Check your vocabulary for Law – Useful Verbs 3

Mixed tenses
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ALL THE VERBS below relate to legal matters. Use them to complete the sentences. You may have to change the forms of the verbs to fit the grammar of the sentences*. The first one has been done for you as an example.
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advise – appeal – commit – disclaim – disclose – embezzle – establish – follow – impose – legislate – manipulate – offer – preclude – prevent – value
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1. He __disclaimed __ all knowledge of the robbery until £250,000 in cash was found in his house.
2. He is _________ us £100,000 for the house, which is £10,000 less than we wanted.
3. He says he’s innocent and he’s going to ___________ to the supreme court against the decision.
4. He was sent to prison for six months for __________ his client’s money.
5. I believe that they are __________ the accounts to make the company look more profitable.
6. In my opinion they’ll ___________ the business at about £2m.
7. Our solicitor has ___________ us to take the documents to the police.
8. Parliament has ___________ against the sale of drugs.
9. The bank has no right to _____________ details of my account to the tax office.
10. The business was ___________ in 1881.
11. The court has __________ the precedent set in the 1972 case.
12. The magistrate ___________ a fine of £150.
13. The gang had ___________ six robberies before they were caught.
14. They have change the locks on the building to ___________ the former managing director from going in.
15. This agreement does not __________ further agreements between these parties in the future.
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*Remember the five forms of English verbs, for example: take, takes, took, taken, taking.
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Extension: Choose five sentences and dictate to a partner.
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ANSWERS:
1. disclaimed – 2. offering – 3. appeal – 4. embezzling – 5. manipulating – 6. value – 7. advised - 8. legislated – 9. disclose – 10. established – 11. followe4 – 12. imposed – 13. committed - 14 prevent – 15 preclude.