A Basis for Justice, Abortion - Classical Attitudes And Canon Law, Abortion In English Law, Abortion In American Law: The Nineteenth Century, Accomplices - Principal Liability: Too Much Influence Exerted By The Helper, Core Cases Of Accomplice Liability, The Helper's Level Of Commitment To The Principal's Criminal Venture, Actus Reus - Actus Reus Versus Mens Rea, Actus Reus Versus Justificatory Defenses, The Voluntary Act Principle, Common Criticisms Of The Voluntary Act Principle, Adversary System - The Traditional Meaning, A Model Of Conflict-solving Procedure, An Archetype Of Anglo-american Process…
A Fortiori, A Mensa Et Thoro, A Posteriori, A Priori, a Slave Celia, Aaron Burr - United States V. Aaron Burr, Ab Initio, Abandonment - Property That Can Be Abandoned, Elements Of Abandonment, Parental Abandonment Of Children, Further Readings, Abatement, Abatement of an Action, Abdication, Abduction, Abe Fortas, Abet, Abettor, Abeyance, Abiding Conviction, Abington School District v. Schempp - Further Readings, Abjuration, Abode, Abolition - Further Readings, Cross-references, Abortion - History, Three Sides To The Abortion Debate, Roe V. Wade And Doe V. Bolton…
Benjamin Franklin Butler, "But for" Rule, Baseball - Further Readings, Basis, Bastardy Action, Battel, Battered Child/Spouse Syndrome - Battered-child Syndrome, Battered-spouse Syndrome, Battery - Elements, Punishment - Aggravated Battery, Bearer, Belief, Bella Savitsky Abzug - Further Readings, Below, Belva Ann Lockwood, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Bench, Bench Trial, Bench Warrant, Beneficial Association - History, Organization And Incorporation, Rights, Powers, And Liabilities, Beneficial Interest, Beneficial Use, Beneficiary, Benefit of Clergy…
C-Span, Conference of Chief Justices - Further Readings, Conference of State Court Administrators, Conference on Personal Finance Law, Confession - Recent Developments, Further Readings, Confession and Avoidance, Confession of Judgment, Confidential Communication, Confidential Relation, Confiscate, Conflict of Interest, Conformed Copy, Conforming Use, Confrontation, Confusion, Confusion of Goods, Conglomerate, Congress of the United States - Speaker Of The House, History And Structure, Senate Majority Leader, How A Bill Becomes A Law, Congressional Budget Office - Scorekeeping - Economic Forecasting and Fiscal Policy Analysis, Cost Projections, An Annual Report on the Budget, Special Studies…
E-Mail - Further Readings, Earnest Money, Easement, Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar, Ecclesiastical Courts, Edict, Edmond Nathaniel Cahn, Edmund Burke - Further Readings, Edmund Jennings Randolph, Education Department - Offices Of The Secretary, Program Offices, Staff Offices, Further Readings - Structure, Education Law - History, Student Speech And The First Amendment, Searches Of Students And Lockers, Separation Of Church And State, Edward Allen Tamm, Edward Bates, Edward Codrington Carrington, Edward Douglass White, Edward Hirsch Levi, Edward King, Edward Livingston…
George William Crockett Jr. - Further Readings, George William Norris, George Woodward Wickersham, George Wythe - Further Readings, Gerald Rudolph Ford - Further Readings, Geraldine Anne Ferraro - Further Readings, Gerrymander - Further Readings, GI Bill - Servicemen's Readjustment Act Of 1944, Montgomery Gi Bill, Effects Of The Gi Bill, Gibbons v. Ogden, Gideon v. Wainwright, Gift - Rules Of Gift-giving, Types Of Gifts, Gifts to Minors Act, Glass-Steagall Act - Further Readings, Gleaning - Further Readings…
James Strom Thurmond - Further Readings, James Weldon Johnson, James William Fulbright, James Wilson - Further Readings, Jane Addams - Further Readings, Jane Matilda Bolin, Janet Reno - Further Readings, Japanese American Evacuation Cases - History, Supreme Court Challenges, The Movement To Redress Victims, Further Readings, Jean Jacques Burlamaqui, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Jeannette Rankin, Jeopardy, Jeremiah Sullivan Black, Jeremy Bentham - Further Readings, Jerome New Frank, Jesse Alexander Helms Jr. - Further Readings, Jesse Louis Jackson Sr., Jetsam, Jim Crow Laws - Further Readings…
M'Naghten Rule, Matter of Law, Matter of Record, Matthew Hale Carpenter, Max Weber, Maxim - The Foundations Of Equity, "he Who Seeks Equity Must Do Equity.", "he Who Comes Into Equity Must Come With Clean Hands." - "Equity follows the law.", "Equity acts specifically.", "Equity regards substance rather than form.", McCarran Internal Security Act, McCarran-Ferguson Act of (1945), McKinney Act, McNabb-Mallory Rule, Mechanic's Lien, Medgar Wiley Evers, Mediation, Medicaid, Medical Examiner, Medical Malpractice…
Phyllis Stewart Schlafly, Physical Fact, Physicians and Surgeons - Further Readings, Picketing, Pierce Butler - Further Readings, Pilot, Pimp, Pinkerton Agents, Piracy, Place Time and Manner Restrictions - Further Readings, Plagiarism, Plain View Doctrine, Plain-Error Rule, Plain-Meaning Rule, Plaintiff, Plaintiff in Error, Plat, Plea, Plea Bargaining - Plea Bargaining: A Shortcut To Justice, Further Readings, Plea in Abatement, Plea in Bar, Pleading, Pledge, Plessy v. Ferguson, Plurality, Poaching, Pocket Part…
Ripeness, Risk, Risk Arbitrage, Robbery, Robert Coman Brickell, Robert Cooper Grier, Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor, Robert Ferdinand Wagner, Robert Francis Kennedy - Further Readings, Robert Hanson Harrison, Robert Heron Bork - Further Readings, Robert Houghwout Jackson - Further Readings, Robert Joseph Dole, Robert Lee Carter - Further Readings, Robert Leslie Shapiro, Robert Marion La Follette, Robert R. Livingston, Robert Rantoul Jr., Robert Smith, Robert Swann Mueller III - Further Readings, Robert Todd Lincoln - Further Readings, Robert Treat Paine…
William Bradford, "X" as a Signature, Tamper, Tangible, Tariff, Tax Avoidance, Tax Court - Further Readings, Tax Deed, Tax Evasion, Tax Rate, Tax Reform Act of (1986), Tax Return, Tax Sale - Requirements, Notice, Buyer, Redemption, Sale Prohibited, Further Readings - Manner, Price, Taxable Income, Taxable Situs, Taxation, Taxation - Kinds Of Taxes, Federal Tax, State Tax, Equality, Uniformity, Taxing Costs, Taxpayer Bill of Rights, Taxpayer's Suit, Teapot Dome Scandal…
"A House Divided" Speech - "a House Divided" Speech, "The Civil Rights Cases" - "the Civil Rights Cases", Abraham Lincoln: Gettysburg Address - Abraham Lincoln: Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln: Second Inaugural Address - Abraham Lincoln: Second Inaugural Address, Ain't a Woman? I - Ain't I A Woman?, Articles of Confederation - Articles Of Confederation, Bill of Rights - Bill Of Rights, Bradwell v. Illinois - Myra Bradwell, Plff. In Err., V. State Of Illinois, British Regnal Years…
Chisholm v. Georgia - Further Readings, Marbury v. Madison - Further Readings, McCulloch v. Maryland - Further Readings, Aaron Burr Trial - Further Readings, Aaron Burr Trial: 1807 - Aaron Burr's Roller-coaster Career, Burr Tried Before Chief Justice Marshall, Definition Of An Overt Act Debated, Abraham Carlisle and John Roberts Trials: 1778 - Collaborators, Chosen As Examples, Alien and Sedition Acts: 1798, Anne Hutchinson Trials: 1637 and 1638 - General Court Summons Hutchinson, Church Of Boston Enters Fray, The Aftermath: A Mixed Picture…
Barron v. Baltimore, Swift v. Tyson, "Duff" Armstrong Trial: 1858 - Suggestions For Further Reading, a Slave State of Missouri v. Celia: 1855 - Celia Speaks, The Trial Begins, On To The Missouri Supreme Court, Suggestions For Further Reading, Ableman v. Booth and United States v. Booth - Further Readings, Albert Tirrell Trial: 1846 - Rufus Choate Defends Tirrell, The Jury Acquits Tirrell, Suggestions For Further Reading, Alexander Holmes Trial: 1842 - Holmes Tried For Manslaughter, Andrew Geddes Court-Martial: 1879 - Geddes, Not Orleman, Is Court-martialed, Conflicting "expert" Testimony…
Civil Rights Cases, Lochner v. New York - Further Readings, Abraham Ruef Trials: 1906-08 - Reformers Begin To Battle Ruef, Ruef Is Convicted, Adair v. United States, Albert Patrick Trial: 1902 - William Marsh Rice Murdered, Patrick Tried And Convicted, Suggestions For Further Reading, Allgeyer v. Louisiana - Further Readings, Anne Bradley Trial: 1907 - A Woman Ahead Of The Times, Brown And Bradley Arrested For Adultery, The Final Showdown, Bailey v. Alabama, Buchanan v. Warley - Further Readings…
Gitlow v. New York, McGrain v. Daugherty, Near v. Minnesota - Further Readings, Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Company, Powell v. Alabama - Further Readings, "Black Sox" Trial: 1921 - Cicotte Hits First Batter, "say It Ain't So, Joe", A Double, Double Cross, "Fatty" Arbuckle Trials: 1921-22 - Tabloids Conjure Up Lurid Details, "a General Lowering Of The Moral Standards", "until Hell Freezes Over", A.L.A. Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United States…
Adamson v. California, Adler et al. v. Board of Education of the City of New York, Alger Hiss Trials: 1949-50 - Hiss Denies Communist Link, A "bombshell," A Seaplane, A Pumpkin, A Typewriter Proves Elusive, American Communications Association v. Douds, Appendix to Appellants' Briefs - In The Supreme Court Of The United States October Term, 1952, Appendix To Appellants' Briefsthe Effects Of Segregation And The Consequences Of Desegregation: A Social Science Statementstatement Of Counsel, Ashcraft v. State of Tennessee…
Engel v. Vitale - Further Readings, Robinson v. California, Roth v. United States - Further Readings, Brief for Respondent - On Writ Of Certiorari To The Supreme Court Of Alabamabrief For Respondent, Questions Presented, Statement, Brief for the Petitioners - On Writ Of Certiorari To The Supreme Court Of Alabamabrief For The Petitioner, Questions Presented, Statement, "Heed their Rising Voices" - Heed Their Rising Voices, August Opinion of the Supreme Court of Alabama (30,) (1962) - New York Times Company V. Sullivan, Advertising, Circulation, Substituted Service, General Appearance By The Times…
Furman v. Georgia - Further Readings, Miranda v. Arizona - Further Readings, Reynolds v. Sims - Further Readings, Brief for Respondent - On Writ Of Certiorari To The Supreme Court Of The State Of Arizonabrief For Respondent, Question Presented, Abington School District v. Schempp, Adams v. Williams, Adderley v. Florida - Further Readings, Afroyim v. Rusk, Albert Henry DeSalvo Trial: 1967 - Sanity Hearing, Final Arguments, Albertson v. Subversive Activities Control Board, Alice Crimmins Trials: 1968 & 1971 - Trial Begins Three Years Later, Observed From Above, A New Trial, Suggestions For Further Reading…
Frontiero v. Richardson - Further Readings, United States v. Nixon - Further Readings, ABSCAM Trials: 1980 & 1981 - Four-way Conspiracy, Untrustworthy Witness, Influential Senator Charged, Warning From Bench, No Acquittals, Allied Structural Steel Co. v. Spannaus - Further Readings, Ambach v. Norwick, Arkansas v. Sanders, Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Corp. - Further Readings, Bakke V. University of California … Appeal: 1978 - Reverse Discrimination Claimed, Suggestions For Further Reading, Baldwin v. Montana Fish and Game Commission…
McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission - Further Readings, AFL-CIO C.L.C.v. City of Cleveland Local Number International Association of Firefighters (93,) - Further Readings, Akron v. Akron Center for Reproductive Health - Further Readings, Alcee Hastings Trial and Impeachment: 1983 & 1989 - The Alleged Plot, The Trial, Phase Two, The Impeachment Trial, Hastings Rebounds, Allen v. Wright and Donald T. Regan v. Inez Wright, Arizona Governing Committee v. Norris, Arizona v. Hicks - Further Readings…
Amy Fisher Trial: 1992 - Long Island Lolita, Hollywood Deals, "a Walking Stick Of Dynamite", Joey's Troubles Are Not Over, Arizona v. Fulminante - Further Readings, Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce, Automobile Workers v. Johnson Controls - Further Readings, Baby Jessica Case: 1993 - Biological Mother Regrets Adoption, The Battle Over Jessica Continues, Baby Maranda Case: 1994, Baby Richard Trial: 1991-95 - Father Attempts To Gain Custody, Illinois Legislature Gets Involved, Bensonhurst Murder Trial: 1990 - Racial Jealousy Leads To Murder, Police Quickly Arrest Suspects, Racial Tensions Boil Over, Controversial And Complicated Verdicts…
Romer v. Evans - Further Readings, Shaw v. Hunt - Further Readings, Abrams v. Johnson - Further Readings, Alex Kelly Rape Trials: 1996-97 - Arrested After Eight-year Vacation, Defense Claims Consent, The Jury's Verdict, Amadou Diallo/NYPD Trial: 2000 - Unarmed And Law Abiding, "every Police Officer's Nightmare", "gun! He's Got A Gun!", Amchem Products v. Windsor - Further Readings, American Civil Liberties Union v. Miller, American Libraries Association v. Pataki - Further Readings…
Abortion laws - Information on the law about Abortion - Illegal Abortion, Legal Abortion, Partial Birth Abortion, State Of The Statutes, Adoption laws - Information on the law about Adoption - Federal Law, Adverse Possession laws - Information on the law about Adverse Possession - Requirements, Annulment and Prohibited Marriage laws - Information on the law about Annulment and Prohibited Marriage - Annulment, Prohibited Marriage, Antitrust laws - Information on the law about Antitrust, Attorneys laws - Information on the law about Attorneys - Legal Education and Admission to the Bar, Business and Consumer laws - Information on the law about Business and Consumer…
abandonment, abatement, abduction, abet, ABH, ab initio, ab intestato, abortion, absconding, absence, absente reo, absent-mindedness, absent parent, absolute, absolute assignment, absolute discharge, absolute interest, absolute privilege, absolute right, absolute theory of sovereign immunity, absolute title, abstracting electricity, abstraction of water, abstract of title, abuse of a dominant position, abuse of a position of trust, abuse of process, abusive behaviour, abutter, ABWOR, ACAS, acceleration, acceptance, acceptance of a bill…
agency workers, Agency Workers Directive, agent, agent provocateur, age of consent, aggravated assault, aggravated burglary, aggravated damages, aggravated trespass, aggravated vehicle-taking, aggregates levy, aggression, agreement, agreement for a lease, agricultural dwelling-house advisory committee (ADHAC), agricultural holding, agricultural land tribunal, agricultural property relief, aid and abet, Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ), air-force law, air pollution, airspace, alcohol treatment requirement, alderman, aleatory contract, alibi, alien, alienable, alienation…
Assembly of the European Communities, assent, assent procedure, assessment of costs, assessor, assets, assignment, assisted suicide, assize, associated operations, association agreement, assurance, assured agricultural occupancy, assured shorthold tenancy, assured tenancy, asylum, Asylum and Immigration Tribunal, at sea, attachment, attachment of earnings, attempt, attendance centre, attestation, attorney, Attorney General, attornment, auction, auction ring, audi alteram partem, Audit Commission, audit exemption, auditor, authentication, authority, authorized capital (nominal capital)…
blacklist, blackmail, Black Rod, Gentleman Usher of the, blasphemy, blight notice, blind trust, blockade, block exemption, blood relationship, blood specimen, blood test, blue bag, blue book, bodily harm, body corporate, boilerplate, Bolam test, bomb hoax, bona vacantia, bond, bonus issue (capitalization issue, scrip issue), books of account (accounting records), borough, borough court, borstal, bottomry, boundary, boundary commissions, Bournewood gap, brain death, breach of close, breach of confidence…
care order, care plan, care proceedings, Care Quality Commission for England, carer's allowance, Care Standard Appeals Tribunal, cargo, carousel fraud, carriage of goods by air, carriageway, carrier, carrier's lien, cartel, case, case law, case management, case management conference (CMC), case stated, casus belli, casus omissus, catching bargain (unconscionable bargain), causa sine qua non, causation, cause, Cause Book, Cause List, cause of action, causing a child to watch a sexual act…
chose, Church of England, CIF contract (cost, insurance, freight contract), circuit administrator, circuit judge, circuit system, circumstantial evidence (indirect evidence), citation, citator, citizen of the European Union, citizen's arrest, citizenship of the UK and Colonies, City Code on Takeovers and Mergers, City of London, civil court, civil law, civil liability contribution, Civil List, civil partnership, Civil Procedure Rules (CPR), civil protection, civil remedy, Civil Service, civil wrong, claim, claimant…
community patient, community punishment order, community rehabilitation order, community sentence, Community Trade Mark (CTM), Community Treatment Order (CTO), commutation, commutative contract, Companies Court, Companies House, company, company meeting, company member, company name (registered name), company secretary, compellable witness, compensation, compensation culture, competence, competent patient (patient with capacity), competition law, competitive tendering, complainant, complaint, completely constituted trust, completion, composition, compos mentis, compound, compounding an offence, compound settlement, compromis d'arbitrage…
contingency fee, contingent interest, contingent legacy, continuous bail, continuous employment, contraband, contra bonos mores, contract, contract of employment (contract of service), contract of exchange (commutative contract), contract of record, contract of sale, contract of service, contractual tenancy, contra proferentum, contribution, contributory, contributory negligence, controlled drugs, controlled foreign company, controlled tenancy, controlled trust, controller, control orders, contumacy, convention, conventionality thesis, Convention right, conversion, converted tenancy, conveyance, conveyancing, Conveyancing, Steps in…
criminal libel, Criminal Procedure Rules, Criminal Records Bureau, criminology, critical criminology, critical legal studies (CLS), critical race theory (CRT), cross-appeals, cross-examination, Crown, Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations, Crown Court, Crown Court rules, Crown privilege, Crown proceedings, Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Crown servant, CRT, cruelty, crystallization, CSA, CTM, CTO, culpa tenet suos auctores, cum testamento annexo, cur. adv. vult (c.a.v.), curfew requirement…
delivery, demanding with menaces, demerger, de minimis non curat lex, demise, demise of the Crown, demonstrative legacy, demoted tenancy, demur, demurrage, demutualization, Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA), departure, dependant, dependants' leave, dependent relative revocation, dependent state, dependent territory, deponent, deportation, depose, deposit, deposition, deprave, deputy, derecognition, deregulation, derivative claim, derivative deed, derivative title, derivative trust, derogation, desertion, design right, de son tort, desuetude, detention…
agrément, de facto carers, del credere agent, “dog-leg” claim, dogs, doli capax, domain name, domestic premises, domestic tribunal, domestic violence, domicile, dominant tenement, donatio mortis causa, Do Not Attempt Resuscitation order (DNAR order), double criminality, double jeopardy, double portions, double probate, double taxation relief, DPP, draft, Drago doctrine, driftway, driver, driving licence, driving-test order, driving while disqualified, driving while unfit, driving without a licence, driving without insurance…
endowment, enforcement action, enforcement notice, enforcement of judgment, enfranchise, enfranchisement of tenancy, engagement to marry, engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child, engross, enlarge, enrolment, entailed interest, enter, entering judgment, Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), entire contract, entrapment, entrepreneurs' relief, entry into possession, entry without warrant, Environment Agency, environmental degradation, epitome of title, Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), Equality Bill, equality clause, equality duty, equality is equity, equality of arms…
executor, executor de son tort, executor's oath, executor's year, executory, executory interest, executory trust (imperfect trust), exemplary damages (punitive damages, vindictive damages), exemption clause, exempt supply, exequatur, ex gratia, exhaustion of local remedies, exhaustion of rights, exhibit, ex nudo pacto non oritur actio, ex officio, exordium, ex parte (ex p), expatriation, expectant heir, expert opinion, Expiring Laws Continuance Acts, explosive, export bans, ex post facto, expressio unius est exclusio alterius…
FOB contract (Free On Board contract), following trust property, football hooliganism, footpath, footway, forbearance, force, forced heirship, forced marriage, force majeure, forcible entry, foreclose down, foreclosure, foreign agreement, foreign bill, foreign company, foreign enlistment, foreign judgments, foreign law, foresight, forfeiture, forgery, formal validity of a will, forum, forum non conveniens, forum prorogatum, forum rei, forum shopping, foster child, foster parent, four unities, franchise, fraud, fraud on a power…
golden share, good behaviour, good consideration, good faith, good leasehold title, good offices, goods, goodwill, government circulars, government department, government-in-exile, Grand Committees, grant, grant for the use and benefit, grant of representation, grants in aid, gravamen, grave hardship, Gray's Inn, Greater London, Greater London Authority, green form, green paper, grievous bodily harm (GBH), gross, gross indecency, gross negligence, ground rent, group, group accounts, group litigation…
horizontal agreements, hospital order, hostage, hostile witness, hotchpot, hot pursuit, right of, house bote, housebreaking, House of Commons, House of Commons Commission, House of Lords, House of Lords Appointments Commission, houses in multiple occupation (HMOs), housing action area, housing action trust (HAT), housing association, housing association tenancy, housing benefit, Housing Corporation, Housing for Wales, housing health and safety rating system (HHSRS), housing subsidy, housing trust, human assisted reproduction, Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority…
information, Information and Consultation Directive, informed consent, informer, in gross, inherent vice, inheritance, inheritance tax (IHT), inhibition, inhuman treatment or punishment, injunction, injuria absque damno (injuria sine damno), injurious falsehood, injury, injury to aliens, inland bill, in limine, in loco parentis, Inner Temple, innocent dissemination, innocent misrepresentation, innocent passage, innominate terms (intermediate terms), Inns of Chancery, Inns of Court, Inns of Court and Bar Educational Trust, innuendo, in pari delicto, porior est conditio possidentis…
ISA, Islamic finance, isonomy, issue, issued capital, issue estoppel, istisna'a, itemized pay statement, IVF, jactitation of marriage, Jobseeker's Agreement, jobseeker's allowance (JSA), joinder of causes of action, joinder of charges, joinder of defendants, joinder of documents, joinder of parties, joint and several, Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments (Joint Scrutiny Committee), joint liability, Joint Scrutiny Committee, joint tenancy, joint tortfeasors, joint venture, joint will, Journals, joyriding, JP…
law of the sea, Law Reform Committee, law reports, law sittings, Law Society, lay days (lying days), laying an information, leader, Leader of HM Opposition, Leader of the House, lead evidence, leading case, leading question, leapfrog procedure, lease, leasehold, leasehold ownership, leasehold valuation tribunal, leave of the court, leave to appeal, legacy, legal aid scheme, legal assignment, legal burden of proof, legal easement, legal estate, legal fiction, legal fraud, legal help, legal lease…
living will, Lloyd's, loan capital, loan creditor, loan relationship, local Act, local authorities and children, local authority, local authority foster parents, local government, local government area, Local Government Commission for England, Local Government Ombudsmen, local land charge, local land charges register, local laws, local lottery, Local Safeguarding Children Boards, lock-out agreement, locus in quo, locus sigilli, locus standi, lodger, loitering, London, London Assembly, London borough, London Development Agency, London Members…
memorandum in writing, memorandum of association, memorandum of understanding, menace, mensa et thoro, mens rea, mental disorder, mental disorder impeding choice, Mental Health Act Commission, Mental Health Review Tribunal (MHRT), mental health treatment requirement, MEP, mercantile agent, mercenary, merchantable quality, merchant shipping registration, mercy, mere equity, merger, mesne profits, messuage, MHRA, MHRT, Michaelmas Day, micro-state, Middle Temple, Midsummer Day, military court, military law, Military Staff Committee, military stores…
natural child, naturalization, natural justice, natural law, natural person, natural rights, naval court, naval law, naval property, navigation, nearest relative, nec clam, nec vi, nec precario, necessaries, necessary in a democratic society, necessity, negative clearance, negative resolution, neglect, negligence, negligent misstatement (negligent misrepresentation, careless statement), negotiable instrument, negotiation, negotiation of a bill, neighbour principle, nemo dat quod non habet, nemo debet bis vexari, nemo est heres viventis, nemo judex in causa sua (nemo judex in propria causa)…
official receiver, official referee, official search, official secrets, Official Secrets Acts, The, Official Solicitor, OFT, Ogden tables, Old Bailey, oligopoly, Ombudsman, omission, omnia praesumuntur rite et solemniter esse acta, Online Legal Resources, onomastic, onus of proof (onus probandi), onus probandi, open contract, open court, open for signature, opening speech, open procedure, open space, open the floodgates, operative mistake, operative part, operative words, opinio juris, opinion, opinion evidence, OPSI, option…
peaceful enjoyment of possessions, peculate, pecuniary legacy, penal notice, penal statute, penalty, penalty points, pendente lite, pending action, penology, pension, pension earmarking, pension sharing order, PEP, peppercorn rent, per autre vie, per capita, percipient witness, per curiam (per cur.), peremptory challenge, peremptory norm, peremptory pleas, perfect and imperfect rights, perfect trust, performance bond, performance of contract, performers' rights, perils of the seas, per incuriam, periodic tenancy, perished goods, perjury…
power of search, power reserved by executor, practice, Practice Directions, practice form, practice master, practising certificate, praecipe, pray a tales, prayer, pre-action protocols, preamble, precarious possession, precatory trust, precatory words, precedent, precept, predatory pricing, predecessor, pre-emption, pre-emptive right, preference, preference share, preferential debts, preferment, pregnancy, pregnancy per alium, prehearing assessment, pre-incorporation contract, prejudice, preliminary hearing, preliminary inquiries, preliminary issue (preliminary point of law)…
proof of handwriting, proof of marriage, proper law of a contract, property, property adjustment order, property in goods, property register, proponent, proportionality, propositus, propounder, proprietary estoppel, proprietor, proprietorship register, prorogation, proscribed organization, prosecution, prosecutor, prospectus, prostitution, protected child, protected goods, protected occupancy, protected person, protected shorthold tenancy, protected site, protected state, protected tenancy, protection and indemnity association (or club), protectionism, protective award, protective trust (alimentary trust), protector…
rape, rape of a child under 13, rape offence, rapporteur, rates, ratification, ratio decidendi, rational choice theory, rave, reading down, real, real estate, real-estate investment trust (REIT), real evidence, real property (realty), real security, realty, real union, reasonable doubt, reasonable financial provision, reasonable force, reasonable person, rebus sic stantibus, rebuttable presumption, rebutter, recall of witness, recaption, receiver, receivership order, receiving, receiving order, reciprocity, recitals, recklessness…
reregistration, resale, resale price maintenance, rescission, res communis, rescue, resealed probate, reservation, reservation of title, reserve capital, reserve forces, res extincta, res gestae, residence, residence order, residence requirement, resident, residential occupier, Residential Property Tribunal (RPT), residuary devise, residuary estate (residue), residuary legacy, residue, res inter alios acta nocere non debet, res ipsa loquitur, resisting arrest, res judicata, resolution, respondeat superior, respondent, respondentia, responsible clinician, restitutio in integrum…
salvage of trust property, salvo, sanction, Sanderson order, sanity, sans recours (without recourse to me), SARs (Substantial Acquisition Rules), satisfaction, satisfactory quality, satisfied term, saviour siblings, scandalous statement, schedular system, schedule, scheme, scheme of arrangement, Schengen Agreement, school attendance procedures, Scottish Parliament, Scott Schedule, scuttling, seal, search, search before Crown Court, search of ship, search order, search warrant, seat belt, sea waybill, seaworthy, secession, secondary evidence, secondary party…
SHAs, sheriff, sheriff's interpleader, shifting use (secondary use), ship, shipwreck, shock, shoplifting, short cause list, short notice, short title, sickness benefit, sic utere tuo ut alienum non laedas, signature of treaty, signature of will, silence, silk, similar-fact evidence, simple contract (parol contract), simple trust, simpliciter, sine die, single administrative document (SAD), Single European Act, Single Market, single-member company, single-union agreement, sittings, situs…
statement of claim, Statement of Objections, statement of reasons for dismissal, Statement of Terms of Employment, statement of truth, Statements of Standard Accounting Practice (SSAP), state of emergency, state responsibility, State Second Pension (SSP; S2P ), Stationery Office, The (TSO), status, statute, statute-barred debt, statute book, statute law, statutorily protected tenancy, statutory adoption pay, statutory adverts, statutory assignment, statutory authority, statutory company, statutory corporation, statutory declaration, statutory demand, Statutory Form of Conditions of Sale…
taxing statute, tax point, tax year (fiscal year), Technology and Construction Court, technology transfer, telephone tapping, teleworking, temporary employee, tenancy, tenancy at sufferance, tenancy at will, tenancy by estoppel, tenancy for years, tenancy from year to year, tenancy in common, tenant, tenantable repair, tenant for life (life tenant), tenant in tail, tenant in tail after possibility of issue extinct, tenant pur autre vie, Tenant Services Authority, tenant's fixtures, tender, tender before claim, tender offer…
trustee de son tort, trustee in bankruptcy, trustee investments, trusteeship, trustees of the settlement, trust for sale, trust instrument, trust of imperfect obligation, trust of land, trust power (power in the nature of a trust), trust property, trust territory, TSO, TUPE, turbary, turning Queen's evidence, turpis causa, twin-track planning, two-counsel rule, uberrimae fidei, ubi jus ibi remedium, UBR, ulterior intent, ultra vires, umpire, UN, unascertained goods, unauthorized camping…
violence for securing entry, violent disorder, visiting forces, visitor, visual display unit (VDU), vocation, void, voidable, voidable contract, voidable marriage, voidable trust, void contract, void marriage, void trust (unlawful trust), voir dire (voire dire), volenti non fit injuria, voluntary, voluntary accommodation, voluntary arrangement, voluntary bill procedure, voluntary confession, voluntary conveyance, voluntary disposition, voluntary liquidation, voluntary manslaughter, voluntary settlement, voluntary waste, voluntary winding-up (voluntary liquidation), volunteer, voting…
