Category: Law

This category contains a list of 772 Law related terms.

abatement of a nuisance	accretion	acquittal
acquittance	act	action at law
actual damages	actual eviction	actual possession
adjective	administrative hearing	administrative law
admiralty law	adoption	advice and consent
advowson	affirmation	affirmative pleading
aggrieve	alibi	alienable
alienation	all-or-none law	allegation
alterable	alternative pleading	amicus curiae
amicus curiae brief	amnesty	annulment
answer	anti-drug law	anti-racketeering law
antitrust case	antitrust law	antitrust legislation
appeal	appellant	appellate
appointment	appropriation bill	arbitration
archimedes' principle	arrest warrant	assignment
assignor	assize	assumed name
attachment	attestation	attestator
attestor	attorn	attorney
attorney general	attorney-client relation	authorisation
authorization	avogadro's hypothesis	avogadro's law
award	awarding	bail out
bakke decision	bank-depositor relation	bankruptcy
bar	barratry	barrister
bastardy proceeding	bear witness	bench warrant
benford's law	bernoulli's law	bill
bill of attainder	bill of particulars	bill of rights
bill of sale	bind over	bja
blue law	blue ribbon jury	blue sky law
bose-einstein statistics	bottle bill	boyle's law
brief	building code	bureau of justice assistance
cachet	canon law	capacitate
case	case law	causa
cause of action	caveat	cease and desist order
certiorari	champerty	chance-medley
charge	charles's law	chief justice
circuit	circuit court of appeals	citation
citizenship	civil contempt	civil death
civil law	civil liberty	civil right
civil suit	civil union	civil wrong
class action	class-action suit	client
codicil	cognovit judgement	cognovit judgment
color of law	colour of law	combination in restraint of trade
commercial law	common-law marriage	commutation
comparative negligence	compensatory damages	competence hearing
complainant	compromise verdict	conclusion of law
concurrent negligence	concurring opinion	condemnation
confession of judgement	confession of judgment	confidential adviser-advisee relation
consensual	consent decree	conservative judaism
conservator-ward relation	constitution	constitution of the united states
constructive eviction	constructive possession	contempt
contempt of congress	contempt of court	contractor
contributory negligence	contumacy	convey
conveyance	conveyancer	convict
corpus delicti	corroborating evidence	coulomb's law
counselor-at-law	counterclaim	counterplea
countersuit	court	court order
courthouse	courtroom	covert
criminal contempt	criminal law	criminal maintenance
criminal negligence	criminal possession	criminal prosecution
criminal suit	cross-examination	culpable negligence
curfew	custody battle	custody case
dalton's law	dalton's law of partial pressures	dba
death warrant	debarment	debenture
declaration	decree nisi	deed
deed of conveyance	deed of trust	deed poll
default judgement	default judgment	defective pleading
defence	defendant	defense attorney
defense lawyer	delinquency	demur
demurral	demurrer	deposition
derivative instrument	derogation	dictum
dilatory plea	diplomatic immunity	direct evidence
direct examination	directed verdict	director-stockholder relation
disbar	disbarment	disclaimer
discovery	dissent	dissenting opinion
dissolution of marriage	distribution law	divestiture
divine law	divorce lawyer	divorcement
dock	docket	doing business as
doom	double jeopardy	drug war
due process	due process of law	easement
ecclesiastical law	edict	effect
eighteenth amendment	electoral system	eminent domain
enabling act	enabling clause	enabling legislation
enactment	enfeoffment	entitlement
entrapment	equal opportunity	equal protection of the laws
equilibrium law	escheat	essential
estate for life	evasive answer	evidentiary
exclusion principle	execution	execution of instrument
executor-heir relation	exemplary damages	extenuate
fair hearing	false imprisonment	false pretence
false pretense	false verdict	farm bill
fbi	fechner's law	federal bureau of investigation
federal job safety law	fermi-dirac statistics	fiat
fictitious name	fiduciary relation	fieri facias
fifth amendment	file	filer
filiate	final decision	final injunction
final judgment	finding	finding of fact
finding of law	fire code	first amendment
force	fourteenth amendment	free pardon
freedom from cruel and unusual punishment	freedom from discrimination	freedom from double jeopardy
freedom from involuntary servitude	freedom from search and seizure	freedom from self-incrimination
freedom of assembly	freedom of religion	freedom of speech
freedom of the press	freedom to bear arms	friend of the court
fundamental law	fungible	gag law
gag order	game law	garnishment
gay-lussac's law	general damages	general verdict
geographical indication	get off	give
grand jury	grant	habeas corpus
health code	hearing	hearsay evidence
heirloom	henry's law	hereditary
heritage	high court	homestead law
hooke's law	hubble law	hubble's law
human right	hung jury	imprisonment
indirect evidence	infection	inheritance
interest	interlocutory injunction	internment
intervenor	intervention	intestate
intra vires	invalidation	islamic law
jactitation	jane doe	john doe
joint resolution	jointure	judgement
judgement by default	judgement in rem	judgement of dismissal
judgement on the merits	judgement on the pleadings	judgment by default
judgment of dismissal	judgment on the merits	judgment on the pleadings
judicial admission	judicial branch	judicial decision
judicial doctrine	judicial principle	judicial proceeding
judicial review	judicial separation	judicial writ
jug	jurisdiction	jury system
jus sanguinis	jus soli	justice of the peace
juvenile delinquency	kepler's law	kepler's law of planetary motion
kidnapping	kirchhoff's laws	lag
law	law enforcement	law firm
law merchant	law of archimedes	law of averages
law of chemical equilibrium	law of constant proportion	law of definite proportions
law of diminishing returns	law of effect	law of equivalent proportions
law of gravitation	law of large numbers	law of mass action
law of moses	law of motion	law of multiple proportions
law of nations	law of partial pressures	law of reciprocal proportions
law of the land	law of thermodynamics	law of volumes
law practice	lawgiver	lawmaker
lawsuit	lawyer	lawyer-client relation
legal action	legal assistant	legal brief
legal code	legal community	legal document
legal duty	legal expert	legal fee
legal guardian	legal instrument	legal jointure
legal opinion	legal ouster	legal power
legal principle	legal proceeding	legal profession
legal relation	legal representation	legal representative
legal residence	legal separation	legal status
legal system	legalisation	legalization
legislative act	legitimation	letters of administration
letters patent	letters testamentary	lettre de cachet
life estate	limitation	liquidator
lis pendens	litigant	litigator
living will	maintenance	majority opinion
malice aforethought	mandamus	mandatory injunction
marine law	mariotte's law	marital status
maritime law	marriage	martial law
matter of law	measure	mendel's law
mendeleev's law	mens rea	mercantile law
messuage	military law	mistrial
mitigate	mitigating circumstance	monition
moot	moot court	mortgage deed
mosaic law	muniments	murder conviction
naturalisation	naturalization	neglect of duty
negotiable instrument	newton's law	newton's law of gravitation
newton's law of motion	next friend	night court
nineteenth amendment	nominal damages	non pros
non prosequitur	nonaged	notary public
notification	novation	nuisance
nuisance abatement	obiter dictum	objection
obstruction of justice	occupational safety and health act	official document
ohm's law	opinion	ordinance
ordinary	organic law	ouster
owner	palliate	paralegal
pardon	partner relation	pascal's law
pascal's law of fluid pressures	passage	passport
patent right	patent system	paternity suit
pauli exclusion principle	penal code	periodic law
permanent injunction	permissive waste	petit jury
petty jury	plaintiff	planck's law
planck's radiation law	plea	plea-bargain
plead	pleading in the alternative	police court
poor law	power law	power of attorney
practice of law	pre-emption	precedent
preemption	prefer	premeditation
presentment	presumption	pretrial
pretrial conference	prevailing party	principle
principle of relativity	privilege against self incrimination	probable cause
probate	probate court	probate will
probation	procedural	process
process of monition	production	prohibition
promulgator	proprietor	prove
public defender	public law	punitive damages
put away	put behind bars	quarter sessions
question of law	quitclaim	quitclaim deed
quo warranto	quotient verdict	racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations act
rape conviction	re-examine	re-sentencing
rebuttal	receiver-creditor relation	receivership
recission	recognisance	recognizance
reconvict	record	recusal
recusation	recuse	redirect examination
reexamination	register	rejoinder
relation	relation back	relief
remission	remitment	render
replication	reprieve	republish
res gestae	rescission	rescript
residuary	retaliatory eviction	retrial
reversal	reversion	reversionary
reversioner	revertible	review
richard roe	rico	rico act
right of election	right of entry	right of privacy
right of re-entry	right to an attorney	right to confront accusors
right to due process	right to speedy and public trial by jury	right to vote
riot act	robbery conviction	rule
rule of evidence	rule of law	rundown
sanitary code	satisfaction	scienter
scire facias	scopes trial	search warrant
secret approval	securities law	sedition
sequestration	sex crime	sex offense
sexual abuse	sexual assault	sharia
sharia law	shariah	shariah law
ship's papers	show	sidebar
smart money	snatch	solicitor
sound law	special act	special jury
special pleading	special verdict	specification
spoliation	spousal relationship	stake
state supreme court	state's evidence	statute book
statute law	statute of limitations	statutory law
stay	stay of execution	stevens' law
stevens' power law	stipulation	stultify
submission	submit	subornation
subornation of perjury	subpoena ad testificandum	subpoena duces tecum
subrogation	substantive	summary judgement
summary judgment	summing up	superior court
supreme court	supreme court of the united states	surrebuttal
surrebutter	surrejoinder	tacit consent
take exception	take the stand	tax law
tax system	temporary injunction	test case
test suit	testament	testate
testimony	therefor	ticket
title	title deed	tort
trade bill	traffic court	transcript
transferee	transferor	transmissible
traverse	trial	trial attorney
trial court	trial judge	trial lawyer
trier	trust busting	trust deed
trustee-beneficiary relation	u. s. code	u.s. constitution
unalterable	underage	undue
union	united states code	united states constitution
united states supreme court	unqualified	us constitution
usufruct	ux.	venire
venire facias	venter	verdict
verification	verify	vested interest
vexatious litigation	visitation right	void
voting system	vouchee	warrant
weber's law	weber-fechner law	wedlock
writ	writ of certiorari	writ of detinue
writ of election	writ of error	writ of execution
writ of habeas corpus	writ of mandamus	writ of prohibition
writ of right

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