Gale encyclopedia of American law
(Electronic Resource)

v. 1. A Fortiori

A Mensa et Thoro

A Posteriori

A Priori

AB Initio

Abandonment

Abatement

Abatement of an Action

Abbott, Benjamin Vaughn

Abdication

Abduction

Abernathy, Ralph David

Abet

Abettor

Abeyance

Abiding Conviction

Abington School District V. Schempp

Abjuration

Abode

Abolition

Abortion

Abrams V. United States

Abrogation

Abscond

Absconding Debtor

Absentee

Absentee Voting

Absolute

Absolute Deed

Abstention Doctrine

Abstract

Abstract of Title

Abstraction

Abuse

Abuse Excuse

Abuse of Discretion

Abuse of Power

Abuse of Process

Abusive

Abut

Abzug, Bella Savitsky

Academic Freedom

Academic Year

Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences

Accede

Acceleration

Acceleration Clause

Acceptance

Access

Accession

Accessory

Accident

Accidental Death Benefit

Accidental Killing

Accidental Vein

Accidents of Navigation

Accommodation Endorsement

Accommodation Paper

Accommodation Party

Accompany

Accomplice

Accomplice Witness

Accord

Accord and Satisfaction

Accouchement

Account

Account, Action on

Account Payable

Account Receivable

Account Rendered

Account Stated

Accountant

Accounting

Accredit

Accredited Law School

Accretion

Accrual Basis

Accrue

Accumulated Earnings Tax

Accumulation Trust

Accumulative Judgment

Accumulative Sentence

Accusation

Accusatory Body

Accused

Acknowledgment

Acquiescence

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

Acquisition Charge

Acquit

Acquittal

Act

Act of God

Action

Action on the Case

Actionable

Actionable per se

Actual Cash Value

Actual Notice

Actuary

Actus Reus

AD Damnum

AD Hoc

AD Hominem

AD Interim

AD Litem

AD Valorem

Adams, John

Adams, John Quincy

Adaptation

Add-On

Addams, Jane

Addict

Additional Extended Coverage

Additional Instructions

Additur

Adduce

Ademption

Adequate

Adequate Remedy at Law

Adhesion Contract

Adjacent

Adjective Law

Adjoining Landowners

Adjourned Term

Adjournment

Adjudge

Adjudication

Adjudicative Facts

Adjunction

Adjuration

Adjust

Adjusted Gross Income

Adjuster

Adjustment Securities

Administer

Administration

Administration, Office of

Administrative Acts

Administrative Adjudication

Administrative Agency

Administrative Board

Administrative Conference of the United States

Administrative Discretion

Administrative Law and Procedure

Administrative Office of the United States Courts

Administrative Procedure Act of 1946

Administrator

Admiralty and Maritime Law

Admissible

Admission

Admission to the Bar

Admonition

Adopt

Adoption

Adult

Adulteration

Adultery

Advance

Advance Sheets

Advancement

Adversary Proceeding

Adversary System

Adverse Interest

Adverse Possession

Advice and Consent

Advise

Advisement

Advisory Jury

Advisory Opinion

Advocacy

Advocate

Aeronautics

Affidavit

Affiliation Proceeding

Affinity

Affirm

Affirmance

Affirmation

Affirmative Action

Affirmative Defense

Affray

Aforesaid

Aforethought

After-Acquired Property Clause

After-Acquired Title

After-Born Child

Age Discrimination

Age of Consent

Age of Majority

Age of Reason

Age Requirement for Holding Office

Agency

Agent

Aggravated Assault

Aggravation

Aggression

Aggressive Collection

Aggrieved Party

Agreement

Agricultural Law

Agriculture Department

Agriculture Subsidies

Aid and Abet

Aid and Comfort

Aiding the Enemy Acts

Air Pollution

Airlines

Akerman, Amos Tappan

Alaska Boundary Dispute

Albright, Madeleine Korbel

Alcohol

Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Bureau of

Alderman or Alderwoman

Aleatory Contract

Alexander, James

Alias

Alias Writ

Alien and Sedition Acts

Alien Enemy

Alienable

Alienate

Alienation Clause

Alienation of Affection

Aliens

Alimony

Alito, Samuel Anthony, Jr.

All Fours

Allegation

Allege

Allegiance

Allocation

Allocution

Allodial

Allograph

Allonge

Allotment

Allred, Gloria

Alter Ego

Alteration

Alteration of Instruments

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Alternative Relief

Alternative Writ

Ambassadors and Consuls

Amber Alert

Ambiguity

Ambit

Ambulance Chaser

Ambulatory

Amendment

American Association for Justice

American Association of Retired Persons

American Bankers Association

American Bar Association

American Civil Liberties Union

American Farm Bureau Federation

American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations

American Indian Movement

American Israel Public Affairs Committee

American Legion

American Medical Association

Ames, James Barr

Ames, Samuel

Amicable Action

Amicus Curiae

Amistad Mutiny

Amnesty

Amnesty International

Amortization

Amotion

Amount in Controversy

Analogy

Anarchism

Ancient Lights

Ancient Writing

Ancillary

Ancillary Administration

Animal Rights

Animus

Annexation

Annotation

Annual Percentage Rate

Annual Report

Annuity

Annulment

Anon

Answer

Antarctic Treaty of 1959

Ante

Antecedent Debt

Anthony, Susan Brownell

Anti-Ballistic-Missile Treaty of 1972

Anti-Defamation League

Anticipation

Anticipatory Repudiation

Antilawyer Movement

Antinomy

Antitrust Law

Apparent

Appeal

Appear

Appearance

Appellant

Appellate

Appellate Advocacy

Appellate Court

Appellee

Appleton, John

Appoint

Appointment, Power of

Apportionment

Appraisal

Appraiser

Appreciation

Apprehension

Apprentice

Appropriation

Approval

Appurtenance

Arbiter

Arbitrage

Arbitrary

Arbitration

Architect

Architect of the Capitol

Arctic, Legal Status of

Arguendo

Argument

Argumentative

Aristotle

Armed Services

Armistice

Arms Control and Disarmament

Arraignment

Array

Arrears

Arrest

Arrest of Judgment

Arrest Warrant

Arrogation

Arson

Art Law

Arthur, Chester Alan

Articles

Articles of Confederation

Articles of Impeachment

Articles of Incorporation

Articles of Organization

Articles of Partnership

Articles of War

Artificial Insemination

Artificial Person

As is

As per

Ashcroft, John David

Ashwander Rules

Asportation

Assassination

Assault

Assault and Battery

Assembly

Assent

Assess

Assessed Valuation

Assessment

Asset

Assign

Assigned Account

Assigned Risk

Assigned Risk Plan

Assignment

Assignment for Benefit of Creditors

Assigns

Assistance, Writ of

Assisted Suicide

Assize, or Assise

Associate Justice

Assumpsit

Assumption

Assumption of Risk

Assured

Asylum

Asylums

At Issue

At Large

At Law

Atkins V. Virginia

Attachment

Attainder

Attempt

Attenuate

Attest

Attestation

Attorn

Attorney-Client Privilege

Attorney

Attorney General

Attorney Misconduct

Attorney's Fees

Attorney's Lien

Auctions

Audi Alteram Partem

Audit

Augustus, John

Austin, John

Authentication

Authorities

Authorize

Automatism

Automobile Searches

Automobiles

Autopsy

Auxiliary

Aver

Averment

Avoidable Consequences

Avoidance

Avowal

Avulsion

Award

Baby M, in re

Back Pay Award

Back to Work Agreement

Backdating

Bacon, Sir Francis

Bad Faith

Badger, George Edmund

Baer, George Frederick

Bail

Bail Bond

Bailee

Bailey, Francis Lee

Bailiff

Bailment

Bailor

Bait and Switch

Baker, Ella Josephine

Baker V.

Carr

Balance Sheet

Balancing

Baldwin, Henry

Baldwin, Joseph Glover

Baldwin, Roger Nash

Baldwin, Simeon Eben

Ballinger, William Pitt

Balloon Payment

Banc

Banishment

Bank for International Settlement

Bank of the United States

Banker's Lien

Bankruptcy

Banks and Banking

Banks, Dennis J.

Bar Association

Bar Examination

Barbour, Philip Pendleton

Bargain

Bargaining Agent

Barlow, Francis Channing

Barr, William Pelham

Barratry

Barrister

Barron V. Baltimore

Barter

Base Fee

Base Line

Baseball

Basis

Bastardy Action

Bates, Daisy Lee Gatson

Bates, Edward

Battel

Battered Child/Spouse Syndrome

Battery

Baylor, Robert Emmett Bledsoe.

v. 2. Bean, Roy

Beard, Charles Austin

Bearer

Beasley, Mercer

Beccaria, Cesare Bonesano, Marchese Di

Becket, Saint Thomas

Beecher, Henry Ward

Belief

Bell, Derrick Albert, Jr.

Bell, Griffin Boyette

Bell, John

Below

Bench

Bench Trial

Bench Warrant

Beneficial Association

Beneficial Interest

Beneficial Use

Beneficiary

Benefit of Clergy

Benjamin, Judah Philip

Benjamin, Park

Bentham, Jeremy

Bequeath

Bequest

Bering Sea Dispute

Berle, Adolph Augustus, Jr.

Berrien, John Macpherson

Best Evidence

Bestiality

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Bias

Bicameral

Bickel, Alexander Mordecai

Biddle, Francis Beverly

Bifurcated Trial

Bigelow, Melville Madison

Bilateral Contract

Bill

Bill of Attainder

Bill of Exchange

Bill of Indictment

Bill of Lading

Bill of Particulars

Bill of Review

Bill of Rights

Bill of Sale

Bills and Notes

Bills of Credit

Binder

Binding Authority

Binding Over

Bingham, John Armor

Binney, Horace

Bird, Rose Elizabeth

Birth Control

Bissell, Wilson Shannon

Black Codes

Black, Hugo Lafayette

Black, Jeremiah Sullivan

Black Letter Law

Black Panther Party

Black Power Movement

Blackacre

Blackford, Isaac Newton

Blacklist

Blackmail

Blackmun, Harry Andrew

Blackstone, Sir William

Blackstone's Commentaries

Blair, John, Jr.

Blank

Blank Endorsement

Blasphemy

Blatchford, Samuel

Block

Blockbusting

Blood Feud

Blotter

Blue Book

Blue Laws

Blue Ribbon Jury

Blue Sky Law

Board of Directors

Board of Pardons

Board of Regents

Body

Body Execution

Boggs, Corinne Claiborne

Boilerplate

Bolin, Jane Matilda

Bona Fide

Bonaparte, Charles Joseph

Bond, Horace Julian

Bonds

Book Value

Booking

Bookkeeping

Bootstrap Doctrine

Borden, Lizzie

Bork, Robert Heron

Bosone, Reva Beck

Boston Massacre Soldiers

Bottomry

Boudinot, Elias

Boundaries

Bounty Hunter

Boy Scouts of America V. Dale

Boycott

Boyle, John

Brackenridge, Henry Marie

Bracket

Bracton, Henry de

Bradford, William (1729-1808)

Bradford, William (1755-95)

Bradley, Joseph P.

Bradwell, Myra Colby

Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence

Branch Davidian Raid

Brandeis, Louis Dembitz

Breach of Marriage Promise

Breach of the Peace

Breaking

Breckenridge, John

Breese, Sidney

Brennan, William Joseph, Jr.

Brewer, David Josiah

Brewster, Benjamin Harris

Breyer, Stephen Gerald

Bribery

Brickell, Robert Coman

Bridges

Brief

Briggs, Herbert Whittaker

Bright Line Rule

Bring Suit

Broadcasting

Broadhead, James Overton

Broker

Brookings Institution

Brougham, Henry Peter

Brown, Addison

Brown, Henry Billings

Brown, John

Brown, Joseph Emerson

Brown, Ronald Harmon

Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

Brown, Walter Folger

Brownell, Herbert, Jr.

Browning, James Robert

Browning, Orville Hickman

Bryan Treaties

Bryan, William Jennings

Bryant, William Benson

Bryce, James

Buchanan, James

Buchanan, Patrick Joseph

Buck V. Bell

Buggery

Building and Loan Association

Building Codes

Building Line

Building Officials and Code Administrators International

Bulk Transfer

Bulletin

Burden of going Forward

Burden of Persuasion

Burden of Pleading

Burden of Proof

Bureaucracy

Burger, Warren Earl

Burglary

Burke, Edmund

Burlamaqui, Jean Jacques

Burnet, David Gouverneur

Burr, Aaron

Burton, Harold Hitz

Bush, George Herbert Walker

Bush, George Walker

Bush V. Gore

Business Affected with a Public Interest

Business Closings

Business Judgment Rule

Business Record Exception

Business Roundtable

Business Trust

"But for" Rule

Butler, Benjamin Franklin (1795-1858)

Butler, Benjamin Franklin (1818-93)

Butler, Charles Henry

Butler, Pierce

Bylaws

Byrnes, James Francis

C-SPAN

Cabinet

Cable Television

Cahn, Edmond Nathaniel

Calendar

Calhoun, John Caldwell

Call

Calvo Clause

Calvo Doctrine

Camera

Cameras in Court

Campbell, Ben Nighthorse

Campbell, John

Campbell, John Archibald

Campbell, William Joseph

Canada and the United States

Canals

Cancellation of an Instrument

Canon Law

Canon Law Society of America

Canons of Construction

Canons of Ethics

Capacity

Capias

Capital Asset

Capital Punishment

Capital Stock

Capitalize

Capitation Tax

Caption

Cardozo, Benjamin Nathan

Care

Carjacking

Carmichael, Stokely

Carnal Knowledge

Carpenter, Matthew Hale

Carpetbag Judges

Carriers

Carrier's Lien

Carrington, Edward Codrington

Carrington Report

Carry-Back

Carry-Over

Carrying Charges

Carswell, George Harrold

Cartel

Carter, James Coolidge

Carter, James Earl, Jr.

Carter, Robert Lee

Carter, Thomas Henry

Case

Case Agreed on

Case in Chief

Case Law

Case Method

Case or Controversy

Case Stated

Casebook

Casement Sir, Roger David

Casey, William Joseph

Cash Basis

Cash Surrender Value

Casual

Casual Ejector

Casualty

Casus Belli

Categorical

Caton, John Dean

Catron, John

Causa Mortis

Cause

Cause Célèbre

Cause of Action

Caveat

Caveat Emptor

Cease and Desist Order

Cede

Celebration of Marriage

Celia, a Slave

Cemeteries

Censorship

Censure

Census

Center for Constitutional Rights

Centers for Law and Legal Studies

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Central Intelligence Agency

Century Digest®

Certificate

Certificate of Deposit

Certificate of Occupancy

Certification Proceeding

Certified Check

Certified Copy

Certiorari

Cession

Cestui Que

CF.

C.F. & I.

Chafee, Zechariah, Jr.

Chain of Custody

Chain of Title

Chain Referral

Chambers

Chamizal Tract

Champerty and Maintenance

Chancellor

Chancery

Character Evidence

Charge-Off

Charge

Charitable Trust

Charities

Charles River Bridge V. Warren Bridge

Charter

Chase, Salmon Portland

Chase, Samuel

Chattel

Chattel Mortgage

Chattel Paper

Chávez, César Estrada

Check

Checkoff

Cherokee Cases

Chessman, Caryl

Chicago Eight

Chicago Jury Project

Chicago School

Chief Justice

Child Abuse

Child Care

Child Custody

Child Labor Laws

Child Molestation

Child Pornography

Child Support

Children's Defense Fund

Children's Rights

Chilling Effect Doctrine

Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

Chipman, Daniel

Chisholm, Shirley Anita St. Hill

Chisholm V. Georgia

Choate

Choate, Joseph Hodges

Choate, Rufus

Chose

Chose in Action

Christian Coalition

Christian Legal Society

Churning

Circuit

Circuit Court

Circumstantial Evidence

Citation

Citator

Cite

Citizens

Citizens for Decency Through Law

Civil Action

Civil Death

Civil Disobedience

Civil Law

Civil Procedure

Civil Rights

Civil Rights Acts

Civil Rights Cases

Civil Rights Movement

Civil Service

Civil War

Civiletti, Benjamin Richard

Civilian Review Boards

C.J.

Cjs©

Claim

Claim for Relief

Clarendon, Constitutions of

Clark, Marcia Rachel

Clark, Tom Campbell

Clark, William Ramsey

Clarke, John Hessin

Class Action

Clause

Clause Paramount

Clay, Henry

Clayton Act

Clayton, Henry Delamar

Clayton, John Middleton

Clean Air Act

Clean Water Act

Clear

Clear and Convincing Proof

Clear and Present Danger

Clear Title

Cleaver, Leroy Eldridge

Clemency

Clergy Malpractice

Clerical Error

Clerk

Cleveland, Stephen Grover

Client

Client Security Funds

Clifford, Clark Mcadams

Clifford, Nathan

Clinton, Hillary Rodham

Clinton, William Jefferson

Close

Close Writ

Closed Account

Closed Corporation

Closed Shop

Closely Held

Closing

Closing Argument

Cloture

Cloud on Title

Club

Co

Cobb, Thomas Reade Rootes

Cochran, Johnnie L., Jr.

Cockburn, Sir Alexander James Edmund

Code

Code of Federal Regulations

Code of Hammurabi

Code of Judicial Conduct

Code Pleading

Codicil

Codification

Coercion

Cognizable

Cognizance

Cognovit Actionem

Cognovit Note

Cohabitation

Cohen, Felix Solomon

Cohen, Morris Raphael

Cohn, Roy Marcus

Coinsurance

Cointelpro

Coke, Sir Edward

Coke, Richard

Cold War

Collateral

Collateral Attack

Collateral Estoppel

Collateral Heir

Collateral Warranty

Collective Bargaining

Collective Bargaining Agreement

Colleges and Universities

Collier, William Miller

Collision

Collusion

Color

Color of Law

Color of Office

Color of Title

Colorable.

v. 3. Co-Maker

Combination

Combination in Restraint of Trade

Comity

Commerce

Commerce Clause

Commerce Department

Commerce, Electronic

Commercial Code

Commercial Law

Commercial Law League of America

Commercial Paper

Commingling

Commission on Civil Rights

Commissioner

Commissioners on Uniform Laws

Commitment

Commitment Fee

Committee

Commodity

Commodity Credit Corporation

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Common

Common Carrier

Common Council

Common Count

Common Disaster

Common Lands

Common Law

Common-Law Action

Common-Law Courts

Common-Law Marriage

Common-Law Pleading

Common-Law Trust

Common Pleas

Common Scold

Common Stock

Communis Error Facit Jus

Communism

Communist Party Cases

Communist Party USA

Community-Oriented Policing

Community Property

Community Service

Community Services, Office of

Commutation

Compact

Compact Clause

Company

Comparable Worth

Comparative Rectitude

Compensation

Compensatory Damages

Competent

Competent Evidence

Complainant

Complaint

Compliance

Composition with Creditors

Compound Interest

Compounding a Felony

Compounding Offense

Comprise

Compromise and Settlement

Compromise of 1850

Comptroller

Compulsory Process

Compurgator

Computer-Assisted Legal Research

Computer Crime

Comstock, George Franklin

Comstock Law of 1873

Con

Concealment of Birth or Death

Conciliation

Conciliation, International

Conclusion of Law

Conclusive

Concur

Concurrent

Concurrent Estates

Concurrent Jurisdiction

Concurrent Resolution

Concurrent Writs

Condemn

Condemnation

Condition

Conditional

Condominium, International

Condominiums and Cooperatives

Condonation

Confederacy

Confederate Attorneys General

Confederate States of America

Confederation

Conference of Chief Justices

Conference of State Court Administrators

Conference on Personal Finance Law

Confession

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

Congressional Budget Office

Congressional-Executive Agreement

Congressional Record

Congressional Research Service

Conjugal

Conkling, Roscoe

Connecting Up Doctrine

Connivance

Conquest

Consanguinity

Conscientious Objector

Conscription

Consensual Alteration

Consent

Consent Decree

Consequential Damages

Conservator of the Peace

Consideration

Consignment

Consortium

Consortium/Intergovernmental Corporations and Consortiums

Conspiracy

Constable

Constitute

Constitution

Constitution of the United States

Constitution Party

Constitutional

Constitutional Amendment

Constitutional Law

Construction

Constructive

Constructive Desertion

Constructive Eviction

Constructive Trust

Consular Court

Consular Law Society

Consuls

Consumer

Consumer Credit

Consumer Credit Protection Act

Consumer Fraud

Consumer Price Index

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Consumer Protection

Consumer Software Piracy

Consummate

Contemner

Contemplation of Death

Contempt

Contest

Context

Continental Congress

Contingent

Contingent Fee

Continuance

Continuing Legal Education

Contra

Contraband

Contract with America

Contracts

Contravention

Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor

Contribution

Controller

Controversy

Controvert

Contumacy

Convention

Conventional

Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty

Conversion

Conveyance

Convict

Conviction

Cooley, Thomas McIntyre

Coolidge, Calvin

Cooling-Off Period

Cooperative

Copyright

Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel

Copyright, International

Copyright Royalty Tribunal

Copyright Society of the U.S.A.

Coram

Coram Nobis

Coram Rege

Corbin, Arthur Linton

Corespondent

Corner

Corollary

Coroner

Corporal Punishment

Corporate

Corporate Fraud

Corporate Personality

Corporations

Corporeal

Corpse

Corpus

Corpus Delicti

Corpus Juris

Corpus Juris Civilis

Correlative

Correspondence Audit

Correspondent

Corroborate

Corruption of Blood

Corwin, Edward Samuel

Cosigner

Costs

Council

Counsel

Counsellor

Count

Counterclaim

Counterclaims and Setoffs Against Sovereigns

Counterfeit

Counterfeiting

Counteroffer

Countersign

County

Coupon

Course of Dealing

Course of Employment

Course of Performance

Court

Court Administrator

Court Commissioners

Court Hand

Court-Martial

Court of Appeal

Court of Claims

Court of Probate

Court Opinion.

Court Reporter

Courtroom Television Network

Courts of Request

Covenant

Covenant, Action of

Covenant Marriage

Cover

Coverage

Coverture

Cox, Archibald

CPA

Craft Union

Cranch, William

Credibility

Credit

Credit Bureau

Crédit Mobilier Scandal

Credit Union

Creditor

Creditor's Bill

Crime Control Acts

Crimes

Criminal

Criminal Action

Criminal Conversation

Criminal Forfeiture

Criminal Law

Criminal Negligence

Criminal Procedure

Criminology

Critical Legal Studies

Crittenden, John Jordan

Crockett, George William, Jr.

Crop Insurance

Crops

Cross-Action

Cross-Claim

Cross-Complaint

Cross-Demand

Cross-Examination

Cruel and Inhuman Treatment

Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Cruelty

CTA

Cuban Missile Crisis

Culpa

Culpable

Culprit

Cum Testamento Annexo

Cummings, Homer Stille

Cumulative Evidence

Cumulative Sentence

Cumulative Voting

Cunnilingus

Cure

Curfew

Curia

Curia Regis

Current Account

Curtesy

Curtilage

Curtis, Benjamin Robbins

Cushing, Caleb

Cushing, Luther Stearns

Cushing, William

Custodial Interrogation

Custody

Customs Duties

Cy Pres

Dallas, Alexander James

Dallas, George Mifflin

Damages

Damnum

Dana, Richard Henry

Danelage

Dangerous Instrumentality

Daniel, Peter Vivian

Darrow, Clarence Seward

Daubert Test

Daugherty, Harry Micajah

Davis-Bacon Act

Davis, Angela Yvonne

Davis, David

Davis, John Chandler Bancroft

Davis, John William

Day Certain

Day in Court

Day, William Rufus

Days of Grace

De Bonis Non Administratis

De Facto

De Jure

De Minimis

De Novo

Dead Man's Statutes

Deadly Force

Death and Dying

Death Warrant

Debenture

Debit

Debs, Eugene V.

Debt

Debt, Action of

Debt Poolers

Debtor

Decalogue Society of Lawyers

Decedent

Deceit

Decennial Digest®

Decision

Decision on the Merits

Declaration

Declaration of Independence

Declaration of Trust

Declaratory Judgment

Decree

Dedication

Deductible

Deduction

Deed

Deed of Trust

Deem

Defalcation

Defamation

Default

Default Judgment

Defeasance Clause

Defeasible

Defect

Defendant

Defense

Defense Department

Defense of Marriage Act of 1996

Defense Research Institute

Deficiency

Deficiency Judgment

Deficit

Definitive

Deforcement

Defraud

Degree

Del Credere

Delectus Personae

Delegate

Delegation

Deliberate

Delictum

Delivery

Demand

Demeanor

Demise

Democratic-Republican Party

Democratic Party

Demonstrative Evidence

Demonstrative Legacy

Demur

Demurrage

Demurrer

Deny

Dependent

Dependent Relative Revocation

Dependent States

Depletion Allowance

Deponent

Deportation

Depose

Deposition

Depository

Deposits in Court

Depreciation

Deputy

Derivative Action

Derivative Evidence

Derivatives

Derogation

Dershowitz, Alan Morton

Descent

Descent and Distribution

Descriptive Word Index

Desertion

Desk Audit

Destroy

Desuetude

Detainer

Detectives

Detention

Determinable

Determinate Sentence

Determination

Deterrence

Detinue

Detriment

Devens, Charles

Deviance

Devise

Dewey Decimal System

Dewey, Thomas Edmund

Dickinson, John

Dicta

Dictum

Digest

Dilatory

Dilatory Plea

Diligence

Diminished Capacity

Diminution

Diplomatic Agents

Diplomatic Immunity

Direct

Direct Evidence

Direct Examination

Direct Tax

Directed Verdict

Director

Directory

Disability

Disability Discrimination

Disaffirm

Disallow

Disaster Relief

Disbar

Discharge

Disciplinary Rules

Disclaimer

Discontinuance

Discovery

Discretion in Decision Making

Discretionary Trust

Discrimination

Disfranchisement

Dishonor

Disinherit

Disinterested

Dismissal

Disorderly Conduct

Disorderly House

Disparagement

Disparate Impact

Disposable Earnings

Disposition

Dispositive Fact

Dispossession

Dispute

Disqualify

Dissent

Dissolution

Dissolve

Distinguish

Distrain

Distress

Distributee

Distributor

District

District and Prosecuting Attorneys

District Court

District of Columbia

District of Columbia v. Heller

Disturbance of Public Meetings

Disturbance of the Peace

Divers

Diversion

Diversity of Citizenship

Divest

Dividend

Divine Right of Kings

Divorce

Dix, Dorothea Lynde

Dixon, Julian Carey

DNA Evidence

Dock

Docket

Doctrine

Doctrine of Equality of States

Document

Document of Title

Documentary Evidence

Doe, Charles

Doing Business

Dole, Robert Joseph

Dole, Sanford Ballard

Domain

Dombec

Domesday Book

Domestic

Domestic Partnership Law

Domestic Violence

Domiciliary Administration

Dominant

Dominant Cause

Dominion

Donative

Donee

Donor

Doom

Dormant

Dorr, Thomas Wilson.

v. 4. Double Entry

Double Indemnity

Double Insurance

Double Jeopardy

Double Taxation Agreements

Doubt

Douglas, Stephen Arnold

Douglas, William Orville

Douglass, Frederick

Dower

Down Payment

Draconian Laws

Draft

Drafter

Drain

Dramshop Acts

Draw

Drawee

Drawer

Dred Scott V. Sandford

Droit

Drug Courts

Drug Enforcement Administration

Druggist

Drugs and Narcotics

Drunkard

Drunkenness

Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt

Dual Nationality

Duces Tecum

Due

Due Date

Due Notice

Due Process of Law

Dueling

Dulles, John Foster

Dummy

Duress

Durham Rule

Duty

Duty of Tonnage

Duvall, Gabriel

DWI

Dworkin, Andrea

Dworkin, Ronald Myles

Dyer Act

Dying Declaration

Earl Warren Legal Training Program

Earned Income

Earnest Money

Easement

Eastman, Crystal

Eaton, Dorman Bridgman

Ecclesiastical Courts

Economic Bailout

Edelman, Marian Wright

Edict

Education Department

Education Law

Effect

Effective Rate

Efficient Cause

E.G.

Eighteenth Amendment

Eighth Amendment

Eisenhower, Dwight David

Ejectment

Elder Law

Election Campaign Financing

Election of Remedies

Elections

Elective Share

Elector

Electoral College

Electricity

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Electronic Surveillance

Element

Eleventh Amendment

Ellis, George Washington

Ellsworth, Oliver

E-Mail

Emancipation

Emancipation Proclamation

Embargo

Embargo Act

Embezzlement

Emblements

Embracery

Emergency Doctrine

Emigration

Eminent Domain

Emolument

Employee Retirement Income Security Act

Employers' Liability Acts

Employment at Will

Employment Law

En Banc

Enabling Clause

Enabling Statute

Enact

Encroachment

Encumber

Encumbrance

Endangered Species Act

Endorse

Endorsement

Endowment

Enemy Combatant

Energy

Energy Department

Enfeoffment

Enfranchisement

Engage

Engagement

Engel V. Vitale

English Law

English-Only Laws

Engross

Engrossed Bill

Enhancement

Enjoin

Enjoyment

Enoch Arden Doctrine

Enrolled Bill

Entail

Enter

Entertainment Law

Entice

Entirety

Entitlement

Entity

Entrapment

Entry

Entry of Judgment

Enumerated

Environmental Law

Environmental Protection Agency

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Equal Pay Act of 1963

Equal Protection

Equal Rights Amendment

Equitable Remedy

Equity

Equity of Redemption

Ergo

Erie Railroad Co. V. Tompkins

Erratum

Error

Ervin, Samuel James, Jr.

Escalator Clause

Escape

Escheat

Escobedo V. Illinois

Escrow

Espionage

Espionage Act of 1917

Esq

Essex Junto

Establish

Estate

Estate and Gift Taxes

Estimated Tax

Estoppel

Et Al

Et Seq

Ethics in Government Act of 1978

Ethics, Legal

Ettelbrick, Paula Louise

Euthanasia

Evarts, William Maxwell

Evers, Medgar Wiley

Evers-Williams, Myrlie

Eviction

Evidence

Ex Dividend

Ex Officio

Ex Parte

Ex Post Facto Laws

Examination

Examiner

Exception

Exchange

Exchange of Property

Excise

Exclusionary Clause

Exclusionary Rule

Exclusive

Exclusive Agency

Exculpate

Excuse

Execute

Execution

Executive Branch

Executive Order

Executive Privilege

Executors and Administrators

Executory

Exemplification

Exercise

Exhaustion of Remedies

Exhibit

Exoneration

Expatriation

Expectancy

Expert Testimony

Explosives

Export-Import Bank of the United States

Expository Statute

Express

Expropriation

Expunge

Extension

Extenuating Circumstances

Extinguishment

Extort

Extortion

Extra

Extradition

Extrajudicial

Extraordinary Remedy

Extraterritoriality

Extremis

Extrinsic Evidence

Eyewitness

Face

Face Value

Facsimile

Fact

Fact and Law

Fact Situation

Factor

Factors

Factum

Failure of Consideration

Failure of Issue

Failure to State a Claim

Fair Comment

Fair Credit Reporting Act

Fair Hearing

Fair Housing Act of 1968

Fair Labor Standards Act

Fair Market Value

Fair-Trade Laws

Fairness Doctrine

False Advertising

False Arrest

False Demonstration

False Imprisonment

False Personation

False Pretenses

Family Car Doctrine

Family Law

Family Medical Leave

Farm Credit Administration

Fatal

Fault

Feasance

Federal

Federal Appendix

Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Bank Acts

Federal Bar Association

Federal Budget

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Courts

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Federal Election Commission

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Federal Judicial Center

Federal Maritime Commission

Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

Federal National Mortgage Association

Federal Question

Federal Register

Federal Reporter®

Federal Reserve Board

Federal Rules Decision®

Federal Rules of Evidence

Federal Supplement®

Federal Tort Claims Act

Federal Trade Commission

Federal Unemployment Compensation Act

Federalism

Federalist Papers

Federalist Party

Federation

Fee

Fee Simple

Fee Tail

Fellatio

Fellow-Servant Rule

Felon

Felonious

Felony

Felony-Murder Rule

Feminist Jurisprudence

Fences

Fenwick, Millicent Vernon Hammond

Feoffment

Ferae Naturae

Feres Doctrine

Ferraro, Geraldine Anne

Ferry

Fetal Rights

Fetal Tissue Research

Feudalism

Fiat

F.I.C.A.

Fiction

Fictitious

Fidelity Bond

Fidelity Insurance

Fiduciary

Field Audit

Field Code of New York

Field, David Dudley

Field, Stephen Johnson

Fieri Facias

FIFO

Fifteenth Amendment

Fifth Amendment

File

Filiation Proceeding

Filibuster

Filius Nullius

Fillmore, Millard

Final Decision

Finance Charge

Financial Responsibility Acts

Financial Statement

Finder

Finding

Finding Lost Goods

Fines

Fingerprints

Fire

Fire Statute

Firm Offer

First Amendment

First Impression

First Instance

Fiscal

Fish and Fishing

Fishing Expedition

Fishing Vessels

Fixed Asset

Fixed Charges

Fixture

Flag

Flag Salute Cases

Flagrante Delicto

Fletcher V. Peck

Floating Capital

Floating Lien

Flotsam

F.O.B.

Follow

Foltz, Clara Shortridge

Food and Drug Administration

Footnote 4

Forbearance

Force

Force Majeure

Forced Sale

Forcible Detainer

Forcible Entry and Detainer

Ford, Gerald Rudolph

Foreclosure

Foreign

Foreign Affairs Power

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review

Forensic

Forensic Accounting

Forensic Science

Foreseeability

Forfeit

Forfeiture

Forgery

Form

Formal Party

Formed Design

Forms of Action

Fornication

Forswear

Fortas, Abe

Forthwith

Forum

Forwarding Fee

Foundation

Four Corners

Fourteenth Amendment

Fourth Amendment

Franchise

Frank, Jerome New

Frankfurter, Felix

Franklin, Benjamin

Fraud

Fraudulent

Fraudulent Conveyance

Free Agency

Free Soil Party

Freedom of Association and Assembly

Freedom of Information Act

Freedom of Speech

Freedom of The Press

Freehold

Freight

Freight Forwarder

Freund, Ernst.

v. 5. Friedan, Betty Naomi Goldstein

Friend of the Court

Friendly Fire

Friendly, Henry Jacob

Friendly Suit

Fries's Rebellion

Frisk

Frivolous

Frolic

Frontiero V. Richardson

Fruit of the Poisonous Tree

Frustration

Fugitive from Justice

Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

Fulbright, James William

Full Faith and Credit Clause

Fuller, Melville Weston

Fund

Fundamental Law

Fundamental Right

Fungible

Furman V. Georgia

Future Acquired Property

Future Earnings

Future Interest

Futures

Gag Order

Gag Rule

Game

Gaming

Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand

Gangs

Gaol

Garfield, James Abram

Garland, Augustus Hill

Garnishee

Garnishment

Garrison, William Lloyd

Garvey, Marcus Moziah

Gas

Gault, in Re

Gay and Lesbian Rights

General Accounting Office

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

General Appearance

General Average Loss

General Creditor

General Execution

General Intent

General Jurisdiction

General Legacy

General Services Administration

General Term

General Verdict

General Warranty Deed

General Welfare

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

Genetic Engineering

Genetic Screening

Geneva Conventions, 1949

Genocide

Gentlemen's Agreement

Gerrymander

Gi Bill

Gibbons V. Ogden

Gideon V. Wainwright

Gift

Gifts to Minors Act

Gignoux, Edward Thaxter

Gilbert, Cass

Gillett, Emma Melinda

Gilpin, Henry Dilworth

Gingrich, Newton Leroy

Ginsburg, Douglas Howard

Ginsburg, Ruth Bader

Gitlow V. New York

Glanvill, Ranulf

Glass-Steagall Act

Glass, Carter

Gleaning

Gloss

Going Concern Value

Going Public

Goldberg, Arthur Joseph

Golden Parachute

Goldman, Emma

Goldwater, Barry Morris

Gompers, Samuel

Gonzales, Alberto R.

Good Behavior

Good Cause

Good Faith

Good Samaritan Doctrine

Good Time

Good Will

Goods

Gore, Albert Arnold, Jr.

Government Instrumentality Doctrine

Government National Mortgage Association

Government Printing Office

Grab Law

Grace Period

Graduated Tax

Graft

Grand Jury

Grand Larceny

Grandfather Clause

Granger Movement

Grant

Grant, Ulysses Simpson

Grantee

Granting Clause

Grantor-Grantee Index

Grantor

Gratuitous

Gratuitous Licensee

Gratuity

Gratz V. Bollinger

Gravamen

Gray, Horace

Gray, John Chipman

Gray Panthers

Gray, William Herbert, III

Great Society

Green Card

Green Party

Greenberg, Jack

Greenmail

Gregg V. Georgia

Gregory, Thomas Watt

Grier, Robert Cooper

Grievance Procedure

Griggs, John William

Griswold V. Connecticut

Groesbeck, William Slocomb

Gross

Gross Estate

Gross Income

Gross Negligence

Grotius, Hugo

Ground Rent

Grounds

Group Legal Services

Grundy, Felix

Grutter V. Bollinger

Guarantee

Guaranty

Guaranty Clause

Guardian

Guardian Ad Litem

Guardian and Ward

Guest Statutes

Guilty

Gun Control

Habeas Corpus

Habeas Corpus Act

Habendum Clause

Habitability

Habitual

Hague Tribunal

Hamer, Fannie lou Townsend

Hamilton, Alexander

Hammer V. Dagenhart

Hand, Billings Learned

Harbor

Harding, George

Harding, Warren Gamaliel

Harlan, John Marshall

Harlan, John Marshall, II

Harmless Error

Harmon, Judson

Harrison, Benjamin

Harrison, Robert Hanson

Harrison, William Henry

Hastie, William Henry

Hatch Act

Hate Crime

Have and Hold

Hawkers and Peddlers

Hayes, George E.C.

Hayes, Rutherford Birchard

Haymarket Riot

Haynsworth, Clement Furman, Jr.

Hays, William Harrison

Haywood, Margaret Austin

Haywood, William Dudley

Head of Household

Headnote

Health and Human Services Department

Health Care Law

Health Insurance

Hearing

Hearing Examiner

Hearsay

Hearst, Patty

Heart Balm Acts

Heat of Passion

Hedge Fund

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich

Heightened Scrutiny

Heir

Held

Helms, Jesse Alexander, Jr.

Henceforth

Henry II of England

Henry, Patrick

Hereafter

Hereditament

Heritage Foundation

Hierarchy

Higginbotham, Aloyisus Leon, Jr.

High Crimes and Misdemeanors

Highway

Hijacking

Hill, Anita Faye

Hill, Oliver White, Sr.

Hirohito

Hiss, Alger

Hitler, Adolf

Hoar, Ebenezer Rockwood

Hobbes, Thomas

Hoffa, James Riddle

Hoffman, Walter Edward

Hold Harmless Agreement

Hold Over

Holder

Holder, Eric H., Jr.

Holder in due Course

Holding

Holding Company

Holiday

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr.

Holograph

Home Rule

Homeland Security Department

Homeless Person

Homeowner's Warranty

Homestead

Homestead Act of 1862

Homicide

Honor

Honorary Trust

Hooks, Benjamin Lawson

Hoover, Herbert Clark

Hoover, John Edgar

Hornblower, William Butler

Hornbook

Hostages

Hostile Fire

Hostile Witness

Hot Line Agreement, 1971

Hot Pursuit

Hotchpot

House Arrest

House of Representatives

Housebreaking

Household

Housing and Urban Development Department

Houston, Charles Hamilton

Howard, Benjamin Chew

Hughes, Charles Evans

Human Rights

Human Rights Watch

Hume, David

Humphrey, Hubert Horatio

Hundred

Hung Jury

Hunt, Ward

Hunter, Elmo Bolton

Hunting

Huntley Hearing

Hurtado V. California

Husband and Wife

Hypothecate

Hypothesis

Hypothetical Question

Ibid

Idem

Identity Theft

I.E.

Illegitimacy

Illicit

Illusory Promise

Immaterial

Immediate Cause

Immigration

Imminent

Immunity

Immunization Programs

Impanel

Impartial

Impeach

Impeachment

Impediment

Impersonation

Impertinence

Impleader

Implied

Implied Consent

Implied Warranty

Import Quotas

Impossibility

Impostor Rule

Imposts

Impoundment

Impracticability

Imprimatur

Imprisonment

Improvements

Imputed

Imputed Knowledge

Imputed Notice

In Blank

In Camera

In Common

In Evidence

In Extremis

In Forma Pauperis

In Kind

In Lieu of

In Loco Parentis

In Medias Res

In Pari Delicto

In Pari Materia

In Perpetuity

In Personam

In Re

In Rem

In Specie

In Terrorem

Inadmissible

Inadvertence

Inalienable

Inc.

Incapacity

Incarceration

Incest

Inchoate

Incident of Ownership

Incidental

Incite

Income

Income Splitting

Income Tax

Incompatibility

Incompetency

Incompetent Evidence

Inconsistent

Incontestability Clause

Incorporate

Incorporation by Reference

Incorporation Doctrine

Incorporeal

Incremental

Incriminate

Inculpate

Incumbent

Incur

Indefeasible

Indefinite Term

Indemnify

Indemnity

Indenture

Independence

Independent Audit

Independent Contractor

Independent Counsel

Independent Parties

Indeterminate

Index

Index to Legal Periodicals

Indian Child Welfare Act

Indicia

Indictment

Indirect Evidence

Indispensable Party

Individual Retirement Account

Indorse

Indorsement

Inducement

Industrial Union

Industrial Workers of the World

Infamy

Infancy

Infants

Inference

Inferior Court

Infirmity

Information

Information and Belief

Informed Consent

Infra

Infraction

Infringement

Ingrossing

Inherent

Inherit

Inheritance

Initiative

Injunction

Injure

Injurious Falsehood

Injury

Inland Waters

Innkeeper

Innocent

Innocent Purchaser

Inns of Chancery

Inns of Court

Inoperative

Inquest

Inquiry, Commissions of

Inquisitorial System

Insanity Defense

Insecurity Clause

Insider

Insider Trading

Insolvency

Inspection

Installment

Instant

Instigate

Institute

Institution

Instructions

Instrument

Instrumentality Rule

Insurable Interest

Insurance

Insured

Insurer

Insurrection

Intangibles

Integrated

Integrated Agreement

Integrated Bar

Integration

Intellectual Property

Intemperance

Intent

Inter Alia

Inter Vivos

Interest

Interest on Lawyers Trust Account

Interference

Intergovernmental Immunity Doctrine

Interim

Interior Department

Interlineation

Interlocking Directorate

Interlocutory

Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty

Internal Audit

Internal Revenue Code

Internal Revenue Service

International Court of Justice

International Criminal Court

International Law

International Monetary Fund

International Technology Law Association

International Trade Organization

International Waterways

Internet

Internet Fraud

Interpleader

Interpol

Interpolation

Interpretation

Interrogatories

Interstate Commerce Act

Interstate Commerce Commission

Interstate Compact

Intervening Cause

Intervenor

Intervention

Intestacy

Intestate

Intestate Succession

Intoxication

Intrinsic Evidence

Inure

Invalid

Inventory

Investiture

Investment

Invitation

Invitee

Invoice

Involuntary Confession

Involuntary Manslaughter

Involuntary Servitude

Ipse Dixit

Ipso Facto

Iran-Contra Affair

Iraq War

Iredell, James

Ireland, Patricia

Irreconcilable Differences

Irregularity

Irrelevant

Irreparable Injury

Irresistible Impulse

Irretrievable Breakdown of Marriage

Irrevocable

Island

Issue

Issue Preclusion

Itemize.

v. 6. Jackson, Andrew

Jackson, Howell Edmunds

Jackson, Jesse Louis, Sr.

Jackson, Robert Houghwout

Jactitation

Jail

Jailhouse Lawyer

James, William

Japanese American Evacuation Cases

Jaworski, Leon

Jay, John

J.D.

Jefferson, Thomas

Jeopardy

Jetsam

Jim Crow Laws

Jobber

John Doe or Jane Doe

Johnson, Andrew

Johnson, Frank Minis, Jr.

Johnson, James Weldon

Johnson, Lyndon Baines

Johnson, Reverdy

Johnson, Thomas

Johnson, William

Joinder

Joint

Joint and Several Liability

Joint Estate

Joint Operating Agreement

Joint Resolution

Joint Stock Company

Joint Tenancy

Joint Tortfeasor

Joint Venture

Jones Act

Jones, Elaine Ruth

Jordan, Barbara Charline

Journal

J.P.

J.S.D.

Judge

Judge Advocate

Judgment

Judgment Creditor

Judgment Debtor

Judgment Docket

Judgment Note

Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict

Judgment Proof

Judicare

Judicature

Judicature Acts

Judicial

Judicial Action

Judicial Administration

Judicial Assistance

Judicial Conference of the United States

Judicial Immunity

Judicial Notice

Judicial Review

Judicial Sale

Judicial Writs

Judiciary

Judiciary Act of 1789

Junior

Junk Bond

Jural

Jurat

Juridical

Jurimetrics

Juris

Juris Doctor

Jurisdiction

Jurisdictional Dispute

Jurisprudence

Jurist

Juristic Act

Jury

Jury Commission

Jury Nullification

Jus

Jus Cogens

Jus Tertii

Just

Just Cause

Just Compensation

Just Desserts

Just War

Justice

Justice Department

Justice of the Peace

Justiciable

Justification

Justinian I

Juvenile Law

Kagan, Elena

Kangaroo Court

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Kant, Immanuel

Katzenbach, Nicholas Debelleville

Kearse, Amalya Lyle

Kefauver Investigation and Knapp Commission

Kellogg-Briand Pact

Kellogg, Frank Billings

Kelly, Sharon Pratt Dixon

Kelo V. City of New London

Kelsen, Hans

Kennedy, Anthony Mcleod

Kennedy, Edward Moore

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald

Kennedy, Robert Francis

Kent, James

Kent State Student Killings

Keogh Plan

Kevorkian, Jack

Key Numbers®

Keycite

Kickback

Kidnapping

Kilberg Doctrine

Kin

King, Edward

King, Martin Luther, Jr.

King, Rodney G.

King's Bench or Queen's Bench

Kissinger, Henry Alfred

Kiting

Kleindienst, Richard Gordon

Knaebel, Ernest

Know-Nothing Party

Knowingly

Knox, Philander Chase

Koop, Charles Everett

Korean War

Korematsu V. United States

Ku Klux Klan

Ku Klux Klan Act

Kunstler, William Moses

La Follette, Robert Marion

Labor-Management Relations Act

Labor Department

Labor Law

Labor Union

Laches

Lamar, Joseph Rucker

Lamar, Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus

Lame Duck

Lame-Duck Amendment

Land Grant

Land-Use Control

Landis, Kenesaw Mountain

Landlord

Landlord and Tenant

Landmark

Landrum-Griffin Act

Lanfranc

Langdell, Christopher Columbus

Lanham Act

Lapse

Larceny

Lasciviousness

Last Clear Chance

Last Resort

Latent

Lateral Support

Law

Law and Literature

Law Day

Law French

Law Journal

Law Merchant

Law of Nations

Law of the Case

Law of the Land

Law of the Sea

Law Reports

Law Review

Law School Admission Test

Lawful

Lawrence V. Texas

Lawsuit

Lawyer

Lawyer-Witness Rule

Lay

Layaway

Leading Case

Leading Question

League of Nations

League of United Latin American Citizens

Lease

Leaseback

Leasehold

Least Restrictive Means Test

Leave

Ledger

Lee, Charles

Lee V. Weisman

Legacy

Legal

Legal Advertising

Legal Age

Legal Aid

Legal Assistant

Legal Cap

Legal Cause

Legal Certainty

Legal Detriment

Legal Education

Legal Fiction

Legal History

Legal List Statutes

Legal Malpractice

Legal Positivism

Legal Proceedings

Legal Publishing

Legal Realism

Legal Representation

Legal Representative

Legal Reserve

Legal Residence

Legal Right

Legal Services Corporation

Legal Specialization

Legal Tender

Legal Title

Legalese

Legare, Hugh Swinton

Legatee

Legation

Leges Henrici

Legislate

Legislation

Legislative

Legislative Acts

Legislative Council

Legislative Court

Legislative Facts

Legislative History

Legislature

Legitimate

Lemon Laws

Lend-Lease Act

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich

Leopold and Loeb Trial

Lessee

Lesser Included Offense

Lessor

Let

Letter of Credit

Letter of the Law

Letter Ruling

Letters of Administration

Letters Patent

Letters Rogatory

Letters Testamentary

Levees and Flood Control

Leverage

Levi, Edward Hirsch

Levy

Lewdness

Lewis, John Robert

Lex

Lex Fori

Lex Loci

Lexis®

Liability

Libel and Slander

Libelant

Libelous

Libertarian Party

Libertarianism

Liberty

Library of Congress

License

Licentiousness

Lien

Life Estate

Life in Being

Life or Limb

Lifo

Lift

Ligan

Limitation

Limitations of Actions

Limited

Limited Liability Company

Limited Liability Partnership

Limited Test Ban Treaty

Lincoln, Abraham

Lincoln, Levi

Lincoln, Robert Todd

Lindbergh Act

Lindbergh Kidnapping

Lindsey, Benjamin Barr

Line of Credit

Lineal

Lineup

Liquid Assets

Liquidate

Liquidated Damages

Liquidation

Liquormart V. Rhode Island

Lis Pendens

Listing

Litchfield Law School

Literal Construction

Literary Property

Litigation

Little-Collins, Ella Lee

Littleton, Sir Thomas

Littoral Rights

Litvinov Assignment of 1933

Liuzzo, Viola Fauver Gregg

Livery of Seisin

Livery Stable Keepers

Living Trust

Living Will

Livingston, Edward

Livingston, Henry Brockholst

Livingston, Robert R.

LL. B.

Llewellyn, Karl Nickerson

LL. M.

Load Lines

Loan Commitment

Loan Shark

Lobbying

Local Action

Lochner V. New York

Locke, John

Lockout

Lockup

Lockwood, Belva Ann

Loco Parentis

Locus

Lodge, Henry Cabot

Lodger

Log Rolling

Logan Act

Logging

Logging in

Long-Arm Statute

Loophole

Loss

Loss of Services

Lost Instruments

Lot

Lott, Chester Trent

Louisiana Purchase

Low-Tide Elevation

Loyalty Oath

L.S.

Lump-Sum Settlement

Lurton, Horace Harmon

Lynching

MacKinnon, Catharine Alice

MacPherson V. Buick Motor Co.

MacVeagh, Isaac Wayne

Madison, James

Magistrate

Magna Carta

Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act

Mail Cover

Mail Fraud

Maine, Henry James Sumner

Maintenance

Maitland, Frederic William

Majority

Maker

Mala Fides

Mala in se

Mala Prohibita

Malcolm X

Malfeasance

Malice

Malice Aforethought

Malicious

Malicious Mischief

Malicious Prosecution

Malpractice

Man-in-the-House Rule

Managed Care

Manager

Mandamus

Mandate

Mandatory

Mandatory Authority

Mann Act

Mann, Horace

Mann, James Robert

Manor

Mansfield, William Murray, First Earl of

Manslaughter

Manufactures

Mapp V. Ohio

Marbury V. Madison

Margin

Margin Call

Maris, Albert Branson

Marital

Marital Communications Privilege

Maritime Lien

Market Value

Marketable Title

Marque and Reprisal

Marriage

Marshal

Marshaling Assets and Securities

Marshall, John

Marshall, Margaret Hilary

Marshall Plan

Marshall, Thurgood

Martial Law

Martin, Luther

Martin V. Hunter's Lessee

Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory

Marx, Karl Heinrich

Mason, George

Mason, John Young

Mass Communications Law

Massachusetts Constitution of 1780

Massachusetts Trust

Massiah V. United States

Master

Master and Servant

Material

Mathews V.

Eldridge Test

Matter of Fact

Matter of Law

Matter of Record

Matthews, Stanley

Maxim

Mayhem.

v. 7. McCain, John Sidney

McCarran-Ferguson Act of 1945

McCarran Internal Security Act

McCarran, Patrick Anthony

McCarthy, Eugene Joseph

McCarthy, Joseph Raymond

McClellan, John Little

McCulloch V. Maryland

McGrain V. Daugherty

McGranery, James Patrick

McGrath, James Howard

M.C.J.

McKenna, Joseph

McKinley, John

McKinley, William

McKinney Act

McLean, John

McNabb-Mallory Rule

McReynolds, James Clark

Mechanic's Lien

Mediation

Mediation, International Law

Medicaid

Medical Examiner

Medical Malpractice

Medicare

Meese, Edwin, III

Meeting of Creditors

Meeting of Minds

Megan's Law

Membership Corporation

Memorandum

Memorandum Decision

Mens Rea

Mensa et Thoro

Mental Anguish

Mental Cruelty

Mentschikoff, Soia

Mercantile

Merchantable

Mercian Law

Meredith, James Howard

Merger

Mergers and Acquisitions

Merit System

Merit Systems Protection Board

Merits

Mesne

Metes and Bounds

Mexico and the United States

Michelman, Kate

Michigan V. Tucker

Midnight Judges

Migratory Bird Treaty of 1918

Military Government

Military Law

Military Occupation

Militia

Mill

Mill, John Stuart

Miller, Loren

Miller, Samuel Freeman

Miller V. California

Miller, William Henry Harrison

Millett, Katherine Murray

Milligan, ex Parte

Mine and Mineral Law

Mineral Right

Miner's Codes

Minimum Wage

Ministerial

Minitrial

Minor

Minority

Minton, Sherman

Minute Book

Minutes

Miranda V. Arizona

Miscarriage of Justice

Miscegenation

Mischief

Misdemeanor

Misfeasance

Misprision

Misrepresentation

Missouri Compromise of 1820

Mistake

Mistake of Fact

Mistake of Law

Mistrial

Mitchell, John Newton

Mitchell, William de Witt

Mitigating Circumstances

Mitigation of Damages

Mittimus

Mixed Actions

M'Naghten Rule

Mock Trial

Model Acts

Model Penal Code

Modification

Modus Operandi

Moiety

Money Laundering

Money Paid

Monopoly

Monroe Doctrine

Monroe, James

Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de la Brède et de

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Monument

Moody, William Henry

Moore, Alfred

Moot

Moot Court

Moral Law

Moral Relativism

Moral Turpitude

Moratorium

Mormon Church

Mortality Tables

Mortgage

Mortmain

Mortmain Acts

Moseley Braun, Carol Elizabeth

Most-Favored-Nation Status

Mothers Against Drunk Driving

Motion

Motive

Motley, Constance Baker

Movant

Move

Movie Rating

Mueller, Robert Swann, III

Mukasey, Michael B.

Multidistrict Litigation

Multilevel Distributorship

Multiplicity of Actions

Municipal

Municipal Corporation

Muniments of Title

Murder

Murphy, Francis William

Music Publishing

Mussey, Ellen Spencer

Mussolini, Benito

Mutilation

Mutiny

Mutual Company

Mutual Fund

Mutual Mistake

Mutuality of Obligation

My Lai Massacre

Naacp

Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund

Nader, Ralph

Naked Contract

Name

Napoleonic Code

Naral Pro-Choice America

Narcotics Acts

Nation of Islam

National Association of Broadcasters

National Association of Manufacturers

National Association of Realtors

National Character of Aircraft

National Cooperative Bank

National Council of la Raza

National Credit Union Administration

National Education Association

National Environmental Policy ACT of 1969

National Federation of Independent Businesses

National Firearms Act of 1934

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force

National Guard

National Health Care

National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933

National Intelligence Program

National Labor Relations Board

National Mediation Board

National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws

National Organization for Women

National Recovery Administration

National Rifle Association

National Right to Life Committee

National Security Council

National Transportation Safety Board

National Urban League

Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990

Native American Rights

Natural and Probable Consequences

Natural Law

Natural Law Party

Naturalization

Navigable Waters

Navy Department

Near V. Minnesota

Necessaries

Necessary and Proper Clause

Necessity

Negative Covenant

Neglect

Negligence

Negligent Entrustment

Negotiable Instrument

Negotiate

Nelson, John

Nelson, Samuel

Net

Net Worth

Neutrality

New Deal

New Party

New York Constitution of 1777

New York Times Co. V. Sullivan

New York Times Co. V. United States

Newton, Huey Percy

Next Friend

Next of Kin

Nihil

Nimmer, Melville Bernard

Nineteenth Amendment

Ninety-Day Letter

Ninth Amendment

Nisi Prius

Nixon, Richard Milhous

Nixon, United States V.

Nlrb V. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.

No Bill

No Contest

No Fault

No-Load Fund

Nolle Prosequi

Nolo Contendere

Nominal

Nominal Damages

Non

Non Prosequitur

Non Sui Juris

Non Vult Contendere

Nonage

Noncompete Agreement

Nonconforming Use

Nonfeasance

Nonprofit

Nonsuit

Nonsupport

Norris, George William

Norris-LaGuardia Act

North American Free Trade Agreement

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

North Pacific Fisheries Convention, 1952

Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention, 1949

Northwest Ordinance

Norton, Eleanor Holmes

Notary Public

Note

Notes of Decisions

Notice

Novation

Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty

Nuclear Power

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Nuclear Weapons

Nugatory

Nuisance

Null

Nunc Pro Tunc

Nuncupative Will

Nuremberg Trials

Oath

Obama, Barack Hussein, Jr.

Obiter Dictum

Object

Objection

Objective Theory of Contract

Obligation

Obligee

Obligor

Obliteration

Obscene

Obscenity

Obstruction of Justice

Occupancy

Occupational Disease

Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970

O'Connor, Sandra Day

O'Conor, Charles

Of Counsel

Of Course

Of Record

Offense

Offer

Office Audit

Office of Management and Budget

Office of National Drug Control Policy

Office of Thrift Supervision

Officer

Officers of the Court

Official Gazette

Offset

Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance

Olmstead V. United States

Olney, Richard

Ombudsperson

Omnibus

On Demand

On or About

On Point

One Person, One Vote

O'Neill, Thomas Phillip, Jr.

Onus Probandi

Open

Open Account

Open Bid

Open Court

Open-End Contract

Open-End Credit

Open-End Mortgage

Open Listing

Open Shop

Opening Statement

Operation of Law

Opinion Evidence

Oppression

Option

Oral Contract

Ordeal

Order

Order of the Coif

Ordinance

Organ Donation Law

Organ Transplantation

Organic Law

Organization

Organized Crime

Original Intent

Original Jurisdiction

Original Writ

Origination Fee

Orphan's Court

Ostensible

Otis, James, Jr.

Otto, William Tod

Out-of-Court Settlement

Outlawry

Output Contract

Outstanding Warrant

Overbreadth Doctrine

Overdraft

Overhead

Overreaching

Override

Overrule

Overt

Overt Act

Owner

Oyer and Terminer

Oyez

Pacific Railroad Act

Pacifism

Packing

Pact

Pacta Sunt Servanda

Pactum

Page, Alan Cedric

Paine, Robert Treat

Paine, Thomas

Pairing-Off

Pais

Palm Off

Palmer, Alexander Mitchell

Palpable

Palsgraf V.

Long Island Railroad Company

Pander

Panel

Paper

Par

Parallel Citation

Paramount Title

Parcener

Pardon

Parens Patriae

Parent and Child

Parent Company

Pari Causa

Pari Delicto

Pari Materia

Pari Passu

Parity

Parks, Rosa Louise McCauley

Parliamentary Law

Parody

Parol Evidence

Parole

Parsons, Theophilus

Particular Average Loss

Particulars

Parties

Partition

Partnership

Party

Party of the First Part

Party Wall

Pass

Passim

Passport

Pat. Pend.

Patent

Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Troll

Patent Writ

Patents

Paternity

Paternity Suit

Paterson, William

Patients' Rights

Patronage

Paul, Alice Stokes

Pauper

Pawn

Pawnbroker

Payable

Payee

Payment

P.C.

Peace Bond

Peace Officers

Peckham, Rufus Wheeler

Peculation

Pecuniary

Pederasty

Peers

Pen Register

Penal

Penalty

Pendent Jurisdiction

Pendente Lite

Pending

Pendleton, George Hunt

Penitentiary

Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776

Penny Stocks

Penology

Pension

Pent Road

Penumbra

Peonage

People

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

Per

Per Capita

Per Curiam

Per Quod

Per Se

Per Stirpes

Percentage Lease

Peremptory Challenge

Peremptory Ruling

Perfect

Performance

Peril

Perjury

Perkins, Frances

Permissive Counterclaim

Perpetrator

Perpetuating Testimony

Perpetuation of Evidence

Perquisites

Person

Personal Actions

Personal Injury

Personal Jurisdiction

Personal Property

Personal Representative

Personal Service

Personalty

Persuasive Authority

Petit Jury

Petit Larceny

Petition

Petition in Bankruptcy

Petitioner

Petitory Action

Petty Offense

Philadelphia Lawyer

Photo Lineup

Physical Fact

Physicians and Surgeons

Picketing

Pierce, Franklin

Pierrepont, Edwards

Pilot

Pimp

Pinkerton Agents

Pinkerton, Allan

Pinkney, William

Piracy

Pitney, Mahlon

P.J.

Plagiarism

Plain-Error Rule

Plain-Meaning Rule

Plain View Doctrine

Plaintiff

Plaintiff in Error

Plat

Plea

Plea Bargaining

Plea in Abatement

Plea in Bar

Pleading

Pledge

Plessy V. Ferguson

Plur...

v. 8. Poaching

Pocket Part

Point

Poison

Poison Pill

Police

Police and Guards, Private

Police Corruption and Misconduct

Police Power

Policy

Political Action Committee

Political Campaign Law

Political Crime

Political Question

Political Trial

Polk, James Knox

Poll Tax

Pollack, Milton

Pollak, Walter Heilprin

Polling the Jury

Pollock, Frederick

Pollock V. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.

Polls

Pollution

Polygamy

Polygraph

Ponzi Scheme

Popular Name Tables

Pornography

Positive Evidence

Positive Law

Positivism

Posner, Richard Allen

Posse Comitatus

Possession

Possessory Action

Possessory Warrant

Post Mortem

Postconviction Remedies

Postdate

Posthumous Child

Posting

Postmarital Agreement

Pound, Roscoe

Pour-Over

Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr.

Powell, Lewis Franklin, Jr.

Powell V. Alabama

Power

Power of Attorney

Power of Sale

Power of Termination

Practice

Practice of Law

Praecipe

Prayer

Preamble

Precatory Language

Precedent

Precept

Precinct

Preclusion Order

Preemption

Preemptive Right

Preference

Preferred Stock

Prejudice

Prelaw Education

Preliminary Hearing

Preliminary Injunction

Premarital Agreement

Premeditate

Premium

Preponderance of Evidence

Prerogative

Prerogative Writ

Prescription

Present

Presentence Investigation

Presentment

Presents

President of the United States

Presidential Powers

Presumption

Presumption of Innocence

Pretermitted Heir

Pretrial Conference

Pretrial Publicity

Prevailing Party

Preventive Detention

Price-Fixing

Prigg V. Pennsylvania

Prima Facie

Primary Authority

Primary Evidence

Prime Lending Rate

Primogeniture

Principal

Principal and Surety

Principle

Printers Ink Statute

Prior Inconsistent Statements

Prior Restraint

Prison

Prisoners' Rights

Privacy

Privacy Act of 1974

Private

Private Attorney General

Private Bill

Private International Law

Private Law

Private Roads

Privateer

Privilege

Privilege Against Self-Incrimination

Privileged Communication

Privileges and Immunities

Privity

Privy

Privy Council

Prize

Prize Courts

Prize Law

Pro

Pro Bono

Pro Forma

Pro Hac Vice

Pro Rata

Pro Se

Pro Tanto

Pro Tem

Probable Cause

Probate

Probation

Probationer

Probative

Procedural Law

Procedure

Proceeding

Proceeds

Process

Process Server

Proclamation

Proctor

Procure

Produce

Product Liability

Profanity

Professio Juris

Professional Responsibility

Proffer

Profit

Profit a Prendre

Progressive Party

Progressive Tax

Prohibition

Prohibition Party

Prohibition, Writ of

Promise

Promissory Estoppel

Promissory Note

Promoter

Promulgate

Proof

Proper

Property Law

Property Right

Property Settlement

Proponent

Propound

Proprietary

Prorate

Prorogation

Prosecute

Prosecutor

Prospectus

Prostitution

Protective Custody

Protective Order

Protectorate

Protest

Prothonotary

Protocol

Province

Provisional

Proviso

Provocation

Proximate Cause

Proxy

Prudent Person Rule

Public

Public Administrative Bodies

Public Contract

Public Defender

Public Domain

Public Figure

Public Health Service

Public Interest

Public Lands

Public Law

Public Offering

Public Policy

Public Utilities

Publication

Publish

Publishing Law

Puerto Rico and the United States

Puffing

Pullman Strike

Punishment

Punitive Damages

Purchase

Purchase Money Mortgage

Purchase Order

Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906

Pure Speech

Purge

Purport

Pursuant

Purview

Put

Putative

Putzel, Henry, Jr.

Qua

Qualification

Qualified Acceptance

Quantum Meruit

Quantum Valebant

Quare

Quash

Quasi

Quasi Contract

Quasi in Rem Jurisdiction

Quasi-Judicial

Quasi-Legislative

Question of Fact

Question of Law

Qui Tam Actions

Quick Assets

Quid Pro Quo

Quiet Enjoyment

Quiet Title Action

Quinlan, In Re

Quit

Quitclaim Deed

Quo Animo

Quo Warranto

Quorum

Racial and Ethnic Discrimination

Racial Profiling

Racketeering

Railroad

Railroad Retirement Act

Ramo, Roberta Cooper

Randolph, Asa Philip

Randolph, Edmund Jennings

Rankin, Jeannette

Rantoul, Robert, Jr.

Rape

Ratable

Rate

Ratification

Ratio Decidendi

Rational Basis Test

Ravishment

Rawls, John Bordley

Re

Reagan, Ronald Wilson

Real

Real Actions

Real Estate

Real Evidence

Realized

Reasonable

Reasonable Doubt

Reasonable Force

Reasonable Person

Reasonable Time

Reasonable Woman

Rebate

Rebus Sic Stantibus

Rebut

Rebuttable Presumption

Rebutter

Recall

Recaption

Receipt

Receiver

Receivership

Receiving Stolen Property

Recess

Recidivism

Reciprocal

Recital

Recklessness

Recognition

Recognizance

Reconciliation

Reconstruction

Reconveyance

Recording of Land Titles

Records

Recoupment

Recourse

Recovered Memory

Recovery

Recrimination

Recuse

Red Scare

Redemption

Redlining

Redress

Reductio Ad Absurdum

Reed, Stanley Forman

Referee

Reference

Referendum

Reform Party

Reformation

Reformatories

Refreshing Memory

Refugees

Refunding

Regents of the University of California V. Bakke

Register

Register of Deeds

Registrar

Registration

Registration of Land Titles

Regressive Tax

Regular

Regulation

Rehabilitation

Rehnquist, William Hubbs

Reinstate

Reinsurance

Rejoinder

Relation

Relator

Release

Release Time Program

Relevancy

Relief

Religion

Remainder

Remand

Remedial Statute

Remedy

Remission

Remit

Remittance

Remittitur

Removal

Render

Renewal

Reno, Janet

Rent Strike

Renunciation

Renunciation of War

Renvoi

Reorganization

Reorganization Plan

Reparable Injury

Reparation

Repeal

Replevin

Replication

Reply

Report

Reporter

Repossession

Represent

Representation

Representative

Representative Action

Reprieve

Reprisal

Reproduction

Republic

Republican Party

Republication

Repudiation

Repugnancy

Requirements Contract

Requisition

Res

Res Gestae

Res Ipsa Loquitur

Res Judicata

Rescind

Rescission

Rescue

Rescue Doctrine

Reservation

Reserve

Residence

Residency

Residuary Clause

Residuum

Resolution

Respondeat Superior

Respondent

Responsive Pleading

Rest

Restatement of Law

Restitution

Restorative Justice

Restraining Order

Restraint of Trade

Restrictive Covenant

Restrictive Indorsement

Resulting Trust

Retainer

Retaliatory Eviction

Retorsion

Retraction

Retro

Retroactive

Return

Return Day

Revenue

Reverse

Reversion

Reverter, Possibility of

Review

Revised Statutes

Revival of an Action

Revive

Revocation

Revoke

Revolution

Revolving Charge

Reward

Rex

Reynolds v. Sims

Richardson, Elliot Lee

Rider

Ridge, Thomas Joseph

Right

Right of Action

Right of Election

Right of Reentry

Right of Survivorship

Right of Way

Right to Counsel

Right-to-Work Laws

Riot

Riparian Rights

Ripeness

Risk

Risk Arbitrage

Robbery

Roberts, John Glover, Jr.

Roberts, Owen Josephus

Roberts v. United States Jaycees

Robinson-Patman Act

Robinson, Spottswood William, III

Robinson V. California

Rochin V. California

Rodney, Caesar Augustus

Roe

Roe v. Wade

Rogers, William Pierce

Roll

Roman Law

Romer v.

Evans

Roosevelt, Anna Eleanor

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano

Roosevelt, Theodore

Rosenbergs Trial

Ross, John

Ross, Nellie Tayloe

Rostker v. Goldberg

Roth v. United States

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

Royalty

Rubric of a Statute

Ruby, Jack

Rule

Rule Against Accumulations

Rule Against Perpetuities

Rule in Shelley's Case

Rule of 78

Rule of Law

Rules of Decision Act

Rules of War

Ruling

Run

Running with the Land

Rush, Benjamin

Rush, Richard

Rutledge, John

Rutledge, Wiley Blount, Jr.

Rylands v. Fletcher

S Corporation

Sabotage

Sacco and Vanzetti Trial

Said

Sailor

Salem Witch Trials

Sales Law

Sales Tax

Salvage

Same Conduct Test

Same Evidence Test

San Francisco Vigilance Committees of 1851 and 1856

Sanction

Sanford, Edward Terry

Sanger, Margaret Higgins

Sanity

Santa Clara County V. Southern Pacific Railroad Company.

v. 9. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Sargent, John Garibaldi

Satisfaction

Save

Saving Clause

Savings and Loan Association

Saxbe, William Bart

Scab

Scalia, Antonin

Schechter Poultry Corp. V. United States

Schenck V. United States

Schlafly, Phyllis Stewart

Schlesinger, Rudolf Berthold

School Desegregation

Schools and School Districts

Scienter

Scientific Evidence

Scintilla

Scire Facias

Scope of Employment

Scopes Monkey Trial

Scorched-Earth Plan

Seabed Arms Control Treaty of 1971

Seal

Seal of the United States

Sealed Verdict

Search and Seizure

Search Warrant

Seasonable

Seat Belts

Sec

Secession

Second Amendment

Second Look Doctrine

Secondary Authority

Secondary Boycott

Secondary Evidence

Secondary Meaning

Secret Service

Secretary of State

Section

Section 1983

Secure

Secured Creditor

Secured Transactions

Securities

Securities and Exchange Commission

Security

Security Deposit

Sedition

Seditious Libel

Seduction

Segregation

Seizure

Selden, John

Selden Society

Selective Prosecution

Selective Service System

Selectman or Selectwoman

Self-Dealing

Self-Defense

Self-Determination

Self-Executing

Self-Executing Treaty