Module 3
False friends and missing concepts: when your word and the English word do not match
There are two kinds of trap for a lawyer who works across legal systems. The first is a **false friend**: a word that looks or sounds like a word in your language but means something different. The second is a **missing concept**: an English legal idea, such as a trust, that your own system may not have, so no word in your language fits. Both trap even excellent lawyers. This module shows the patterns, and gives you a method for each.
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