Context warning: The equivalents in this glossary are for orientation. The appropriate translation depends on the legal system, jurisdiction, document, and specific function of the term.
- Affidavit
- May be translated as declaración jurada or described more fully, depending on the issuing system and receiving country.
- Discovery
- May refer to U.S. pretrial evidence-gathering procedures; etapa probatoria is not a universal equivalent.
- Indemnify
- May require indemnizar, mantener indemne, or another construction according to the specific allocation of risk.
- Injunction
- May correspond to a court order with no single equivalent; medida cautelar is appropriate only in some contexts.
- Warranty
- May refer to a contractual promise, a statement about facts, or a statutory concept; no single Spanish term covers every use.
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