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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
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 – Brigida v. FAA – 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 of performance – 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
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
Kangaroo court – Karaites – Karma – Kosher law – Kellogg-Briand Pact – Kidnapping – King's Bench – Kinshasa Declaration on Great Apes – Know-how – Kollel
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 – 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'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.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.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
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 license – Permissive society – 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
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
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
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.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
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)
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
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
Xeer – Xenelasia – X-Patent
Yellow Dog contract – Yeshiva – Youthful offender
Zoning