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A A Fortiori A Priori Assumption A.K.A. Ab Initio Ab Trust Aba Abandon Abandoned Property Abandonment Abandonment (Of Residence) Abandonment (Of Trademark) Abate Abatement Abduction Abet Abeyance Able-Bodied Abortion Abrogate Abscond Absentee Ballot Absolute Abstention Doctrine Abstract Abstract of Judgment Abstract of Title Abstract of Trust Abstractor Abuse Abuse Excuse Abuse of Discretion Abuse of Process Abut Accelerated Depreciation Acceleration Acceleration Clause Accept Acceptance Acceptance of Service Access Accessory Accommodation Accompanying Relative Accomplice Accomplice Witness Accord and Satisfaction Account Stated Accountant Accounting Accounts Payable Accounts Receivable Accredited Investor Accretion Accrual Method of Accounting Accrue Accumulated Earnings Accumulation Trust Accusation Accused Acknowledge Acknowledged Father Acknowledgment Aclu Acquisition of Citizenship Acquit Acquittal Act Act of God Act of Nature Action Action Case Actionable Actual Controversy Actual Damages Actual Notice Actuarial Tables Actus Reus Ad Hoc Ad Litem Ad Seriatim Ad Valorem Ad Valorem Tax Ada Addendum Additur Adea Adeem Ademption Ademption By Satisfaction Adequate Remedy Adhesion Contract Adhesion Contract (contract of adhesion) Adjective Law Adjourn Adjudicate Adjudication Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM) Adjusted Basis Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) Adjuster Adjustment Adjustment Date Adjustment of Status Adjustment Period Administer Administration (of an estate) Administrative Agencies Administrative Expenses Administrative Hearing Administrative Law Administrative Law Judge Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Administrative Procedure Act Administrator Administrator Ad Litem Administrator Ad Prosequendum Administrator Cum Testamento Annexo Administrator De Bonis Non Administrator De Bonis Non Cum Testamento Annexo Administrator Pendente Lite Administrator With Will Annexed Administratrix Admiralty Admiralty Court Admiralty Law Admissible Evidence Admission Admission Against Interest Admission of Evidence Admission of Guilt Admission To Bail Admit Admonish Adopt Adopted Child Adoption Adoptive Parent Adr Adult Adultery Advance Advance Directive Advance Parole Advance Sheets Advancement Adversary Proceeding Adverse Adverse Interest Adverse Party Adverse Possession Adverse Witness Advisory Opinion Affiant Affidavit Affirm Affirmative Action Affirmative Defense Affix After-Acquired Evidence After-Acquired Property After-Acquired Title After-Discovered Evidence Age Discrimination Age Discrimination In Employment Act (ADEA) Age of Consent Age of Majority Agency Agent Agent For Acceptance of Service Agent For Service of Process Aggravate Aggravated Assault Aggravated Battery Aggravating Circumstances Agi Agreed Statement Agreed Statement of Facts Agreement Aid and Abet Aleatory Alias Alibi Alibi Witness Alien Alien Registration Card (ARC) Alienation Alienation of Affections Alimony Aliquot Aliquot: Alj All the Estate I Own Allegation Allege Allen Charge Alluviation Alluvion Alter Ego Alternate Beneficiary Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) Alternative Pleading Alternative Reproductive Technology (ART) Alternative Writ of Mandate (Mandamus) Amber Alert Ambiguity Amend Amended Complaint Amended Pleading Amended Tax Return American Bar Association American Bar Association (ABA) American Civil Liberties Union American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 American Depository Receipt American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) Amicus Amicus Curiae Amnesty Amortization Amt Ancillary Administration Ancillary Jurisdiction Ancillary Probate And Angel Investor Annual Exclusion Amount Annual Exclusion Gift Annual Meeting Annual Percentage Rate Annuitant Annuity Annulment Answer Antenuptial (prenuptial) agreement Antenuptial Agreement Anthony Kennedy Anticipation Anticipatory Breach Anticontest Clause Antilapse Statute Antitransfer Laws Antonin Scalia Apn Apparent Authority Appeal Appear Appearance Appellant Appellate Court Appellate Jurisdiction Appellee Applicable Exclusion Amount Appraisal Appraise Appraiser Appreciate Appreciation Approach Approach the Bench Approach the Witness Appurtenant Apr Arbiter Arbitrary Arbitration Arbitrator Arguendo Argument Argumentative Arm Arm’S Length Arraign Arraignment Arrearages Arrears Arrest Arrest Warrant Arson Art Article Articles of Impeachment Articles of Incorporation Articles of Organization As Is Assault Assault and Battery Assess Assessed Value Assessor Assessor’S Parcel Number Asset Assign Assigned Risk Assignee Assignment Assignment For Benefit of Creditors Assisted Suicide Associate Associate Justice Association Assume Assumption Assumption of Risk Assured Asylum At Issue Memorandum At Will Employment At-Will Employment Attached Attachment Attempt Attest Attestation Attestation Clause Attorney Attorney At Law (or attorney-at-law) Attorney Fees Attorney General Attorney of Record Attorney Work Product Attorney Work Product Privilege Attorney’S Advertising Attorney’S Fee Attorney’S Work Product Attorney-Client Privilege Attorney-In-Fact Attractive Nuisance Attractive Nuisance Doctrine Audit Auditor Augmented Estate Authenticate Author Authorities Authority Authorize Automatic Stay Autopsy Avails Avowal Avulsion Award
B Bac Bachelor of Laws Back-To-Back Life Sentences Bad Debt Bad Faith Badgering the Witness Bail Bail Bond Bail Bondsman Bailee Bailee (custodian) Bailiff Bailment Bailor Bailout Bait and Switch Baker Carr (1962) Balance Due Balance Sheet Balloon Mortgage Balloon Payment Ballot Bank Bankruptcy Bankruptcy Court Bankruptcy Discharge Bankruptcy Estate Bankruptcy Judge Bankruptcy Law Bankruptcy Petition Preparer Bankruptcy Proceedings Bankruptcy Trustee Bar Bar 1. Bar Association Bar Examination Bargain Barratry Barrister Basis Basis Point Battery Beach Bum Trust Provision Bearer Bearer Paper Belief Bench Bench Trial Bench Warrant Beneficial Interest Beneficial Ownership Beneficial Use Beneficiary Beneficiary Deed Benefit Benefit of Counsel Benevolent Society Benefits Bequeath Bequest Bequests Berghuis Thompkins (2010) Berne Convention Best Evidence Best Evidence Rule Best Interests (of the child) Bestiality Beyond A Reasonable Doubt Bfoq Bfp Bias Bid Bifurcate Bifurcated Trial Bifurcation Bigamy Bilateral Contract Bill Bill of Attainder Bill of Exchange Bill of Lading Bill of Particulars Bill of Rights Bill of Sale Bind Over Binder Binding Precedent Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 Bird-Nesting Biweekly Mortgage Blackletter Law Blackmail Blank Endorsement Blanket Search Warrant Blind Pig Blind Tiger Blind Trust Blog Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) Blue Flu Blue Laws Blue Ribbon Jury Blue Sky Laws Bluebook Board of Directors Board of Education Earls (2002) Boiler Room Boilerplate Bona Fide Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ) Bona Fide Purchaser Bond Bondsman Booby Trap Book Account Book Value Booking Bookkeeper Books Boot Border Patrol Bottomry Bound Supplement Bounty Hunter Bowers Hardwick (1986) Boy Scouts of America Dale (2000) Boycott Brady Material Breach Breach of Contract Breach of Promise Breach of the Peace Breach of Trust Breach of Warranty Breaking and Entering Bribery Brief Broker Brought To Trial Brown Board of Education (1954) Bucket Shop Building and Loan Building and Loan Association Bulk Sale Bulk Sales Acts Bulk Sales Law Bulk Transfer Burden Burden of Proof Burglary Burial Insurance Burial Policy Bush Gore (2000) Business Business Invitee Business License Business Records Exception But For Rule But-For Test Buy-Sell Agreement Buyout Agreement Bylaws Bypass Trust
C C Corporation C.I.F. Cafeteria Plan Calendar Calendar Call Calendar Year Accounting Period Call Call Option Calumny Cancel Cancellation Cancellation of Removal Caning Canon Law Canons of Ethics Cap Cap and Trade Capacity Capital Capital Account Capital Assets Capital Case Capital Expenditure Capital Gains Capital Investment Capital Offense Capital Punishment Capital Stock Capitalization Capitalized Expenditure Capitalized Interest Capitalized Value Capricious Caption Care Careless Cargo Insurance Carnal Knowledge Carrier Carryback Carrying For Hire Carrying On Business Carryover Carryover Basis Cartel Case Law Case of First Impression Case System Cases Cash Method of Accounting Cash Surrender Value Cashier’S Check Casual Casual Labor Casualty Casualty Loss Causa Mortis Cause Cause of Action Caveat Emptor Cc&Rs Cccs Cease and Desist Letter Cease and Desist Order Censure Census Certificate of Citizenship Certificate of Deposit (CD) Certificate of Formation Certificate of Incorporation Certificate of Organization Certificate of Title Certificate of Trust Certification Certification Mark Certification of Trust Certified Check Certified Copy Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Certiorari Cestui Que Trust Cestui Que Use Chain of Title Challenge Challenge For Cause Chambers Champerty Chancellor Chancery Change of Circumstances Change of Venue Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Chapter 12 Bankruptcy Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Chapter 13 Plan Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Chapter 9 Bankruptcy Character Witness Charge Charge To the Jury Charitable Contribution Charitable Gift Annuity Charitable Lead Trust Charitable Organization Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust Charitable Remainder Trust Charitable Remainder Trust (Charitable Remainder Irrevocable Unitrust) Charitable Remainder Unitrust Charitable Trust Charity Chart of Accounts Charter Chattel Chattel Mortgage Check Chief Judge Chief Justice Chief Justice Child Child Custody Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) Child Support Child’S Trust Chinese Exclusion Act Christian Legal Society Martinez (2010) Chronological Church and State Churn Churning Cid Cif Circuit Courts Circumstantial Evidence Citation Citators Cite Citizen Citizen’S Arrest Citizens United Federal Election Commission (2010) Civil Civil Action Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) Civil Calendar Civil Case Civil Code Civil Law Civil Liability Civil Liberties Civil Penalties Civil Penalties (civil fines) Civil Procedure Civil Rights Civil Rights Act of 1964 Civil Service Commission Civil Union Civil Union Partners Claim Claim Against A Governmental Agency Claim Against an Estate Claim In Bankruptcy Claims Clarence Thomas Class Class Action Clayton Act Clayton Antitrust Act Clean Air Acts Clean Hands Doctrine Clean Room Cleaning Fee Clear and Convincing Evidence Clear and Present Danger Clear Title Clearly Erroneous Clemency Or Executive Clemency Clerk Clerk of Court Clinton City of New York (1998) Close Corporation Closed Shop Closed-End Loan Closely Held Corporation Closing Closing Argument Closing Costs Cloud On Title Cloud On Title (cloud) Co-Trustee Code Code of Federal Regulations Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.) Code of Professional Code of Professional Responsibility Codefendant Codicil Codify Cohabitation Cohan Rule Coho Cohousing Coinsurance Collaborative Divorce Collaborative Law Collate Collateral Collateral Attack Collateral Consanguinity Collateral Descendant Collateral Estoppel Collection Agency Collective Mark Collective Work Collision Damage Waiver Collision Insurance Coverage Collusion Collusive Action Color of Law Color of Title Comaker Comfort Care Comity Comity of Nations Commencement of Action Comment Commerce Commercial Frustration Commercial Law Commingling Commission Commit Commitment Common Area Common Carrier Common Counts Common Interest Development Common Law Common Law Marriage Common Property Common Stock Common-Law Marriage Community Interest Development Community Property Community Property With Right of Survivorship Community Service Community Trust Commutation Commute A Sentence Company Comparable Rectitude Comparative Fault Comparative Negligence Compensation Compensatory Damages Competence Competent Competent Evidence Competent Witness Compilation Complainant Complaint Compos Mentis Compound Interest Compound Question Compounding A Felony Comprehensive Insurance Coverage Compromise Compromise Verdict Compulsory Joinder Compulsory License Concealed Weapon Concealment Conciliation Conclusion Conclusion of Fact Conclusion of Law Concurrent Condition Concurrent Resolution of Congress Concurrent Sentences Condemn Condemnation Condemnation Action Condition Condition Precedent Condition Subsequent Conditional Bequest Conditional Ownership Conditional Resident Conditional Sale Conditional Ssi Payments Conditions of Carriage Condominium Condonation Condone Confess Confession Confession and Avoidance Confession of Judgment Confidence Game Confidential Communication Confidential Relation Confine Confirmation Hearing Confiscate Conflict of Interest Conflict of Law Conflict of Laws Conformed Copy Conforming Loan Confrontation Confusingly Similar Conjugal Rights Connivance Consanguinity Conscientious Objector Conscious Parallelism Consecutive Sentence Consecutive Sentences Consent Consent Decree Consent Judgment Consent Order Consequential Damages Conservatee Conservator Conservatorship Consideration Consign Consignee Consignment Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) Consortium Conspiracy Conspirator Constable Constitution Constitutional Amendment Constitutional Law Constitutional Rights Constitutional Tort Construction Constructive Constructive Discharge Constructive Eviction Constructive Fraud Constructive Notice Constructive Possession Constructive Receipt of Income Constructive Trust Construe Consulate Consumer Bankruptcy Consumer Credit Counseling Service (CCCS) Consumer Leasing Act Consumer Protection Laws Consumer Report Consummation Contemplation of Death Contempt Contempt of Court Contest Contiguous Contingency Contingency Fee Contingent Contingent Annuity Contingent Beneficiary Contingent Fee Contingent Interest Contingent Ownership Contingent Remainder Contingent Trust Contingent Will Continuance Continuing Objection Continuing Trespass Contra Contraband Contract Contract For Deed Contract of Adhesion Contractor Contribution Contributory Negligence Control Controlled Substance Controlling Law Controversy Contumacy Contutor Conversion Convey Conveyance Conveyee Convict Conviction Cookie Cooling-Off Rule Cooperative Cooperative Housing Cop A Plea Coparcenary Copartner Copy Copyright Notice Copyright Office Copyright Owner Copyright Registration Coroner Corporate Charter Corporate Opportunity Corporate Resolution Corporate Trustee Corporation Corporeal Corporeal Ownership Corpus Corpus Delicti Corpus Juris Corroborate Corroborating Evidence Corroborating Witness Cosign Cosigner Cost Basis Cost Bill Cost of Completion Costs Cotenancy Cotenant Cotenants Cotrustee Counsel Counsellor Counselor Count Countable Resource Counter Offer Counter Wills Counterclaim Counterfeit Counteroffer Counterpart County Attorney Course Course of Employment Court Court Calendar Court Costs Court Docket Court of Appeal (s) Court of Appeals Court of Claims Court of Customs and Patent Appeals Court of Equity Court of International Trade Court of Law Court of Original Jurisdiction Court Order Court Reporter Court Rules Court Trial Court Witness Court-Appointed Attorney Court-Martial Covenant Covenant Marriage Covenant Not To Compete Covenant of Quiet Enjoyment Covenant That Runs With the Land Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions Cramdown Credibility Credible Witness Credit Credit Bureau Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 Credit Card Act Credit Counseling Credit File Credit Insurance Credit Report Credit Reporting Agency Credit Score Credit Shelter Trust Credit Union Creditor Creditor’S Claim Creditor’S Rights Crime Crime Against Nature Crime of Passion Criminal Criminal Attorney Criminal Calendar Criminal Case Criminal Complaint Criminal Insanity Criminal Justice Criminal Justice System Criminal Law Criminal Procedure Cross-Claim Cross-Complaint Cross-Examination Cross-Licensing Cruel and Unusual Punishment Cruelty Cruelty To Animals Cruzan Missouri Department of Health (1990) Csi Effect Css Culpability Culpable Cum Testamento Annexo Cumis Counsel Cumulative Sentence Cumulative Voting Curator Cure Cure Or Quit Current Monthly Income Curtesy Custodial Interference Custodial Parent Custodian Custody Custody (of a child) Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Customs Court Cut A Check Cy Pres Doctrine Cy Pres Doctrine (see-pray-doctrine) Cybersquatting
D D.A. D.B.A. D.U.I. D.W.I. Damages Dangerous Dangerous Weapon Darby United States (1941) Database Date Rape Day In Court Dba De Facto De Facto Corporation De Jure De Jure Corporation De Minimis De Novo Dead Man’S Statute Deadhand Control Deadly Weapon Dealer Death Benefit Death Penalty Death Row Death Taxes Debenture Debit Card Debt Debt Collector Debt Relief Agency Debt-To-Income Ratio Debtor Debtor In Possession Deceased Decedent Deceit Deception Decide Decision Declarant Declaration Declaration Against Interest Declaration of Mailing Declaration of Trust Declaration Under Penalty of Perjury Declaratory Judgment Declaratory Relief Decree Decree of Distribution Decriminalization Dedication Dedimus Potestatum Deductible Deductible Business Expense Deduction Deed Deed In Lieu of Foreclosure Deed of Trust Deep Link Defalcation Defamation Default Default Divorce Default Judgment Defeasance Defeasible Remainder Defect Defective Defective Title Defendant Defense Defense Attorney Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) Defense of Property Deferred Compensation Deficiency Deficiency Judgment Deficient Deficit Defined Benefit Plan Defined Contribution Plan Defraud Defunct Degree of Kinship Delayed Exchange Delegate Deleterious Deliberate Deliberation Delinquent Deliver Delivery Demand Demand Letter Demand Note Demise Demonstrative Evidence Demur Demurrer Denial Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Department of Labor (DOL) Department of State (DOS) Dependent Dependent Care Plan Dependents Benefits Depletion Deponent Deportation Depose Deposition Depreciable Asset Depreciate Depreciation Depreciation Reserve Derelict Dereliction Derivation of Citizenship Derivative Derivative Action Derivative Work Descent Descent and Distribution Descriptive Mark Desert Desertion Design Patent Detain Determinable Determinate Sentence Deuce Devise Devisee Devisor Devolution Devolve Dicta Dictum Digest Digital Millennium Copyright Act Digital Signature Diligence Dilution Diminished Capacity Diminution In Value Direct and Proximate Cause Direct Evidence Direct Examination Direct Inheritance Directed Trust Directed Verdict Directive To Physicians Director Disability Disability Benefits Disallowance Disbar Disbarment Discharge Discharge (of debts) Discharge (of personal representative) Discharge In Bankruptcy Dischargeable Debts Disclaim Disclaimer Disclaimer Trust Disclosure Discount Discovery Discretion Discretionary Trust Discrimination Disfigure Dishonor Disinherit Disinheritance Disinterested Witness Disjunctive Allegations Dismiss Dismissal Dismissal With Prejudice Dismissal Without Prejudice Disorderly Conduct Disorderly House Disparate Impact Disparate Treatment Disposable Income Disposing Mind and Memory Disposition Dispossess Dispute Dispute Resolution Disregarding the Corporate Entity Dissent Dissenting Opinion Dissolution Dissolution of Corporation Dissolution of Marriage Distinctive Trademark Distinguish Distress Distribute Distributee Distribution Distribution of Profits District Attorney (D.A.) District Attorney (DA) District Court District of Columbia Heller (2008) Disturbance of the Peace Disturbing the Peace Diversion Diversity Jurisdiction Diversity of Citizenship Diversity Visa Program (the Lottery) Divestiture Divestment Dividend Divorce Divorce Agreement Dna Docket Docket Control Doctor-Patient Privilege Doctrine of Equivalents Document Documentary Evidence Dog-Bite Statute Doing Business Doing Business As (DBA) Doma Domain Name Domestic Partner Adoption Domestic Partners Domestic Relations Domestic Violence Domicile Dominant Estate Dominant Tenement Don’T Ask, Don’T Tell Donation Donative Intent Donee Donor Dooced Double Taxation Double Wills Double-Entry Accounting Doubling Dower Dower and Curtesy Down Payment Dowry Draft Dram Shop Rule Draw Drawee Drawer Dred Scott Sandford (1857) Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Driving While Black Driving While Intoxicated Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) Drop Dead Date Drunk Driving Due Due and Owing Due Care Due Diligence Due Process of Law Due, Owing and Unpaid Due, Owing, and Unpaid Due-On-Sale Clause Dui Dump-Buyback Durable Power of Attorney Durable Power of Attorney For Finances Durable Power of Attorney For Health Care Duress Duty Duty of Care Dwi Dying Declaration Dynamite Charge Dynasty Trust
E E.G. Ea Earned Income Earned Surplus Earnest Payment Earnings Record Earwitness Easement Easement By Prescription Eavesdropping Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 Eeoc Effective Assistance of Counsel Effective Date Effluxion of Time Egelhoff Egelhoff (2001) Eggshell Skull Egress Eir Ejectment Ejusdem Generis Elder Law Election of Remedies Election Under the Will Electioneering Elective Share Electronic Funds Transfer Act Electronic Signature Electronic Surveillance Eleemosynary Element Elements (of a case) Elements (of a crime) Emancipated Minor Emancipation Embassy Embezzlement Embezzler Emblements Emergency Emergency Doctrine Emergency Protective Order Eminent Domain Emolument Emotional Distress Employee Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) Employer Employment Employment Authorization Document (EAD) En Banc Enabling Clause Enclosure Enclosure (inclosure) Encroach Encroachment Encumber Encumbrance Encyclopedia Endangered Species Endangered Species Act of 1973 Endorse (indorse) Endorsement Endorsement (indorsement) Endowment Endowment Insurance Enemy Combatant Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 Engel Vitale (1962) English-Only Rule Enjoin Enjoining Enjoyment Enrolled Agent (EA) Enter A Judgment Entity Entrapment Entry Entry of Judgment Environment Environmental Impact Report Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Environmental Law Environmental Protection (EPA) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Equal Opportunity Equal Pay Act Equal Protection Equal Rights Amendment Equal-Opportunity Employer Equitable Equitable Distribution Equitable Estoppel Equitable Lien Equitable Ownership Equitable Relief Equity Equity of Redemption Equivalent Ergo Erisa Erroneous Error Errors and Omissions Escalator Clause Escape Clause Escheat Escrow Escrow Agent Escrow Instructions Espionage Espousal Esquire Essential Job Functions Establishment Clause Estate Estate By Entirety Estate Planning Estate Tax Estate Tax Threshold Estimated Taxes Estop Estoppel Estoppel By Deed Estoppel By Silence Estoppel In Pais Et Al. Et Seq. Et Ux. Et Uxor Ethical Will Euthanasia Evaluation Agreement Evasion of Tax Eviction Evidence Evidentiary Ex Delicto Ex Officio Ex Parte Ex Post Facto Ex Rel. Examination Examination Report Exception Exception In Deed Exceptions Excessive Bail Exchange Excise Excited Utterance Exclusive License Exculpatory Exculpatory Clause Exculpatory Evidence Excusable Neglect Execute Executed Executed Remainder Execution Executive Clemency Executive Order Executive Privilege Executor Executory Executory Interest Executory Remainder Executrix Exemplary Damages Exempt Employee Exempt Property Exemption Exemption Trust Exhaustion Exhibit Expectancy Expense Expenses of Administration Expert Testimony Expert Witness Express Express Contract Express Notice Express Warranty Expropriation Expunge Extended Warranty Contracts Extension Extenuating Circumstances Extinguishment Extortion Extradite Extradition Extrajudicial Extraordinary Compensation Extraordinary Fees Extreme Cruelty Extrinsic Evidence Extrinsic Fraud Eyewitness
F Face Amount Face Value Fact Fact Finder Fact Finder (finder of fact) Factor Failure of Consideration Failure of Issue Fair Comment Fair Credit Billing Act (FCBA) Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) Fair Housing Act & Fair Housing Amendments Act Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Fair Market Value Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 Fair Trade Laws Fair Use False Arrest False Imprisonment False Pretenses Family Family Allowance Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Family Court Family Law Family Limited Partnership Family Pot Trust Family Purpose Doctrine Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009 Fape Fault Divorce Fcba Fcpa Fcra Fdcpa Fdic Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) Federal Benefit Rate Federal Bureau of (FBI) Federal Communications (FCC) Federal Courts Federal Deposit Insurance (FDIC) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Federal Land Policy and Management Act Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 Federal Question Federal Register Federal Supplement Federal Tax Deposits (FTD) Federal Tort Claims Act Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Federal Unemployment Tax Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) Fee Tail Felon Felonious Felony Felony Murder Doctrine Feres Doctrine Fertile Octogenarian Fertile-Octogenarian Rule Fi. Fa. Fica Tax Fico Fictitious Business Name Fictitious Defendants Fictitious Name Fiduciary Fiduciary Relationship Field Sobriety Test Fieri Facias Fifa Lien Fighting Words File Filibuster Filing Fee Final Beneficiary Final Decree Final Judgment Final Settlement Financial Guardian Finder’S Fee Finding Finding of Fact Findings of Fact Fire Insurance Firm Offer First Amendment First Degree Murder First Impression Fiscal Sponsor Fiscal Year Accounting Period Fishing Expedition Fitness Fixed Annuity Fixed Asset Fixed In A Tangible Medium of Expression Fixed Rate Mortgage Fixed Trust Fixture Flexible Savings Account (FSA) Flight Flipping Flmpa Floating Easement Fmla Fob Food and Drug (FDA) For Sale By Owner For Value Received Forbearance Force Majeure Forced Sale Forced Share Forcible Entry Foreclosure Foreclosure Sale Foreign Corporation Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (FCPA) Foreign Divorce Forensic Forensic Animation Forensic Medicine Forensic Testimony Forensics Foreseeability Foreseeable Risk Forfeit Forfeiture Forger Forgery Form Interrogatories Formula Ab Trust Fornication Forthwith Forum Forum Non Conveniens Forum Shopping Foster Care Foster Child Foster Parent Four Corners of an Instrument Framing Franchise Franchise Agreement Franchise Tax Franchisee Franchiser Frank Fraternal Benefit Society Benefits Fraud In the Inducement Fraudulent Conveyance Fraudulent Transfer Fraudulent Transfer Act Free and Clear Free Appropriate Public Education Free On Board (FOB) Freehold Freelancer Freeze-Out Fresh Pursuit Friendly Suit Friendly Witness Fringe Benefit Frisk Frivolous Frolic and Detour Fruit of the Poisonous Tree Frustration of Purpose Fsbo Ftc Ftca Fugitive From Justice Full Disclosure Full Faith and Credit Fundamental Right Funding A Trust Fungible Things Furman Georgia (1972) Future Interest
G Grantee Gregg Georgia (1976) Greenmail Greenhouse Gases Green Card Gravamen Gratuitous Grantor-Retained Unitrust Grantor-Retained Trust Grantor-Retained Income Trust Grantor-Retained Annuity Trust Grantor-Grantee Index Grantor Grievance Grant Deed Grant Grandfathered In Grandfather Clause Grand Theft Grand Larceny Grand Jury Witness Grand Jury Grand Jury Graham Florida (2010) Grace Period Guaranteed Reservation Gun Control Guilty Guest Statute Guest Guardianship Guardian of the Person Guardian of the Estate Guardian Ad Litem Guardian Guaranty Guarantor Guaranteed Signature Governmental Immunity Guarantee Grutter Bollinger (2003) Group Life Insurance Group Insurance Grounds For Divorce Gross Negligence Gross Lease Gross Income Gross Estate Griswold Connecticut (1965) Griggs Duke Power Co. (1971) General Denial Genericide Generic Generation-Skipping Trust Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Generation-Skipping Transfer Generation Skipping General Power of Attorney General Plan General Partner General Ledger General Jurisdiction General Journal Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) General Damages General Counsel General Bequest General Appearance General Agreement On Tariffs and Trade (GATT) Gender Identity Gender Bias Gatt Garnishment Garnishee Garnish Golden Rule Argument Government Printing Office Governing Law Goodwill Goods & Chattels Goods Good Title Good Time Good Samaritan Rule Good Faith Estimate (GFE) Good Faith Gonzalez Raich (2005) Gag Order Golden Parachute Going Out Go Bail Gitlow New York (1925) Gift Tax Gift In Contemplation of Death Gift Causa Mortis Gift Gideon Wainright (1963) Gibbons Ogden (1824) Geneva Conventions
H Home Office Hometowned Homestead Exemption Homestead Declaration Homestead Act Homestead Homeowners’ Association Homeland Security Act of 2002 Home Warranty Home Study Home Rule Homicide Home Equity Holographic Will Holdover Tenant Holdover Tenancy Holding Over Holding Company Holding Cell Holding Holder In Due Course Householder Hypothecate Hyperlink Hybrid Adjustable Rate Mortgage Hustler Magazine, Inc. Falwell (1988) Hung Jury Human Rights Hud-1 Hud Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Housekeeper Holder Household House Counsel House Closing Hotchpot Hot Pursuit Hostile Work Environment Hostile Witness Hostile Possession Hornbook Law Hate Crimes Act Hearing Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) Health Care Proxy Health Care Directive Health Care Declaration Health Benefits Headnote Head of Household Head of Family Hazard Insurance Hearsay Hate Crime Harmless Error Harassment Harass Hamdi Rumsfeld (2004) Half Blood Habitual Criminal Habitable Habeas Corpus Ad Subjiciendum Help America Vote Act of 2002 Hold Harmless Hobby Loss Hit and Run Statute Hit and Run Hiring Firm Highway High Seas Hidden Asset Hereditary Succession Hereditament Habeas Corpus Held Heirs of the Body Heiress Heir Hunter Heir At Law Heir Apparent Heir Hedge Fund Heat of Passion
I I-94 Card I.E. Iep Iirira Illegal Illegal Immigrant Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act Illicit Illusory Promise Immaterial Immediate Relative Immediately Immigrant Visa Immigration Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) Immunity Impairs an Exemption Impanel Impaneling Impeach Impeachment Impeachment of A Witness Impleader Implied Implied Consent Implied Contract Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing Implied Warranty Implied Warranty of Fitness Implied Warranty of Habitability Implied Warranty of Merchantability Impossibility Impotence Impound Imprison Improvement Impute In Absentia In Camera In Chambers In Extremis In Fee Simple In Forma Pauperis In Haec Verba In Kind In Lieu In Limine In Loco Parentis In Pari Delicto In Perpetuity In Personam In Pro Per In Propria Persona In Re In Re Gault (1967) In Rem In Terrorem Clause In Toto In-House Counsel In-Kind In-Kind Income In-Kind Support and Maintenance (ISM) Inadmissible Inadmissible Evidence Inalienable Incapacitated Incapacity Incentive Stock Option (ISO) Incest Inchoate Incidental Beneficiary Incidents of Ownership Income Income In Respect of Decedent Income Statement Income Tax Incompatibility Incompatible Incompetence Incompetency Incompetent Incompetent Evidence Incontrovertible Evidence Incorporate Incorporate By Reference Incorporation Incorporator Incorporeal Incorporeal Ownership Incriminate Incumber Incumbrance Incurable Insanity Indecent Exposure Indefeasible Indefeasible Remainder Indemnify Indemnity Indenture Independent Contractor Independent Executor Independent Trustee Indeterminate Sentence Index Indicia Indictable Offense Indigent Indispensable Party Individual Retirement Account (IRA) Individualized Education Program Indorse Indorsement Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Infancy Inference Information Information and Belief Informed Consent Infra Infraction Infringement Infringement (of copyright) Infringement (of trademark) Infringement (of utility patent) Ingress Inherit Inheritance Inheritance Tax Inheritors Initial Appearance Injunction Injunctive Relief Injury Inlining Innocent Innocent Spouse Rule Innuendo Inquest Ins Insanity Insanity Defense Insertion Insider Insider Trading Insolvency Insolvent Inspection of Documents Installment Agreement Installment Contract Installment Sale Instruction Instrument Insufficient Evidence Insurance Insured Insurer Intangible Assets Intangible Property Integrated Pension Plan Integration Integration Clause Intellectual Property Intent Intent To Levy Intent-To-Use Application (ITU) Intentional Tort Inter Alia Inter Se Inter Vivos Inter Vivos Trust Interest Interested Witness Interference Interim Order Interlineation Interlocutory Interlocutory Appeal Interlocutory Decree Interlocutory Judgment Intermediate Scrutiny Intermittent Leave Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) International Law Internet Service Provider (ISP) Interpleader Interrogation Interrogatories Interstate Commerce Interstate Commerce (ICC) Intervene Intervening Cause Intervention Intestacy Intestate Intestate Succession Intoxication Intrinsic Fraud Inure Inurement Invasion of Privacy Inventory Inverse Condemnation Invest Investigative Background Check Investigative Consumer Report Investment Investor Invitee Involuntary Involuntary Bankruptcy Ip Ipse Dixit Ipso Facto Ira Iraq War Resolution of 2002 Irc Irreconcilable Differences Irrelevant Irremediable Or Irretrievable Breakdown Irreparable Damage Or Injury Irreparable Harm Irreparable Injury Irresistible Impulse Test Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust (ILIT) Irrevocable Trust Irs Irs Expenses Irs Regulations Isp Issue Issue Preclusion Itemized Deductions
J Jump Bail Jury Administrator Jury Juror Jurist Jurisprudence Jurisdictional Amount Jurisdiction Juris Doctor (J.D.) Juris Doctor Jurat Jury Box Jumbo Loan Judiciary Judicial Sale Judicial Review Judicial Proceedings Judicial Notice Judicial Lien Judicial Foreclosure Judicial Discretion Judicial Jus Cogens Juvenile Delinquent Juvenile Court Justifiable Homicide Justiciable Justice System Justice of the Peace (JP) Justice of the Peace Justice Just Cause Jus Naturale Judgment Proof Jury Trial Jury Tampering Jury Stress Jury Selection Jury Panel Jury of One’S Peers Jury Nullification Jury Instruction Jury Fees Jury Duty John G. Roberts, Jr. Joint Enterprise Joint Defendant Joint Custody Joint and Several Liability Joint and Several Joint Adventure Joint Joinder of Issue Joinder John Paul Stevens Joint Liability John Doe Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 Jobber Jnov Jeopardy Jd Jaywalking Jane Doe Jag J.D. Joyriding Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict (JNOV) Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict Judgment Debtor Judgment Debt Judgment Creditor Judgment By Default Judgment Judge Advocate General Judge Advocate Judge J Journal Jones Act Joint Work Joint Venture Joint Tortfeasors Joint Tenancy Joint Tax Return Joint Resolution of Congress Joint Powers Agreement Joint Ownership
K K Kangaroo Court Keogh Plan Key Employee Kidnapping Kin Kindred Kiting Know-How Korematsu United States (1944)
L L.W.O.P. L3C Labor and Materials Labor and Materials (time and materials) Labor Certification Laches Land Land Trust Landlady Landlocked Landlord Landlord and Tenant Landlord’S Lien Lanham Act Lapse Lapse Statute Lapsed Gift Larceny Last Clear Chance Last Will and Testament Latent Ambiguity Latent Defect Lateral Support Law Law and Motion Calendar Law Blank Law Book Law Clerk Law In Books Law of Admiralty Law of the Case Law of the Land Lawful Enemy Combatant Lawful Issue Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR) Lawrence Texas (2003) Lawsuit Lawyer Lay A Foundation Lay Witness Lead Hazard Leading Leading Question Leading the Witness Lease Lease Option Leasehold Least Restrictive Environment Leave Year Lee Weisman (1992) Legacy Legal Legal Succession Legal Action Legal Advertising Legal Age Legal Aid Legal Aid Society Legal Cause Legal Custody Legal Duty Legal Fiction Legal Malpractice Legal Papers Legal Process Legal Risk Placement Legal Separation Legal Services Legal Tender Legalese Legatee Legislation Legislative Immunity Legitimate Lemon Lemon Law Leniency Lessee Lesser Crime Lesser-Included Offense Lessor Let Letter of Credit Letter of Request Letters Letters of Administration Letters Rogatory Letters Testamentary Leverage Levy Lewd Lewd and Lascivious Lex Loci Lgbt Liability Liability Insurance Coverage Liable Libel Libel Per Se Liberty License Licensee Licensing Boards Licensor Licit Lie Detector Test Lien Lienor Life Beneficiary Life Estate Life Expectancy Life Insurance Life Insurance Avails Life Insurance Trust Life Tenant Life Without Possibility of Parole Life-Prolonging Procedure Life-Sustaining Procedures Life-Sustaining Treatment Like-Kind Property Likelihood of Confusion Lilly Ledbetter Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 Limine Limitation of Actions Limited Equity Housing Limited Jurisdiction Limited Liability Limited Liability Company (LLC) Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) Limited Partnership Limited Personal Liability Limited Power of Attorney Limiting Instructions Lineal Consanguinity Lineal Descendant Lineup Link Liquid Asset Liquidate Liquidated Damages Liquidating Partner Lis Pendens Listed Property Literary Property Literary Works Litigant Litigation Litigator Litigious Living Trust Living Will Llc Llp Loan Broker Loan Consolidation Local Rules Locus Loiter Loitering Long Cause Long-Arm Statute Loose-Leaf Services Loss Loss Carryover Loss Damage Waiver (LDW) Loss of Bargain Loss of Bargain Rule Loss of Consortium Loss of Use Loving Virginia (1967) Low-Profit Limited Liability Company (L3C) Lre Lulac
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N N.O.V. Naked Option Narcotics National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund (NCUSIF) National Labor Relations Board National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) National Labor Relations Board. (NLRB) National Visa Center (NVC) Natural Law Natural Person Naturalization Near Minnesota (1931) Necessaries Necessary Necessary Inference Necessary Party Necessities Negative Amortization Negative Declaration Negative Income Negative Pregnant Negligence Negligence Per Se Negligent Negligent Tort Negotiable Instrument Negotiation Net Net Earnings Net Estate Net Income Net Lease Net Loss Net Operating Loss (NOL) New Matter New York Times Sullivan (1964) Next Friend Next of Kin Nihil Nil Nisi Prius No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 No Contest No Fault No Fault Divorce No Fault Insurance No-Contest Clause No-Fault Divorce No-Fault Insurance No-Fault Proceedings No-Par Stock Noise Control Act Nol. Pros. Nolle Prosequi Nolo Nolo Contendere Nominal Damages Nominal Party Nominee Non Compos Mentis Non Sequitur Non-Conforming Use Non-Contestability Clause Non-Contiguous Non-Discretionary Trust Non-Feasance Non-Profit Corporation Non-Suit Noncompete Noncompetition Agreement Nonconforming Use Noncontest Clause Noncontestability Clause Noncontiguous Noncountable Resource Noncustodial Parent Nondischargeable Debts Nondisclosure Agreement Nondiscretionary Trust Nondisparagement Clause Nonexempt Employee Nonexempt Property Nonfeasance Nonimmigrant Nonimmigrant Visa Nonjudicial Foreclosure Nonjury Trial Nonlapse Statute Nonobviousness Nonprobate Assets Nonprobate Estate Nonprobate Transfer Nonprofit Corporation Nonrecurring Closing Costs Nonsolicitation Agreement Nonsuit Nontransferable Ticket Norris Alabama (1935) Not Guilty Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity Notarize Notary Notary Public Note Notice Notice of Default Notice of Deficiency Notice of Tax Lien Notice To Creditors Notice To Quit Notorious Possession Nov (non obstante veredicto) Novation Novelty Noxious Nugatory Nuisance Nuisance Fees Nulla Bona Nullity Nunc Pro Tunc Nuncupative Will
O O.R. O.S.C. Oath Oath of Office Obiter Dicta Obiter Dictum Object Objection Obligation Obligee Obligor Obra Obscene Obscenity Obstruction of Justice Occupancy Occupancy Standard Occupant Occupation Occupational Disease Occupational Hazard Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Occupy the Field Of Counsel Off Calendar Offender Offense Offensive Collateral Estoppel Offer Offer In Compromise Offer of Proof Offeree Offeror Officer Officer of the Court Official Official Misconduct Official Reports Officious Intermeddler Offset Offshore Corporation Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA) Olographic Will Omission Omitted Heir Omnibus Clause On A Person’S Own Recognizance On All Fours On Demand On File On Or Before On the Merits On the Stand One-Bite Rule One-Person, One-Vote Rule One-Year Rule Open Adoption Open Court Open-Ended Loan Opening Statement Operating Agreement Operation of Law Opinion Option Option Arm Or Oral Contract Order Order of Examination Order To Show Cause Ordinance Ordinary Ordinary Course of Business Original Jurisdiction Original Work of Authorship Origination Fee Orphan Orphan Works Osha Ostensible Agent Ostensible Authority Ouster Out of Court Out-Of-Pocket Expenses Outbuilding Outlaw Output Contract Overbooking Overcharge Overrule Overt Act Owe Owelty Own Own Recognizance Own Recognizance (OR) Owner Owners’ Agreement Ownership Ownership In Common
P Paid Into Court Pain and Suffering Palimony Palliative Care Pander Panderer Panel Paper Hanger Paperbound Supplement Par Par Value Par-Value Stock Paralegal Paramount Title Parcel Pardon Parens Patriae Parent Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act (PKPA) Parental Neglect Parenting Plan Pari Delicto Parish Parody Parol Parol Evidence Parol Evidence Rule Parole Partial Partial Breach Partial Disability Partial Verdict Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 Partially Secured Debt Participate Partition Partner Partnership Party of the First Part Party of the Second Part Party Wall Pass-Through Taxation Passenger Passion Passive Pat-Down Patent Patent Ambiguity Patent and Trademark Office Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Patent Claims Patent Deed Patent Defect Patent Drawing Patent Infringement Patent Pending Patent Search Patent Troll Paternity Suit Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 Patriot Act Pawn Pawnbroker Pay Pay Or Quit Payable Payable On Demand Payable-On-Death Designation Payback Provision Payee Payment In Due Course Payment In Full Payment Into Court Payor Payroll Taxes Pbgc Peace Bond Peaceable Possession Peculation Pecuniary Pedophilia Peeping Tom Peer Peer Review Pen Register Penal Penalty Penalty Clause Pendent Jurisdiction Pendente Lite Penitentiary Pension Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) People People’S Initiative To Limit Property Taxation Per Per Capita Per Curiam Per Diem Per Se Per Se Doctrine Percipient Witness Peremptory Peremptory Challenge Peremptory Norm Peremptory Writ of Mandate Peremptory Writ of Mandate (or mandamus) Perfect Perfected Perform Performance Perjurer Perjury Perm Permanent Disability Permanent Injunction Permanent Injury Permanent Resident Permissive Permit Perpetuity Person Person In Need of Supervision Personal Effects Personal Financial Responsibility Counseling Personal Guardian Personal Injury Personal Injury Recovery Personal Property Personal Recognizance Personal Representative Personal Service Personal Services Personalty Pet Trust Petit Jury Petition Petitioner Petty Larceny Phishing Physical Custody Physical Incapacity Physician-Assisted Suicide Physician-Patient Privilege Picketing Pierce the Corporate Veil Piercing the Corporate Veil Piercing the Veil Pilferage Pimp Pink Slip Piracy Piti Pkpa Plagiarism Plain Error Plain View Doctrine Plaintiff Plaintiff’S Attorney Plan For Achieving Self-Support (PASS) Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania Casey (1992) Plant Closing Plant Patent Plea Plea Bargain Plea In Abatement Plead Pleading Pledge Plenary Plessy Ferguson (1896) Plyler Doe (1982) Pmi Pod Points and Authorities Poison Pill Police Court Police Powers Political Question Poll Poll Book Polling the Jury Polygamy Polygraph Poms Ponzi Scheme Pooled Trust Pornography Positive Law Posse Comitatus Possess Possession Possession of Stolen Goods Possessory Interest Possibility of A Reverter Post Post Hoc Post Mortem Post-Trial Postdated Check Posthumous Child Posting Postjudgment Interest Pot Pot Trust Pour Over Will Pour-Over Will Power Power of Acceptance Power of Appointment Power of Attorney Ppa Practicable Practice Praecipe Pray Prayer Prayer For Relief Pre-Dup Precatory Precedent Predatory Lending Predecease Predeceased Spouse Preemption Preemptive Right Preference Preference Relative Preferred Dividend Preferred Stock Pregnancy Discrimination Act Preinjunction Prejudgment Interest Preliminary Hearing Preliminary Injunction Premarital Agreement Premeditation Premises Premium Prenatal Tort Prenuptial Agreement Prepayment Penalty Preponderance of the Evidence Preregistration Agreement Prerogative Writ Prescription Prescriptive Easement Presenteeism Presentence Report Presentment Presidential Signing Statements Presiding Judge Presumed Abuse Presumed Maximum Value (PMV) Presumption Presumption of Innocence Pretermitted Heir Pretrial Discovery Prevailing Party Price Fixing Prima Facie Prima Facie Case Prime Suspect Primogeniture Principal Principal Place of Business Principal Register Prior Art Prior Restraint Prior (s) Priority Priority Date Priority Debt Privacy Private Annuity Private Carrier Private Law Private Mortgage Insurance Private Nuisance Private Parts Private Property Private Road Privilege Privilege Against Self-Incrimination Privileged Communication Privileges and Immunities Privileges and Immunities Clause Privity Pro Bono Pro Forma Pro Hac Vice Pro Per Pro Rata Pro Se Pro Tanto Pro Tem Pro Tempore Probable Cause Probate Probate Court Probate Estate Probation Probative Probative Facts Probative Value Procedural Law Procedure Proceeding Proceeds For Damaged Exempt Property Process Process Server Proctor Product Liability Products Liability Professional Corporation Professional Negligence Proffer Profit and Loss Statement Profit Margin Prohibition Promise Promisor Promissory Estoppel Promissory Note Promoter Promotional Stock Proof Proper Party Property Property Control Trust Property Damage Property Guardian Property Tax Property Tort Proposition 13 Proposition 8 Propria Persona Proprietary Proprietary Interest Proprietary Lease Proprietary Rights Proprietor Proprietorship Prosecute Prosecuting Attorney Prosecution Prosecutor Prospectus Prostitute Prostitution Protected Characteristic Protected Class Protective Custody Protest Prove Proving A Will Provisional Ballot Provisional Patent Application (PPA) Provisional Remedy Proviso Provocation Proximate Cause Proxy Prudent Man Rule Prudent Person Rule Pto Public Public Administrator Public Benefit Corporation Public Charge Public Corporation Public Defender Public Domain Public Domain Lands Public Easement Public Figure Public Law Public Nuisance Public Property Public Record Public Service Commission Public Trust Doctrine Public Use Public Utility Publication Publish Published Work Puffery Puffing Punitive Damages Pur Autre Vie Purchase Agreement Or Purchase Offer Put Option Putative Pyramid Scheme
Q Qui Tam Action Quasi In Rem Quasi-Community Property Quasi-Corporation Quasi-Criminal Quasi-Judicial Quasi-Personalty Queen’S Bench Query Question of Fact Question of Law Quasi Corporation Quid Quid Pro Quo Quiet Enjoyment Quiet Title Action Quit Quitclaim Deed Quo Warranto Quorum Quotient Verdict Qualified Personal Residence Trust (QPRT) Qdro Qmsco Qtip Trust Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO) Qualified Domestic Trust Qualified Endorsement Qualified Individual With A Disability Qualified Intermediary Qualified Medical Child Support Order (QMSCO) Qualified Ownership Qdot Qualified Plan Qualified Retirement Plan Qualified Small Business Stock Qualified Witness Quantum Meruit Quash Quasi Quasi Community Property Quasi Contract
R Race To the Courthouse Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization (RICO) statue Racketeering Rainmaker Ransom Rape Ratable Ratification Ratify Rational Basis Rational Basis Test Read On Ready, Willing and Able Ready, Willing, and Able Reaffirmation Real Covenant Real Estate Real Estate Agent Real Estate Investment Trust Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) Real Party In Interest Real Property Realty Reasonable Reasonable Accommodation Reasonable Care Reasonable Doubt Reasonable Person Reasonable Speed Reasonable Time Reasonable Wear and Tear Rebate Rebuttable Presumption Rebuttal Rebuttal Witness Recapture Receipt Receiver Receivership Recess Recidivist Reciprocal Beneficiaries Reciprocal Discovery Reciprocity Reckless Reckless Disregard Reckless Driving Reconveyance Record Record Keeping Recording Recording Acts Records Recoupment Recourse Recover Recoverable Recovery Recurring Closing Costs Recusal Recuse Red Herring Redaction Redeem Redemption Reentry Referee Referendum Reformation Refresh One’S Memory Refresh One’S Recollection Refugee Regents of the University of California Bakke (1978) Register Register of Deeds Registered Agent Registered Sex Offender Registration Statement Registry of Deeds Regulations Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Rehearing Reit Rejection of Claim Release Release On One’S Own Recognizance Relevancy Relevant Reliance Reliction Relief Relinquished Property Remainder Remainder Subject To A Condition Precedent Remainder Subject To Divestment Remainder Subject To Open Remainderman Remand Remedy Remise Remittitur Remote Removal Renewal Rent Rent Control Rent To Buy Rent To Own Rent Withholding Rental Agreement Rental Value Renunciation Reorganization Repair Repair and Deduct Repeal Replacement Property Replacement Value Replevin Reply Brief Reports Repossess Repossession Represent Representation Representative Representative Payee Reprieve Repudiation Reputation Reputed Request Request For Admission Request To Admit Required Minimum Distribution Requirements Contract Res Res Adjudicata Res Gestae Res Gestae Witness Res Ipsa Loquitur Res Judicata Res Nova Resale Rescind Rescission Rescue Doctrine Reservation Reserve Reserve Fund Residence Resident Residuary Beneficiary Residuary Bequest Residuary Estate Residue Resisting Arrest Resolution Resolution of Congress Respondeat Superior Respondent Response Responsible Responsive Pleading Restatement of the Law Restitution Restraining Order Restraint of Trade Restraint On Alienation Restriction Restrictive Covenant Restrictive Endorsement Result Resulting Trust Resume Inflation Retained Earnings Retainer Retaliation Retaliatory Eviction Retire Retirement Benefits Retraction Retrial Retroactive Return of Service Revenue Agent Revenue Ruling Reversal Reverse Engineering Reverse Mortgage Reversible Error Reversion Reverter Review Revival Revocable Living Trust Revocation Revoke Reynolds Sims (1964) Rhadamanthine Rico Rider Right Right of Representation Right of Survivorship Right of Way Right To Cancel (a contract) Right To Counsel Right To Privacy Right To Work State Rights Riot Riparian Riparian Rights Ripe Risk Risk of Loss Roadside Test Robbery Roe Wade (1973) Rogatory Letters Roll Over Roth United States (1957) Royalty Rule Against Perpetuities Rule of Doubt Rules of Court Rules of Evidence Standards Governing Whether Evidence In A Civilor Criminal Case Is Admissible.Search Warrant Ruling Running At Large Running With the Land Ruth Bader Ginsburg
S S Corporation Said Salazar Buono (2010) Sale Sales Tax Salvage Same-Sex Marriage Sample Ballot Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr. Sanction Sandra Day O’Connor Sarbanes-Oxley Act Satisfaction Satisfaction of Judgment Satisfaction of Mortgage Save Harmless Savings and Loan Schecter Poultry Corp. United States (1931) Schedule Schenk United States (1919) School District of Abington Township, Pennsylvania Schempp (1963) Scienter Scintilla Scope of Employment Scrivener Seal Sealed Verdict Sealing of Records Search Search and Seizure Sec Second Amendment Second Degree Murder Secondary Authority Secondary Boycott Secondary Meaning Secret Rebate Secret Warranty Program Section 1981 Section 504 Section 8 Section1244 Stock Secured Debt Secured Debts Secured Transaction Securities Securities an Exchange Commission (SEC) Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Security Deposit Security Interest Sedition Seduction Seised Seisin Seizin Seizure Self-Dealing Self-Defense Self-Employed Self-Employment Tax Self-Executing Self-Help Self-Incrimination, Privilege Against: Self-Proving Will Self-Serving Self-Settled Trust Sell Seller Senior Lien Sentence Sep Sep-Ira Separate Property Separation Separation Agreement Separation of Church and State Separation of Powers Sequester Sequestration Sequestration of Witnesses Seriatim Serious Health Condition Servant Service Service Business Service By Fax Service By Fax Service By Mail Service By Publication Service Mark Service of Process Services Servient Estate Servient Tenement Session Set Set Aside Setback Setoff Setting Settle Settlement Settlor Severability Clause Severable Contract Several Liability Severance Severance Pay Sex Offender Sexual Harassment Shall Share Share and Share Alike Shared Custody Shared Equity Mortgage Shareholder Shareholder’S Derivative Action Shareholders’ Agreement Shareholders’ Derivative Action Shareholders’ Meeting Sharp Practice Shelley Kraemer (1948) Sheltered Workshop Shepardize Sheriff’S Sale Sherman Act Sherman Antitrust Act Shield Laws Shifting the Burden of Proof Shoplifting Short Cause Short Sale Shortening Time Shotgun Charge Show Cause Order Sick Leave Sickness Benefits Sidebar Sideline Business Sign Signature Guarantee Signing Statement Silent Partner Similarly Situated Simple Trust Simplified Employee Pension Plan Simultaneous Death Act Sine Qua Non Single-Entry Accounting Situs Skip Person Slander Slapp Suit Slayer Statute Small Business (SBA) Small Claims Court Small Entity Small Estate Smoking Gun Social Security Social Security Administration Social Security Statement Social Security Tax Social Security Administration Sodomy Sole Custody Sole Proprietorship Solicitation Solicitor Solicitor General Solitary Confinement Solvency Sonia Sotomayor Sound Mind and Memory Sound Recording Sounds In Sovereign Immunity Spam Speaking Demurrer Spear Phishing Special Special Administrator Special Appearance Special Circumstances Special Damages Special Education Special Immigrant Special Master Special Needs Special Needs Trust Special Power of Attorney Special Prosecutor Special Verdict Specials Specific Bequest Specific Devise Specific Finding Specific Intent Specific Legacy Specific Performance Specification Speculative Damages Speedy Trial Speedy Trial Act Spend Down 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Stockholder’S Derivative Action Stockholders’ Derivative Action Stop and Frisk Straight-Line Depreciation Strategic Default Straw Man Street Strict Construction Strict Liability Strict Scrutiny Strike Structure Sua Sponte Subchapter S Corporation Subcontractor Subject Research Subject To Sublease Submit Submitted Subordination Subordination Agreement Subornation of Perjury Subpena Subpena (subpoena) Subpena Duces Tecum Subpoena Subpoena Duces Tecum Subprime Loan Subprime Mortgage Subrogation Subrogee Subrogor Subscribe Subscribing Witness Subsidiary Substantial Performance Substantive Law Substitute In Substituted Service Substitution Substitution of Attorney Substitution of Parties Subtenant Success Billing Succession Succession Representative Successive Sentences Successor Trustee Suffering Sufficient Cause Sui Generis Suicide Suicide Clause Suit Sum Certain Summary Adjudication Summary Adjudication of Issues Summary Judgment Summary Probate Summation Summons Sunset Law Sunshine Laws Superior Court Superior Court Supernumerary Witness Supersedeas Superseding Cause Supervening Cause Supplemental Supplemental Needs Trust Supplemental Register Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act of 2010 Support Trust Suppress Suppression of Evidence Supra Supremacy Clause Supreme Court Surcharge Surety Surety Bond Surplusage Surrebutal Surrebuttal Surrender Surrender Value Surrogate Surrogate Court Surveillance Surviving Spouse Surviving Spouse’S Trust Survivor Survivors Benefits Survivorship Suspect Classification Suspended Sentence Suspension Suspension of Deportation Sustain Swear Swearing Match Sweat Equity Swift Witness Swindle Syndicate
T T.R.O. Tainted Evidence Take Taking Taking Against the Will Tangible Employment Action Tangible Personal Property Tangible Personal Property Memorandum (TPPM) Tangible Property Target Witness Tax Tax Attorney Tax Auditor Tax Basis Tax Bracket Tax Costs Tax Court Tax Court Tax Court of the United States Tax Credit Tax Deduction Tax Evasion Tax Examiner Tax Fraud Tax Lien Notice Tax Registration Certificate Tax Return Tax Sale Tax Withholding Tax-Deferred Exchange Tax-Exempt Income Taxable Income Taxpayer Bill of Rights Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) Temporary Injunction Temporary Insanity Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Temporary Relief Temporary Restraining Order Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) Tenancy Tenancy At Sufferance Tenancy At Will Tenancy By the Entireties Tenancy By the Entirety Tenancy In Common Tenant Tenants In Common Tender Tender Back Rule Tender of Performance Tender Offer Tenement Tentative Trust Tenure Term Term Life Insurance Terrorem Clause Testacy Testamentary Testamentary Capacity Testamentary Disposition Testamentary Trust Testate Testate Succession Testator Testatrix Testify Testimony Texas Johnson (1989) Tfrp Theft Third Degree Instruction Third Party Third Party Complaint Third-Party Beneficiary Third-Party Trust Thirty-Day Notice Threatened Species Three Strikes Three Strikes, You’Re Out Three-Day Notice Three-Of-Five Test Tide Lands Tidelands Tila Time Is of the Essence Time Served Timely Title Title Abstract Title Company Title Insurance Title Ix Title Report Title Search Title Vii Title X To Wit Tod Tod Deed Toll Tontine Too Big To Fail Tools of the Trade Tools of Trade Tort Tort Claims Act Tortfeasor Tortious Tortious Interference Totten Trust Toxic Mold Toxic Tort Trade Trade Dress Trade Fixture Trade Name Trade Secret Trademark Trademark Owner Trademark Registration Trademark Search Trader Transaction Transcript Transfer Transfer Agent Transfer In Contemplation of Death Transfer-On-Death (TOD) Transfer-On-Death Deed Transferred Intent Transgender Transmittal Form Transsexual Treason Treasury Bill Treasury Bond Treasury Note Treasury Stock Treatise Treaty Treble Damages Trespass Trial Trial Court Trial De Novo Tribunal Trier of Fact Triple Net Lease Tro True Bill Trust Trust Administration Trust Agreement Or Declaration Trust Corpus Trust Declaration Trust Deed Trust Fund Trust Fund Recovery Penalty (TFRP) Trust Fund Taxes Trust Instrument Trust Merger Trust Protector Trust Res Trustee Trustee In Bankruptcy Trustee Powers Trustor Truth In Lending Truth In Lending Act Truth In Lending Act (TILA) Turn State’S Evidence Turn States’ Evidence Turncoat Witness Twinkie Defense Twinkie Defense Typosquatting
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V Visitation Rights Vested Remainder Veterans’ Administration (VA) Vexatious Litigation Vicarious Liability View Ordinance Vigilante Village of Euclid Amber Realty (1926) Visa Visa Waiver Program Vested Ownership Viz Void Void For Vagueness Voidable Voir Dire Volenti Non Fit Injuria Voluntary Bankruptcy Voter Bill of Rights Voting Trust Vendee Vacate Vagrancy Valuable Consideration Van Orden Perry (2005) Variable Annuity Variable Life Insurance Variable Universal Life Insurance Variance Vehicular Manslaughter Vacant Succession Vendor Venire Veniremen Venue Verdict Verification Vertical Privity Vest Vested
W Witnesseth Work Product Work Permit Work Made For Hire Work For Hire Work Credits Words of Procreation Words of Art Words and Phrases Legally Defined Woodson North Carolina (1976) Wobbler Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) Witness Stand Witness Without Prejudice Withholding Withdrawal of A Corporation Withdrawal With Prejudice Wiretapping Wiretap Writ of Certiorari Wrongful Termination In Violation of Public Policy Wrongful Termination Wrongful Death Write-Off Writ of Prohibition Writ of Mandate (Mandamus) Writ of Mandate Writ of Execution Writ of Coram Nobis Winding Up A Corporation Writ of Attachment Writ World Court Workout Workmen’S Compensation Workmen’S Compensation Workers’ Compensation Acts Workers’ Compensation Worker’S Compensation Warranty Adjustment Program Watkins United States (1957) Watered Stock Water Rights Waste Washington Dc Voting Rights Amendment Wash Sale Warranty of Merchantability Warranty of Fitness Warranty Deed Waxman-Markey Bill Warranty Warrant Ward Wanton Waiver of Immunity Waiver Waive Wages Wage Attachment Widow’S Election Winding Up Wind Up Willfully Willful Tort Willful Will Contest Will Wildcard Exemption Widower W-2 Form Widow Whole Life Insurance White-Collar Crime White Collar Crime Whistleblower Whistleblogger Whiplash Wet Reckless Weight of Evidence
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Y Yellow-Dog Contract Youngstown Steel Sawyer (1952) Your Honor Youthful Offenders
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