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a posteriori   ab extra   ab initio  Abandoned property  Abandonment (legal)  Abduction  Abet  Abeyance  Abolitionism in the United States  Abolitionism  Abortion  Abortion, legal and moral issues  Abrogate  Abstention doctrine  Abstract  Abstract of judgment  Abstract of title  Abuse of discretion  Abuse of process  Abut  Acceleration (law)  Accept  Acceptance  Acceptance of service  Accessory  Accommodation  Accomplice  Accord and satisfaction  Account stated  Accountability  Accounting period  Accounting reference date  Accounts payable  Accounts receivable  Accrue  Accusation  Accused  Acknowledge  Acknowledgement of service  Acknowledgment  Acquis  Acquit  Acquittal  Act of God  Act of Parliament  Action  Actionable  Actual controversy  Actual malice  Actual notice   actus reus   ad colligenda bona   ad hoc   ad idem   ad infinitum   ad litem   ad quod damnum   ad seriatim   ad valorem  Addendum  Adeem  Ademption  Adequate remedy  Adhesion contract  Adjourn  Adjournment sine die  Adjournment in contemplation of dismissal  Adjudication  Adjusted basis  Adjuster  Administer  Administration  administration order  Administrative hearing  Administrative law  Administrative law judge  Administrative Procedure Act (Japan)  Administrative Procedure Act (United States)  Administrator  Administrator  Admiralty actions  Admiralty court  Admiralty law  Admissible evidence  Admission against interest  Admission of evidence  Admission (law)  Admission to bail  Admission to the bar  Adopt  Adoption  Adultery  Advance directive  Adversary system  Adverse  Adverse interest  Adverse party  Adverse possession  Adverse witness  Advisory opinion  Advocate  Affiant  Affidavit  Affirm  Affirmative action  Affirmative defense  Affix  Affreightment  After-acquired property  Age discrimination  Age of consent  Age of majority  Agency  Agency agreement  Agent  Agent for acceptance of service  Aggravated assault  Agreed statement  Aid and abet  Alias  Alibi  Alien  Alienation  Alienation of affections  Alimony  All the estate I own  Allegation  Allege  Allocation questionnaire  Allocatur  Allocution  Allodial  Alluvion  Alodium   alter ego  Alternate director  Alternative dispute resolution  Alternative Minimum Tax  Alternative pleading  ALWD Citation Manual  Ambiguity  Ambulance chasing  Amelioration Act 1798  Amended complaint  Amended pleading  American Academy of Appellate Lawyers  American Arbitration Association  American Bar Association  American Civil Liberties Union  American Civil Rights Movement  American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man  American Depositary Receipt  American Law Institute   amicus curiae  Amnesty  Amnesty International  Amortization  An eye for an eye  Ancillary administration  Ancillary jurisdiction  Ancillary relief  Animal rights  Animal rights by country or territory  Animal law  Animal Law Review  Animal Legal Defense Fund  Animal trial  Animal Welfare Act of 1966   animus nocendi   Animus revertendi  annual general meeting  Annul  Annulment  Anomie  Answer (law)  Antecedent (law)  Antenuptial (prenuptial) agreement   Antejuramentum  Anticipatory breach  Antidisestablishmentarianism  Antinomianism  Antitrust  Antitrust laws  Apartheid  Ape personhood  Apparent authority  Appeal  Appeal bond  Appeals court  Appear  Appellant  Appellate court  Appellate review  Appellee  Appraiser  Appreciate  Appreciation  Apprenticeship   Approach the bench   Appurtenances   Appurtenant   Arbitrary   Arbitration  Arbitration award  Arbitrator   arguendo  Argumentative  Arm's length  Arraign  Arraignment  Arrears  Arrest  Arrest warrant  Arson  Article I and Article III tribunals  Articles of Association  Articles of impeachment  Articles of Incorporation  Articles of War  As is  Asharite  Assault  Asset  Assignment (law)  Assigned risk  Assignee  Assignment for benefit of creditors  Assigns  Assisted person  Assize Court  Associate justice  Association  Assumption of risk  Asylum and Immigration Tribunal  Asylum seeker  At will  At will employment  Attachment  Attachment of earnings  Attempt  Attestation clause  Attorney at law (or attorney-at-law) Attorney general  Attorney of record  Attorney's advertising  Attorney's fee  Attorney's work product  Attorney–client privilege  Attorney-in-fact  Attractive nuisance doctrine  Audit  Auditor  Australian Constitution  Australian Constitutional history  Australian copyright law  Authorised share capital  Authoritarianism  Authority  Authorize  Automatic stay  Autrefois acquit  Avulsion  Ayatollah

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B.C.L.  Babylonian law  Bachelor of Civil Law  Bachelor of Laws  Bachelor of Legal Letters  Back-to-back life sentences  Bad debt  Bad faith  Bail  Bail bond  Bail bondsman  Bail schedule  Bailee  Bailiff  Bailment  Bailor  Bait and switch  Balance due  Balance sheet  Ban  Bank  Bankrupt  Bankruptcy  Bankruptcy court  Bankruptcy proceedings  Bankruptcy remote  Bar  Bar association  Bar council  Bar examination  Bare trust  Bargain and sale deed  Barratry (admiralty law)  Barratry (common law)  Barrister  Basic Law of various jurisdictions  Battery  Beach bum trust provision  Bearer paper  Belief  Bench  Bench memorandum  Bench trial  Bench warrant  Beneficial interest  Beneficial use  Beneficiary  Beneficiary (trust)  Benefit of counsel  Bequeath  Bequest  Berne three-step test  Best evidence rule  Best Interests of the Child  Bestiality  Beyond a reasonable doubt  BFP  Bias  Bifurcate  Bifurcation  Bigamy  Bilateral contract  Bill  Bill of attainder  Bill of costs  Bill of exchange  Bill of indictment  Bill of lading  Bill of particulars  Bill of rights  Bill of sale  Bind over  Bind over for sentence  Binding arbitration  Bioethics  Black's Law Dictionary  Blackmail  Blank endorsement  Blood libel  Blue law  Blue laws  Blue ribbon jury  Blue Sky Laws  Bluebook  Board of directors   bona fide  Bona fide purchaser   bona vacantia  Bond  Bond for deed  Booby trap  Book account  Book value  Bootleg recording  Border control  Bottomry  Boycott  Breach of contract  Breach of promise  Breach of the peace  Breach of warranty  Breaking and entering  Bribery  Bride price  Brief  British constitution  British constitutional law  British nationality law  Broker  Brought to trial  Building and loan  Bulk sale  Bulk sales acts  Bulk transfer  Burden  Burden of proof  Burgage  Burglary  Business  Business ethics  Business invitee  But for rule  Buy-sell agreement  Bylaw  Bylaws  Bypass trust

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Cadastral map   cadit quaestio  Calendar call  Caliphate  Call to the bar  Calumny  Campaign finance reform in the United States  Canadian Bill of Rights  Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms  Caning  Cannabis: Legal issues  Canon  Canon law  Cape (writ)   capital  Capital account  Capital assets  Capital expenditure  Capital gain  Capital gain tax  Capital gains  Capital investment  Capital loss  Capital offense  Capital punishment  Capital punishment in the United States  Capital stock  Capitalized value  Capricious  Carjacking  Carnal knowledge  Carrier  Carrying for hire  Cartel  Case  Case conference  Case law  Case law in the United States  Case number  Case of first impression  Case-based reasoning  Cashier's check  Casualty insurance  Casualty loss  Casuistry  Catechism  Categorical Imperative  Catholic Emancipation   cause  Cause of action   caveat emptor   Cease and desist order  Censorship  Certificate of deposit  Certificate of incorporation  Certificate of legal aid costs  Certificate of title  Certified check   certiorari  Writ of Certiorari  Cessate  Cestui que trust  Cestui que use   ceteris paribus  Chain of title  Chairman  Challenge for cause  Champerty  Chancellor  Chancery  Chancery division  Change of venue  Character witness  Charge  Charging lien  Charging order  Charitable contribution  Charitable organization  Charitable remainder trust  Charitable trust  Charter  Chattel  Chattel mortgage-- Checks and balances  Cheque  Chief Justice  Chief Justice of Canada  Chief Justice of the United States  Child  Child abandonment  Child abuse  Child custody  Child endangerment  Child neglect  Child pornography  Child sexual abuse  Child support  Chinese law  Churning  Circuit courts  Circumcision  Circumstantial evidence  Citation  Cite  Citizen  Citizen's dividend  Citizenship  Civil action  Civil and social disobedience  Civil calendar  Civil code  Civil Code of Quebec  Civil commitment  Civil death  Civil disobedience  Civil disorder  Civil justice reforms  civil law  Civil law notary  Civil liability  Civil liberties  Civil penalties  Civil procedure  Civil rights  Civil union  Claim against a governmental agency  Claim against an estate  Claim form  Claim in bankruptcy  Claimant  Class  Class action  Class action suit  Clean hands doctrine  Cleanup clause  Clear and convincing evidence  Clear and present danger  Clear title  Clerk  Close corporation  Closed shop  Closing  Closing argument  Cloud on title  Co-trustee  Code  Code of Hammurabi  Code of professional responsibility  Codefendant  Codex  Codicil  Codification  Codify  Coercion  Cohabitation  Cohabitation agreement  Coinsurance  Collateral  Collateral attack  Collateral descendant  Collateral estoppel  Collateral Warranty  Collective agreement  Collective bargaining agreement  Collective rights  Collective trade marks   Collusion  Collusive action  Color of law  Color of title  Comaker  Comity  Commencement of action  Commentaries on the Laws of England  Commercial frustration  Commercial law  Commingling  Commission of rebellion  - Commissioner of oaths  Committal  Commodity status of animals  Common area  Common carrier  Common counts  Common law  Common property  Common purpose  Common stock  Common-law marriage  Commons  Community patent  Community property  Commutation  Company  Company seal  Comparative law  Comparative negligence  Comparative responsibility  Compensatory damages  Competence  Complainant  Complaint  Complete contract  Compound interest  Compound question  Compounding a felony  Compounding treason  Compromise  Compromise verdict  Concealed weapon  Conciliation  Conclusion of fact  Conclusion of law  Concubinage  Concurrent sentence  Concurrent sentences  Concurrent writ  Condemnation action  Condition precedent  Condition subsequent  Conditional bequest  Conditional discharge  Conditional dismissal  Conditional sale  Condominium  Conduct money  Confession (law)  Confession and avoidance  Confession of judgment  Confidence game  Confidential communication  Confidential information  Confidentiality  Confiscate  Conflict of interest  Conflict of law  Conflict of laws  Confucianism  Confusingly similar  Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith  Congressional-executive agreement  Conscientious objector  Conscious parallelism  Conscription  Consecutive sentence  Consecutive sentences  Counsul of Force  Countries banning non-human ape experimentation  Consensu  Consensual crime  Consensus ad idem  Consensus decision-making  Consensus gentium  Consent  Consent decree  Consent judgment  Consequential damages  Consequentialism  Conservatee  Conservative Judaism  Conservator (law)  Consideration  Consign  Consignee  Consignment  Consortium  Conspiracy  Conspirator  Constable  Constitution  Constitution of the Confederate States  Constitution of France  Constitution of Spain  Constitutional amendment  Constitutional charter  Constitutional Convention (Australia)  Constitutional Convention (United States)  Constitutional law  Constitutional monarchy  Constitutional rights  Construction  Constructive dismissal  Constructive eviction  Constructive fraud  Constructive notice  Constructive possession  Constructive trust  Construe  Consuetudinary  Consultancy  Consultant  Consumer protection  Contact  Contemplation of death  Contempt of court  Contingency  Contingency fee  Contingent beneficiary  Contingent fee  Contingent interest  Contingent remainder  Continuance  Continuing objection  Continuing trespass   contra bonos mores   contra legem  Contraband  Contract  Contract (canon law)  Contract of adhesion  Contract of sale  Contract theory  Contractor   Contramandatio placiti  - Contributory negligence  Controlled substance  Controlling law  Controversy  Conversion  Conveyancing  Convict  Conviction  Cooperative  Cooperative housing  Cop a plea  Copartner  Copyhold  Copyleft  Copyright  Copyright infringement  Copyright law of the European Union  Copyright misuse   coram nobis   coram non judice  Coroner  Corporate governance  Corporate haven  Corporate opportunity  Corporate personhood  Corporate state  Corporation  Corporations law   corpus delicti   corpus juris   corpus juris civilis   corpus juris secundum  Correlative rights doctrine  Corroborate  Corroborating evidence  Corroboration  Cost bill  Cotenancy  Cotenant  Council Tax  Counsel  Counsellor  Count  Counter offer  Counterclaim  Counterfeit  County court  Coup d'état  Cour de cassation  – Course of employment Court  Court calendar  Court costs  Court docket  Court of appeal  Court of Appeal of England and Wales  Court of Appeal (France)  Court of Appeals  Court of customs and patent appeals  Court of equity  Court of last resort  Court of law  Court of protection  Court of record  Court of Session  Court order  Court trial  Court-martial  Courtesy  Courtroom  Courts of England and Wales  Courts of the United Kingdom  Covenant (law)  Covenant not to compete  Covenant that runs with the land  Covenants, conditions and restrictions  Creature of statute  Credibility  Credible witness  Creditor  Creditor's claim  Creditor's rights  Crime  Crime against humanity  Crime against nature  Crime against peace  Crime of passion  Criminal  Criminal attorney  Criminal calendar  Criminal conversion  Criminal justice  Criminal law  Criminal negligence  Criminal procedure  Critical legal studies  Cross examination  Cross-complaint  Cross-examination  Crown copyright  Crown corporation  Crown Court  Crown entity  Crown land  Cruel and unusual punishment  Cruelty  Cruelty to animals   cui bono   cuius regio, eius religio  Culpability  Cumis counsel  Cumulative sentence (disambiguation)  Cumulative voting  Curfew  Customary estate  Customary law  Customs   custos morum  Cut a check  Cy pres doctrine  Cyber law  Cybersquatting

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D.A.  D.B.A.  D.U.I.  D.W.I.  Damages  Damnation  Dangerous weapon  Data protection  Date rape  Daubert standard  Day in court   de bonis asportatis   de bonis non administratis   de facto  De facto corporation   de futuro   de integro   de jure  De jure corporation   de lege ferenda   de lege lata   de minimis   de novo  Deadlock  Deadlock provision  Deadly weapon  Death tax  Death penalty  Death row  Death duty  Debenture  Debt  Debt bondage  Debtor  Debtor in possession  Decapitation  Deceased  Deceit  Deception  Decide!  Decision  Decisory oath  - Declarant  Declaration of Arbroath  Declaration of independence  Declaration of mailing  Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand  Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen  Declaration of trust  Declaration of war  Declaration of war by the United States  Declaratory judgment  Declaratory relief  Declared death in absentia  Decree  Decree absolute  Decree nisi  Decriminalization  Dedication  Deduction  Deed  Deed poll   defalcation  Defamation  Default (law)  Default judgment  Default rule  Defeasance  Defective title  Defendant  Defense  Defense attorney   Defense of infancy  Deficiency judgment  Defined benefit plan  Defined contribution plan  Deforce  Defraud  Degree of kinship  Deliberate  Deliberation  Deliberative body  Delict  Demand  Demand note  Demesne  Demise  Democracy  Demonstrative evidence  Demurrer  Denial  Deobandi  Deontology  Department for Constitutional Affairs  Dependent  Deportation  Deposition  Depreciate  Depreciation  Depreciation reserve  Derivative action  Derivative work  Derivatives law  - Descent and distribution  Desert  Desertion  Destructibility of contingent remainders  Detailed Assessment  Devi  Devil's Advocate  Devisee  Devolution  Devolve  Devolved government   dicta   dictum  Digital signature  Diligence  Diminished capacity  Diminished responsibility  Diminished responsibility in English law  Diminution in value  Diplomatic immunity  Diplomatic recognition  Direct and proximate cause  Direct evidence  Direct examination  Directed verdict  Directors register  Disability  Disbar  Disbarment  Discharge in bankruptcy  Disciplinary procedure  Disclaimer  Discovery  Discovery of documents  Discretion  Discretionary trust  Discrimination  Disembowelment  Disfigure  Dishonor  Disinheritance  Disjunctive allegations  Dismissal  Dismissal with prejudice  Dismissal without prejudice  Disobbedienti  Disorderly conduct  Disorderly house   Disposing mind and memory  Disposition  Dispossess  Dispute resolution  Dissent  Dissenting opinion  Dissolution (law)  Dissolution of corporation  Dissolution of the Monasteries  Distinguish  Distribute  Distribution of property  Distributive justice  District attorney  District court  Diversity of citizenship  Divestiture  Divestment  Dividend  Dividend tax  Divine Right of Kings  Division of property  Divisional court (disambiguation)  Divorce  DNA  Document  Documentary evidence  Doctrine of exoneration of liens   doli incapax  Domestic partner  Domestic partners  Domestic relations  Domestic violence  Dominant estate  Dominant tenement   Donatio mortis causa  Donation  Donative intent  Donee  Doom book  Double jeopardy  Double taxation  Dower  Dowry  Draft document  Drainage law  Dram shop rule  Drawer  Drawing and quartering  Dreyfus affair  Driver's license  Driving under the influence  Driving while intoxicated  Droit du seigneur  Drop dead date  Drug  Dual state (model)  Dubitante   duces tecum  Due and owing  Due care  Due diligence  Due process  Due process of law  Due, owing and unpaid  Duress  Duress in English law  Duty  Duty of care  Duty of care in English law  Duty to warn  Dying declaration

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Early Muslim philosophy  Earned income tax credit  Earnest payment  Easement  Ecclesia  Ecclesiastical court  Ecumenical council  Edict  Edict of Fontainebleau  Edict of Milan  Edict of Nantes  Edict of Worms   ei incumbit probatio qui  Either  Ejectment   ejusdem generis  Elder law  Election of remedies  Election under the will  Elective share  Electoral reform  Electric chair  Emancipation  Emancipation Proclamation  Embezzlement  Embezzler  Emblements  Emergency  Eminent domain  Emolument  Employee  Employer  Employers' liability  Employment  Employment contract  Employment law  En banc  Enabling clause  Enclosure  Encumbrance  End user license agreement  Endowment  Enfeoff  Enfeoffment  Enforcement  English Bill of Rights  English law  Enjoin  Enjoyment  Enrolled Bill doctrine  Entail  Enter a judgment  Entertainment law  Entity  Entrapment  Entry of judgment  Environmental Impact Report  Environmental impact statement  Environmental law  Ephebophilia  Equal Access Act  Equal opportunity  Equal Protection Clause  Equitable distribution  Equitable estoppel  Equitable lien  Equitable remedy  Equity (law)  Equity of redemption  Equivalent   erga omnes   erratum  Error  Escalator clause  Escape clause  Escheat  Escrow  Escrow account  Escrow agent  Escrow instructions  Espionage  Esquire  Essential facilities doctrine  Establishment clause  Estate  Estate by entirety  Estate in land  Inheritance tax   estoppel   et al.   et cetera   et seq  Eternity clause Ethical calculus  Ethical code  Ethics  Ethics in religion  Ethnic cleansing  EU Directive 2010/63/EU  European Convention on Human Rights  European Court of Human Rights  European Court of Justice  European Patent Convention  European Patent Organisation  European Union directive  Directive (EU)  European Union Law  European Union regulation  Regulation (EU)  Euthanasia  Evasion of tax  Evasion of the law  Eviction  Evidence   ex aequo et bono   ex cathedra   ex delicto   ex facie   ex gratia   ex officio   ex parte   ex post facto  Ex post facto law   ex rel  Examination  Exception in deed  Excessive bail  Excise  Exclusionary rule  Excommunication  Exculpatory  Excusable neglect  Excuse  Execution  Execution  Execution warrant  Executioner  Executive  Executive clemency  Executive privilege  Executor  Executory contract  Executory interest   executrix  Exegesis  Exemplary damages  Exempt  Exempt employees  Exempt property  Exemption  Exhibit  exigent circumstances  Exile  Expectancy  Expense  Expert determination  Expert testimony  Expert witness  Express contract  Express warranty  Extension  Extenuating circumstances  Extinguishment  Extortion  Extradition  Extrajudicial  Extraordinary General Meeting  Extraordinary resolution  Extreme cruelty  Extrinsic fraud

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FOB (shipping)  Fabricate  Fabula  Face  Facere  Facies  Facile  Fact  Facto  Factory  Factum  Faculties, Court of  Faculty (instrument)  Faculty of a college   Faculty of Advocates  Faggot voter  Fail  Failure  Failure of consideration  Failure of issue  Faint action  Fair  Fair Play Men  Fair pleader  Faith  Faithless servant  Falang  Falda  Faldstool  Falesia  Falk-land  False action  False imprisonment  False pretenses  False swearing  Falsehood  Falsify  Falsing  Falsum  Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus  Familia  Family  Famosus  Famosus libelus  Fanatics  Fakir  Farm  Farmer  Faro  Farrier  Fasti  Father  Father-in-law  Fathom  Fatuity  Fatuus  Faubourg  Fautor  Fealty  Fear  Feciales  Federal government  Fee  Fee-simple  Fenian  Feodal  Feodal system  Feodary  Feodum  Feoffee  Feoffment  Feoh  Feria  Feriae  Ferling  Ferry  Ferryman  Feu (land tenure)  Feud  Fishing law  Flag  Flag of the United States  Flagrante delicto  Fleta  Flight  Floating capital  Floor  Florin  Flotsam  Fluctus  Face amount  Face value  Fact  Factum  Faculty of law  Failure of consideration  Failure of issue  Fair comment  Fair dealing  Fair market value  Fair trade laws  Fair use  Fairness Doctrine  False arrest  False Claims Law  False imprisonment  False pretenses  Family  Family law  Family court  Family law  Family patrimony  Family purpose doctrine  Fatwa  Fault auto insurance system  Federal Communications Commission  Federal Constitutional Court (Germany)  United States federal courts  Federal judge  Federal jurisdiction (United States)  Federal law  Federal question  Federal tort claims act  Federalism  Fee  Fee simple  Fee tail  Felicific calculus  Felony  Felonious  Felony  Felony murder rule  Feme covert  Feoff  Feoffee  Feoffment  Fertile octogenarian  Feud  Feudal land tenure  Feudal system  Feudalism  Fictitious defendants   fiduciary  Fiduciary duty  Fiduciary relationship  Fief  Fieri   fieri facias  Fighting words  File  Final judgment  Finder of fact  Findings of fact  Fine  Fiqh  Firm offer  First degree murder  First impression  First to file and first to invent  Fixture  Fixtures  Flight  Floating charge  Floating easement  FOB  Fostering  Foujdar  Four corners  Fourierism  Fox's Libel Act  Frais  Franc  Francia  Francus  Frank-marriage  Franking privilege  Fraternity  Fratricide  Fraud  Fraus  Fraxinetum  Free-bench  Free and clear  Free socage  Free warren  Freedman  Freedom  Freedom of speech  Freedom of the press  Free on board  Freight  Freighter  Frenchman  Frequent  Fresca  Fresh pursuit  Fretum Britannicum  Friend of the court  Friendly societies  Friendly suit  Frigidity  Frith  Frontage  Frontier  Fructus industriales  Fructus naturales  Fruges  Fruit  Folkways  For value received  Forbearance  Force majeure  Forced heirship  Forced sale  Forcible entry  Foreclosure  Foreclosure sale  Foreign corporation  Forensic  Forensic medicine  Forensic testimony  Forensics  Foreseeability  Foreseeable risk  Forfeit  Forger  Forgery  Formal contract  Fornication   forum conveniens   forum non conveniens  Forum shopping  Foster child  Four Cardinal Virtues  Four corners of an instrument  Franc-tireur  Franchise  Franchise tax  Franchising  Fraud  Fraud in the inducement  Fraudulent conveyance  Fraudulent trading  Free and clear  Free economic zone  Free on board  Free port  Free software license  Free speech  Free will  Freedom of assembly  Freedom of association  Freedom of expression  Freedom of Information Act  Freedom of religion  Freedom of speech  Freedom of speech by country  Freedom of the press  Freedom of thought  Freehold  French law on secularity and conspicuous religious symbols in schools  Fresh pursuit  Friendly suit  Frisking  Frivolous lawsuit  Fructus naturales  Fruit of the poisonous tree  Frustration of purpose  Fugitive from justice  Full faith and credit  Fully paid   functus officio  Fundamental justice  Fundamentalism  Fungible things  Future interest  Futuwa  Fyrd

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Gag order  Gallows  Game law  Gaps and gores  Garnish  Garnishee  Garnishment  Gas chamber  Gasoline tax  Gemara  Gender bias  General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade  General appearance  General assignment  General Counsel  General damages  General denial  General meeting  General order  General partnership  General plan  General strike  General Synod  Generation skipping  Geneva Conventions  Genocide  German town law  Gibbet  Gift  Gift in contemplation of death  Gift tax  Glasnost  Go bail  Going concern  Good cause  Good faith  Good governance  Good samaritan rule  Good title  Goods  Goseibai Shikimoku  Government  Government-granted monopoly  Governmental immunity  Grace period  Grand Inquisitor  Grand jury  Grand larceny  Grand theft  Grandfather clause  Grandfathered in  Grandparent visitation  Grant  Grant deed  Grantor-grantee index  Gratuitous   gravamen  Great Ape Project  Green card  Gross income  Gross negligence  Grounds for divorce  Group boycott  Group litigation order  Guanxi  Guarantee  Guarantees  Guarantor  Guaranty  Guardian  Guardian ad litem  Guest statute  Guild  Guillotine  Guilt  Guilty

H

Habeas corpus  Habeas corpus ad deliberandum et recipiendum  Habeas corpus ad faciendum et recipiendum  Habeas corpus ad prosequendum  Habeas corpus ad respondendum  Habeas corpus ad satisfaciendum  Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum  Habeas corpus ad testificandum  Habeas corpus cum causa  Habitant  – Habitation (see Dwelling) Habitual Criminals Act  Hable  Hacienda  Habitable   Habitual criminal  Hadith  Hague Convention  Hague-Visby Rules  Halaal  Halakha (Jewish law)  Jewish law (Halakha)  Half blood  Halsbury's Laws of England  Hanafi  Hanbali  Hanging  Haram  Harass  Harassment  Harm reduction  Harmless error  Hate speech  Head of household  Headnote  Headright  Heads of loss  - Health care proxy  Hearing  Hearsay  Hearsay rule  Heat of passion  Heir  Heir apparent  Heiress  Heirs  Heirs of the body  Hell or high water clause  Hereditament  Herem (censure)  Herem (priestly gift)  Herem (war or property)  Heresy  Hidden asset  High court judge  High Court of Australia  Royal High Court of Bhutan  High Court of Justice (England and Wales) Court of High Commission (ecclesiastical court in England) High Court of Fiji  High Court (Hong Kong)  High Courts of India, several courts High Court (Ireland)  High Court (Isle of Man)  High Court of Malaya  High Court of New Zealand  High Court of Cassation and Justice (Romania) High Court of Justiciary (Scotland) High Court of Sabah and Sarawak  High Court of Singapore  High Court of South Africa  Highway  Highwayman  Hima  Himalaya clause  Hit and run  Hobby loss  Hold harmless  Holder in due course  Holding  Holding company  Holdover tenancy  Holographic will  Home Rule  Home Secretary  Homestead Act  Homestead exemption  Homestead principle  Hometowned  Homicide  Hong Kong trademark law  Hornbook law  Hostile environment sexual harassment  Hostile possession  Hostile witness  Hot pursuit  Hotch-pot  House counsel  House of Lords  Household  Housing tenure  Human rights  Human Rights Committee  Human rights issues in the United States  Humanism  Hung jury  Hunting Act 2004  Hypothecate

I

Idea-expression divide   idem   ignorantia juris non excusat  Ijma  Ijtihad  Illegal combatant  Illegal drug trade  Illegal immigrant  Illegitimacy  Illusory promise  Ilm ar-Rijal  Imam  Immediately  Immigrant visa  Immigration  Immigration Appellate Authority  Immunity  Impanel  Impaneling  Impeach  Impeachment  Impleader  Implied Bill of Rights  Implied consent  Implied contract  Implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing  Implied terms  Implied warranty  Implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose  Implied warranty of habitability  Implied warranty of merchantability  Importation right  Impossibility  Impotence  Imputation   in camera  In chambers   in curia   in delicto   in esse  In fee simple   in flagrante delicto   in forma pauperis   in haec verba  In kind  In lieu   in limine   in loco parentis   in pari delicto   in personam  in pro per   in prope persona   in propria persona   in re   in rem   in situ   in terrorem   in terrorem clause   in toto  Incapacity  Incest  Inchoate offense  Incidental beneficiary  Income  Income tax  Incompetent evidence  Incontrovertible evidence  Incorporation (business)  Incorporate by reference  Incorporation (business)  Incorporeal  Incriminate  Incumbrance  Indecent exposure  Indefeasible  Indefeasible estate  Indemnify  Indemnity  Indenture  Indentured servant  Independent contractor  Indeterminacy debate in legal theory  Indeterminate sentence  Indictable offence  Indictable offense  Indictment  Indigent  Indispensable party  Individual capital  Individual rights  Indorse  Industrial design rights  Industrial tribunal  Infancy  Infant  Infanticide Act  Inference  Information  Information and belief  Informed consent  Infraction  Infractions  Infringement  Ingress  Inherit  Inheritance  Inheritance tax  Injunction  Injunctive relief  Injury  Inkan  Innocence  Innocent  Inns of Court   innuendo  Inquest  Inquisition  Inquisitor  Inquisitorial system  Insanity  Insanity defense  Insider trading  Insolvency  Insolvent  Inspection of documents  Installment contract  Instruction  – Instructional capital Insufficient evidence  Insurance  Insured  Insurer  Intangible property  Integrated criminal justice information system  Integration  Intellectual capital  Intellectual property  Intellectual rights  Intendant of New France  Intent   inter alia   inter se   inter vivos  Inter vivos trust  Interest  Interference proceeding  Interim order  Interlineation   interlocutory  International Business Companies Act  Interlocutory decree  Interlocutory order  Intermediate sanctions  Internal affairs doctrine  International Business Companies Act  International constitutional law  International Court of Justice  International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights  International crime  International Criminal Court  International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda  International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia  International environmental law  International human rights instruments  International human rights law  International law  International relations  International trade  International trade law  Internment  Interpleader  Interrogation  Interrogatories  Interstate commerce  Intertemporal Law  Intervene  Intervening cause  Intervention  Intestacy  Intestate  Intestate succession  Intoxication   intra fauces terra   intra vires  Intrinsic fraud  Inure  Invasion of privacy  Inventor  Inventor's notebook  Inverse condemnation  Invest  Investiture  Investment  Invitation to treat  Invitee  Involuntary commitment   ipse dixit   ipsissima verba   ipso facto  Irreconcilable differences  Irrelevant  Irreparable damage or injury  Irresistible impulse  Islamic Law (Sharia)  Sharia (Islamic law)  Islamic philosophy  Isnad  Issue  Issue preclusion  Issued shares

J

Juris Doctor (J.D.) Jafari  Jane Doe  Jaywalking  Jeopardy  Jewish principles of faith  Jewish Theological Seminary of America  Jim Crow laws  John Doe  Joinder  Joinder of issue  Joint  Joint adventure  Joint and several  Joint and several liability  Joint custody  Joint liability  Joint property  Joint tenancy  Joint tortfeasors  Joint venture  Jointure  Jones act  Journeyman  Joyride  Judge  Judge advocate  Judge Advocate General  Judgment  Judgment by default  Judgment debtor  Judgment in Berlin  Judgment non obstante veredicto  Judgment notwithstanding the verdict  Judgment notwithstanding verdict  Judicial  Judicial Committee of the Privy Council  Judicial discretion  Judicial economy  Judicial foreclosure  Judicial functions of the House of Lords  Judicial independence  – Judicial interference Judicial notice  Judicial review  Jump bail  Junior barrister   jurat  Jurisdiction  Jurisdictional amount  Jurisprudence  Jurist  Juror  Jury  Jury box  Jury charge  Jury fees  Jury instructions  Jury nullification  Jury of one's peers  Jury panel  Jury selection  Jury stress  Jury tampering  Jury trial   jus ad bellum   jus ad bellum   jus civile   jus cogens   jus commune   jus gentium   jus inter gentes   jus naturale   jus primae noctis   jus sanguines   jus sanguinis   jus soli  Just cause  Just compensation  Just war  Justice  Justice of the Peace  Justiciable  Justifiable homicide  Justification  Juvenile  Juvenile court  Juvenile delinquent

K

Kangaroo court  Karaites  Karma  Kosher law  Kellogg-Briand Pact  Kidnapping  King's Bench  Kinshasa Declaration on Great Apes  Know-how  Kollel

L

Labor and materials  Labor law  labor union  Laches   lacunae  Land use  Land value tax  Landlady  Landlocked  Landlord  Landlord and tenant  Landlord and Tenant Act  Landlord's lien  Lapse  Larceny  Last antecedent rule  Last clear chance  Last will and testament  Latent defect  Law  Law and economics  Law and literature  Law and motion calendar  Law basic topics  Law book  Law dictionary  Law French  Law lords  Law of admiralty  Law of Canada  Law of costs  Law of Ireland  Law library  Law of obligations  Law of the case  Law of the land  Law of the Russian Federation  Law of the Sea  Law of the Soviet Union  Law of the United Kingdom  Law of the United States  Law of treaties  Law school  Law Society  Laws of war  Lawsuit  Lawyer  Lay a foundation  Lay assessor  Laïcité  Leading question  Leading the witness  Lease  Lease and release  Leasehold  Legal  Legal abuse  Legal action  Legal advertising  Legal age  Legal aid  Legal Aid Society  Legal code  Legal consequences of marriage and civil partnership in the United Kingdom  Legal custody  Legal debate  Legal entity  Artificial person  Legal fiction  Legal formalism  Legal history  Legal instrument  Legal Latin  Legal lexicography  Legal personal representative  Legal positivism  Legal pluralism  Legal realism  Legal separation  Legal status of animals in Canada  Legal technicality  Legal tender  Legal translation  Legalese  Legalism (Western philosophy)  Legalism (Chinese philosophy)  Legalism (theology)  Legalization  Legatee  Legislation  Legislature  Legitimacy (family law)  Legitimacy (political science)   legitime  Lemon law  Lessee  Lesser crime  Lesser included offenses  Lesser-included offense  Let  Lethal injection  Letter of credit  Letter of marque  Letter of wishes  Letters  Letters of administration  Letters patent  Letters testamentary  Leverage  Leviticus   lex lata   lex scripta  Liable  Libel  Libel per se  Libertarian theories of law  Liberty  Licence  License  Licensee  Lie detector test  Lien  Lienor  Life  Life estate  Life without possibility of parole  Limitation of actions  Limitations clause, Constitution of Canada  Limited company  Limited jurisdiction  Limited liability  Limited liability company  Limited partner  Limited partnership  Line of succession  Lineal descendant  Lineup  Liquidate  Liquidated damages  Liquidation  Liquidator (law)   lis pendens  List of Roman laws  Listed building  Literary property  Litigant  Litigation  Litigious  Liturgy  Livery  Livery of seizin   living trust  Living will  LL.B.  LL.M.  Loanshark  Lockout   locus delicti   locus in quo  Loiter (law)  Long cause  Long vacation  Long-arm statute  Lord Chancellor  Lord Chancellor's Department  Lord Chief Justice  Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales  Lord Justice General  Lord Justice of appeal  Lord Keeper of the Great Seal  Lord President of the Council  Lord Steward  Loss of consortium  Loss of use  Lost volume seller  Lower court  Lübeck law

M

M'Naghten Rules  Madhhab  Madrassa  Magdeburg rights  Magdeburg law  Magistrate  Magna Carta  Mail box rule  Maim  Maintenance  Maintenance  Maintenance  Majority  Mala fides   male fide  Malfeasance  Malice aforethought  Malicious prosecution  Maliki  Malpractice   malum in se   malum prohibitum   mandamus  Writ of mandamus  Mandate (criminal law)  Mandate (international law)  Mandate of Heaven  Mandatory joinder  Mandatory sentence  Mann act  Manorialism  Manslaughter  Manslaughter in English law  Manumission  Manusmriti   mare clausum   mare liberum  Marital deduction  Marital life estate  Marital rights  Maritime law  Marked for identification  Market value  Marketable title  Marriage  Marriageable age  Marshal  Martial law  Mask work  Masoretes  Masoretic Text  Masorti  Massachusetts trust  Master  Master and servant  Master of Laws  Master of the Rolls  Master of the Rolls in Ireland  Materiality  Material witness  Matrimonial regime  Matter  Maturity  Maxims  Maxims of equity  Maxims of law  – May Mayhem  Mechanic's lien  Mechanics lien  Mediation  Mediator  Medical directive  Medical ethics  Medieval Inquisition  Meet and confer  Meeting of the minds  Meforshim  Megan's Law  Memorandum  Memorandum of Association   mens rea  Mental cruelty  Mental health law  Mental suffering  Mercantile law  Merchantable  Merger  Mesne   mesne assignment  Mesne profits  Messuage  Metes and bounds  Military alliance  Military dictatorship  Military law  Military tribunal  Militia  Mining claim  Ministerial act  minor  Minutes  Miranda warning  Mirror wills  Misappropriation  Mischief  Misdemeanor  Misfeasance  Mishnah Berurah  Mishnah  Hebrew law (Mishpat Ivri)  Mishpat Ivri (Hebrew law)  Misjoinder  Misnomer  Misprision of a felony  Misprision of treason  Misrepresentation  Mistake of law  Mistrial  Mitigating circumstances  Mitigating factors  Mitzvah  Mock trial  Modern Islamic philosophy   modus operandi  Moiety title  Monarch  Money laundering  Monism and dualism in international law  Monopoly  Monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force  Month-to-month  Monument  Moot court  Moot point  Mootness  Mopery  Moral absolutism  Moral certainty  Moral code  Moral core  Moral relativism  Moral rights  Moral turpitude  Moral universalism  Morality  Moratorium  Mores  Morganatic marriage  Mortgage law  Mortgagee  Mortgagor  Motion  Motion for a summary judgment  Motion for more definite statement  Motion for directed verdict  Motion for dismissal  Motion for summary judgment   motion in limine  Motion to dismiss  Motion to Strike  Motion to suppress  Motion to suppress evidence  Motive  Motor vehicle exception--Motor vehicle theft  Movant  Mujtahid  Mullah  Multiple citizenship  Multiplicity of suits  Municipal  Muniment of title  Murder  Murder in English law  Muslim dietary laws  Mutation   mutatis mutandis  Mutiny  Mutual wills

N

N.O.V.  Name change  Named plaintiffs  Napoleonic code  Narcotic  National Insurance contributions  National Labor Relations Board  National trade union center  Nationality  Natural law  Natural person  Natural resource law   ne exeat  Necessary party  Negative pledge  Negative pregnant  Negligence  Negligence per se  Negligent  Negotiable instrument  Negotiation   nemo dat quod non habet   nemo judex in sua causa  Neutral country  Next friend  Next of kin  Night and Fog prisoner   nihil dicit   nisi prius  No contest  No fault divorce  No fault insurance  No-par stock  Noble Eightfold Path   nolle prosequi   nolo contendere  Nominal damages  Nominal party  Nominal value  Nominee   non compos mentis   non constat   non est factum   non liquet   non obstante verdicto  Non-binding arbitration  Non-conforming use  Non-contestability clause  Non-disclosure agreement  Non-executive director  Non-feasance  Non-profit corporation  Non-profit organization  Non-suit  Nonimmigrant visa  Nonviolence  Not guilty  Not guilty by reason of insanity  Not-for-profit corporation   nota bene  Notary public  Notice  Notice of appeal  Notice of default  Notice to quit  Notorious possession  Notwithstanding clause (Canadian Constitution)  Novation  Nuisance   nulla bona   nulla poena sine lege  Nullity (conflict)   nullum crimen, nulla poena sine praevia lege poenali   nunc pro tunc  Nuremberg Code  Nuremberg Trials

O

O.R.  O.S.C.  Oath   obiter dicta is plural; see the singular obiter dictum  Object  Objectivist philosophy  Obligation  Obligations of confidentiality  Obligee  Obligor  Obscene  Obscenity  Obstruction of justice  Occupancy  Occupant  Occupational disease  Occupational hazard  Occupy the field  Of counsel  Offender  Offer of proof  Offeree  Offeror  Officer of the court  Officers of a corporation  Official  Official misconduct  Official receiver  Official Solicitor  Officious intermeddler  Offshore corporation  Ombudsman  Omission  Omnibus clause  On all fours   onus probandi  Open adoption  Open court  Open-source license  Opening statement  Operation of law   opinio juris sive necessitatis  Opinion  Oppression remedy  Oral argument  Oral contract  Oral examination  Oral law  Order  Order in Council  Order to show cause  Ordinary (officer)  Ordinary course of business  Ordinary resolution  Ordinary shares  Organized crime  Original jurisdiction  Original sin  Originating application  Orphan  Ostensible agent  Ostensible authority  Out of court  Out-of-pocket expenses  Outlaw  Output contract  Over-the-counter drug  Overcharge  Overt act  Owe  Own  Own recognizance  Owner  Owner-occupier  Ownership

P

pacta sunt servanda  Pain and suffering  Palimony  Panderer   par delictum  Paralegal  Paramount title  Paraphilia  Pardon   parens patriae  Parent  Parent company  Pari delicto  Pari passu  Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property  Parish  Parliament  Parliamentary procedure  Parliamentary supremacy  Parliamentary system  Parody  Parol  Parol evidence rule  Parole  Parquet  Partial breach  Partial verdict  Particulars  Partition  Partner  Partnership  Party  Party of the first part  Party of the second part  Party wall  Passenger  Passing off  Patent  Patent ambiguity  Patent Cooperation Treaty  Patent infringement  Patent pending  Patentability  Patently unreasonable  Paternity  Paternity suit  Patient  Patrimony of affectation  Patronage  Pay as you earn (paye)  Payable  Payee  Payor  Peace bond  Peaceable possession  Peculation  Pecuniary  Pedophilia  Peeping tom  Peer group  Peerage  Peer review  Penal code  Penal colony  Penal law  Penal notice  Penal transportation  Penalty phase  Penance  Pendent jurisdiction   pendente lite  Pension plan  Pension scheme  People's Republic of China's trademark law   per capita   per curiam   per diem   per minas   per pro   per quod   per stirpes  Peremptory challenge  Peremptory challenges  Peremptory norm  Peremptory writ of mandate  Perfect  Perfection (law)  Perform  Performance  Perjurer  Perjury  Permanent Court of Arbitration  Permanent injunction  Permissive  Perpetuity  Person  Person having ordinary skill in the art   persona non grata  Personal effects  Personal jurisdiction  Personal property  Personal recognizance  Personal representative  Personal service  Personality rights  Personalty  Perversion  Petit jury  Petition  Petition for probate  Petition to make special  Petitioner  Petty larceny  Petty offenses  Philosophy of law  Physical custody  Physician-patient privilege  Picketing  Pierce the corporate veil  Piercing the corporate veil  Pilferage  Pillory  Pimp  Piracy  Plagiarism  Plain error  Plain view doctrine  Plaint note  Plaint number  Plaintiff  Plc  Plea  Plea bargain  Plea in abatement  Plead  Pleading  Pleadings  Plenary authority  Police  Police brutality  Police oppression  Police powers (United States constitutional law)  Police state  Corruption  Political prisoner  Political question  Political science  Poll tax (disambiguation)  Polyandry  Polygamy  Bigamy  Polygraph  Pornography  Port of entry  Positive law  Possession  Possession of stolen goods  Possession proceedings  Possessory  Possessory interest  Possibility of a reverter   post mortem  Postdated check  Pot  Pour over will  Poverty law  Power  Power of appointment  Power of arrest  Power of attorney  Practice  Practice Direction  Practice of law  Praemunire   praetor peregrinus  Pre-emption rights  Precedent  Preemption of state and local laws in the United States  Preemptive right  Preference  Preferential creditor  Preferred dividend  Preferred stock  Pregnant denial  Preliminary hearing  Preliminary injunction  Premeditation  Premises  Prenuptial agreement  Preponderance of the evidence  Prerogative writ  Prescription drug  Prescriptive easement  President of the family division  Presiding judge  Presumption  Presumption of innocence  Pretermitted heir  Pretrial discovery  Price fixing   prima facie  Prima facie case  Prima impressionis  Prime suspect   primogeniture  Prior restraint  Prison  Prisoner of war  Privacy  Private bill  Private carrier  Private company  Private Express Statutes  Private international law  Private law  Private nuisance  Private parts  Private property  Private road  Privateer  Privilege (evidence)  Privilege (legal ethics)  Privilege against self incrimination  Privileged communication  Privity  Privy Council  Privy Council of Sweden   pro bono   pro bono publico   pro forma   pro hac vice   pro per   pro se   pro tanto   pro tem   pro tempore  Probable cause  Probate  Probation  Probative  Probative value  Procedendo  Procedural defense  Procedural justice  Procedural law  Procedure  Proceeding  Process  Process server  Proctor  Product liability  Professional corporation  Professional negligence  Proffer  Prohibition  Writ of prohibition  Promise  Promissory estoppel  Promissory note  Property  Property damage  Property law  Property tax   propria persona  Proprietary rights  Proprietor  Prosecute  Prosecution  Prosecutor  Prostitute  Prostitution  Protective custody  Protective order  Protest  Protocol  Provisional remedy  Proximate cause  Prudent man rule  Public  Public administrator  Public benefit corporation  Public company  Public corporation (disambiguation)  Public defender  Public domain  Public figure  Public limited company  Public nuisance  Public order  Public property  Public record  Public trust doctrine  Public trustee  Public use  Public utility  Publication  Publici juris  Publish  Puffery  Puisne judge  Punitive damages  Putative father  Putative father registry

Q

quaere   quantum meruit  Quash  Quasi community property  Quasi contract  Quasi corporation  Quasi in rem  Quasi-contract  Quasi-criminal  Quasi-delict  Quasi-judicial  Queen's bench  Queen's Privy Council for Canada  Queens bench division  Queen's counsel  Question of fact  Question of law   qui tam action   quid pro quo   quid pro quo sexual harassment  Quiet enjoyment  Quiet title action  Quitclaim deed  Quitrent   quo warranto  Quorum  Quotient verdict  Qur'an

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Rabbi  Rabbinic literature  Rabbinical Assembly  Race to the courthouse  Racial discrimination  Racial segregation  Racism  Racketeer influenced corrupt organization (RICO) statute  Racketeering  Radical transparency  Ransom  Rape  Ratification  Ratify   ratio decidendi   ratio scripta  Rational basis   Ratum sed non consummatum  Real estate  Real estate investment trust  Real party in interest  Real property  Realty  Reasonable care  Reasonable doubt  Reasonable man doctrine  Reasonable time   Reasonableness  Rebbe   rebus sic stantibus  Rebuttable presumption  Rebuttal  Recapture  Receipt  Receivership  Recharacterisation  Recidivist  Reciprocal discovery  Reckless  Reckless disregard  Reckless driving  Recklessness  Recognisance  Reconstructionist Judaism  Reconveyance  Recorder  Recording acts  Recoupment  Recover  Recoverable  Recusal  Rectification (law)  Recuse  Redemption (bonds)  Redemption of shares  Redemption value  Redetermination  Redirect examination  Redundancy  Reentry  Referee  Referendum  Reform Judaism  Refugee  Refundable tax credit  Registered office  Registered trade mark  Registration statement  Registry of deeds  Regulation  Regulations  Regulatory taking  Rehearing  Reichstag Fire Decree  Reid technique  Release  Release on one's own recognizance  Relevancy  Relief  Religion and heterosexuality  Religion and homosexuality  Religious law  Remainder  Remainderman  Remand (court procedure)  Remittitur  Rent  Rent control  Rental value  Reorganization  Repair  Repeal  Repentance  Replevin  Reply brief  Reports  Repossess  Represent  Representation  Reprisal  Reputation  Requirements contract   res adjudicata   res gestae   res ipsa loquitur   res judicata   res nulis   res publica christiana  Resale  Rescind  Rescission  Rescue doctrine  Reservation  Reserved decision  Resident  Resident alien  Residuary bequest  Residuary estate  Residuary legatee  Residue  Resistance movement  Resisting arrest  Resolution  Resolution of disputes   respondeat superior  Responsa  Responsibility  Restatement of the law  Restitution  Restorative justice  Restraining order  Restraint of trade  Restraint on alienation  Restrictive covenant  Result  Resulting trust  Retaining lien  Retention of title clause  Retire  Retraction  Retrial  Retributive justice  Return of service  Revenue ruling  Reversible error  Reversion  Review  Revocable living trust  Revocation  Revoke  RICO  Right of audience  Right of eminent domain  Right of survivorship  Right of the first night  Right-of-way  Right to privacy  Right to silence  Right-to-work laws  Rights  Riot  Riot control agent  Riparian  Riparian rights  Risk  Risk of loss  Ritual  Roadside test  Robbery  Robert's Rules of Order  Rocket docket  Rogatory letters  Roman Forum  Roman Inquisition  Roman law  Room  Royal assent  Royal charter  Royal commission  Royal Courts of Justice  Royal prerogative  Royal Warrant  Royalties  Rule  Rule against perpetuities  Rule by decree  Rule in Allhusen v Whittell  Rule in Re Atkinson  Rule in Bartlett v Barclays Bank  Rule in Clayton's Case  Rule in Dearle v Hall  Rule in Dumpor's Case  Rule in Howe v Earl of Dartmouth  Rule in Saunders v Vautier  Rule in Shelley's Case  Rule in Wild's Case  Rule of law  Rulemaking  Rules of evidence  Ruling  Rum-running  Running with the land  Ruse of war

S

Sabotage  Sacred text  Salafi  Sales tax  Samaritan Pentateuch  Same-sex marriage  Sanctions  Sanhedrin  Sasine  Satyagraha  Save harmless  Savings and loan  Scapegoat  School of law  Sciens   scienter   scire facias  Scope of employment  Scots law  Scrivener  Scutage   se defendendo  Seal  Sealed verdict  Sealing of records  Search and seizure  Search warrant  Second degree murder  Secondary boycott  Secret police  Secret rebate  Secret tribunal  Secret trust  Secretary of State for the Home Department  Secularism  Secured creditor  Secured transaction  Security  Security agreement  Security deposit  Security for costs  Security interest  Security of tenure  Sedition  Seduction  Seigniorage  Seised  Seisin  Seized  Seizure  Self-dealing  Self-defense  Self-determination  Self-help  Self-incrimination  Seller  Semble  Semicha  Senior lien  Sentence (law)  Separate property  Separation  Separation of church and state  Separation of powers  Separatism  Septuagint  Serf   seriatim  Servant  Service  Service by fax  Service by mail  Service by publication  Service mark  Service of process  Services  Servient estate  Set-aside  Set-off  Setting  Settle  Settlement  Settlement agreement  Settlor  Seven deadly sins  Severable contract  Several liability  Sex offender  Sex offender registries in the United States  Sex tourism  Sex worker  Sex-related court cases  Sexual abuse  Sexual assault  Sexual discrimination  Sexual harassment  Sexual morality  Sexual norm  Shafi'i  Shaikh  Shall  Shame  Share  Share capital  Share certificate  Shareholder  Shareholders agreement  Shareholders' agreement  Shareholders' derivative action  Shareholders' meeting  Sharia law  Sharp practice  Shepardize  Sheriff  Sheriff's sale  Shield laws  Shifting the burden of proof  Shoplifting  Short cause  Shortening time  Show cause order  Shulkhan Arukh  Sick pay  Sidebar  Sign  Signature  Signing bonus  Silk  Simple trusts in Australia  Simple trust (U.S. trust law)  Simultaneous death act  Sin  Sin-offering   sine die   sine qua non  Single life annuity  Situated ethics  Situational ethics   situs (law)  Slander  Slander of title  Slavery  Slavery at common law  Small claims court  Small claims track  Smuggling  Socage  Social capital  Social control  Social justice  Socialist law  Society for Animal Protective Legislation  Sodomy  Sodomy law  Software license  Software patent  Copyright infringement of software  Sole proprietorship  Solicitation  Solicitor  Solitary confinement  Solvency  Solvent  Sound mind and memory  – Sounds in Southern Poverty Law Center  Sovereign immunity  Sovereignty  Spanish Constitution of 1978  Spanish Inquisition  Speaking demurrer  Special administrator  Special damages  Special master  Special prosecutor  Special resolution  Special verdict  Specific bequest  Specific devise  Specific finding  Specific legacy  Specific performance  Speculative damages  Speed limit  Speed trap  Speedy trial  Spendthrift clause  Spendthrift trust  Spoliation of evidence  Spontaneous exclamation  Spot zoning  Spousal abuse  Spousal support  Springing interest  Squatter  Squatting  Stakeholder  Stamp duty  Standard form contract  Standard of care  Standing  Star Chamber  Star chamber proceedings   stare decisis  State action  State of domicile  State of Emergency  State religion  State-owned enterprise  Stationhouse bail  Statism  Status conference  Statute  Statute of frauds  Statute of limitations  Statutes of fraud  Statutes of limitations  Statutory Instrument  Statutory law  Statutory offer of settlement  Statutory rape  Stay away order  Stay of execution  Stay of proceedings  Stipendiary magistrate  Stipulation  Stock  Stock certificate  Stock in trade  Stock option  Stockholder  Stockholders' derivative action  Stoning  Stop and frisk  Strata title  Strategic lawsuits against public participation  Straw deed  Straw man  Street  Strict construction  Strict liability  Strike  Strike action  Structure   sua sponte   sub judice   sub modo   sub nomine   sub silentio  Sub-tenant  Subchapter S corporation  Subcontractor  Sublease  Sublet  Submitted  Subordination  Subordination agreement  Subornation of perjury   subpoena   subpoena ad testificum   subpoena duces tecum  Subrogation  Subrogee  Subrogor  Subscribe  Subscribers  Subsidiary company  Substantial performance  Substantive law  Substituted service  Substitution of attorney  Succession  Successive sentences  Suffering  Suffrage  Suggestion of death  - sui generis  Suicide  Suitor  Sum certain  Summary adjudication of issues  Summary assessment  Summary dismissal  Summary judgment  Summary offence  Summation  Summing  Summons  Sunnah  Superior court   supersedeas  Superseding cause  Suppression of evidence  Supremacy clause  Supreme court  Supreme Court of Canada  Supreme Court of India  Supreme Court of judicature  Supreme Court of New Zealand  Surety  Surplusage  Surrebutal  Surrender  Surrogate court  Survivorship  Suspended sentence  Sustain  Syndicate  Synod  Synthetic lease

T

T.R.O.  Table A  Tacking (law)  Tainted evidence  Taking the fifth  Tallage  Talmud  Tangible personal property  Tangible property  Taqlid  Targeting civilians  Targum  Tax  Tax avoidance  Tax costs  Tax credit  Tax deduction  Tax evasion  Tax haven  Tax law  Tax sale  Tax treaty  Taxation in the United States  Taxation of costs  Temporary injunction  Temporary insanity  Ten Commandments  Tenancy  Tenancy at sufferance  Tenancy at will  Tenancy by the entirety  Tenancy in common  Tenement  Tentative trust  Tenure  Terms and conditions of employment  Terms and conditions of purchase  Terms and conditions of sale  Terms of disparagement   terra nullius  Territorial integrity  Terrorism  Test Act  Testacy  Testamentary  Testamentary capacity  Testamentary disposition  Testamentary trust  Testate  Testator  Testatrix  Testify  Testimony  Texas Declaration of Independence  Crown  Old Bailey  The problem of evil  Theft  Theocracy  Third-party beneficiary  Thirty-day notice  Three strikes law  Three theological virtues  Tide lands  Time is of the essence  Time served  Timeshare  Tipstaff  Tithe  Title  Title abstract  Title insurance  Title report  Title search  Toll  Toll bridge  Toll road  Tontine  Tools of trade  Torah  Torah study  Torrens title  Tort  Tort claims act  Tortfeasor  Tortious  Torture  Tosafists  Tosefta  Total depravity  Totalitarian democracy  Totalitarianism  Totten doctrine  Totten trust  Tracing (law)  Trade  Trade fixture  Trade name  Trade secret  Trade union  Trade-Related aspects of Intellectual Property rights  Trademark  Trademarks registry  Tragedy of the commons  Transfer agent  Transfer in contemplation of death  Transfer of shares  Transferred intent  Transparency  Treason  Treasure trove  Treasury security  Treasury stock  Treaty  Treaty of Waitangi  Treble damages  Trespass  Trial  Trial advocacy  Trial by combat  Trial by ordeal  Trial court  Trial de novo  Trial in absentia  Tribunal  Tribute  Trier of fact   trinoda necessitas  Triple net lease  Truancy  True bill  Trust law  Trust fund  Trust instrument  Trustee  Trustee in bankruptcy  Trustor  Trusts and estates  Truth in Lending Act  Try title  Turn state's evidence  Twelve Tables  Twinkie defense

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Uberrima fides  UCC-1  Ulema  Ultimate fact   ultra vires  Ultrahazardous activity  Unclean hands  Unconscionable  Unconstitutional  Under the influence  Underground Railroad  Underwrite  Underwriter  Underwriting agreement  Undisclosed principal  Undivided interest  Undue influence  Unfair competition  Unfair dismissal  Unfree labour  Unified estate and gift tax  Uniform Code of Military Justice  Uniform Commercial Code  Uniform reciprocal enforcement of support act  Unilateral contract  Uninsured motorist clause  Unissued stock  Unitary state  United Nations Charter  United Nations Convention Against Torture  United States bankruptcy court  United States Bill of Rights  United States Code  United States Constitution  United States constitutional law  United States court of appeals  United States Declaration of Independence  United States Department of Justice  United States district court  United States Federal Income Tax Personal Exemption  United States federal judicial circuit  United States federal judicial district  United States Office of the Independent Counsel  United States Patent and Trademark Office  United States prison population  United States Supreme Court  United States tax reform  Trademark Law (United States)  Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare  Universal Declaration of Human Rights  Universal jurisdiction  Unjust enrichment  Unjust taking  Unlawful  Unlawful assembly  Unlawful detainer   uno flatu  Unofficial law  Unreasonable search and seizure  Unspecified claim  Use tax  Usucaption  Usufruct  Usurious  Usury   uti possidetis  Utilitarianism  Utility (patent)

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Vacated judgment   Vacatio legis  Valid claim  Valuable consideration  Variance  Vehicular homicide   vel non  Vendée  Vendor   venire  Venue (law)  Verdict  Vesting  Vested remainder  Vested right  Vexatious litigation  Vicarious liability  Vice-Chancellor (UK legal system)   vice versa   vide   videlicet  Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations  Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties  Vigilantism  Violence  Virginia Declaration of Rights  Virtue ethics  Virtue jurisprudence  Visitation right   viz.  Void  Vagueness doctrine  Void marriage  Voidable  Voidable marriage  Voir dire  Volens  Voluntary association  Voluntary bankruptcy  Voting trust  Vulgate

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Wage execution  Wahhabism  Waive  Waiver  Walking possession  Waqf  War crime  War Crimes Law (Belgium)  War on Drugs  War Powers Resolution  War reparations  Ward (legal)  Ward of court  Wardship  Warrant (legal)  Warrant of committal  Warrant of delivery  Warrant of execution  Warrant of possession  Warranty  Warranty deed  Waste  Watered stock  Weimar constitution  West American Digest System  Wet reckless  Whiplash (medicine)  Whistleblower  White collar crime  Widow  Widow's election  Widower  Will  Will contest  Willful  Willfully  Winding up  Window tax  Wiretap  Witchhunt  Witness  Witness stand  Witness statement  Words of art  Work stoppage  Workers' compensation  Workers' compensation acts  Workmen's compensation  World Declaration on Great Apes  World Intellectual Property Organization  World Trade Organization  Writ  Writ of attachment  Writ of coram nobis  Writ of execution  Writ of mandate  Wrongful death  Wrongful discharge  Wrongful dismissal  Wrongful termination  Wrongful trading

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution</span> 1791 amendment enumerating due process rights

The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution creates several constitutional rights, limiting governmental powers focusing on criminal procedures. It was ratified, along with nine other articles, in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Law of Bangladesh</span> Overview of the law of Bangladesh

Bangladesh is a common law country having its legal system developed by the British rulers during their colonial rule over British India. The land now comprises Bangladesh was known as Bengal during the British and Mughal regime while by some other names earlier. Though there were religious and political equipments and institutions from almost prehistoric era, Mughals first tried to recognise and establish them through state mechanisms. The Charter of 1726, granted by King George I, authorised the East India Company to establish Mayor's Courts in Madras, Bombay and Calcutta and is recognised as the first codified law for the British India. As a part of the then British India, it was the first codified law for the then Bengal too. Since independence in 1971, statutory law enacted by the Parliament of Bangladesh has been the primary form of legislation. Judge-made law continues to be significant in areas such as constitutional law. Unlike in other common law countries, the Supreme Court of Bangladesh has the power to not only interpret laws made by the parliament, but to also declare them null and void and to enforce fundamental rights of the citizens. The Bangladesh Code includes a compilation of all laws since 1836. The vast majority of Bangladeshi laws are in English. But most laws adopted after 1987 are in Bengali. Family law is intertwined with religious law. Bangladesh has significant international law obligations.

A contract is an agreement that specifies certain legally enforceable rights and obligations pertaining to two or more parties. A contract typically involves the transfer of goods, services, money, or a promise to transfer any of those at a future date, and the activities and intentions of the parties entering into a contract may be referred to as contracting. In the event of a breach of contract, the injured party may seek judicial remedies such as damages or equitable remedies such as specific performance or rescission. A binding agreement between actors in international law is known as a treaty.

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