List of legal topics

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This article is an alphabetized index to law-related subjects.^[1] The topics here pertain to law as a system, that has a history which effects states and social institutions.

See other law lists at end (below) for additional categories, including case law lists. See also specific legislation articles at end (below), including proposed and actual legislation, but excluding charters, codes, constitutions and international treaties.

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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A

a fortiori -- a posteriori -- a priori -- a priori assumption -- A.K.A. -- ab extra -- ab initio -- Abandon -- Abandoned property -- Abandonment -- Abate -- Abatement -- Abduction -- Abet -- Abeyance -- Able-bodied -- Abolitionism -- Abortion -- Abortion, legal and moral issues -- Abrogate -- Abscond -- Absolute -- Abstention doctrine -- Abstract -- Abstract of judgment -- Abstract of title -- Abuse of discretion -- Abuse of process -- Abut -- Acceleration -- Acceleration clause -- Accept -- Acceptance -- Acceptance of service -- Access -- Accession -- Accessory -- Accommodation -- Accomplice -- Accord and satisfaction -- Account stated -- Accountability -- Accounting period -- Accounting reference date -- Accounts payable -- Accounts receivable -- Accretion -- Accrue -- Accusation -- Accused -- Acknowledge -- Acknowledgement of service -- Acknowledgment -- Acquis -- Acquisitive prescription -- Acquit -- Acquittal -- Act -- 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 -- Administrator -- Administrator -- Admiralty -- Admiralty actions -- Admiralty court -- Admiralty law -- Admissible evidence -- Admission -- Admission against interest -- Admission of evidence -- Admission of guilt -- Admission to bail -- Admission to the bar -- Admit -- Adopt -- Adoption -- Adultery -- Advance -- Advance directive -- Advancement -- Adversary system -- Adverse -- Adverse interest -- Adverse party -- Adverse possession -- Adverse witness -- Advisory opinion -- Advocate -- Affiant -- Affidavit -- Affiliation -- Affirm -- Affirmation -- Affirmative action -- Affirmative defense -- Affix -- Affreightment -- After-acquired property -- After-acquired title -- After-discovered evidence -- Age discrimination -- Age of consent -- Age of majority -- Agency -- Agency agreement -- Agent -- Agent for acceptance of service -- Aggravated assault -- Agreed statement -- Agreement -- Aid and abet -- Aleatory -- Alias -- Alibi -- Alien -- Alienation -- Alienation of affections -- Alimony -- Aliquot -- Aliunde -- 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 -- Amelioration Act 1798 -- Amend -- 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 -- And -- Animal rights -- animus nocendi -- Animus revertendi -- annual general meeting -- Annuity -- Annul -- Annulment -- Anomie -- Answer -- ante -- Antecedent (law) -- Antenuptial (prenuptial) agreement -- Anticipatory breach -- Antidisestablishmentarianism -- Antinomianism -- Antitrust -- Antitrust laws -- Apartheid -- Apparent authority -- Appeal -- Appeal bond -- Appeals court -- Appear -- Appearance -- Appellant -- Appellate court -- Appellate review -- Appellee -- Applicant -- Application -- Appraise -- Appraisement or appraisal -- Appraiser -- Appreciate -- Appreciation -- Apprenticeship -- Approach -- Approach the bench -- Approach the witness -- Appurtenances -- Appurtenant -- Arbiter -- 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 -- Assault and battery -- Assess -- Asset -- Assign -- Assigned risk -- Assignee -- Assignment -- Assignment for benefit of creditors -- Assigns -- Assisted person -- Assize Court -- Associate justice -- Association -- Assume -- Assumption -- Assumption of risk -- Assured -- Asylum and Immigration Tribunal -- Asylum seeker -- At will -- At will employment -- Atrocity -- Attached -- Attachment -- Attachment of earnings -- Attempt -- Attest -- Attestation -- Attorney -- 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 -- Authorities -- Authority -- Authorize -- Automatic stay -- Autrefois acquit -- Avulsion -- Award -- Ayatollah --

B

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 -- Bailer/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 -- Bargain and sale deed -- Barratry -- Barrister -- Basic Law of various jurisdictions -- Basis -- Battery -- Beach bum trust provision -- Bearer -- Bearer paper -- Belief -- Bench -- Bench memorandum -- Bench trial -- Bench warrant -- Beneficial interest -- Beneficial use -- Beneficiary -- Beneficiary (trust) -- Benefit -- Benefit of counsel -- Bequeath -- Bequest -- Berne three-step test -- Best evidence rule -- Best Interests of the Child -- Bestiality -- Beyond a reasonable doubt -- BFP -- Bias -- Biculturalism -- Bid -- 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 -- Binder -- 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 -- Boiler room -- Boilerplate -- bona fide -- Bona fide purchaser -- bona vacantia -- Bond -- Bond for deed -- Bondsman -- Booby trap -- Book account -- Book value -- Booking -- Bootleg recording -- Border control -- Bottomry -- Boycott -- Breach -- Breach of contract -- Breach of promise -- Breach of the peace -- Breach of trust -- Breach of warranty -- Breaking and entering -- Bribery -- Bride price -- Brief -- Brief -- British constitution -- British constitutional law -- British nationality law -- Brocard -- Broker -- Brought to trial -- Bucket shop -- Building and loan -- Bulk sale -- Bulk sales acts -- Bulk transfer -- Burden -- Burden of proof -- Burgage -- Burglary -- Business -- Business assets -- Business ethics -- Business invitee -- But for rule -- Buy-sell agreement -- Bylaw -- Bylaws -- Bypass trust --Bypassing law

C

C.I.F. -- Cadastral map -- cadit quaestio -- Calendar -- Calendar call -- Caliphate -- Call -- Call to the bar -- Calumny -- Campaign finance reform -- Canadian Bill of Rights -- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms -- Cancel -- Cancellation -- Caning -- Cannabis: Legal issues -- Canon -- Canon law -- Cap -- 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 -- Capitalization -- Capitalized value -- Capricious -- Caption -- Care -- Careless -- Carjacking -- Carnal knowledge -- Carrier -- Carryback -- Carrying for hire -- Carrying on business -- Carryover -- Cartel -- Case -- Case conference -- Case law -- Case law in the United States -- Case number -- Case of first impression -- Case system -- Case-based reasoning -- Cashier's check -- Casual -- Casualty insurance -- Casualty loss -- Casuistry -- Catechism -- Categorical Imperative -- Catholic Emancipation -- cause -- Cause of action -- Caution -- caveat -- 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 (law) -- Challenge for cause -- Chambers -- Champerty -- Chancellor -- Chancery -- Chancery division -- Change of circumstances -- Change of venue -- Character witness -- Charge -- Charging lien -- Charging order -- Charitable contribution -- Charitable organization -- Charitable remainder trust -- Charitable trust -- Charter -- Chattel -- Chattel mortgage -- Check -- Checks and balances -- Cherem -- Chief Justice -- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada -- Chief Justice of the United States -- Child -- Child abuse -- Child custody -- Child endangerment -- Child neglect -- Child pornography -- Child sexual abuse -- Child support -- Chinese law -- Churning -- Circuit courts -- Circuit judge -- Circumcision -- Circumstantial evidence -- Citation -- Cite -- Citizen -- Citizen's dividend -- Citizenship -- Civil -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- Comment -- Commentaries on the Laws of England -- Commercial frustration -- Commercial law -- Commingling -- Commission -- Commissioner of oaths -- Commitment -- Committal -- Common area -- Common carrier -- Common counts -- Common law -- Common property -- Common stock -- Common-law marriage -- Commons -- Community patent -- Community property -- Commutation -- Company -- Company seal -- Comparative law -- Comparative negligence -- Comparative responsibility -- Compensation -- Compensatory damages -- Competent -- Complainant -- Complaint -- Complete contract -- compos mentis -- Compound interest -- Compound question -- Compounding a felony -- Compounding treason -- Compromise -- Compromise verdict -- Concealed weapon -- Concealment -- Conciliation -- Conclusion -- Conclusion of fact -- Conclusion of law -- Concubinage -- Concurrent sentence -- Concurrent sentences -- Concurrent writ -- Condemn -- Condemnation -- Condemnation action -- Condition -- Condition precedent -- Condition subsequent -- Conditional bequest -- Conditional discharge -- Conditional dismissal -- Conditional sale -- Condominium -- Condone -- Conduct money -- Confederate States Constitution -- Confess -- Confession -- Confession and avoidance -- Confession of judgment -- Confidence game -- Confidential communication -- Confidential information -- Confidential relation -- Confidentiality -- Confiscate -- Conflict of interest -- Conflict of law -- Conflict of laws -- Confrontation -- Confucianism -- Confusingly similar -- Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith -- Congressional-executive agreement -- Conjugal rights -- Conscientious objector -- Conscious parallelism -- Conscription -- Consecutive sentence -- Consecutive sentences -- Counsul of Force -- Consensu -- Consensual crime -- Consensus -- Consensus ad idem -- Consensus decision-making -- Consent -- Consent decree -- Consent judgment -- Consequential damages -- Consequentialism -- Conservatee -- Conservative Judaism -- Conservative response -- Conservator (law) -- Consideration -- Consign -- Consignee -- Consignment -- Consortium -- Conspiracy -- Conspirator -- Constable -- Constitution -- Constitution of France -- Constitution of Spain -- Constitutional amendment -- Constitutional charter -- Constitutional convention -- Constitutional Convention (Australia) -- Constitutional Convention (United States) -- Constitutional law -- Constitutional monarchy -- Constitutional rights -- Construction -- Constructive -- Constructive dismissal -- Constructive eviction -- Constructive fraud -- Constructive notice -- Constructive possession -- Constructive trust -- Construe -- Consuetudinary law -- Consultancy -- Consultant -- Consumer protection -- Contact -- Contemplation of death -- Contempt of court -- contiguous -- Contingency -- Contingency fee -- Contingent -- Contingent beneficiary -- Contingent fee -- Contingent interest -- Contingent remainder -- Continuance -- Continuing objection -- Continuing trespass -- contra -- contra bonos mores -- contra legem -- Contraband -- Contract -- Contract of adhesion -- Contract of sale -- Contract theory -- Contracted-out -- Contractor -- Contribution -- Contributory negligence -- Control -- Controlled substance -- Controlling law -- Controversy -- Conversion -- Convey -- Conveyance -- 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 -- corpus delicti -- corpus juris -- corpus juris civilis -- corpus juris secundum -- Correlative rights doctrine -- Corroborate -- Corroborating evidence -- Corroboration -- Cosign -- Cost bill -- Cost of completion -- Costs -- Cotenancy -- Cotenant -- Council Tax -- Counsel -- Counsellor -- Count -- Counter offer -- Counterclaim -- Counterfeit -- Counterpart -- 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 Appeals -- Court of customs and patent appeals -- Court of equity -- Court of first instance -- Court of last resort -- Court of law -- Court of protection -- Court of record -- Court of Session -- Court order -- Court room -- Court trial -- Court-martial -- Courts of England and Wales -- Courts of the United Kingdom -- Covenant -- 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 --

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