Category of | adjective, procedural; substantive, essential; alienable; undue; alterable; unalterable; qualified; unqualified; consensual; revertible; fungible; ancestral, hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible; intra vires; ultra vires; major; minor, nonaged, underage; covert; moot; testate; intestate; null, void; evidentiary; appellate, appellant; residuary; reversionary; impoundment, impounding, internment, poundage; award, awarding; appointment; remission, remitment, remit; novation; subrogation; disbarment; derogation; recission, rescission; abatement of a nuisance, nuisance abatement; production; law, practice of law; law practice; tort, civil wrong; delinquency, juvenile delinquency; comparative negligence; concurrent negligence; contributory negligence; criminal negligence, culpable negligence; neglect of duty; false pretense, false pretence; resisting arrest; sedition; sexual assault, sexual abuse, sex crime, sex offense; kidnapping, snatch; actual possession; constructive possession; criminal possession; intervention; objection; recusation; recusation, recusal; alienation; legislation, legislating, lawmaking; trust busting; enactment, passage; law enforcement; legal duty; justice, judicature; false imprisonment; imprisonment; commutation, re-sentencing; contempt; contempt of Congress; contempt of court; civil contempt; contumacy; criminal contempt; obstruction of justice; due process, due process of law; legal action, action, action at law; lawsuit, suit, case, cause, causa; civil suit; class action, class-action suit; countersuit; criminal suit; moot; paternity suit, bastardy proceeding; antitrust case; counterclaim; custody case; lis pendens; proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings; adoption; appeal; reversal; affirmation; bankruptcy; receivership; litigation, judicial proceeding; custody battle; vexatious litigation; presentment, notification; naturalization, naturalisation; judgment, judgement, judicial decision; confession of judgment, confession of judgement, cognovit judgment, cognovit judgement; default judgment, default judgement, judgment by default, judgement by default; non prosequitur, non pros; final judgment, final decision; judgment in personam, judgement in personam, personal judgment, personal judgement; judgment in rem, judgement in rem; judgment of dismissal, judgement of dismissal, dismissal; judgment on the merits, judgement on the merits; summary judgment, summary judgement, judgment on the pleadings, judgement on the pleadings; opinion, ruling; Bakke decision; finding; verdict, finding of fact; finding of law, conclusion of law; compromise verdict; directed verdict; false verdict; general verdict; quotient verdict; special verdict; acquittal; murder conviction; rape conviction; robbery conviction; eviction, dispossession, legal ouster; ouster; actual eviction; eviction, constructive eviction; retaliatory eviction; legalization, legalisation, legitimation; legitimation; trial; trial; Scopes trial; review; judicial review; plea; double jeopardy; prosecution, criminal prosecution; test case, test suit; defense, defence, denial, demurrer; entrapment; mistrial; retrial; hearing; administrative hearing; competence hearing; fair hearing; quo warranto; divorce, divorcement; legal separation, separation; condemnation; drug war; annulment, invalidation; dissolution of marriage; amnesty, pardon, free pardon; spoliation; waste, permissive waste; parole; probation; reprieve, respite; bar; banch; court, courtroom; courthouse; dock; messuage; color of law, colour of law; effect, force; infection; advowson; human right; easement; privilege; entitlement; civil right, civil rights; civil liberty; habeas corpus; freedom of religion; freedom of speech; freedom of the press; freedom of assembly; freedom to bear arms; freedom from search and seizure; right to due process; freedom from self-incrimination, privilege against self incrimination; freedom from double jeopardy; right to speedy and public trial by jury; right to an attorney; right to confront accusors; freedom from cruel and unusual punishment; freedom from involuntary servitude; equal protection of the laws; right to vote, vote, suffrage; freedom from discrimination; equal opportunity; eminent domain; franchise, enfranchisement; patent right; right of election; right of entry; right of re-entry; right of offset; right of privacy; use, enjoyment; usufruct; visitation rights; legal power, jurisdiction; venter; presumption; rationale, principle; mens rea, malice aforethought; premeditation; mitigating circumstance; probable cause; nuisance; legal system; bail; jury system; patent system; tax system; voting system, electoral system; legal principle, judicial principle, judicial doctrine; jus sanguinis; jus soli; preemption, pre-emption; relation back, relation; summation, summing up, rundown; legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument; derivative instrument, derivative; negotiable instrument; docket; passport; ship's papers; manifest; transcript, copy; joint resolution; debenture; power of attorney; letters of administration; letters testamentary; act, enactment; law; anti-drug law; anti-racketeering law, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, RICO Act, RICO; antitrust legislation, antitrust law; statute of limitations; fundamental law, organic law, constitution; United States Constitution, Constitution of the United States; public law; legislation, statute law; enabling legislation; occupational safety and health act, federal job safety law; advice and consent; statute book; bill, measure; appropriation bill; bill of attainder; bottle bill; farm bill; trade bill; blue law; blue sky law; gag law; game law; homestead law; poor law; Riot Act; criminal law; court order; decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript; consent decree; curfew; decree nisi; divestiture; legal separation, judicial separation; prohibition; stay; stay of execution; injunction, enjoining, enjoinment, cease and desist order; mandatory injunction; permanent injunction, final injunction; temporary injunction, interlocutory injunction; brief, legal brief; amicus curiae brief; will, testament; probate, probate will; codicil; living will; deed, deed of conveyance, title; assignment; bill of sale; deed poll; enfeoffment; mortgage deed; title deed; trust deed, deed of trust; conveyance; quitclaim, quitclaim deed; muniments; warrant; search warrant; bench warrant, arrest warrant; death warrant; cachet, lettre de cachet; reprieve; commutation; license, licence, permit; patent, letters patent; opinion, legal opinion, judgment, judgement; concurring opinion; dissenting opinion; majority opinion; pardon, amnesty; acquittance, release; writ, judicial writ; assize; certiorari, writ of certiorari; execution, writ of execution; execution, execution of instrument; habeas corpus, writ of habeas corpus; venire facias; mandamus, writ of mandamus; attachment; fieri facias; scire facias; sequestration; writ of detinue; writ of election; writ of error; writ of prohibition; writ of right; mandate, authorization, authorisation; summons, process; subpoena, subpoena ad testificandum; subpoena duces tecum; gag order; garnishment; interdict, interdiction; citation; monition, process of monition; ticket; bill of Particulars; pleading; affirmative pleading; alternative pleading, pleading in the alternative; answer; evasive answer; plea; counterplea; dilatory plea; libel; defective pleading; demurrer; rebutter, rebuttal; replication; rejoinder; special pleading; surrebutter, surrebuttal; surrejoinder; plea bargain, plea bargaining; legislative act, statute; enabling act, enabling clause; ordinance; special act; rule of evidence; legal code; penal code; United States Code, U. S. Code; building code; fire code; sanitary code, health code; specification; connivance, secret approval, tacit consent; libel; Bill of Rights; First Amendment; Fifth Amendment; Fourteenth Amendment; Eighteenth Amendment; Twentieth Amendment; submission; evidence; testimony; corpus delicti; direct evidence; res gestae; circumstantial evidence, indirect evidence; corroborating evidence; hearsay evidence; state's evidence; declaration; affidavit; verification; subornation; alibi; caveat; jactitation; obiter dictum, dictum; written agreement; question of law, matter of law; sidebar; pretrial, pretrial conference; arbitration; citation; deposition; cross-examination; direct examination; redirect examination, reexamination; disclaimer; demur, demurral, demurrer; dissent; discovery; stipulation, judicial admission; allegation; subornation of perjury; combination in restraint of trade; law firm; Conservative Judaism; legal profession, bar, legal community; Department of Justice, Justice Department, Justice, DoJ; Bureau of Justice Assistance, BJA; Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI; circuit court of appeals; circuit; military court; moot court; night court; provost court; police court; probate court; quarter sessions; superior court; Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States, United States Supreme Court; supreme court, state supreme court, high court; traffic court; trial court; judicial branch; panel, venire; grand jury; hung jury; petit jury, petty jury; special jury, blue ribbon jury; administrative law; civil law; common law, case law, precedent; law of the land; maritime law, admiralty law; martial law; mercantile law, commercial law, law merchant; military law; statutory law; securities law; tax law; domicile, legal residence; defendant, suspect; advocate, counsel, counselor, counsellor, counselor-at-law, pleader; amicus curiae, friend of the court; assignee; assignor; attorney general; barrister; chief justice; contractor; conveyancer; client; defense attorney, defense lawyer; divorce lawyer; filer; intervenor; Jane Doe; John Doe; judge advocate general; jurist, legal expert; justice of the peace; lawgiver, lawmaker; lawyer, attorney; legal representative; legislator; liquidator, receiver; litigant, litigator; next friend; notary, notary public; ordinary; owner, proprietor; paralegal, legal assistant; party; plaintiff, complainant; prevailing party; promulgator; prosecutor, public prosecutor, prosecuting officer, prosecuting attorney; public defender; referee; reversioner; Richard Roe; solicitor; transferee; transferor; trial attorney, trial lawyer; trial judge; trier; trustee, legal guardian; uxor, ux; vouchee; witness, attestant, attestor, attestator; witness; life estate, estate for life; grant, assignment; inheritance, heritage; accretion; bequest, legacy; devise; jointure, legal jointure; heirloom; interest, stake; vested interest; relief; actual damages, compensatory damages, general damages; nominal damages; punitive damages, exemplary damages, smart money; legal fee; reversion; escheat; recognizance, recognisance; record; legal relation; fiduciary relation; bank-depositor relation; confidential adviser-advisee relation; conservator-ward relation; director-stockholder relation; executor-heir relation; lawyer-client relation, attorney-client relation; partner relation; receiver-creditor relation; trustee-beneficiary relation; legal status; civil death; citizenship; marital status; marriage, matrimony, union, spousal relationship, wedlock; bigamy; civil union; common-law marriage; rule of law; legal representation; diplomatic immunity; limitation; therefor; scienter; republish; attorn; prove; recuse; filiate; charge; plead; plea-bargain; re-examine; vouch in; challenge, take exception; get off; pardon; amnesty; extenuate, palliate, mitigate; convict; reconvict; sentence, condemn, doom; capacitate; recuse; file, register; docket; docket; verify; testify, attest, take the stand, bear witness; testify, bear witness, prove, evidence, show; plead; demur; counterclaim; convey; render, submit; prefer; probate; bail out; imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol, put away, remand; bind over; aggrieve |
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