LEGAL WRITING

EXERCISE 1
NAME:
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A.

SCORE:

Simplify the words and phrases below.

1. Utterance: _________________________________________________
2. Pecuniary: _________________________________________________
3. Remuneration:_________________________________________________
4. Inter alia:

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5. Fealty:

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6. At this time:

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7. Really and truly: _______________________________________________

8. Save (for): _________________________________________________
9. Unfortunate mishap:

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10.

Unlucky
misfortune:
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11.

Advanced in years:
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12.
Latitudinally challenged:
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13.
As per agreement:
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14.
Violative of the Constitution:
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15.

One and the same person:

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16.

First and foremost:

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17.

Actually happened:
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18.

It is she who . . . : ____________________________________________

19.

In a majority of occasions:
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20.

All and sundry:

21.

In the main:
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22.
For all intents and purposes:
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23.

Methodology:
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24.

Period of time:

25.

Factual antecedents:
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26.
In an arrogant manner:
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27.
Distinguishable case:
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28.
In possession of:
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29.
In legal contemplation:
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30.
Legally speaking:
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31.
In reference to time:
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32.
Unlawfully, maliciously, feloniously and with intent to inflict
harm and damage:
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33.
Healthwise:
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34.
Doing business under the name and style:
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35.
In accordance with Section 2:
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36.
It is in appreciation of ... that I ...:
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37.
With vehement objections:
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38.
Before in the past:
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39.

A nickel coin:
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40.
The contrary notwithstanding:
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B.
If necessary, improve the sentences below. Otherwise, write
NA.
1. A vehicular accident involving a collision between a bus and a van
took place at the intersection of San Miguel Avenue and Julia Vargas
Avenue.
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2. Jillians version of the facts, as narrated by her, is truly outlandish.
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3. Please transmit the documents as soon as possible, preferably on or
before 24 November 2015.
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4. We are introducing these documentary evidences in order to prove
that the defendant, Howard Hailey, was fully aware of the nature of
his obligations to Pacific Bank, Inc., and that he unlawfully,
feloniously and criminally intended to cause defraudation upon the
plaintiff, Luke Lewis.

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5. The insured maliciously failed to inform the insurer in his insurance
application that he had tuberculosis.
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6. It is not improbable for the witness to have overlooked the
circumstance that the assailant was brandishing a pistol on one
hand, and carried a hand grenade on the other.
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7. Charles Cheney desired to engage the services of a counsel of his
own.
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8. The duty of the court is to adjudicate the contentious positions of
the parties.
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9. Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) is a rara avis: for some purposes,
it is considered a government entity; for some other purposes, it is
considered a private entity.
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10.
It goes without saying that Xenia is Professor Peytons apple of
the eye.
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11.
The Peoples Republic of China has the military capability to
engage in a protracted war against the Russian Federation.
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12.

In truth, Pateros is not a city; actually, it is just a municipality.

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13.
In order for you to open a bank account with Bank of the
Philippine Islands (BPI), you have to comply with the necessary
requirements, namely, that you present two (2) valid and existing
photo-bearing identification documents containing your signature,
issued by a government authority (including but not limited to the
Social Security System (SSS) or Government Service Insurance
System (GSIS), the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation
(Philhealth), Passport issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs
(DFA), and Drivers License issued by the Land Transportation Office
(LTO), among other agencies), and that you fill up the requisite
customer identification form that BPI will ask you to accomplish and
sign in the presence of one of the representatives of BPI.
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14.
Mrs. Jo Jones complained that her two children, Jonas and
Joshua, who are twins, play and play The Game of Thrones to no
end, all day long.
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15.
First and foremost of all, allow me to introduce myself: my
name is Ronald Roe, hailing from Duluth, Alabama, which was where
I was born and grew up.
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16.
The housing loan was conditioned upon the mortgage of the
house that the borrower bought with the loan proceeds from Eastern
Bank, Inc. being subject to the availment of a fire insurance with
XYZ Insurers, Inc., which is the only insurance company that has
offices in the locality where the loan and mortgage were executed.
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17.
The witness, Karen Knowles, testified falsely that she did not
know Hank Hogan.
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18.

I was not unaware of that fact.

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19.
If for any reason, the obligor fails to timely make a payment
on the amortizations on the loan on time, the creditor may lawfully
rescind the contract and demand that obligor pay the full amount of
the loan.
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20.
A considerable amount of money was spent by the
government for the residents of New Orleans in order for them to be
housed temporarily, clothed and fed, and so that they may be able
to rebuild their homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
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C.

Replace the Latinate, French-derived, archaic, unfamiliar or

inappropriate words and phrases with their more familiar
and proper equivalents.
1. Unbeknownst:
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2. Wherefore:

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3. Blonde but intelligent: _____________________________________________

4. Happenstance:

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5. Inestimable:
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6. In close proximity:
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7. Nondescript:
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8. In flagrante delicto
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9. Hitherto:

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10.

Hither and yon:

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11.

Exacerbate:
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12.

Excoriate:
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13.

Circa:
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14.

Fora:
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15.

Inebriate:
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16.

Indisposed:
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17.

Dilatory:
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18.

Disquisition:
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19.

Inquisitorial:
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20.

Scintilla of evidence:
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21.

Sartorially elegant:
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22.

Incarcerated:
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23.

Profligate:
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24.

Flagellate:
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25.

Nefarious:
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26.

Pernicious:
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27.

Baneful:
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28.

Superabundance:
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29.

Interregnum:
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30.

Manumission:
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31.

Senior citizen:
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32.

Bastard child:
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33.

Mahometan:
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34.

Wordbook:
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35.

Exasperate:
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36.

Papist:
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37.

Pusillanimous:
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38.

Kinsman/kinswoman:
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39.

Disquietude:
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40.

Pixilated:
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41.

Asseverate:
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42.

Differently-abled
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43.

Debilitating:
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44.

Chinaman:
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45.

Owner in fee simple:

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46.

Succour:
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47.

Conflagration:
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48.

Whensoever:
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49.

Ballyhoo:
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50.

Kerfuffle:
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(man):

BONUS:
In a separate sheet, simplify the Preamble of the 1987
Constitution.

We, the sovereign Filipino people, imploring the aid of Almighty

God, in order to build a just and humane society and establish a
Government that shall embody our ideals and aspirations,
promote the common good, conserve and develop our
patrimony, and secure to ourselves and our posterity the
blessings of independence and democracy under the rule of law
and a regime of truth, justice, freedom, love, equality, and
peace, do ordain and promulgate this Constitution.
GOOD LUCK TO YALL.