CO-The Glossary of Terms

Oftentimes, when you study the law in English and yet have to be examined in Bahasa Malaysia, you may be stumped when you have problems with nomenclature and terminologies.

Here is a glossary of the terms you should get yourself familiar with.

                                         GLOSSARY AND TERMINOLOGY

BAHASA MALAYSIA	ENGLISH
sabit	convicted
curang	fraud
keburukan akhlak	moral turpitude
budi bicara	discretion
bermastautin	resident
setara	equal
batasan	limitation
akuterimaan	acknowledgement
ikatan jaminan	assurances
bon jaminan	bail bond
afidavit	affidavit
ikrar	pledge
rayuan	appeal
demurer	demurer
penolak tuntutan	disclaimer
pengataan	allegation
de bene esse	good for the present
sumpah wasi	oath of executor
pentadbir	administrator
akuan berkanun	statutory declaration
justifikasi jaminan	justification for guarantee
disemat	to be studded, be pinned
teg pengenalan	identification tag
diperihalkan	described
melayan	treat,serve
ekshibit	exhibits
dokumen yang hendak di persumpahkan	documents to be sworn
meterai	seal
mengecapkan cap jarinya	finger printed
perdayaan	deceived
fraud	fraud
dures	duress
menyelenggara suatu daftar	maintain a register
suratcara lain	other instruments
jelas dan zahir	clear and tangible
teks kaedah papan tanda berukuran	sign board text measuring
sub-kaedah	sub-rule
pelanggaran kaedah	violation of the rules
dipertuduh	charged
menggantung perlantikan	suspend the appointment
keputusan prosiding jenayah	results of criminal proceedings

nombor pengenalan	identification number
disifatkan	deemed as
dikendalikan	conducted
fee yang dilevikan	fees levied
ditandakan	marked
duti setem	stamp duties
Kumpulan Wang Disatukan Persekutuan	Federated Consolidated Fund
cek berpalang	crossed cheque
berukuran paspot	passport size
salinan foto	photostat copies
perakuan kelakuan baik	certificate of good behaviour