The Ultimate Legal Dictionary

A complete list of the legal terms and definitions every attorney, paralegal, and law student needs to know.

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SELECT LETTER
SELECT LETTER
A Fortiori
A Priori
A-SHARE
Ab Initio
Abandon
Abandoned Property
Abandonment
Abandonment Clause
Abandonment Of Spouse
Abandonment Of Trademark
Abandonment Value
Administration
Admission on Motion
Appellate Rules of Procedure
Avia
Ballot Rigging
Banking Act of 1933
Banking Day
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy Administrator
Bankruptcy Estate
Bankruptcy Judge
Bankruptcy Petition
Bond Forfeiture
Booby Traps
Breach of Fiduciary Duty
Breaking and Entering
Capacity to Contract
Case Management Conference
Cause of Action
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 15
Chapter 7
Chapter 9
Collateral Estoppel
Concealed Weapons
Contraband Cigarette Trafficking Act
D Ratio
Death Penalty Law
Debt Service
Debt Validation Notice
Debt-Equity Swap
Debtor in Possession
Defendant
Descendant
Detrimental Reliance
Dialogue
DICTA
Digestuin
Discharge
Dischargeable Debt
Disclosure Statement
Dismissal for Want of Prosecution (DWOP)
Dismissed with Prejudice
Doctor
Dying Without Issue
Dyspareunia
Equitable Distribution
Equitable Tolling
Equity
Equity of Exoneration
Equity of Redemption
Extrinsic Fraud
Extrinsic Motivation
Extrinsic Reward
Extroversion
EXTUM
Exuere Patriam
Exulare
Eyewitness
Eyewitness Provision
Eyewitness Testimony
Eyott
Fabricate
Face
Face Value
Facies
Facio Ut Des
Fact
Factor
Factoring Process
Factory
Family Law
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Federal Rules of Evidence
Finance Company
Financial Accounting Standards Board
Financial Institution
Fraudulent Inducement
Free on Board
GAAP
GAAS
Gaia Hypothesis
Gain Contingency
Gambling Device
Game
Gap Creditor
Gap Period
Garnishment
GBMI
Good Samaritans
Guardianship
Harassment
Hearing on the Merits
Hearsay Exceptions
Immigration Law Forms
Indemnity Bond
Insider of Corporate Debtor
Insider of Individual Debtor
Interrogatories
Invasion of Privacy
Joint Administration
Joint Petition
Jury Instructions
Labeling
Labor
Legal System
Legend Drug
Lien
Liquidated Claim
Liquidation
Locus Standi
Means Test
Motion For Contempt
Motion For Default
Motion for Final Judgement
Motion for Substituted Service
Motion Hearing
Motion in Limine
Motion to Compel
Motion to Lift the Automatic Stay
Motion to Suppress
No-Asset Case
Nondischargeable Debt
Objection to Dischargeability
Objection to Exemptions
Partion
Payment in Court
Peace Bond
Peeping Tom
Personal Service
Persuasive Authority
Petition for Certiorari
Preliminary Injunction
Preponderance
Procedural Law
Process Server
Proof
Proper Party
Prosecution
Provisional Remedy
PSEUDONYM
Public Auction
Public Place
Punitive Damages
Question of Fact
Question of Law
Qui tam
Recess
Request For Admissions
Request for Production
Return of Service
Romeo And Juliet Law
Sealed Indictment
Sick Leave and Personal Days
Squatters Rights
Subpoena
Suo Moto
Suspended Imposition Sentence (SIS)
Temporary Restraining Order
Territorial Jurisdiction
Tort
Ubi Jus Ibi Remedium
Undisclosed Principal
Uninhabitable Living Conditions
Unjust Enrichment
Voir dire
Wayleave
Wharf
Without Recourse
Work Product
Writ of Coram Nobis
Yacht
Yacht Insurance
Yahoo
Yankee Cd
Year
Year and a Day
Yellow Dog Contract

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