List of Black Legal Dictionary Terms

a bon droit

a cancellando

a cancellis

a cancellis curiae explodi

a cause de cy

a ce

a confectione

a consiliis

a contrario sensu

a corifectione praesentium

a dato

a die confectionis

a die datus

a eel jour

a fine force

a fortiori

a gratia

a issue

a jure suo cadunt

a la grande grevaunce

a large

a latere

a libellis

a libello ut libellatur

a lour foy

a lui et a ses heritiers pour toujours

a ma intent

a manibus

a manu servus

a me

a me de superiore meo (ay mee

a mensa et thoro

a morte testatoris

a multo fortiori

a non domino

a non habente potestatem

a pais

a pari

a posteriori

a priori

a provisione viri

a qua

a quo

a quo invito aliquid exigi potest

a rendre

A reorganization

a responsis

a rubro ad nigrum

a terme de sa vie

a terme que n’est mye encore passe

a terme que passe est

a tort et a travers

a tort ou a droit

a vinculo matrimonii

A.M. Best Company

ab actis

ab ante

ab antiquo

ab epistolis

ab extra

ab identitate ration is

ab inconvenienti

ab initio

ab intestato

ab invito

ab irato

ab olim

ab orco usque ad coelum

A-B trust

ab urbe condita

abaction

abactor

abalienation

abamita

abandoned application

abandoned experiment

abandoned invention

abandoned mark

abandoned property

abandoned trademark

abandoned, suppressed, or concealed

abandonee

abandonment

abandonment by operation of law

abandonment of contest

abandonment of minor children

abandum

abarnare

abatable nuisance

abatamentum

abatare

abatement

abatement clause

abater

abator

abatuda

abavia

abavunculus

abavus

abbacy

abbess

abbey

abbey land

abbot

abbreviated term sheet

Abbreviation Placitorum

abbreviator

abbroachmen

ABC test

ABC transaction

abdication

abditory

abduction

abearance

Abercrombie classification

aberrant behavior

abesse

abet

abettor

abeyance

abiaticus

abide

abiding conviction

abigeatus

abigeus

ability

abishering

abjudge

abjudicatio

abjuration

abjuration of the realm

abjure

ablative fact

able

able seaman

able to work

able-bodied seaman

ablegate

ableism

ablocation

abmatertera

abnepos

abneptis

abnormal law

abnormally dangerous activity

abode

abogado

abolition

abominable and detestable crime against nature

aboriginal cost

aboriginal title

abortee

aborticide

abortifacient

abortion

abortive child

abortive trial

aboutissement

above

above-mentioned

above-stated

above-the-line

abpatruus

A-B-Q trust

abridge

abridgment of damages

abroad

abrogare

abrogate

abrogation of adoption

ABS Rules.

abscond

absconding debtor

absence

absent debtor

absent parent

absent person

absente

absente reo

absentee

absentee ballot

absentee landlord

absentee management

absentee vote

absentee voting

absentia

absoile

absolute

absolute assignee

absolute assignment

absolute auction

absolute contraband

absolute conveyance

absolute covenant

absolute deed

absolute defense

absolute delivery

absolute disparity

absolute divorce

absolute duty

absolute estate

absolute gift

absolute guaranty

absolute immunity

absolute interest

absolute law.

absolute legacy

absolute liability

absolute majority

absolute martial law

absolute novelty

absolute nuisance

absolute nullity

absolute obligation

absolute pardon

absolute pollution exclusion

absolute presumption

absolute privilege

absolute property

absolute right

absolute sale

absolute simulated contract

absolute title

absolute veto

absolute-bar rule

absolute-priority rule

absolutio

absolution

absolutism

absolve

absolvitor

absorbable risk

absorption

absque

absque aliquo inde reddendo

absque consideratione curiae

absque dubio

absque hoc

absque impetitione vasti

absque injuria damnum

absque ipsius regis speciali licentia

absque tali causa

abstain

abstention

abstinence

abstract

abstract compromise

abstract idea

abstract juridical act

abstract of a fine

abstract of conviction

abstract of judgment

abstract of record

abstract of the disclosure

abstract of the specification

abstract of title

abstract question

abstracter

abstraction

abstraction-filtration-comparison test

abstractions test

abstractor

absurdity

abuse

abuse excuse

abuse of discovery

abuse of discretion

abuse of distress

abuse of process

abuse of rights

abuse of the elderly

abused child

abusee

abuse-of-rights doctrine

abuse-of-the-writ doctrine

abuser

abuses

abusive

abut

abuttals

abutter

abutting foot

ac etiam

academic

academic freedom

academic lawyer

Academie de Droit International de La Haye

academy

accedas ad curiam

accede

Accelerated Cost Recovery System

accelerated depreciation

accelerated depreciation method

accelerated disclosure

accelerated discovery

accelerated remainder

accelerated-reentry theory

acceleration

acceleration clause

acceleration of remainder

accept service

Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual.

acceptance

acceptance au besoin

acceptance by silence

acceptance company

acceptance credit

acceptance criteria

acceptance doctrine

acceptance for honor

acceptance sampling

acceptance supra protest

acceptance testing

acceptance-of-the-benefits rule

acceptare

accepted-work doctrine

acceptilation

acceptor

acceptor supra protest

access

access easement

access order

access to counsel

access to justice

accessio

accession

accessorial

accessorial obligation

accessory

accessory after the fact

accessory at the fact

accessory before the fact

accessory building

accessory contract

accessory obligation

accessory right

accessory thing

accessory use

accessoryship

access-to-justice commission

accident

accident and health insurance

accident insurance

accident policy

accidental

accidental death

accidental harm

accidental injury

accidental killing

accidental stranding

accidental-death benefit

accidentalia

accidentalia feudi

accident-based insurance

accidere

accipe ecclesiam

accipere

accipitare

acclamation

accola

accomenda

accommodated party

accommodation

accommodation acceptance

accommodation bill

accommodation director

accommodation endorser

accommodation indorsement

accommodation land

accommodation line

accommodation loan

accommodation maker

accommodation note

accommodation paper

accommodation party

accommodation subpoena

accommodation surety

accommodatum

accompany

accomplice

accomplice liability

accomplice witness

accompt

accord

accord and satisfaction

accord executory

accordant

accouchement

account

account book

account debtor

account duty

account executive

account for

account in trust

account party

account payable

account receivable

account render

account rendered

account representative

account settled

account stated

account statement

accountable

accountant of court

accountant-client privilege

accountant’s lien

accounting

accounting for fruits

accounting for profits

accounting method

accounting period

Accounting Research Bulletin

Accounting Series Release

accounts-receivable insurance

accouple

accredit

accredited investor

accredited law school

accredited representative

accredulitare

accresce

accretion

accroach

accrocher

accrocher un process

accrual accounting method

accrual basis

accrual bond

accrual, clause of

accrue

accrued asset

accrued compensation

accrued depreciation

accrued dividend

accrued expense

accrued income

accrued interest

accrued liability

accrued right

accrued salary

accrued tax.

accruer

accruing costs

accumulando jura juribus

accumulated deficit

accumulated depreciation

accumulated dividend

accumulated income.

accumulated legacy

accumulated profit

accumulated surplus

accumulated taxable income

accumulated-adjustments account

accumulated-earnings credit

accumulated-earnings tax

accumulatio actionum

accumulation

accumulation trust

accumulations, rule against

accumulative

accumulative damages

accumulative dividend

accumulative judgment

accumulative legacy

accumulative sentences

accusatio suspecti tutoris

accusation

accusator

accusatorial system

accusatory

accusatory body

accusatory instrument

accusatory part

accusatory pleading

accusatory procedure

accusatory stage

accusatrix

accuse

accused

accuser

accusing jury.

achieve

acid-test ratio

acknowledge,

acknowledged father

acknowledgment money

acknowledgment of debt

acknowledgment of paternity

acknowledgment.

ACP challenge

acquaintance rape

acquest

acquet

acquets and conquets

acquets and gains

acquiesce

acquiescence

acquietandis plegiis

acquietatus

acquire

acquired allegiance

acquired corporation

acquired distinctiveness.

acquired federal land

acquired land

acquired right

acquired servitude

acquired surplus

acquired-rights doctrine

acquirenda,

acquisita et acquirenda

acquisition

acquisition cost

acquisitive offense

acquisitive prescription

acquist

acquit

acquittal

acquittal in fact

acquittal in law

acquittance

acquitted

acre

acre right

acreage-contribution agreement

acre-foot

across-the-board

act

act and deed

act and warrant

act in pais

act in the law

Act of AdjournaL

Act of Assembly

act of attainder

act of bankruptcy

act of Congress

act of court

act of God

act of grace

act of honor

act of hostility

act of indemnity

act of law

act of legislation

act of nature

act of omission

act of Parliament

act of Parliament of Scotland

act of petition

act of possession

act of providence

act of sale

act of sederunt

Act of Settlement

Act of Supremacy

act of the law

act of the party

act of the Scottish Parliament

Act of Uniformity

Act of Union

act ofcommission

act ofltostility.

acta diurna

acta publica

acte

acte authentique

acte de deces

acte de francisation

acte de mariage

acte de naissance

acte de notoriite

acte d’heritier

acte extrajudiciaire

acting

acting charge d’affaires

acting executor

acting officer

actio

actio ad exhibendum

actio aestimatoria

actio arbitraria

actio auctoritas

actio bonaefidei

actio calumniae

actio civilis

actio commodati

actio commodati contraria

actio commodati directa

actio condictio indebiti

actio conducti

actio confessoria

actio contraria

actio criminalis

actio damni injuria

actio de communi dividundo

actio de dolo malo

actio de in rem verso

actio de pauperie

actio de peculio

actio de pecunia constituta

actio de tigno juncto

actio depositi contraria

actio depositi directa

actio directa

actio doli

actio empti

actio ex conducto

actio ex contractu

actio ex delicto

actio ex empto

actio ex locato

actio ex stipulatu

actio ex vendito

actio exercitoria

actio familiae erciscundae

actio finium regundorum

actio furti

actio honoraria

actio hypothecaria

actio in factum

actio in personam

actio in rem

actio injuriarum

actio institoria

actio judicati

actio legis

actio legis Aquiliae

actio locati

actio mandati

actio mixta

actio negativa

actio negatoria

actio negotiorum gestorum

actio non

actio non accrevit infra sex annos

actio non ulterius

actio noxalis

actio Pauliana

actio Perpetua

actio perpetua

actio personalis

actio pigneratitia

actio poenalis

actio popularis

actio praejudicialis

actio praetoria

actio pro socio

actio Publiciana

actio Publiciana in rem

actio quanti minoris

actio quod jussu

actio quod metus causa

actio quodjussu

actio realis

actio redhibitoria

actio rei persecutoria

actio rerum amotarum

actio rescissoria

actio servi corrupti

actio serviana

actio stricti juris

actio temporalis

actio tutelae

actio utilis

actio venditi

actio venditio

actio vi bonorum raptorum

actio vulgaris

action

Action

action agenda

action at law

action calendar

action de die in diem

action de in rem verso

action en declaration de simulation

action en desaveu

action ex contractu

action ex delicto

action for declarator

action for declaratory

action for money had and received

action for money paid

action for poinding

action for the loss of services

action for the recovery of land

action in equity

action in personam

action in rem

action of account

action of assize

action of book debt

action of debt

action of declarator

action of ejectment

action of reprobator

action ofrepro bator

action on account

action on decision

action on expenditure

action on the case

action per quod servitium amisit

action quasi in rem

action to quiet title

action to review judgment

action, cause of

action, form of

action, right of

actionable

actionable negligence

actionable nuisance

actionable per quod

actionable per se

actionable word

actionare

actionem non habere debet

actiones honorariae

actiones legis

actiones nominatae

actiones poenales

active adoption-registry statute

active breach ofcontract

active case

active concealment

active conduct

active debt

active duty

active euthanasia

active income

active inducement

active negligence

active supervision

active trust

active waste

active-control-of-vessel duty

active-operations duty

activist lawyering

activity

activity incident to service

acto

act-of-state doctrine

actor

actrix

acts of assembly

actual

actual abandonment

actual agency

actual allegiance

actual assent

actual authority

actual bailment

actual bias

actual capital

actual cash value

actual cause

actual change of possession

actual consumer confusion

actual controversy

actual damages

actual delivery

actual escape

actual eviction

actual force

actual fraud

actual innocence

actual knowledge

actual loss

actual malice

actual market value

actual notice

actual physical control

actual possession

actual reduction to practice

actual seisin

actual service

actual taking

actual total loss

actual user confusion

actual value

actual-injury trigger

actually litigated

actual-risk test

actuarial equivalent

actuarial method

actuarial present value

actuarial surplus

actuarial table

actuarially sound retirement system

actuarius

actuary

actum

actum et tr

actus

actus animi

actus legitim us

actus proximus

actus reus

ad abundantiorem cautelam

ad admittendum clericum

ad aliud examen

ad alium diem

ad assisas capiendas

ad auctoritatem praestandam

ad audiendam considerationem curiae

ad audiendum et determinandum

ad barram

ad barram evocatus

ad campi partem

ad captandum lucrum

ad captum vulgi

ad cautelam ex superabundanti

ad civilem effectum

ad coelum doctrine

ad coelum et ad in/eros

ad colligendum

ad colligendum bona defuncti

ad commune nocumentum

ad communem leg

ad comparendum

ad computum reddendum

ad consimiles casus

ad convincendam conscientiam judicis

ad culpam

ad curiam

ad curiam vocare

ad custagia

ad custum

ad damnum clause

ad defendendum

ad diem

ad effectum

ad effectum sequentem

ad eversion em juris nostri

ad excambium

ad exhaeredationem

ad exitum

ad fidem

ad filum aquae

ad firmam tradidi

ad gaolam deliberandam

ad hoc

ad hoc arbitration

ad hoc committee

ad hoc compromis

ad hominem

ad hunc diem

ad idem

ad inde

ad inferos

ad infinitum

ad informandum judicem

ad informationem judicis

ad inquirendum

ad instantiam parHs

ad interim

ad interim copyright

ad judicium provocare

ad jungendum auxilium

ad jura regis

ad largum

ad levandam conscientiam

ad libellum rescribere

ad libitum

ad litem

ad longum

ad lucrandum vel perdendum

ad majorem cautelam

ad manum

ad medium filum aquae

ad medium filum viae

ad melius inquirendum

ad mordendum assuetus

ad nocumentum

ad non executa

ad omissa vel male appretiataV

ad opus

ad ostendendum

ad ostium ecclesiae

ad paratam executionem

ad pares casus

ad perpetuam rei memoriam

ad perpetuam remanentiam

ad pios usus

ad pristinum statum

ad prosequendam

ad punctum temporis

ad quaerimoniam

ad quem

ad quod curia concordavit

ad quod damnum

ad quod non juit responsum

ad rationem ponere

ad recognoscendum

ad rectum

ad reparationem et sustentationem

ad reprimendam improbitatem huius generis hominum

ad respondendum

ad rimandam veritatem

ad satisfaciendum

ad sectam

ad similes casus

ad sustinenda anera matrimonii

ad tentandas vires haereditatis

ad terminum annorum

ad terminum qui praeteriit

ad testificandum

ad tunc

ad tunc et ibidem

ad usum et commodum

ad valentiam

ad valorem

ad valorem duty

ad valorem tariff

ad valorem tax

ad ventrem inspiciendum

ad vindictam publicam

ad vitam

ad vitam aut culpam

ad vitandum perjurium

ad voluntatem

adaptation right

adcordabilis denarii

add

add one

added damages

addendum

addic

addicent

addicere

addict

addictio

addictio in diem

addiction

addictive drug.

addition

additional claims after allowance

additional damages

additional extended coverage

additional grand jury

additional instruction

additional insurance

additional insured

additional legacy

additional servitude

additional standard deduction

additional tax

additional term

additional work.

additional-consideration rule

additional-perils clause

additur

add-on clause

add-on interest

add-on loan

address

address to the Crown

adduce

adeem

ademptio

ademption

ademption by extinction

ademption by satisfaction

adeo

adequacy of disclosure

adequacy test

adequate

adequate assurance

adequate care

adequate cause

adequate compensation

adequate consideration

adequate notice

adequate protection

adequate provocation

adequate remedy at law.

adequate representation

adequate warning

adequate-state-grounds doctrine

adesse

adeu

adfaciendam juratam ilIam

adfaciendum

adfactum praestandum

adfeodi firmam

adfilum viae

adfinem

adfinis

adfinitas

adfundandam jurisdictionem

adgravamen

adhere

adherence

adhesion

adhesion contract

adhesionary contract

adhesory contract

adhibere

adhibere diligentiam

adiate

adieu

adiratus

aditio

aditio hereditatis

adjacent

adject

adjectio dominii percontinuationem possessionis

adjective law

adjoining

adjoining owner

adjourn

adjourn sine die

adjourn to a day certain

adjourn without day

adjournatur

adjourned meeting

adjourned term

adjournment

adjournment day

adjournment day iu error

adjournment sine die

adjourued

adjudge

adjudger

adjudicataire

adjudicate

adjudicatee

adjudicatio

adjudication

adjudication hearing

adjudication withheld

adjudicative

adjudicative fact

adjudicative law

adjudicative-claims arbitration

adjudicator

adjudicatory

adjudicatory hearing

adjudicatory proceeding

adjunct

adjunct account

adjunction

adjunctum accessorium

adjuration

adjure

adjust

adjustable-rate mortgage

adjustable-rate preferred stock

adjusted basis

adjusted book value

adjusted cost basis

adjusted gross estate

adjusted gross income

adjusted ordinary gross income

adjusted present value

adjuster

adjusting entry

adjustment board

adjustment bond

adjustment of status

adjustment security

adjutant general

adlegiare

admanuensis

admeasurement

admeasurement of pasture

admeasurement ofdower

admensuratione dotis

adminicle

adminicuJate

adminicular

adminicular evidence

adminiculum

administration

administration cum testamento annexo

administration de bonis non

administration de bonis non cum testamento annexo

administration durante absentia

administration durante minore aetate

administration expense

Administration for Children and Families

administration hill

administration letters

administration of justice

Administration on Aging

administration pendente lite

administration with the will annexed

administrative act

administrative adjudication

administrative agency

administrative collateral estoppel

Administrative Conference of the United States

administrative crime

administrative deviation

administrative discharge

administrative discretion

Administrative Domain-Name Challenge Panel

administrative expense

administrative freeze

administrative hearing

administrative interpretation

administrative law

Administrative Office of the United States Courts

administrative officer

administrative order

administrative patent judge

Administrative Procedure Act

administrative proceeding

administrative process

administrative remedy

administrative review

administrative rule

administrative rulemaking

administrative search

administrative search warrant

administrative subpoena

administrative tribunal

administrative warrant

administrative-control rule

administrative-convenience exception

administrative-law judge

administrator

administrator ad colligendum

administrator ad colligendum bona

administrator ad litem

administrator ad prosequendum

administrator c.t.a

administrator cum testamento annexo

administrator d.b.n

administrator de bonis non

administrator durante absentia

administrator durante minore aetate

administrator pendente lite

administrator with the will annexed

administrator’s bond

administrator’s deed

administratrix

administratrixes, administratrices

admiraIitas

admiral’s mast

admiralty

admiralty and maritime jurisdiction

Admiralty Clause

admiralty court

Admiralty Extension Act

admiralty jurisdiction

admiralty law

Admiralty, First Lord.

admissibility

admissible

admissible evidence

admission

admission against interest

admission by employee or agent

admission by party-opponent

admission by silence

admission in judicio

admission on motion

admission pro hac vice

admission tax

admission to bail

admission to practice law

admission to sufficient facts

admittance.

admitted asset

admitted asset.

admitted corporation

admittendo clerico

admittendo in socium

admixture

admonitio trina

admonition

admortization

adnepos

adneptis

adnihilare

adnotatio

adoptability

adopted child.

adoptee

adoption

adoption agency

Adoption and Safe Families Act

Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act

adoption by estoppel

adoption by reference

adoption by will

adoption-assistance plan

adoption-registry statute

adoptive admission

adoptive father

adoptive mother

adoptive parent

adoptive-admissions rule

adpromission

adpromissor

adrectare

adrogate

adrogation

adscendentes

adscripti glebae

adscriptitius

adscriptus

adscriptus glebae

adsessor

adstipulator

adult

adult adoption

adult correctional institution

adult offender

Adult Protective Services

adulter

adultera

adulterate

adulterated drug

adulterator

adulterine

adulterine bastard

adulterine gnild

adulterini

adulterium

adultery

advance

advance bill

advance directive.

advance payment

advance premium

advance pricing agreement

advance sheets

Advanced Television Enhancement Forum

advance-decline index

advance-fee fraud

advancement

advancing market

advantagium

advena

adventitia bona

adventitia dos

adventitious property

adventura

adventure.

adventurer.

adversarius

adversary

adversary procedure

adversary proceeding

adversary system

adverse

adverse action

adverse authority

adverse dominion.

adverse easement

adverse employment action

adverse enjoyment

adverse impact

adverse inference

adverse interest

adverse job action

adverse opinion

adverse party

adverse possession

adverse presumption

adverse title

adverse use

adverse witness

adverse-agent doctrine

adverse-domination doctrine

adverse-inference rule

adverse-interest rule

adversus

adversus bonos mores

advertent negligence

advertising

advertising injury

advertising substantiation

advice

advice and consent

advice of counsel

advice of credit

advice-of-counsel defense

advisare

advisory action

advisory committee

advisory jury

advisory office action

advisory opinion.

advocacy

advocare

advocassie

advocata

advocate

Advocate General

advocate of the faith

advocate-depute.

advocate’s bias

advocate-witness rule

advocati ecclesiae

advocatio

advocation

advocatione decimarum

advocator

advocatus

advocatus diaboli

advocatus ecdesiae

advocatusfisci

advoutrer

advoutry

advowee

advowee paramount.

advowson

advowson appendant

advowson collative

advowson donative

advowson in gross

advowson presentative

aedes

aedificare

aedile

aedilitium edictum

aegrotus

aemulatio vicini

aemulationis causa

aenum

aequitas

aequus

aerarium

aes

aes alienum

aes suum

aesnecia

aesthetic functionality

aesthetic zoning

aestimatio

aetas

aetas infantiae proxima

aetas legitima

aetas perfecta

aetas pubertati proxima

aetasprima

aetate probanda

affect

affectation doctrine

affecting commerce

affection

affects doctrine

affectus

affectus sine effectu

affeer

affeeror

affermer

affiance

affiant

affidare

affidatio dominorum

affidatus

affidavit

affidavit after appeal

affidavit after final rejection

affidavit for the record

affidavit of claim.

affidavit of continued use

affidavit of defense

affidavit of incontestability

affidavit of increase

affidavit of inquiry

affidavit of merit

affidavit of merits

affidavit of notice

affidavit of service

affidavit of use

affidavit of verification

affidavit ofnonprosecution

affidavit under § 15

affidavit under § 8

affilare

affile

affiliate

affiliate click frand

affiliated director

affiliated group

affiliated purchaser

affiliation order

affine

affinit

affinitas

affinitas affinitatis

affinity fraud

affirm

affirmance

affirmance day general

affirmant

affirmation

affirmative

affirmative action

affirmative charge

affirmative condition

affirmative converse instruction

affirmative covenant

affirmative defense

affirmative duty

affirmative easement

affirmative injunction.

affirmative instruction

affirmative misconduct

affirmative plea

affirmative pregnant

affirmative proof

affirmative relief

affirmative representation

affirmative servitude

affirmative statute

affirmative testimony

affirmative warranty

affirmative waste

affix

affixus

afforare

afforce

afforcement

afforcing the assize

afforest

affranchir

affray

affrectamentum

affreightment

affretement

aforce

aforce et armes

aforesaid

aforethought

African Development Foundation

after cost

after the fact

after-acquired domicile

after-acquired property

after-acquired title

after-acquired-evidence doctrine

after-acquired-property clause

after-acquired-title clause.

after-acquired-title doctrine

afterborn child

afterborn heir

aftercare

aftermarket

against the form of the statute

against the peace and dignity of the state

against the weight of the evidence

against the will

agalma

agard

agarder

age

age discretion

age discrimination

Age Discrimination in Employment Act

age of capacity

age of consent

age of criminal responsibility

age of discretion

age of majority

age of reason

agency

agency adjudication

agency adoption

agency by estoppel

agency by necessity

agency by operation of law

agency coupled with an interest

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Agency for International Development

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

agency from necessity

agency in fact

agency jurisdiction

agency of necessity

agency records

agency regulation

agency security

agency shop.

agency-shop membership

agenda

agens

agent

agent not recognized

agent provocateur

agent’s lien

agent’s power

ager

ager arcifinius

ager limitatus

ager publicus

aggravated

aggravated arson

aggravated assault

aggravated battery

aggravated damages

aggravated kidnapping

aggravated larceny

aggravated misdemeanor

aggravated robbery

aggravated sodomy

aggravating circumstance

aggravating element

aggravating factor

aggravation

aggravation rule

aggravator

aggregate

aggregate concept

aggregate corporation

aggregate demand

aggregate income

aggregate sentence

aggregate supply

aggregate theory of partnership

aggregatio mentium

aggregation

aggregation doctrine

aggregation of claims

aggregation rejection

aggression

aggressor corporation

aggressor doctrine

aggrieved

aggrieved party.

agillarius

aging of accounts

aging-out

agio

agiotage

agist

agister

agister’s lien

agistment

agistment of sea-banks

agistor

agnate

agnatic

agnatio

agnation

agnatus

agnomen

agrarian

agrarian law

agrarium

agreamentum

agree

agreed boundary

agreed case

agreed decree

agreed dismissal

agreed judgment

agreed price

agreed statement off ads

agreed statement on appeal

agreed value

agreed-amount clause

agreed-boundary doctrine

agreement

agreement incident to divorce

agreement of imperfect obligation

agreement of rescission

agreement of sale

Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

Agreement Relating to Liability Limitation of the Warsaw Convention and The Hague Protocol

agreement to agree

agreement to marry

agreement to sell

agri

agri limitati

agribusiness

Agricultural Adjustment Act

Agricultural Cooperative Service

agricultural fixture

agricultural labor

agricultural lien.

Agricultural Marketing Service

Agricultural Research Service

agricultural-disparagement law

agricultural-product-disparagement law.

agriculture

Aguilar-Spinelli test

agunah

ahupuaa

aid

aid and abet

aid and comfort

aid of the king

aid or abet

aid or abet infringement

aid prayer

Aid to Families with Dependent Children

aided-awareness survey

aide-memoire

aider

aider by pleading over

aider by subsequent pleading

aider by verdict

aiding an escape

aids

aiel

Aiken exemption

aimable compositeur

air bill.

air law

air piracy

air pollution

air right

air waybill

aircraft piracy

airman’s certificate

Airman’s Information Manual

air-quality criteria

air-quality-control region

air-services agreement

airspace

air-transport agreement

aisiamentum

aisne.

al barre

Alaska trust

alb us Tiber

albacea

albafirma

albanus

album breve

alcalde

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau

alcoholmeter

alderman

aldermannus

aldermannus civitatis vel burgi

aldermannus hundredi seu wapentachii

aldermannus regis

aldermannus totiusangliae

alderperson

alderwoman

ale silver

alea

aleator

aleatory

aleatory contract

aleatory promise

alegal

aler a Dieu

aler sans jour

alevosia

alez adeu

alfet

Alford plea

algorithm

algorithm exception

ALI test

alia enormia

aliamenta

alias

alias dictus

alias execution

alias process

alias subpoena

alias summons

alias writ

alibi

alibi witness

alien

alien ami

alien amy

Alien and Sedition Acts

alien corporation

alien enemy

alien friend

alien immigrant

Alien Tort Claims Act

alienable

alienage

alienate

alienatio

alienatio feudi

alienatio feudifirmae feudifirmarum

alienation clause

alienation of affections

alienation office

alienative fact

alienee

alieni generis

alieni juris

alienigena

alienism

alienist

alienor

alienus

aliment

alimenta

alimentary-canal smuggling

alimony

alimony in gross

alimony pendente lite

alimony trust

alio intuitu

alioquisuccessurus

aliqualis probatio

aliquot

aliquot-part rule

aliter

aliud

aliud examen

aliud simulatum, aliud actum

aliunde

aliunde rule

all and singular

all faults, with

all fours

all substantial rights

All Writs Act

all-claims rule

allegata

allegatio falsi

allegation

allegation of faculties

allegation of use

allegations-of-the-complaint rule

allegatum

alleged

allegiance

all-elements rule

Allen charge

Aller a Dieu

Aller sans jour

all-estate clause

all-events test

alleviare

all-holders rule

alliance

allied offense

all-inclusive mortgage

allision

all-limitations rule

allocable

allocation

allocatione facienda

allocatur

allocute

allocution

allocutory

allocutus

allod

allodial

allodium

allogatur

allograph

allonge

all-or-none offering

all-or-none order

all-or-nothing rule

allotment

allotment certificate

allotment note

allotment system

allottee

allow the appeal

allowable state

allowance

allowance pendente lite

allowed application

alloynour

all-purpose public figure

all-risk insurance

all-steps rule

all-the-estate clause

allurement

alluvial mining

alluvio maris

alluvion

alluvium

ally

almaria

almoign

almoin

almoner

alms

alms fee

alms land

almshouse

alnager

alod

alode

alodium

alpha subclass

alpha testing

alta proditio

alta via

altarage

alter ego

alteration

altercation

alter-ego rule

altering or amending a judgment

altern is vicibus

alternat

alternate

alternate legacy

alternate valuation date

alternatim

Alternative Agricultural Research and Commercialization Corporation

alternative constituency

alternative contract

alternative devise

alternative dispute resolution

alternative expression

alternative judgment

alternative liability

alternative mandamns

alternative minimum tax

alternative obligation

alternative order. 1

alternative pleading

alternative promise

alternative relief

alternative remainder

alternative sentence

alternative writ

alternative-means doctrine

alternative-methods-of-performance contract

alternativeness rejection

alterum non laedere

alteruter

altius non tollendi

altius tollendi

alto et basso

altum mare

alvei mutatio

alveus

always-speaking statute

ALWD Citation Manual

amalgamation

Amalphitan Code

amanuensis

ambactus

ambasciator

ambassador extraordinary

ambassador leger

ambassador ordinary

ambassador plenipotentiary

ambassador.

Amber Alert

Amber Hagerman Act

Amber’s law

ambidexter.

ambiguitas latens

ambiguitas latens et ambiguitas patens

ambiguitas patens

ambiguity

ambiguity doctrine

ambiguity on the factum

ambit

ambitus

ambulance chaser

ambulance-chasing

ambulatory

ambulatory automatism

ambulatory disposition

ambulatory will

ameliorate

ameliorating waste

amelioration

ameliorative waste

amenable

amend

amend a previous action

amend something previously adopted

amendatory

amende honorable

amende profitable

amended complaint

amended pleading

amended return

amender

amendment

amendment after allowance

amendment after appeal

amendment after final action

amendment after payment of issue fee

amendment as of course

amendment before first action

amendment by adding

amendment by implication

amendment by inserting

amendment by striking out

amendment by striking out and inserting

amendment by substituting

amendment in excess of filing fee

amendment in the nature of a substitute

amendment of indictment

amendment of registration

amendment of the first degree

amendment of the first rank

amendment of the second degree

amendment of the second rank

amendment on court’s own motion

amendment to allege use

amendment to different register

amendment to the amendment

amendment to the main question

amendment to the text

amends

amenity

amerce

amercement

American Academy of Actuaries

American Accounting Association

American Arbitration Association

American Bankers Association

American Bar Association

American Bar Foundation

American Bureau of Shipping

American Civil Liberties Union

American clause

American common law

American depositary receipt

American depositary share

American depository receipt

American Experience Table of Mortality

American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations

American Federation of Musicians

American Federation of Television and Radio Artists

American Forces Information Service

American Guild of Variety Artists

American Indian law

American Inns of Court Foundation

American Institute of Parliamentarians

American Intellectual Property Law Association

American Inventors Protection Act

American Judicature Society

American Law Institute

American Law Institute test

American Lloyd’s

American National Standards Institute

American option

American Patent Law Association

American Printing House for the Blind

American rule

American share

American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers

American Society of Writers on Legal Subjects

American Stock Exchange

Americans with Disabilities Act

American-style option

ami

amiable compositor

amicable action

amicable compounder

amicable scire facias to revive a judgment

amicable suit

amicus

amicus brief

amicus curiae

Amish exception

amita

amitina

amitinus

amittere curiam

amittere legem terrae

amittere liberam legem

amnesty

amnesty clause

Amnesty International

amortization

amortization reserve

amortization schedule

amortized loan

amortized mortgage

amortizement

amotion

amount in controversy

amount realized

amove

amoveas manus

Amparo

ampliatio

ampliation

amplius

Amtrak

amusement tax

amy

an no orbis conditi

anaconda clause

anacrisis

analog

analogous art

analogous use

analytical jurisprudence

analytical memorandum

anarchist

anarchy

anathema

anatocism

anatomical gift

ancestor

ancestral debt

ancestral estate

ancestry

anchorage

ancient

ancient demesne

ancient document

ancient fact

ancient house

ancient law

ancient readings

ancient rent

ancient serjeant

ancient wall

ancient watercourse

ancient writing

ancient-lights doctrine

ancients

ancient-windows doctrine

ancilla

ancillary

ancillary administration

ancillary administrator

ancillary attachment

ancillary bill

ancillary claim

ancillary guardianship

ancillary jurisdiction

ancillary legislation

ancillary letters testamentary

ancillary proceeding

ancillary process

ancillary receiver

ancillary receivership

ancillary suit

ancillary to priority

ancipitis usus

and his heirs

and other good and valuable consideration

Anders brief

androlepsy

anecius

angaria

angary

angel

angel investor

Anglice

Anglo-American common law

Anglo-Saxon law

anhlote

aniente

animal

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

animal ferae naturae

animal law

animal mansuetae naturae

animalferae naturae

animo

animo et corpore

animo etfacto

animo felonico

animus

animus adimendi

animus belligerendi

animus cancellandi

animus capiendi

animus contrahentium

animus dedicandi

animus defamandi

animus derelinquendi

animus deserendi

animus differendi

animus domini

animus donandi

animus et factum

animus felonicus

animus furandi

animus gerendi

animus immiscendi et adeundi hereditatem

animus indorsandi

animus injuriandi

animus lucrandi

animus malus

animus manendi

animus morandi

animus nocendi

animus obligandi

animus occidendi

animus possidendi

animus quo

animus recipiendi

animus recuperandi

animus remanendi

animus republicandi

animus restituendi

animus revertendi

animus revocandi

animus signandi

animus testandi

animus ulciscendi

ann, jour, et wast

anna ante Christum natum (an-oh an-tee kris-tam nay

Annapolis

annates

annats

annex

annexation

anniversary date

anno ante Christum

Anno Domini

Anno Regni

annonae civiles

annotatio

annotation

announce

annoyance

annua pensione

annual account

annual crops

annual depreciation

annual exclusion

annual gift-tax exclusion

annual meeting

annual message

annual percentage rate

annual permit

annual report

annual value

annuitant

annuity

annuity bond

annuity certain

annuity depredation method

annuity due

annuity insurance

annuity policy

annuity trust

annulment

annulment of adoption

annulment of judgment

annum luctus

annus

annus continuus

annus deliberandi

annus et dies

annus utitis

annus, dies, et vastum

annuus reditus

anomalous indorsement

anomalous jurisdiction

anomalous plea

anomalous pleading

anomalous rule

anomalous-jurisdiction rule

anonymous

anonymous work

anouymous case

anoysance

answer

answer date

answer day

answer in subsidium

Ant cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act

antapocha

ante

ante exhibitionem billae

ante factum

ante litem

ante litem motam

ante meridiem

ante mortem

ante mortem interest

ante mortem statement

ante omnia

ante redditas rationes

antea

antecedent

antecedent basis

antecedent claim.

antecedent debt

antecessor

antedate

antedating of a prior-art reference

antenatus

antenuptial

antenuptial agreement

antenuptial contract

antenuptial gift

antenuptial will

anthropometry

Anti-Assignment Act

anti-assignment-in-gross rule

antibootleg

antibootleg statute

antichresis

antichurning rule

anticipated

anticipated compromis

anticipation

anticipatory breach

anticipatory filing

anticipatory nuisance

anticipatory offense

anticipatory replication

anticipatory repudiation

anticipatory search warrant

anticircumvention device

anticompetitive

anticompetitive conduct

anticontest clause

Anticounterfeiting Consumer Protection

antideficiency statute

antidefidency legislation

antidestructibility statute

antidestruction clause

antidilution act

antidilution provision

antidissection rule

antidumping duty

antidumping law

antidumping tariff

anti-evolution statute

antifraud rule.

antigraph

antigraphus

antiharassment order

antihazing statute

anti-heartbalm statute

Anti-Injunction Act

anti-john law.

antilapse statute

antilynching law

antimanifesto

antimarital-facts privilege

antinomia

antinomy

antipiracy

antiqua custuma

antiqua et nova

antiqua statuta

antiquare

antiquum dominicum

antiquus et novus extentus

antishelving clause

antisocial behavior order

antisocial personality disorder

antispamming law

antistructuring statute

antisubrogation rule

antisuit

antisuit injunction

antitakeover measure

antitakeover statute

antithetarius

Antitrust Civil Process Act

Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property

antitrust law

antlike persistency

apartheid

apertum breve

apertum factum

apertura testamenti

apex deposition

apex juris

apex rule

apices litigandi

apocha

apocha trium annorum

apochae oneratoriae

apocrisarius

apographa

apostasy

apostata capiendo

apostate

apostille

apostle

apostolus

apotheca

apparatus

apparatus limitation

apparatusdaim

apparent

apparent agency

apparent agent

apparent assent

apparent authority

apparent danger

apparent defect

apparent easement

apparent heir

apparent principal

apparent servitude

apparent title

apparitor

apparlement

apparura

appeal

appeal as of right

appeal bond

appeal brief

appeal by application

appeal by leave

appeal by right

appeal court

appeal de novo

appeal from the chair

appeal from the decision of the chair

appeal from the ruling of the chair

appeal in forma pauperis

appeal of felony

appeal of right

appealable decision

appealer

appeals council

appeals court

appearance

appearance bond

appearance date

appearance day

appearance de bene sees

appearance docket

appearance doctrine

appearance pro hac vice

appearance term

appearance ticket

appearance under protest

appellant

appellate

appellate brief

appellate counsel

appellate court

appellate division

appellate jurisdiction

appellate record

appellate review

appellate rules

Appellate Term

appellatio

appellation of origin

appellator

appellee

appello

appellor

appellum deielonia

appendant

appendant claim

appendant easement

appendant power

appenditia

appendix

appensura

applicable exclusion amount

applicable exclusion credit

applicando singula singulis

applicant

application

Application Division

application for a reissue patent

application for leave to appeal

application for transfer

application number

application service provider

applied cost

applied-art doctrine

apply

appointed counsel

appointee

appointive asset

appointive property

appointment

Appointments Clause

apport

apportionment

apportionment clause

apportionment of liability

apportionment rule

apportum

appose

apposer

apposite

appraisal

appraisal clause

appraisal remedy

appraisal trinity

appraisement

appraiser

appreciable

appreciate

appreciation

appreciation surplus

appreciation test

apprehensio

apprehension

apprentice

apprentice of the law

apprenticius ad legem

apprize

approach, right of

appropriated retained earnings

appropriated surplus

appropriation

appropriations bill

appropriator

approval sale

approve

Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations

approved indorsed note

approved list

approvement

approver

approximation, doctrine of

appruare

appurtenance

appurtenant

appurtenant easement

apud acta

apud judicem

aqua

aqua aestiva

aqua currens

aqua dulcis

aqua fontanea

aqua frisca

aqua profluens

aqua projluens

aqua quotidiana

aqua salsa

aquae ferventis judicium

aquae frigidae judicium

aquae immittendae

aquaeductus

aquaehaustus

aquagium

aquatic right

Aquilian law

arabant

arable land

aralia

aratia

arator

aratrum terrae

araturi

arbiter

arbitrage

arbitrage bond

arbitrament

arbitrament and award

arbitrary

arbitrary mark

arbitrary name

arbitrary trademark

arbitration

arbitration act

arbitration and award

arbitration bond

arbitration clause

arbitration hoard

arbitration of exchange

arbitrator

arbitrement

arbitrium

arbor civilis

arbor consanguinitatis

arbor finalis

arborum furtim caesarum

arcana imperii

arcarius

Archaionomia

archbishop

archbishopric

archdeaconry

Archdeacon’s Court

Archdiaconal Court

Arches Court of Canterbury

archicapellanus

Architect of the Capitol

architect’s lien

architectural review

architectural work

archival copy

List of Black Dictionary Terms

List of Black Legal Dictionary Terms

Resources

Notes

See Also

Further Reading