The following concepts in English and their explanations were reproduced from Key Legal Concepts in Federal Court Proceedings by the US District Court, NYC and published in Cahiers de l'Ecole de Traduction et d'Interpretation de l'Université de Genève, 25, Winter 1993-1994, pp. 103-128. The original article offered Spanish terminology for the concepts explained. The Portuguese vocabulary was taken from the larger glossary/dictionary the author is now assembling, with the help of students and colleagues.