbre
Dogmatic
noun
inclined to lay down principles as incontrovertibly true.
Example: He gives his opinion without trying to be dogmatic.
en: Dogmática
Law
noun
the system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.
Example: They were taken to court for breaking the law.
en: Ley
Legislation
noun
the exercise of the power and function of making rules (such as laws) that have the force of authority by virtue of their promulgation by an official organ of a state or other organization
Example: She proposed new legislation to protect the environment.
en: Legislación
Moral
adjective
of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behavior.
Example: It's her moral obligation to tell the police what she knows.
en: Moral
Organization
noun
an organized body of people with a particular purpose, especially a business, society, association, etc.
Example: The organization of conferences and seminars performed the speech.
en: Organización
Penalty fee
noun
sanction that consists of paying an amount of money, imposed for having broken a law or having committed certain misdemeanors or crimes.
Example: There is no penalty-free aspect to the failure of a marriage.
en: Multa
Politics
noun
the activities associated with the governance of a country or other area, especially the debate or conflict among individuals or parties having or hoping to achieve power.
Example: People do not buy this newspaper purely for its politics.
en: Política
Regularize
verb
to change a situation or system so that it obeys laws or is based on reason
Example: Some people want to regularize the English spelling system.
en: Regularizar
Right
noun
a moral or legal entitlement to have or obtain something or to act in a certain way.
Example: Being free is a right that you have as a citizen.
en: Derecho
Rule
noun
a prescribed guide for conduct or action;
an accepted procedure, custom, or habit.
Example: The judges, by means of cards, warn the marchers who breach any rule.
en: Norma
Society
noun
the aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community.
Example: Drugs, crime, and other dangers to society.
en: Sociedad
State
noun
political organization constituted by a set of stable bureaucratic institutions, through which it exercises the monopoly of the use of force applied to a population within established territorial limits.
Example: The state plans to deliver food packages to help families affected by the rains.
en: Estado
Value
noun
quality or set of qualities for which a person or thing is appreciated or well considered.
Example: They internalize their parents' rules and values.
