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A fortiori
A priori
A/R
Ab initio
Ab intestato
Abandoned application
Abandoned property
Abatement clause
ABC test
Abercrombie classification
Abet
Abeyance
Able to work
Abnormally dangerous activity
Absolute
Absolute disparity
Absolute privilege
Absolute-bar rule
Abstention
Abuse of discretion
Abusive discharge
Abut
Acceptance
Accession
Accessory after the fact
Accessory before the fact
Accomplice
Accord
Accord and satisfaction
Account
Account debtor
Account receivable
Accounts receivable
Accusatory instrument
Act
Act of God
Action
Actionable
Actual authority
Actual cause
Actual damages
Actual Innocence
Actus reus
Ad litem
Ad seriatim
Ad valorem
Ademption by Extinction
Ademption by Satisfaction
Adhesion contract
Adjudicative fact
Administrative agency
Administrative law
Administrative Office of the United States Courts
Administrative Procedure Act (APA)
Administrative warrant
Administrator
Admiralty and maritime power
ADR
ADR service
Advance directive
Advancement
Adversary proceeding
Adverse Possession
Advisory opinion
Advocacy of Illegal Action
Advocate
Affiant
Affidavit
Affirmative action
Affirmative defense
Affirmative waste
Agency Shop
Agent
Aggravated
Aggravating circumstance
Aggravating factor
Aggregation of jurisdictional amount
Agricultural lien
Alford plea
Alibi
Alien
Alienable
Allegation
Allocution
ALR
Alternative contingent remainder
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Alternative dispute resolution service
Ameliorative waste
American Bar Association (ABA)
Amicus curiae
Amount in controversy
Ancestor
Anchor
Anchoring
Ancient Document Rule
Ancillary jurisdiction
Answer
Anti-Contact Rule (Lawyers Professional Responsibility)
Anti-Lapse Statute
Anticipatory Breach
Anticipatory Warrant
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA)
Antitrust violations
Apparent authority
Appeal
Appear
Appearance
Appellant
Appellate Jurisdiction
Appellee
Appointees
Appointive Assets
Appropriation
Appurtenance
Arbitration
Arbitrator
Arguendo
Armed Career Criminal Act (1984)
Arms Export Control Act (1976)
Arraignment
Arrears
Arrest
Articles of incorporation
Artificial person
Artisan's lien
Ascertained
Assault
Asset Protection Trust
Association
Assumption of risk
Asylum
Attachment
Attempt
Attorney in Fact
Attorney's Duty of Confidentiality
Attorney's lien
Attorney-client privilege
Attractive nuisance doctrine
Authentication
Automobile exception
Award
Aye
Back pay
Background fact
Bad faith
Bail
Bail bond
Bailee
Bailment
Bailor
Balloon Mortgage
Bankruptcy court
Bankruptcy fraud
Bankruptcy power
Basis of the bargain test
Batson challenge
Batson objection
Battery
Bearer
Beg the question
Bench
Bench trial
Beneficial owner
Beneficiary
Bequeath
Bequest
Best Evidence Rule
Best interests of the child
Bias
Biased assimilation
Bigamy
Bilateral
Bilateral divorce
Bill of attainder
Bill of lading
Bill of particulars
Bill of Rights
Bill quia timet
BIOCOB
Black letter law
Blackacre
Blanket security lien
Blawg
Blue sky law
Bluebook
Bluebooking
Board of Directors
Bona fide
Bona fide purchaser
Bond
Bondsman
Brady Rule
Brandenburg test
Breach
Breach of contract
Bribery
Brief
Burden of allegation
Burden of persuasion
Burden of production
Burden of Proof
Burglary
Business Judgment Rule
Business record exception
But cf.
But see
But-for cause
But-for test
Bylaw
Bylaws
C corporation
Cabinet
CALI
Capacity
Capital punishment
Captive audience
Capture doctrine: trusts
Carrier's lien
Case
Castle exception
Causa mortis
Cause of action
Caveat emptor
Certainty effect
Certificate of Incorporation
Certificate of title
Certiorari
Cf.
Challenge
Challenge for cause
Challenge to the array
Chambers
Chance verdict
Channels
Character evidence
Charging lien
Charitable Trust
Charitable Trusts Purposes
Charter
Chattel
Chattel paper
Chevron Deference
CIA
Circuit riding
Circuit split
Citation
Citation sentence
Cite
Civil
Claim
Claim for relief
Clean-hands doctrine
Clear and convincing evidence
Clearly erroneous test
Clemency
Closed shop
Cloture
COBRA
Code
Codicil
Codification
Codified
Coercive statement by an employer
Collateral
Collateral attack
Collateral estoppel
Collateral order doctrine
Collaterals
Collective membership mark
Collusive bidding
Collusive Suit
Collyer doctrine
Color
Color of law
Color of office
Color of title
Colorable claim
Colorable transaction
Coming to the nuisance
Commerce Control List
Commerce power
Commercial exploitation
Commercial Speech
Commercial tort claim
Commingled goods
Commodity Classification Request
Common law
Common law lien
Common-law marriage
Community Property
Comparative Negligence
Compare with
Comparison signal
Compensatory damages
Complainant
Complaint
Complementarity
Complete defense
Complete integration
Compromise verdict
Compulsory counterclaim
Computer and internet fraud
Concurrent jurisdiction
Condemn
Condemnation
Confirmation bias
Conflict of interest
conforming goods
Confrontation Clause
Consent
Consent divorce
Consequential damages
Consideration
Consign
Consignee
Consignment
Consignor
Conspiracy
Constitution
Constitutional Amendment
Constitutional Avoidance
Constitutional clauses
Constructive
Constructive contract
Constructive eviction
Constructive fraud
Constructive Possession
Constructive Trust
Consumer expectations test
Consumer Reporting Agencies (CRA)
Contemnor
Contempt
Contempt of Congress
Contempt of court, civil
Contempt of court, criminal
Contempt of court, direct
Contempt of court, indirect
Contingent
Contingent Fee
Contra
Contra proferentem
Contraband
Contract
Contract implied in fact
Contract implied in law
Contract of adhesion
Contractual lien
Contribution
Contributory Negligence
Controversy
conventional international law
Conversion
Convey
Copyright and patent power
Corporate governance
Corporate Officers
Corporation
Corpus delicti
Correctional program
Corrections program
Costs
Counterclaim
Counterfeiting
Course of dealing
Course of performance
Covenant
Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act (2009)
Credit card fraud
Credit default swap
Credit instrument
Creditor
Crime
Criminal intent
Critical stages of proceedings
Cross examination
Cross-appeal
Cross-claim
Cruel and unusual punishment
Curtilage
Custodial interrogation
Customary international law
Cy Pres: Charitable Trusts
Damages
Daubert standard
Davis-Bacon Act
De facto Corporation
De facto Law
De Facto Segregation
De novo
Dead Man's Statute
Deadly force
Dealer
Death Beneficiary
Debtor
Decarceration
Decedent
Declaration
Declaration against interest
Declaratory judgment
Decriminalization
Deed of Trust
Deemed Export License
Defamation
Default
Default judgment
Defective verdict
Defendant
Defense
Defense of others
Defense of property
Definite Trust Beneficiaries
Definitions
Demurrer
Denied Persons List
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Department of Commerce (DOC)
Department of the Interior (DOI)
Dependent Relevant Revocation (DRR)
deportation
Deposit account
Deposition
Derivative
Descendant
Descriptive
Design defect
Design professional's lien
Destination Contract
Detinue
Devise
Devisee
Dicta
Dilatory tatics
Dilution
Diminished capacity
Diplomatic immunity
Diplomatic law
Direct Examination
Directed verdict
Director
Discharge
Disclaimer
Disclosure
Discovery
Discretionary
Discretionary Power of Appointment
Discretionary trust
Discrimination
Disentail
Disgorgement
Disincentive
Disincentivize
Disinherit
Disparate impact
Disparate treatment
Disposition
Dispositive fact
Disproportionate Impact
Dissent
Dissenting opinion
Dissolution
Diversity jurisdiction
Divestitive fact
Dividend
Docket
Doctrine
Doctrine of Completeness
Doctrine of Incorporation By Reference
Doctrine of Integration of Wills
Doctrine of worthier title
Domicile
Donee
Donee beneficiary
Donor
Double Jeopardy
Dual National
Dual Use Item
Due process
Duress
Durham test
Duty to mitigate
Duty to repair
DWI/DUI Violation
Dying declaration
E.g.,
Easement
Economic duress
Economic efficiency
Economic espionage
Efficiency
Efficient breach
Efficient breach theory
Eggshell skull rule
Elective Share
Emancipation of minors
Embezzlement
Eminent domain
Employment-at-will doctrine
En banc
Enabling clauses
Endorse
Endorsement
Enforcement power
Enhanced scrutiny test
Enjoin
Enoch Arden doctrine
Entity Liability
Entity List
Entrapment
Equitable lien
Equitable Subordination
Equity
Escheat
Establishment Clause
Estate
Estoppel
Evaluative fact
Evidentiary fact
Ex Parte
Ex Parte divorce
Ex post facto
Ex rel.
Excessive verdict
Excise tax
Excited utterance
Exclusionary Rule
Exclusive dealing arrangement
Exculpatory evidence
Excuse
Executor
Exemplary damages
Exigent circumstances
Exonerative fact
Expectation damages
Expectation of privacy
Expert witness
Export Control Classification Number (ECCN)
Export License
Express authority
Express contract
Express Trust
Extortion
Extradition
Fact
Fact Pleading
Factor
Factor's lien
Factoring
Failure to state a claim
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
Fair Labor Standards Act
False Advertising
False Claims Act
False imprisonment
False light
False Pretenses
Family and Medical Leave Act (1993)
Family court
Federal
Federal arbitration act
Federal Gift Tax
Federal Question Jurisdiction
Federal Register
Federal tax law
Federal Tort Claims Act
Federal Trade Commission
Fee Simple
Fee Tail
Felony
Felony murder rule
Fiduciary
Fiduciary Duties of Trustees
Fiduciary Duty
FIFO
FIFO accounting
Fighting Words
Filiation proceeding
Filibuster
Final judgment
Financial fraud
Firm Offer
Fixture
Floating lien
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)
Foreign National
Forfeiture
Forfeiture by wrongdoing
Forgery
Former testimony exception
Forum non conveniens
Forum shopping
Forums
Framing
Fraud
Fraudulent concealment
Fraudulent misrepresentation
Free rider
Free trade
Freedom of Contract
Freedom of Disposition
Freehold estate
Front pay
Fruit of the Poisonous Tree
Frustration of Purpose
Frye standard
Full Faith and Credit
Fundamental Right
Further affiant sayeth naught
Future interest
GAAP
Gap filling
Garageman's lien
Garnishment
General damages
General Devise
General Election
General intangible
General intent
General Power of Appointment
General verdict
Genocide
Genuine issue of material fact
Gerrymander
Gift
Going concern
Good faith
Good Faith Exception to Exclusionary Rule
Goods
Goodwill
Government fraud
Government speech
Grand jury
Grand larceny
Grand theft
Grantee
Grantor
Grievance
Guarantor
Guardian
Guardian ad litem
H1-B Visa
Habeas corpus
Habit evidence
Harmless Error Rule
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Health maintenance organizations
Healthcare fraud
Hearsay
Heir
Hiring hall
Holding
Holding company
Holographic Will
Homicide
Horizontal scheme
Hostile takeover
Hostile work environment
Hot Cargo clause
House arrest
Housing Court
Hung jury
Hypothetical monopolist test
IIED
Illusory promise
Immunity
Immunity from Prosecution
Impeachment
Impleader
Implied authority
Implied Revocation of Wills
Implied Warranty of Fitness
Implied Warranty of Habitability
Implied warranty of merchantibility
Impossibility
In camera
In forma pauperis
In limine
In loco parentis
In pari delicto
In personam
In re:
In rem
In Terrorem Clause
Incarceration
Incentive
Incentivize
Inchoate offense
Incidental beneficiary
Incidental damages
Incompetence
Incorporated
Incorporation (of the Bill of Rights)
Indemnify
Indictment
Indorse
Indorsement
Inducement of infringement
Industrial unionism
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Inequity
Infamous crime
Informed Consent Doctrine
Infra
Inherent authority
Inherit
Injunction
Insanity and diminished capacity
Insanity defense
Insider trading
Instant
Instrumentalities
Insurance
Integration
Intellectual property
Intellectual Property Clause
Intended beneficiary
Intentional infliction of emotional distress
Intentional tort
Inter alia
Inter Vivos Transfer
Inter vivos trust
Interlocutory appeal
Interlocutory order
Intermediate Scrutiny
Internal revenue code
International Atomic Energy Agency
International Bank of Reconstruction and Development
International conventions
International Court of Justice
international crimes
International criminal law
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia
International criminal tribunals
International economic law
International environmental law
International humanitarian law
International Monetary Fund
International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)
Interpleader
Interrogation
Interrogatory
Intervention
Intestacy
Intestacy rules
Intestate
Intestate Succession
Inventory
Investigatory power
Investigatory stops
Investment property
Invidious discrimination
Invitee
Involuntary intoxication
Ipso facto
IRC
Irresistible Impulse Test
Issue
Issuer
Jingle Rule
JMOL
JNOV
Joinder
Joint and Several Liability
Joint Tenancy
Judge
Judgment
Judgment as a matter of law
Judgment creditor
Judgment debtor
Judgment lien
Judgment notwithstanding the verdict
Judgment-proof
Judicial Foreclosure
Judicial Notice
Judicial Review
Jurisdiction
Jurisdictional amount
Jury
Jury Instructions
Jury Nullification
Jury trial
Jus cogens
Jus terti
Just cause
Justiciability
Justification
Juvenile delinquent
Kangaroo court
Kidnapping
Knock and announce
Knock-and-Announce Rule
Labor lien
Laborer's lien
Laches
Laissez-faire
Landlord's lien
Lanham Act
Lapp Test
Larceny
Larceny by Trick
Law and economics
Law French
Law Latin
Law school
Leading question
Legal formalism
Legal lien
Legal owner
Legal realism
Legality
Legally inconsistent verdict
Legislative power
Legislative Veto
Lesser included offense
Letter of credit
Letter of marque
Levy
Lex loci
Libel
Liberty interest
Licensee
Lien
Lien creditor
Life estate
Life estate pur autre vie
Life Insurance
LIFO
LIFO accounting
Limited Liability
Line-Item Veto
Liquidated damages
Liquidation
Litigation
Lives in being
Living will
Loan
Lochner Era
Loitering
Long-arm statute
Loss of consortium
Lost Property
M'naughten Rule
Mail fraud
Mailbox Rule
Maintenance and Cure
Maintenance of membership
Mala fides
Malice
Malicious prosecution
Malpractice
Malum in se
Malum prohibitum
Managerial employee
Mandamus
Mandate
Mandatory authority
Mandatory Power of Appointment
Manslaughter
Manufacturing defect
Marital Deduction Trust
Maritime lien
Mark
Market participant exception
Marketable title
Marriage
Materiality
Materialman's lien
Matter of law
Mayhem
Mechanic's lien
Mediation
Mediator
Meeting of the minds
Mens rea
Meretricious
Merged Causes
Merger
Merger doctrine
Midwest Piping doctrine
MIMIC Rule
Minitrial
Minor
Minority
Miranda rule
Miranda warning
Mirandize
Mirror image rule
Misdemeanor
Misfeasance
Mistake
Mistake of fact
Mistake of law
Mistrial
Misunderstanding
Mitigating circumstance
Mitigating factor
Mixed-Motive Instruction
Model penal code insanity defense
Modern Portfolio Theory
Modification
Modified per stirpes
Money damages
Money demand
Money laundering
Monopoly
Moot
Moral law
Mortgagee
Mortgagor
Motion
Motion for directed verdict
Motion for judgment as a matter of law
Motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict
Motion for summary judgment
Motion in limine
Motion to dismiss
Motion to quash
Movant
Multilateral
Multilateral treaties
Multiple Party Account
Municipality
Murder
Mutual
Mutual assent
Mutual material mistake
Name key
National Reporter System
National Security Letter
Natural born citizen
Natural law
Natural person
Naturalization power
Nay
Necessary and Proper Clause
Necessity defense
Negative signal
Negative Will
Negligence
Negligent
Negligent infliction of emotional distress
Negotiable instrument
Net Probate Estate
Next friend
NIED
Nihil dicit
Nihil est
Nil dicit default judgment
No Further Inquiry Rule
No License Required (NLR)
No signal
No-answer default judgment
No-Knock Warrant
Noise ordinance
Nolo contendere
Non-Judicial Foreclosure
Non-Probate Assets
Nondelegation Doctrine
Nonfreehold estate
Nonobvious
Nonobviousness
Notary
Notary public
Notice
Notice of Pendency
Notice Pleading
Notice statute
Novation
Novel
Novelty
Nunc pro tunc
O Visa
Obiter dictum
Objects of the Power
Obligor
Obstruction of justice
Offer
Offeree
Offeror
Omitted Child Statutes
One-satisfaction rule
Open mines doctrine
Operative fact
opinio juris (international law)
Option Contract
Option to Cure
Order of authorities
Order of signals
Original jurisdiction
OSHA
Overbreadth
Overt act
PACER
Parentelic System
Parenthetical
Parol evidence
Parole
Parolee
Partial defense
Partial integration
Passim
Past Recollection Recorded
Patent applied for
Patent infringement
Patent pending
Patent prosecution
Payment intangible
Pecuniary
Pen register
Pendente lite
Pennoyer rule
Per curiam
Peremptory challenge
Perfect Tender Rule
Perfection
Periodic Tenancy
Perjury
Permissive counterclaim
Permissive waste
Personal property
Persuasive authority
Petit larceny
Petition
Petition for certiorari
Petitioner
Phone and telemarketing fraud
Piercing the Corporate Veil
Pinkerton Liability
Piracy (Maritime)
Plain View
Plain-language law
Plaintiff
Plea bargain
Plea colloquy
Pledge
Plenary
Plenary authority
Plenary power
Plenary session
Pocket part
Political Question Doctrine
Positive law
Possessory estate
Possessory lien
Possibility of reverter
Post-answer default judgment
Postal power
Power of appointment
Power of attorney
Power of Sale clause
Pre-existing duty doctrine
Precatory Trust
Precedent
Predatory pricing
Preemption
Preferred stock
Prejudice
Preliminary hearing
Preliminary injunction
Premarital agreement
Premeditation
Premium
Prepaid legal services
Preponderance
Prescriptive
Present Recollection Refreshed
Present sense impression
Presently exercisable power of appointment
Presumption
Pretrial lineup
Price-fixing
Prima facie
Primary authority
Primary Liability
Principal
Principal in the first degree
Principal in the second degree
Prior appropriation doctrine
Prior art
Prior Restraint
Private necessity
Privilege
Privilege against self-incrimination
Privileges and Immunities Clause
Pro bono
Pro forma
Pro hac vice
Pro se
Pro tempore
Probable cause
Probate
Probate Assets
Probate court
Probation
Probationary period
Probative
Procedural due process
Process Server
Professional Guardian
Profit à prendre
Progressive discipline
Promise
Promissory estoppel
Promissory note
Promulgate
Property power
Protected class
Protectionism
Provisional Remedies
Proximate cause
Prudent Investor Rule
Pseudonym name
Public auction
Public corruption
Public Express Trust
Public necessity
Public option
Public utilities
Punitive damages
Purchase Money Mortgage
Purchase Money Resulting Trust
Purchase-money collateral
Purchase-money security interest
Pure per stirpes
Putative Spouse Doctrine
Q.E.D.
Qua
Qualified immunity
Qualified Terminable Interest Property (QTIP) Trust
Quantum meruit
Quash
Quasi in rem
Quasi-contract
Question of fact
Question of law
Qui tam
Quiet Title
Quitclaim deed
Quod erat demonstrandum
Quorum
Race statute
Race to the bottom
Race-notice statute
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)
Racketeering
Rape
Ratio decidendi
Rational Basis
Reasonable accomodation
Reasonable belief
Reasonable doubt
Reasonable suspicion
Rebus sic stantibus
Rebuttable presumption
Receivership
Receiving stolen property
Recidivism
Recidivist
Recognition (international law)
Record owner
Recording act
Recording statute
Recuse
Redirect examination
Reexamination
refugee
Regulation
Rehabilitation
Reinstatement
Relator
Relevant evidence
Reliance damages
Relief
Remainder (property law)
Remainder (trust law)
Remand
Remedy
Removal
Rent
Renunciation
Replevin
Request for Admission
Requests for admission
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Res judicata
Rescission
Reserved Power of Appointment
Residence
Residency
Residuary Estate
Respondeat Superior
Respondent
Resulting Trust
Retainer agreement
Retaining lien
Reverse discrimination
Reverse mortgage
Reversion
Revocable Trust
Revocation of Will by Act
Revocation of Wills by Instrument
RICO
Right
Right of entry
Right of Redemption
Right of Survivorship
Right to confront witness
Right to counsel
Right to jury trial
Right to sue letter
Riparian doctrine
Ripe
Robbery
Rule
Rule in Shelley's case
Rulemaking
Rules
Rules Enabling Act of 1934
S corporation
Safe harbor
Sanction
Sanctity of contract
Scienter
Search
Seasonable
Secondary authority
Secondary Liability
Secured debt
Secured party
Secured transaction
Securities fraud
Security
Security interest
See
See also
See generally
Seisin
Seizure
Self Executing Treaty
Self-Authenticating Documents
Self-declared trust
Self-defense
Separate sovereigns doctrine
Separation
Separation agreement
Separation of powers
Sequester
Sequestration
Service of Process
Setoff
Settlement
Settlor
Severability clause
Sham transaction
Share
Shareholder
Shareholder Derivative Suit
Shelley's case
Shepard's Citations
Sheriff's sale
Shifting executory interest
Shipment Contract
Shocks the conscience
Showup
Sidebar
Signal
Simplified Network Application Process Redesign (SNAP-R)
Single payer
Slander
Slaughterhouse Cases
Slayer Rule
So ordered
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSD)
Solemnization of marriage
Solicitation
Sources of international law
Sovereign immunity
Sovereignty
Speaking objection
Special Election
Special master
Special Power of Appointment
Special verdict
Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List
Specific Devise
Specific intent
Specific performance
Speedy Trial Act (1974)
Spending power
Spendthrift Trust
Spousal communications privilege
Spousal immunity
Springing executory interest
SSI
Standard contract
Standing
Stare decisis
State action antitrust immunity
State Action Requirement
State of emergency
State supreme court
Statehood (international law)
Statute
Statute of frauds
Statute of limitations
Statute of repose
Statutory Construction
Statutory lien
Stay of Proceedings
Stipulate
Stop and frisk
Storage lien
Strict Liability
Strict scrutiny
Strikers
Sua sponte
Subject to a condition subsequent
Subject to open
Subject to partial divestment
Subject-matter jurisdiction
Subjects of international law
Subpoena
Subpoena duces tecum
Subrogation
Subsequent Remedial Measures
Subsidiary
Substantial evidence
Substantial Impairment
Substantial Performance
Substantive due process
Subsume
Summary Judgment
Supplemental Jurisdiction
Supplemental Pleadings
Supplemental Security Income
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Supplier's lien
Support Trust
Suppression
Supra
Supremacy Clause
Supreme Court
Surety
Surety bond
Survivor
Suspect classification
Takers in Default
Takings
Tax
Tax evasion
Tax lien
Tax shelter
Taxing power
Temporary receivership
Temporary restraining order
Tenancy at Sufferance
Tenancy at Will
Tenancy by the Entirety
Tenancy for Years
Tenancy in Common
Term of years
Termination
Territorial jurisdiction
Terry Stop
Testamentary
Testamentary Capacity
Testamentary power of appointment
testamentary trust
Testate
Testator
The Bluebook
Thereafter
Thereinafter
Things in action
Third amendment
Third party
Third party beneficiary
Title (legislation)
Title search
To wit
Toll
Tortfeasor
Tortious
Totten trust
Trade name
Trade secret
Trademark infringement
Transcarceration
Transferred intent
Transmittal letter
Trap and trace device
Treasure trove
Treasury regulations
Treble damages
Trespass
Trial
Trial on the merits
Trier of fact
Trover
Trust
Trust Beneficiary
Trust Intent
Trust Property
Trustee
Tying arrangement
UCC
UCMJ
Ultimate fact
Ultra vires
Unanimous
Unascertainable Cause
Uncodified
Unconscionability
Unconstitutional
Underwriter
Undue hardship
Undue influence
Unenforceable
Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA)
Uniform Code of Military Justice
Uniform Commercial Code
Unilateral
Unilateral Contract
Unincorporated
United Nations
United Nations General Assembly
United Nations Security Council
United States Code
United States district courts
United States Munitions List
United States Patent and Trademark Office
United States Tax Court
Unjust enrichment
Unlawful
Upon information or belief
Usage of trade
USPTO
Uttering
VA
Vacant
Vacate
Vacatur
Vagrancy
Vagrant
Vague
Vagueness doctrine
Valuable papers
Variance
Vehicular homicide
Vehicular manslaughter
Vendee
Vendor
Venire
Venire facias
Venire facias de novo
Venue
Veracity
Verdict
Verification
Vertical scheme
Vest
Vested
Vested remainder
Vestigial words
Veto
Vexatious litigation
Vicarious Liability
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
Vigilante
Vigilante justice
Vigilantism
Visa
Visitation
Visitation order
Vitiate
Viz.
Void
Void for vagueness
Void marriage
Voidable
Voidable marriage
Voir dire
Voluntary manslaughter
Voluntary waste
Voting trust
Waiver
War and defense powers
Ward
Warehouseman's lien
Warrant
Warranty deed
Waste
Weight of the evidence
Welfare work rules
Wells Notice
Wells Submission
Whistleblower
Whistleblower act
Whistleblower law
Whistleblower protection act
Whiteacre
Will
Will Contract
Will Execution Ceremony
Will Substitutes
Wills: Attestation Requirement
Wills: Signature Requirement
Wills: Writing Requirement
Winding up
Wire Fraud
Wiretap
Withdrawal
Without recourse
Witness tampering
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act (WARN Act)
Writ
Writ of certiorari
Writ of error
Writ of execution
Wrongful constructive discharge
Wrongful death action
Wrongful death statute
Wrongful discharge
Wrongful termination
Yea
Year and a day
Year and a day rule
Yeas and nays
Yield
Your Honor
Youthful offender
Zone of danger rule
Zone of interests
Zoning
Zoning ordinance
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