Carnal knowledge is sexual intercourse between two people, typically requiring at least some slight penetration. Carnal knowledge is a necessary element of many sex crimes such as rape, child molestation, or consensual sexual relations with someone below the age of consent (i.e statutory rape).
Causa mortis is a Latin term referring to the awareness that death is approaching. In property law, when a party, acting with awareness that their death is approaching, gives something to another party, the resulting gift is known as a gift causa mortis.
Certificate of death, or death certificate, is an official legal document provided by a government recognizing that a person has died. A certificate of death contains essential information about a deceased person including their cause of death, date, and other statistics necessary for government agency documentation.
Under the law, a child, also known as a minor, refers to an individual who is below legal age or the age of majority. The age of majority is 18 in most states. Being below the age of majority means that the child will have fewer rights but also less responsibilities than those who have attained the age of majority.
Child custody issues most often arise in divorce and separation proceedings.
Child support is the sum that the noncustodial parent must pay to the custodian.
Child’s trust is a trust fund created for children, usually by family members, in order to have the assets managed until the children mature. These trust funds can be created to operate in a variety of ways.
The term "child" can indicate a minor, and can include adult children as well as adult non-dependent children. Children are generally afforded the basic rights embodied by the U.S. Constitution.
Cisgender (abbreviated as cis) is a type of gender identity in which the gender that the person identifies matches the gender assigned at birth. The prefix “cis” means “on the side of” in Latin.
Compare: transgender
See also: gender identity
A civil case is a non-criminal legal dispute between private parties, typically involving rights and obligations under federal law, state law, or common law.
