Example: We need to get the support of someone in authority.
es: Autoridad
Conduct
Verb
to organize and perform a particular activity
Example: We are conducting a survey to find out what our customers think of their local bus service.
es: Conducta
Crime
Noun
illegal activities
Example: He has admitted committing several crimes, including fraud.
es: Delito
Impose
Verb
to officially force a rule, tax, punishment, etc. to be obeyed or received
Example: Judges are imposing increasingly heavy fines for minor driving offences.
es: Imponer
individual
Noun
a single person or thing, especially when compared to the group or set to which they belong
Example: Every individual has rights which must never be taken away.
es: Individuo
Juridical
Adjective
the laws or related to them.
Example: The judicial system establishes in its rules a series of juridical consequences in the event that certain hypothetical events occur.
es: Jurídico
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
es: Ley
Legislation
Noun
laws, considered collectively.
Example: The effects of this legislation will extend further than the government intends.
es: Legislación
Norm
Noun
a standard or pattern, especially of social behavior, that is typical or expected of a group.
es: Norma
Obligation
Noun
the fact that you are obliged to do something.
Example: If you have not signed a contract, you are under no obligation to pay them any money.
es: Obligación
Permissive
Adjective
A person or society that is permissive allows behaviour that other people might disapprove
Example: It's a very permissive school where the children are allowed to do whatever they want.
es: Permisivo
process
Verb
to deal with documents in an official way
Example: Visa applications take 28 days to process.
es: Proceso
Right
Noun
a moral or legal entitlement to have or obtain something or to act in a certain way.
Example: We all have human rights and they must be respected.
es: Derecho
Sanction
Noun
an official order, such as the stopping of trade, that is taken against a country in order to make it obey international law
Example: sanctions will only be lifted when the aggressor nation withdraws its troops.
