Category: Legal Spanish Vocabulary

Verb. To move and impel to do or accomplish something, compel, bind. E.g.: El contrato obliga al proveedor a cumplir con los plazos de entrega: The contract compels the supplier to meet delivery times.
The nouns are la obligación and el obligamiento; the adjetives obligatorio/a and obligativo/a/s. They are interchangeable inside their own category but I prefer obligación and obligatorio/a/s. There is another noun: la obligatoriedad and it is applied to the quality of obligatorio/a/s. dc

These two words are adjectives but they are usually used as nouns.
Acreedor/a: As a noun, is the person who has an action or the right to request the fulfillment of an obligation. E.g.: El acreedor que pretenda obtener una orden de embargo antes del título ejecutivo deberá presentar pruebas en apoyo de la demanda: A creditor seeking an attachment order before obtaining an enforceable right would need to supply evidence to support the claim.
Deudor/a: Also as a noun, is the person who owes or is obliged to satisfy a debt. E.g.: Es necesario aclarar qué partidas de gastos forman parte de los gastos ocasionados por el retraso del deudor en sus pagos: It must be made clear what cost items are included among the other costs arising from late payment by the debtor.
The nouns are el crédito and la deuda. And the verbs are a bit trickier: tener un crédito and tener una deuda or deber. dc

Feminine noun. From the Latin ferĭa, big market. From ferĭa we also have fiesta and día feriado.
In Legal Spanish, feria judicial means ‘holidays’. It is the period when the courts and tribunals are closed, and no proceedings take place. In Argentina it usually is the whole month of January and a couple of weeks in winter, usually the last two weeks of July. For urgent matters we have a juzgado de feria or jueces de guardia in Spain for every Departamento Judicial. Poor people. dc

Verb. To collect a certain amount of money from various contributions. E.g.: Además, hace falta ajustar las tasas de circulación de forma que se puedan recaudar más fondos destinados a las inversiones en nuevas infraestructuras de transporte:… adjust the framework for road charges to increase the scope for raising funds for investment in new transport infrastructure.
The noun is la recaudación. E.g.: La mejora de la recaudación fiscal permite deducir que la reducción de la economía informal ha tenido cierto éxito: Improved tax collection points to some success in reducing the informal economy; Los actuales procedimientos de recaudación de fondos deben ser revisados: Current fundraising measures need to be reviewed. dc

Verb. In legal Spanish ejecutar means to claim a debt by way or executive procedure. E.g.: …ejecutar las deudas fiscales: …to enforce tax legislation.
The noun is la ejecución and the adjective ejecutable/s. dc

Verb. This word has a very curious etymology, as bastimentos are the provision for the sustenance of a city, of an army, therefore, abastecer means to provide someone or something with supplies, food or other necessary things. E.g: Según este principio, cada país o grupo de países debería poder determinar libremente cómo abastecer de alimentos a su población: According to this principle, each country or group of countries should be free to determine how it supplies its people with food.
The noun is el abastecimiento: supply, and desabastecimiento: shortage. E.g.: Usamos el abastecimiento estratégico para encontrar los mejores precios: We use strategic sourcing to get the best prices.
This term has the same root as the adverb basta: enough; and the adjective and adverb bastante: quite, enough. We also use, as a perfect synonym, suministrar. The noun is el suministro: E.g.: El suministro satisface la demanda de la mercancía: The supply meets the demand for the product. The noun desuministro does not exist. dc