Wex definitions

a priori assumption

abandoned application

abandoned property

abandonment (of residence)

abandonment (of trademark)

abatement ab initio

abatement clause

Abercrombie classification

absentee ballot

absolute disparity

absolute privilege

absolute-bar rule

abstention doctrine

abstract of judgment

abstract of record

abstract of title

abstract of trust

abuse of discretion

abuse of process

abusive discharge

accelerated depreciation

accelerated filer

acceleration theory

acceptance of service

accessory after the fact

accessory before the fact

accompanying relative

accomplice witness

accord and satisfaction

account receivable

accounts payable

accounts receivable

accredited investor

accrual method of accounting

accumulated earnings

accumulation trust

accusatory instrument

acknowledged father

acquisition of citizenship

actual authority

actual controversy

actual custody of the body

actual innocence

actuarial tables

ademption by extinction

ademption by satisfaction

adequate and independent state grounds

adequate remedy

adhesion contract

adjudicative fact

adjustable rate mortgage (ARM)

adjusted gross income (AGI)

adjustment date

adjustment of status

adjustment period

administration (of an estate)

administrative agency

administrative expenses

administrative forfeiture

administrative hearing

administrative law

administrative law judge (ALJ)

Administrative Office of the United States Courts

Administrative Procedure Act

Administrative Procedure Act (APA)

administrative warrant

administrator ad litem

administrator ad prosequendum

administrator cum testamento annexo

administrator de bonis non

administrator de bonis non cum testamento annexo

administrator pendente lite

administrator with will annexed

admiralty and maritime power

admiralty court

admissible evidence

admission against interest

admission of guilt

admission to practice

Adoption Taxpayer Identification Number (ATIN)

adoptive parent

advance directive

adversary proceeding

adverse domination

adverse interest

adverse possession

adverse witness

advisory opinion

advocacy of illegal action

affirmative defense

affirmative waste

after-acquired evidence

after-acquired property

after-acquired title

after-discovered evidence

age discrimination

Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)

age of majority

agent for acceptance of service

agent for service of process

aggravated assault

aggravated battery

aggravating circumstances

aggravating factor

aggregation of jurisdictional amount

agreed statement of facts

agricultural lien

Aguilar-Spinelli test

Alien Registration Card (ARC)

alienation of affection

alternate beneficiary

alternative contingent remainder

alternative dispute resolution service

alternative minimum tax (AMT)

alternative pleading

alternative reproductive technology (ART)

alternative writ of mandate (mandamus)

ameliorative waste

amended complaint

amended pleading

amended tax return

American Bar Association (ABA)

American Civil Liberties Union

American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

amount in controversy

ancient document rule

ancillary administration

ancillary jurisdiction

ancillary probate

annual exclusion amount

annual exclusion gift

annual percentage rate (APR)

antenuptial agreement

anti-contact rule

anti-contest clause

anti-greenmail provision

anti-lapse statute

anticipatory breach

anticipatory warrant

antilapse statute

Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA)

antitransfer Laws

antitrust violations

apparent authority

appellate court

appellate jurisdiction

appellate procedure

applicable exclusion amount

appointive assets

approach the witness

Armed Career Criminal Act (1984)

Arms Export Control Act (1976)

arson with intent to defraud an insurer

Articles of Impeachment

articles of incorporation

articles of organization

artificial intelligence (AI)

artificial person

assault and battery

assessor's parcel number

asset protection trust

asset purchase agreement

assignment for benefit of creditors

assisted suicide

associate justice

assumable mortgage

assumption of risk

at issue memorandum

at-will employment

attestation clause

attorney at law (or attorney-at-law)

attorney general

attorney in fact

attorney of record

attorney work product

attorney work product privilege

attorney's duty of confidentiality

attorney's fees (or attorneys' fees)

attorney's lien

attorney-client privilege

attorney-in-fact

attractive nuisance

attractive nuisance doctrine

audit committee

augmented estate

automobile exception

Avisos de Empleo y Preselección de Candidatos

Bachelor of Laws

back-to-back life sentences

background fact

badgering the witness

bailee (custodian)

bait and switch

Baker v. Carr (1962)

balloon mortgage

balloon payment

Banking Act of 1933 (Glass-Steagall)

bankruptcy court

bankruptcy discharge

bankruptcy estate

bankruptcy fraud

bankruptcy petition preparer

bankruptcy power

bankruptcy proceedings

bankruptcy trustee

bar association

bar examination

bargaining unit

basis of the bargain test

Batson challenge

Batson objection

Battle & Sons Funeral Home v. Chambers

beg the question

beneficial owner

beneficial ownership

Berne Convention

best evidence rule

best interests of the child

beyond a reasonable doubt

biased assimilation

bifurcated trial

bilateral contract

bilateral divorce

bilateral investment treaty

bill of attainder

bill of exceptions

bill of exchange

bill of particulars

bill quia timet

binding precedent

biological experiments

biweekly mortgage

black letter law

blackletter law

blank endorsement

blanket search warrant

blanket security lien

blood-alcohol content (BAC)

blue ribbon jury

blue-chip stocks

board of directors

Board of Education v. Earls (2002)

Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA)

bona fide purchaser

Bowers v. Hardwick (1986)

Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (2000)

Brandenburg test

breach of contract

breach of promise

breach of the peace

breach of trust

breach of warranty

breaking and entering

bright-line rule

building and loan association

burden of allegation

burden of persuasion

burden of production

burden of proof

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)

burial insurance

burial transit permit

business expense

business invitee

business judgment rule

business license

business record exception

business records exception

buy-sell agreement

buyout agreement

calendar year accounting period

canons of construction

capital account

capital expenditure

capital investment

capital offense

capital punishment

capitalized expenditure

capitalized interest

capitalized value

captive audience

capture doctrine: trusts

cargo insurance

carnal knowledge

carrying for hire

carrying on business

carryover basis

case of first impression

cash method of accounting

cash surrender value

cashier's check

castle doctrine

Catholic Social Services, Inc. v. Reno

cause of action

cease and desist letter

cease and desist order

certainty effect

Certificate of Citizenship

certificate of deposit (CD)

certificate of formation

certificate of incorporation

certificate of organization

certificate of title

certificate of trust

certification mark

certification of trust

certified check

certified public accountant (CPA)

challenge for cause

challenge to the array

change of circumstances

Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Chapter 12 bankruptcy

Chapter 13 bankruptcy

Chapter 13 plan

Chapter 7 bankruptcy

Chapter 9 bankruptcy

character evidence

character witness

charges dismissed

charges dropped

charitable contribution

charitable gift annuity

charitable lead trust

charitable organization

charitable remainder annuity trust

charitable remainder trust

charitable remainder unitrust

charitable trust

chart of accounts

chattel mortgage

checks and balances

Chevron deference

Child Online Privacy Act

child pornography (CP)

Child Status Protection Act (CSPA)

children's rights

church and state

circular reasoning

circumstantial evidence

citation sentence

citizen's arrest

City of Clinton v. Cedar Rapids and Missouri Railroad Company (1868)

civil forfeiture

civil liability

civil liberties

civil penalties (civil fines)

civil procedure

Civil Rights Act of 1964

civil union partners

claim for relief

claim in bankruptcy

classical theory of insider trading

Clayton Antitrust Act

Clean Air Act (CAA)

clean hands doctrine

clean-hands doctrine

clear and convincing evidence

clear and present danger

clearly erroneous

clearly erroneous test

Clinton v. City of New York (1998)

close corporation

closed-end loan

closely held corporation

closing argument

Code of Federal Regulations

Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.)

Code of Professional Responsibility

coercive statement by an employer

collaborative divorce

collaborative law

collateral attack

collateral consanguinity

collateral descendant

collateral estoppel

collateral order doctrine

collateral source rule

collection agency

collective mark

collective membership mark

collective work

collision damage waiver

collision insurance coverage

collusive action

collusive bidding

Collyer doctrine

color of office

colorable claim

colorable transaction

coming to the nuisance

comity of nations

command responsibility

commencement of action

Commerce Control List

commercial exploitation

commercial frustration

commercial speech

commercial tort claim

commingled goods

committed credit facility

commodity classification request

common interest development

common law lien

common law marriage

common law marriage

common property

community interest development

community property

community property with right of survivorship

community service

community trust

commute a sentence

comparable rectitude

comparative negligence

comparison signal

compensation committee

compensatory damages

competent evidence

competent witness

complementarity

complete defense

complete integration

compound interest

compound question

compounding a crime

compounding a felony

Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984

comprehensive insurance coverage

compromise verdict

Comptroller of the Currency

compulsory counterclaim

compulsory joinder

compulsory license

Computer Maintenance Competition Assurance Act

concealed weapon

conclusion of fact

conclusion of law

concurrent condition

concurrent estate

concurrent jurisdiction

concurrent resolution of Congress

concurrent sentence

concurring opinion

condemnation action

condition precedent

condition subsequent

conditional bequest

conditional ownership

conditional resident

conditional sale

conditional SSI payments

conditional use zoning

conditions of carriage

confession and avoidance

confession of judgment

confidence game

confidential communication

confidential relation

confirmation bias

confirmation hearing

conflict of interest

conflict of laws

conforming goods

conforming loan

confrontation clause

confusingly similar

congressional power

conjugal rights

conscientious objector

conscious parallelism

conscripting children

consecutive sentence

consent divorce

consent judgment

consequential damages

conservatorship

Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)

constitutional amendment

constitutional avoidance

constitutional clauses

constitutional rights

constitutional tort

construction lien

constructive contract

constructive discharge

constructive eviction

constructive fraud

constructive notice

constructive possession

constructive receipt of income

constructive trust

Consumer Credit Counseling Service (CCCS)

consumer expectations test

Consumer Leasing Act

consumer protection laws

consumer report

consumer reporting agencies (CRA)

contemplation of death

contempt of Congress

contempt of court

contempt of court, civil

contempt of court, criminal

contempt of court, direct

contempt of court, indirect

contingency fee

contingent annuity

contingent beneficiary

contingent interest

contingent ownership

contingent remainder

contingent trust

contingent will

continuing objection

continuing trespass

contra proferentem

contract for deed

contract implied in fact

contract implied in law

contract of adhesion

contract zoning

contractual lien

contributory negligence

controlled substance

controlling law

conventional international law

cooling-off rule

cooperative housing

copyright and patent power

copyright notice

Copyright Office

Copyright Owner

copyright registration

corporate charter

corporate governance

corporate officers

corporate opportunity

corporate raider

corporate resolution

corporate takeover

corporate trustee

corporeal ownership

correctional program

corrections program

corroborating evidence

corroborating witness

cost of completion

counsel and procure

counsel of record

countable resource

county attorney

course of dealing

course of employment

course of performance

court of appeal(s)

Court of Claims

Court of Customs and Patent Appeals

court of equity

Court of International Trade

covenant marriage

covenant not to compete

covenant of quiet enjoyment

covenant that runs with the land

covenants, conditions, and restrictions

Craigmiles v. Giles

credible witness

Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act (2009)

Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009

Credit CARD Act

credit card fraud

credit counseling

credit default swap

credit facility

credit instrument

credit insurance

credit reporting agency

credit shelter trust

creditor's claim

creditor's rights

crime against humanity

crime against nature

crime of passion

criminal attorney

criminal calendar

criminal complaint

criminal conversation tort

criminal forfeiture

criminal insanity

criminal intent

criminal justice

critical stages of proceedings

cross examination

cross-complaint

cross-examination

cross-licensing

cruelty to animals

Cruzan v. Missouri Department of Health (1990)

cum testamento annexo

cumulative sentence

cumulative voting

current liability

current monthly income

custodial interference

custodial interrogation

custodial parent

custody (of a child)

customary international law

Customer Protection Rule

Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

cy pres doctrine

cy pres: charitable trusts

dangerous weapon

Darby v. United States (1941)

Daubert Standard

Davis-Bacon Act

de facto corporation

de facto segregation

de jure corporation

dead man's statute

deadhand control

deadlocked jury

death beneficiary

debt relief agency

debt-management plan (DMP)

debt-to-income ratio

debtor in possession

deceptive device

declaration against interest

declaration of mailing

declaration of trust

declaration under penalty of perjury

declaratory judgment

declaratory relief

decree of distribution

decriminalization

dedimus potestatum

deductible business expense

deed in lieu of foreclosure

deemed export license

default divorce

default judgment

defeasible remainder

defective title

defective verdict

defense attorney

Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)

defense of others

defense of property

defensive collateral estoppel

deferred compensation

deficiency judgment

defined benefit plan

defined contribution plan

definite trust beneficiaries

degree of kinship

delayed exchange

demonstrative evidence

denied persons list

Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Department of Commerce (DOC)

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

Department of Justice (DOJ)

Department of Labor (DOL)

Department of State (DOS)

Department of the Interior (DOI)

dependent care plan

dependent relevant revocation (DRR)

dependents benefits

deposit account

depreciable asset

depreciation reserve

derivation of citizenship

derivative acquisition

derivative action

derivative work

descent and distribution

descriptive mark

design professional's lien

destination contract

destruction and appropriation of property

determinate sentence

Deviates materially

Digital Millennium Copyright Act

digital signature

dilatory tactics

diminished capacity

diminution in value

diplomatic immunity

direct and proximate cause

direct evidence

direct examination

direct infringement

direct inheritance

directed acyclic graph (DAG)

directed verdict

directive to physicians

disability benefits

discharge (of debts)

discharge (of personal representative)

discharge in bankruptcy

dischargeable debts

disclaimer trust

discretionary power of appointment

discretionary trust

Discriminación Laboral

disinterested witness

disjunctive allegations

dismissal with prejudice

dismissal without prejudice

disorderly conduct

disorderly house

disparate impact

disparate treatment

disposable income

disposing mind and memory

dispositive fact

disproportionate impact

dispute resolution

disregarding the corporate entity

dissenting opinion

dissolution of corporation

dissolution of marriage

distinctive trademark

distribution of profits

District Attorney (DA)

disturbance of the peace

disturbing the peace

diversity jurisdiction

diversity of citizenship

diversity visa program (the lottery)

divestitive fact

divorce agreement

doctor-patient privilege

doctrine of alternative liability

doctrine of completeness

doctrine of discovery

doctrine of equivalents

doctrine of incorporation by reference

doctrine of integration of wills

doctrine of worthier title

documentary evidence

dog sniff inspection

dog-bite statute

doing business as (DBA)

domestic corporation

domestic partner adoption

domestic partners

domestic relations

domestic violence

dominant estate

dominant tenement

Don't Ask, Don't Tell

donative intent

donee beneficiary

dormant commerce clause

double jeopardy

double taxation

double-entry accounting

dower and curtesy

Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)

driving under the influence (DUI)

driving while Black

driving while intoxicated

driving while intoxicated (DWI)

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

drug trafficking

due diligence defense

due process of law

due, owing, and unpaid

due-on-sale clause

durable power of attorney

durable power of attorney for finances

durable power of attorney for health care

duty of good faith

duty of loyalty

duty to mitigate

DWI/DUI Violation

dying declaration

dynamite charge

earnest payment

earnings record

easement by prescription

ecclesiastical law

economic duress

economic efficiency

economic espionage

Economic Stimulus Act of 2008

Edmunds Anti-Polygamy Act of 1882

effective assistance of counsel

efficient breach

efficient breach theory

effluxion of time

Egelhoff v. Egelhoff (2001)

eggshell skull rule

ejusdem generis

El Derecho Penal

election of remedies

election under the will

Electronic Funds Transfer Act

electronic signature

elements (of a case)

elements (of a crime)

emancipated minor

emergency doctrine

emergency protective order

emerging growth company (EGC)

emotional distress

empirical legal studies

Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)

Employer Identification Number (EIN)

Employment Authorization Document (EAD)

employment-at-will doctrine

enabling clause

enabling clauses

enclosure (inclosure)

endorsement (indorsement)

endowment insurance

enemy combatant

Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007

enforced sterilization

enforcement power

Engel v. Vitale (1962)

English-only rule

enhanced scrutiny test

Enoch Arden Doctrine

enrolled agent (EA)

enter a judgment

entity liability

entry of judgment

enumerated powers

environmental impact report (EIR)

environmental, social, and governance (ESG)

Equal Rights Amendment

equal-opportunity employer

equitable distribution

equitable estoppel

equitable ownership

equitable relief

equitable subordination

equity of redemption

errors and omissions

escalator clause

escrow agreement

escrow instructions

essential job functions

estate by entirety

estate tax threshold

estimated taxes

estoppel by deed

estoppel by silence

estoppel in pais

ethnic persecution

evaluation agreement

evaluative fact

evidentiary fact

ex parte divorce

examination report

exception in deed

excessive force

excessive verdict

excited utterance

exclusionary rule

exclusive dealing arrangement

exclusive license

exculpatory clause

exculpatory evidence

excusable neglect

executed remainder

executive clemency

executive order

executive privilege

executory interest

executory remainder

exemplary damages

exempt employee

exempt offering

exempt property

exemption trust

exigent circumstances

exonerative fact

expectation damages

expenses of administration

expert testimony

expert witness disclosure

expert witness reports

Export Control Classification Number (ECCN)

express authority

express contract

express warranty

extended warranty contracts

extenuating circumstances

extraordinary compensation

extraordinary fees

extreme cruelty

extrinsic evidence

extrinsic fraud

failure of consideration

failure of issue

failure to state a claim

Fair Credit Billing Act (FCBA)

Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA)

Fair Housing Act & Fair Housing Amendments Act

Fair Labor Standards Act

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

fair market value

Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007

fair trade laws

false advertising

false imprisonment

false pretenses

family allowance

Family and Medical Leave Act (1993)

Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

family limited partnership

family pot trust

family purpose doctrine

Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009

Federal Arbitration Act

federal benefit rate

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

federal gift tax

federal judiciary

Federal Land Policy and Management Act

federal question

federal question jurisdiction

Federal Register

Federal Rules of Evidence

Federal Sentencing Guidelines

federal tax deposits (FTD)

federal tax law

Federal Tort Claims Act

Federal Trade Commission

Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Funeral Rule

Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA)

fee simple absolute

fee simple determinable

fee simple subject to a condition subsequent

fee simple subject to an executory limitation

felon in possession

felony murder doctrine

felony murder rule

fertile-octogenarian rule

fictitious business name

fictitious defendants

fictitious name

fiduciary duties of trustees

fiduciary relationship

field sobriety test

FIFO accounting

filiation proceeding

final beneficiary

final settlement

financial guardian

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)

financial institution

financial institution fraud

financial instrument

finding of fact

First Amendment

first impression

first-degree murder

fiscal year accounting period

fishing expedition

fixed in a tangible medium of expression

fixed rate mortgage

fixed surveillance

flexible spending account (FSA)

floating easement

follow-on offering

for sale by owner

for value received

forced pregnancy

forcible transfer

foreclosure sale

foreign corporation

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)

foreign divorce

foreign national

forensic animation

forensic medicine

forensic testimony

foreseeable risk

forfeiture by wrongdoing

form interrogatories

formal adjudication

formal rulemaking

former testimony exception

formula AB trust

forum non conveniens

forum selection clause

four corners of an instrument

franchise agreement

fraternal benefit society benefits

fraud in the inducement

fraud-on-the-market theory

fraudulent concealment

fraudulent conveyance

fraudulent misrepresentation

fraudulent transfer

Fraudulent Transfer Act

free appropriate public education

Free Exercise Clause

free on board (FOB)

free writing prospectus

freedom of contract

freedom of disposition

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

freedom of speech

freedom of the press

freehold estate

freeze-out provision

friendly witness

frolic and detour

fruit of the poisonous tree

frustration of purpose

FTC franchise rule

fugitive from justice

full disclosure

full faith and credit

functionality doctrine (trademark)

fundamental right

funding a trust

fungible things

further affiant sayeth naught

futures contract

garageman's lien

gender identity

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)

general appearance

general bequest

general counsel

general damages

general election

general intangible

general journal

general jurisdiction

general partner

general power of appointment

general power of attorney

general verdict

generation-skipping transfer

generation-skipping transfer tax

generation-skipping trust

Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)

genuine issue of material fact

Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

gift causa mortis

gift in contemplation of death

Gitlow v. New York (1925)

golden parachute

golden rule argument

Gonzales v. Raich (2005)

good faith estimate (GFE)

good faith exception to exclusionary rule

Good Samaritan Rule

goods and chattels

government contracts

government fraud

government speech

governmental immunity

Graham v. Florida (2010)

grand jury witness

grandfather clause

grandfathered in

grantor-grantee index

grantor-retained annuity trust

grantor-retained income trust

grantor-retained trust

grantor-retained unitrust

greenhouse gases

Gregg v. Georgia (1976)

Griggs v. Duke Power Co. (1971)

Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)

gross negligence

grounds for divorce

group insurance

group life insurance

Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)

guaranteed reservation

guaranteed signature

guardian of the estate

guardian of the person

habitual criminal

Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (2004)

harmless error rule

Harvard College & Massachusetts General Hospital v. Armory (1830)

Hate Crimes Act

hazard insurance

head of household

health benefits

health care declaration

health care directive

health care proxy

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

health maintenance organization (HMO)

health maintenance organizations

heat of passion

heirs of the body

hereditary succession

hit and run statute

holder in due course

holding company

holdover tenant

holographic will

Homeland Security Act of 2002

homeowners' associations (HOAs)

homestead declaration

homestead exemption

horizontal scheme

hostile possession

hostile takeover

hostile witness

hostile work environment

hot cargo clause

Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

human trafficking

hybrid adjustable rate mortgage

hypothetical monopolist test

illegal immigrant

Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act

illusory promise

immediate relative

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)

immunity from prosecution

impairs an exemption

impeachment of a witness

implied authority

implied consent

implied contract

implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing

implied revocation of wills

implied warranty

implied warranty of fitness

implied warranty of habitability

implied warranty of merchantability

in forma pauperis

in loco parentis

in pari delicto

in propria persona

In re Gault (1967)

in terrorem clause

in-house counsel

in-kind support and maintenance (ISM)

inadmissible evidence

incentive stock option (ISO)

inchoate offense

incidental beneficiary

incidental damages

incidents of ownership

income in respect of decedent

income statement

incompatibility

incompetent evidence

incontrovertible evidence

incorporate by reference

incorporation (of the Bill of Rights)

incorporeal ownership

incurable insanity

indecent exposure

indefeasible remainder

Indemnización por Lesiones Personales

independent contractor

independent trustee

indeterminate sentence

index (finance)

Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)

indictable offense

indirect infringement

indispensable party

individual retirement account (IRA)

Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN)

individualized education program

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

inducement of infringement

industrial unionism

ineffective assistance of counsel

inevitable discovery rule

informal adjudication

informal rulemaking

information and belief

informed consent

informed consent doctrine

infringement (of copyright)

infringement (of trademark)

infringement (of utility patent)

inherent authority

inheritance tax

initial appearance

initial public offering (IPO)

injunctive relief

Inmigración -- Términos importantes

innocent spouse rule

insanity and diminished capacity

insider trading

inspection of documents

installment agreement

installment contract

installment sale

institutional investor

instrumentalities

insufficient evidence

insurance fraud

intangible property

integrated pension plan

integration clause

intellectual property

Intellectual Property Clause

intended beneficiary

intent-to-use application (ITU)

intentional infliction of emotional distress

intentional interference with contractual relations

intentional tort

inter vivos transfer

inter vivos trust

interested witness

interlocutory appeal

interlocutory decree

interlocutory judgment

interlocutory order

intermediate scrutiny

intermittent leave

Internal Revenue Code

Internal Revenue Code (IRC)

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

International Atomic Energy Agency

International Bank of Reconstruction and Development

international conventions

International Court of Justice

international crimes

International Criminal Court

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)

internet service provider (ISP)

interrogatories

interstate commerce

intervening cause

intestacy rules

intestate succession

intrinsic fraud

intrusion on seclusion

invasion of privacy

inverse condemnation

investigative background check

investigative consumer report

investigatory power

investigatory stops

investment adviser

investment property

invidious discrimination

involuntary act

involuntary civil commitment

involuntary intoxication

irreconcilable differences

irremediable or irretrievable breakdown

irreparable harm

irreparable injury

irresistible impulse test

irrevocable life insurance trust (ILIT)

irrevocable trust

IRS regulations

issue preclusion

itemized deductions

Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003

joinder of issue

joint adventure

joint and several

joint and several liability

joint criminal enterprise

joint defendant

joint enterprise

joint liability

joint ownership

joint resolution of Congress

joint tax return

joint tortfeasors

Judge Advocate General Corps

judgment as a matter of law

judgment by default

judgment creditor

judgment debtor

judgment notwithstanding the verdict

judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV)

judicial activism

judicial discretion

judicial foreclosure

judicial notice

judicial proceeding

judicial review

Judiciary Act of 1789

Juris Doctor (J.D.)

jurisdictional amount

jury instruction

jury instructions

jury nullification

jury of one's peers

just compensation

justice of the peace (JP)

justifiable homicide

juvenile delinquent

juvenile justice

knock and announce

knock-and-announce rule

Korematsu v. United States (1944)

labor and materials (time and materials)

labor certification

landlord and tenant

landlord's lien

Langdell method

larceny by trick

large accelerated filer

last antecedent rule

last clear chance

last will and testament

latent ambiguity

lateral support

law and economics

law and motion calendar

law of admiralty

law of indivisible injury

law of the case

law of the land

lawful permanent resident (LPR)

lay a foundation

leading question

least restrictive environment

Lee v. Weisman (1992)

legal succession

legal advertising

legal formalism

legal informatics

legal malpractice

legal risk placement

legal separation

Legal Services Corporation

legally inconsistent verdict

legislative immunity

legislative power

legislative supremacy

legislative veto

lesser included offense

letter of credit

letter of marque

letter of request

letters of administration

letters rogatory

letters testamentary

lewd and lascivious

liability insurance coverage

liberty interest

lie detector test

life beneficiary

life estate pur autre vie

life expectancy

life insurance avails

life insurance trust

life without possibility of parole

life-prolonging procedure

life-sustaining procedures

life-sustaining treatment

LIFO accounting

like-kind property

likelihood of confusion

likelihood of survival test

Lilly Ledbetter

Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009

limitation of actions

limited equity housing

limited jurisdiction

limited liability

limited liability company (LLC)

limited liability partnership (LLP)

limited partnership

limited power of attorney

limited scope representation

limiting instructions

lineal consanguinity

lineal descendant

liquefied natural gas rates

liquidated damages

liquidating partner

listed property

livery of seisin

loan consolidation

logical fallacy

long-arm statute

loss damage waiver (LDW)

loss of bargain rule

loss of consortium

Loving v. Virginia

low-profit limited liability company (L3C)

mail or telephone order rule

maintenance and cure

maintenance of membership

major life activity

major questions doctrine

malice aforethought

malicious prosecution

malum prohibitum

management discussion and analysis (MD&A)

managerial employee

mandatory authority

mandatory injunction

mandatory joinder

manual accounting system

manufacturing defect

Mapp v. Ohio (1961)

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

marginal tax rate

marital deduction

marital deduction trust

marital misconduct

marital privilege

marital property

marital settlement agreement

marital termination agreement

marked for identification

market participant exception

market share liability

marketable title

marriage certificate

marriage license

Martin v. Hunter's Lessee (1816)

Massachusetts trust

master and servant

material witness

materialman's lien

matter of record

Matthew Shepard Act

Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act

McNabb-Mallory Rule

mechanic's lien

median family income

medical certification

medical marijuana

meet and confer

meeting of creditors

meeting of the minds

memorandum decision

memorandum of points and authorities

mental competence

mental suffering

merger doctrine

mergers & acquisitions

metes and bounds

Midwest Piping Doctrine

minimum contacts

ministerial act

Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

Miranda warning

mirror image rule

misappropriation

misappropriation theory of insider trading

miscarriage (of justice)

misprision of felony

misrepresentation

mistake of fact

misunderstanding

mitigating circumstances

mitigating factor

mitigation of damages

mixed-motive instruction

Model Penal Code (MPC)

Model Penal Code insanity defense

Model Rules of Professional Conduct

Modern Portfolio Theory

modified per stirpes

money laundering

month-to-month tenancy

moral certainty

moral turpitude

Mordeduras de perro

mortality charge

mortgage broker

mortgage delinquency

mortgage rate buydown

mortgage servicer

mortgage-backed security

most favored nation

motion for directed verdict

motion for judgment as a matter of law

motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict

motion for new trial

motion for summary judgment

motion in limine

motion to dismiss

motion to quash

motion to strike

motion to suppress

Muller v. Oregon (1908)

multidistrict litigation

multilateral treaties

multiple listing service

multiple party account

multiplicity of actions

municipal bonds

municipal corporation

municipal court

mutual aid society

mutual material mistake

Napoleonic Code

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ)

National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL)

National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)

National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund (NCUSIF)

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

National Reporter System

national security

National Security Letter

National treatment

National Visa Center (NVC)

natural born citizen

naturalization power

Near v. Minnesota (1931)

Necessary and Proper Clause

necessary inference

necessary party

necessity defense

negative amortization

negative income

negative pregnant

negative signal

negligence per se

negligent infliction of emotional distress

negotiable instrument

net operating loss (NOL)

net probate estate

New York State Rifle & Pistol Association (NYSRPA) v. Bruen (2022)

New York Times v. Sullivan (1964)

newly discovered evidence

nil dicit default judgment

No Child Left Behind Act of 2001

No Further Inquiry Rule

No License Required (NLR)

no-answer default judgment

no-contest clause

no-fault divorce

no-fault insurance

no-knock warrant

noise ordinance

nolo contendere

nominal damages

non compos mentis

non-accelerated filer

non-disclosure agreement (NDA)

non-judicial foreclosure

non-probate assets

non-reporting issuer

non-testifying expert witnesses

noncompetition agreement

nonconforming use

noncontest clause

noncontestability clause

noncountable resource

noncustodial parent

nondelegation doctrine

nondischargeable debts

nondiscretionary trust

nondisparagement clause

nonexempt employee

nonexempt property

nonfederal grounds

nonfreehold estate

nonimmigrant visa

nonjudicial foreclosure

nonlapse statute

nonprobate assets

nonprobate estate

nonprobate transfer

nonprofit corporation

nonrecurring closing costs

nonsolicitation agreement

nontransferable ticket

Norris v. Alabama (1935)

not guilty by reason of insanity

notice of default

Notice of Deficiency

notice of pendency

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

notice of tax lien

notice pleading

notorious possession

NOV (non obstante veredicto)

nuncupative will

objects of the power

obstruction of justice

occupancy standard

occupational disease

occupational hazard

Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)

occupy the field

offensive collateral estoppel

offer in compromise

Office of the Inspector General

officer of the court

official misconduct

officious intermeddler

offshore corporation

Old Age, Survivors, Disability Insurance (OASDI)

Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA)

olographic will

omitted child statutes

One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB)

one-person, one-vote rule

one-satisfaction rule

open mines doctrine

open-ended loan

opening statement

operating agreement

operation of law

opinio juris (international law)

option contract

order of authorities

order of examination

order of signals

order to show cause

ordinary course of business

organized crime

original jurisdiction

original work of authorship

origination fee

ostensible agent

ostensible authority

out-of-pocket expense

output contract

over-the-counter (OTC) securities

own recognizance (OR)

owners' agreement

ownership in common

pain and suffering

palliative care

par-value stock

paramount title

Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act (PKPA)

parental neglect

parentelic system

parol evidence rule

partial defense

partial disability

partial integration

partial verdict

Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003

partially secured debt

participating preferred stock

party of the first part

party of the second part

pass-through taxation

past recollection recorded

pat-down search

patent ambiguity

Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)

Patent applied for

patent infringement

patent prosecution

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010

payable on demand

payable-on-death designation

payback provision

payment in due course

payment in full

payment intangible

payment into court

peaceable possession

pendent jurisdiction

pendent party jurisdiction

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)

percipient witness

peremptory challenge

peremptory norm

peremptory writ of mandate (or mandamus)

perfect tender rule

periodic reports

periodic tenancy

permanent disability

permanent injunction

permanent injury

permanent resident

permission to approach the witness

permissive counterclaim

permissive waste

personal effects

personal financial responsibility counseling

personal guardian

personal injury

personal injury recovery

personal jurisdiction

personal property

personal representative

personal service

personal services

persuasive authority

petition for certiorari

physical custody

physical incapacity

physician-assisted suicide

physician-patient privilege

piercing the corporate veil

piercing the veil

Pinkerton liability

piracy (maritime)

plain feel doctrine

plain view doctrine

plain-language law

plaintiff's attorney

Plan for Achieving Self-Support (PASS)

Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey (1992)

plea in abatement

plenary authority

plenary session

Plyler v. Doe (1982)

points and authorities

political question

political question doctrine

political-offense exception

posse comitatus

possession of stolen goods

possessory estate

possessory interest

possessory lien

possibility of a reverter

possibility of reverter

post-answer default judgment

post-effective period

postdated check

posthumous child

postjudgment interest

power of acceptance

power of appointment

power of sale clause

prayer for relief

pre-existing duty doctrine

pre-filing period

precatory trust

predatory lending

predatory pricing

predeceased spouse

preemptive right

preference relative

preferred dividend

preferred stock

Pregnancy Discrimination Act

prejudgment interest

preliminary hearing

preliminary prospectus

premarital agreement

prenuptial agreement

prepaid legal services

Preparer Taxpayer Identification Number (PTIN)

prepayment penalty

preponderance of the evidence

preregistration agreement

prerogative writ

prescriptive easement

present recollection refreshed

present sense impression

presently exercisable power of appointment

Presidential signing statements

presiding judge

presumed maximum value (PMV)

presumption of innocence

pretermitted heir

pretrial discovery

pretrial lineup

prevailing party

price discrimination

prima facie case

primary authority

primary liability

primary offering

principal in the first degree

principal in the second degree

principal place of business

principal register

prior appropriation doctrine

prior restraint

private annuity

private carrier

private company

private mortgage insurance

private necessity

private nuisance

private placement

private property

privilege against self-incrimination

privileged communication

Privileges and Immunities Clause

probationary period

probative facts

probative value

procedural due process

proceeds for damaged exempt property

product liability

professional corporation

professional guardian

professional negligence

profit (property rights)

profit and loss statement

progressive discipline

promissory estoppel

promissory note

promotional stock

prompt judicial determination

proof-of-work (PoW)

property control trust

property damage

property guardian

propria persona

proprietary interest

proprietary lease

proprietary rights

prosecuting attorney

protected characteristic

protected class

protective custody

provisional ballot

provisional patent application (PPA)

provisional remedies

provisional remedy

proximate cause

proxy statement

prudent investor rule

prudent person rule

public administrator

public benefit corporation

public benefits

public corporation

public corruption

public defender

public domain lands

public easement

public express trust

public necessity

public nuisance

public offering

public offering

public property

public trust doctrine

public utilities

punitive damages

purchase money mortgage

purchase money resulting trust

purchase-money collateral

purchase-money security interest

pure per stirpes

putative spouse doctrine

qualified domestic relations order (QDRO)

qualified domestic trust

qualified immunity

qualified individual with a disability

qualified indorsement (endorsement)

qualified institutional buyer (QIB)

qualified intermediary

qualified medical child support order (QMCSO)

qualified ownership

qualified personal residence trust (QPRT)

qualified retirement plan

qualified small business stock

qualified terminable interest property (QTIP) trust

qualified witness

quasi contract (or quasi-contract)

quasi property rights of a human body

quasi-community property

quasi-corporation

quasi-criminal (proceeding)

quasi-legislative

quasi-municipal corporation

quasi-personalty

question of fact

question of law

quiet enjoyment

quiet title action

quod erat demonstrandum

quotient verdict

race to the bottom

race-notice statute

Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)

ratio decidendi

rational basis test

ready, willing, and able

real estate broker

real estate investment trust (REIT)

real party in interest

realization of gain

reasonable accommodation

reasonable belief

reasonable care

reasonable doubt

reasonable person

reasonable speed

reasonable suspicion

reasonable time

reasonable wear and tear

rebus sic stantibus

rebuttable presumption

rebuttal witness

receiving stolen property

reciprocal beneficiaries

reciprocal discovery

reckless disregard

reckless driving

recognition (international law)

recording statute

redirect examination

refresh one's recollection

register of deeds

registered agent

registered transporter

registration statement

registry of deeds

Regulation Fair Disclosure (FD)

Rehabilitation Act of 1973

release on one's own recognizance

relevant evidence

reliance damages

relinquished property

remainder (property law)

remainder (trust law)

remainder subject to divestment

remainder subject to open

removal warrant

renewable electricity standard

rent withholding

rental agreement

repair and deduct

replacement property

replacement value

reporting company

representative payee

request for admission

request to admit

Requests for admission

required minimum distribution

requirements contract

res gestae witness

res ipsa loquitur

rescue doctrine

reserved power of appointment

residuary beneficiary

residuary bequest

residuary estate

resisting arrest

Resolution of Congress

respondeat superior

Responsabilidad del producto

responsive pleading

Restatement of the Law

restraining order

restraint of trade

restraint on alienation

restrictive covenant

restrictive endorsement

resulting trust

resume inflation

retail investors

retained earnings

retainer agreement

retaliatory eviction

retaliatory measures

retirement benefits

return of service

reverse discrimination

reverse engineering

reverse mortgage

reversible error

Revised Uniform Partnership Act of 1997 (RUPA)

revocable living trust

revocable trust

revocation of will by act

revocation of wills by instrument

revolving credit facility

rex non potest peccare

Reynolds v. Sims (1964)

right of disposition

right of redemption

right of representation

right of survivorship

right to cancel (a contract)

right to counsel

right to jury trial

right to petition

right to privacy

right to sue letter

right to work state

riparian doctrine

riparian rights

Roe v. Wade (1973)

rogatory letters

Roth v. United States (1957)

rule against perpetuities

Rule in Shelley's Case

Rules Enabling Act of 1934

running at large

running with the land

same-sex marriage

sanctity of contract

Sarbanes-Oxley Act

satisfaction of judgment

satisfaction of mortgage

savings and loan

Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States (1935)

School District of Abington Township, Pennsylvania v. Schempp (1963)

scope of employment

screen scraping

search and seizure

seasoned issuer

second degree murder

secondary authority

secondary boycott

secondary liability

secondary market

secondary meaning

secondary offering

secondary right of disposition

secret warranty program

Section 4 (1½)

Section 4(a)(7)

secured transaction

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Securities dispute resolution: Experts (证券争议解决：专家)

securities fraud

security deposit

security interest

self determination (international law)

self executing treaty

self-authenticating documents

self-declared trust

self-incrimination

self-proving will

self-settled trust

separate but equal

separate property

separate sovereigns doctrine

separation agreement

Separation of Church and State

Separation of Powers

separation of powers

serious health condition

service business

service by mail

service by publication

service of process

servient estate

servient tenement

settler colonialism

severability clause

severable contract

several liability

sex trafficking

sham transaction

shareholder derivative suit

shareholder meeting

shareholder's derivative action

shareholders' agreement

shelf registration

Shelley v. Kraemer (1948)

sheltered workshop

Shepard's citations

Sherman Antitrust Act

Sherman v. Sherman, 330 N.J. Super. 638 (Ch.Div. 1999)

shifting executory interest

shifting the burden of proof

shipment contract

shocks the conscience

shortening time

show cause order

sickness benefits

sideline business

signature guarantee

similarly situated

Simplified Employee Pension plan

Simplified Network Application Process Redesign (SNAP-R)

single-entry accounting

Sistema de justicia juvenil

Slaughterhouse Cases

smaller reporting company

Social Security

Social Security Administration

Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)

Social Security Number (SSN)

Social Security statement

Social Security tax

sole proprietor

sole proprietorship

solemnization of marriage

solicitor general

Solicitud de una visa

solitary confinement

sound mind and memory

sound recording

sources of international law

Southern Life & Health Ins. Co. v. Morgan

speaking demurrer

speaking objection

special administrator

special appearance

special circumstances

special damages

special education

special election

special immigrant

special needs trust

special power of appointment

special power of attorney

special prosecutor

Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC)

special verdict

Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List

specific bequest

specific denial

specific devise

specific finding

specific intent

specific jurisdiction

specific legacy

specific performance

speculative damages

Speedy Trial Act (1974)

spendthrift clause

spendthrift trust

sponsorship disclosure

spontaneous exclamation

spousal communications privilege

spousal immunity

spousal privilege

spousal support

springing durable power of attorney

springing executory interest

springing interest

sprinkling trust

Stambovsky v. Ackley

Standard and Poor’s 500 (S&P 500)

standard contract

standard of care

Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States (1911)

standard player contract (SPC)

star chamber proceedings

Starker exchange

state action antitrust immunity

state action requirement

state of emergency

state supreme court

state's attorney

statehood (international law)

statement against interest

status conference

statute of frauds

statute of limitations

statute of repose

statutory construction

statutory damages

statutory interpretation

statutory offer of settlement

statutory share

statutory subject matter

stay of execution

stay of proceedings

stepparent adoption

stepped-up basis

stock certificate

stock purchase agreement

stockholder's derivative action

straight-line depreciation

strict construction

strict liability

strict scrutiny

Subchapter S corporation

subject to a condition subsequent

subject to open

subject to partial divestment

subjects of international law

subordination agreement

subornation of perjury

subpena (subpoena)

subpena duces tecum

subpoena duces tecum

subprime mortgage

subscribing witness

subsequent remedial measures

substantial evidence

substantial impairment

substantial performance

substantive due process

substantive law

substituted service

substitution of attorney

substitution of parties

successive sentences

successor trustee

sufficient cause

Suitability Rule

summary adjudication

summary judgment

summary probate

supernumerary witness

superseding cause

supervening cause

supplemental jurisdiction

supplemental needs trust

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

supplemental pleadings

Supplemental Register

Supplemental Security Income

Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

supplier's lien

Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act of 2010

suppression of evidence

Supremacy Clause

surrender value

surrogate court

surviving spouse

surviving spouse's trust

survivors benefits

suspect classification

suspended sentence

suspension of deportation

tainted evidence

takers in default

taking against the will

taking of hostages

taking the Fifth

tangible employment action

tangible personal property

tariff engineering

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA)

tax lien notice

tax optimization

tax registration certificate

tax withholding

tax-deferred exchange

tax-exempt income

taxpayer bill of rights

taxpayer identification number (TIN)

temporary injunction

temporary insanity

Temporary Protected Status (TPS)

temporary receivership

temporary restraining order

temporary restraining order (TRO)

tenancy at sufferance

tenancy at will

tenancy by the entireties

tenancy by the entirety

tenancy for years

tenancy in common

tenants in common

tender back rule

tentative trust

term life insurance

territorial jurisdiction

terrorem clause

Terry stop / stop and frisk

testamentary capacity

testamentary disposition

testamentary power of appointment

testamentary trust

testate succession

testing-the-waters

Texas v. Johnson (1989)

things in action

Third Amendment

third party beneficiary

third-degree instruction

third-party beneficiary

third-party trust

three-day notice

three-of-five test

time is of the essence

Tinker v. Des Moines

title (legislation)

title (property)

title insurance

too big to fail

tools of the trade

tort claims act

tortious interference

totality of circumstances

trademark owner

trademark registration

trademark search

transcarceration

transfer in contemplation of death

transfer-on-death (TOD)

transfer-on-death deed

transferred intent

transinstitutionalization

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

transmittal letter

trap and trace device

Treasury Decision (TD)

treasury regulations

treatment over objection

trespass to chattels

trial on the merits

triple net lease

trust administration

trust beneficiary

trust declaration

trust fund recovery penalty (TFRP)

trust fund taxes

trust instrument

trust protector

trustee in bankruptcy

turn state's evidence

turncoat witness

Twinkie defense

tying arrangement

U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act of 2007

UCC Financing Statement

ultrahazardous activity

unascertainable cause

unbundled legal services

uncommitted credit facility

unconscionability

unconstitutional

uncontested divorce

uncovered option

under the influence

undercapitalization

undersecured debt

undisclosed principal

undivided interest

undocumented immigrant

undue influence

unearned income

unemployment insurance (UI)

unified estate and gift tax

Uniform Anatomical Gift Act

Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act

Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA)

Uniform Code of Military Justice

Uniform Commercial Code

Uniform Gifts to Minors Act (UGMA)

Uniform Premarital Agreement Act

Uniform Principal and Interest Act

Uniform Probate Code

Uniform Prudent Investor Act

Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

Uniform Simultaneous Death Act

Uniform Transfer-on-Death Securities Registration Act

Uniform Transfers to Minors Act

unilateral contract

unincorporated business organization (UBO)

uninsured motorist clause

union security agreement

Unitary Executive Theory (UET)

United Nations Charter

United Nations Security Council

United Nations System

United States Attorney

United States Attorney’s Office (USAO)

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)

United States Code

United States Copyright Office

United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (USCAAF)

United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

United States district courts

United States Marshals Service (USMS)

United States Munitions List

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

United States Postal Service (USPS)

United States v. Darby

United Steelworkers of America v. Weber (1979)

universal life insurance

unjust enrichment

unlawful assembly

unlawful confinement

unlawful deportation and transfer

unlawful detainer

unqualified ownership

unreasonable search and seizure

unseasoned issuer

upon information or belief

USERRA (The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act)

uti possidetis juris

vacant succession

vagueness doctrine

valuable consideration

valuable papers

Van Orden v. Perry (2005)

variable annuity

variable life insurance

vehicular homicide

vehicular manslaughter

venire facias de novo

vertical privity

Vessel Hull Design Protection Act

vested ownership

vested remainder

vestigial words

vexatious litigation

vicarious infringement

vicarious liability

Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties

vigilante justice

Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty (1926)

visa waiver program

Visas de empleo

Visas de estudiante

Visas de negocios y para inversionistas

Visas para estudiantes de intercambio

Visas para familiares

visitation order

visitation rights

void for vagueness

voidable marriage

volenti non fit injuria

voluntary bankruptcy

voluntary manslaughter

voluntary waste

voter bill of rights

wage attachment

war and defense powers

war correspondents

warehouseman's lien

warranty adjustment program

warranty of fitness

warranty of merchantability

Washington DC Voting Rights Amendment

weight of evidence

weight of the evidence

welfare work rules

well-known seasoned issuer (WKSI)

Wells Submission

whistleblower act

whistleblower law

Whistleblower Protection Act

whole life insurance

widow's election

wildcard exemption

will execution ceremony

will substitutes

wills: attestation requirement

wills: signature requirement

wills: writing requirement

winding up a corporation

WIPO Copyright and Performances and Phonograms Treaties Implementation Act

withdrawal of a corporation

without recourse

witness tampering

Woodson v. North Carolina (1976)

words of procreation

work made for hire

Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN Act)

Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN)

workers' compensation

workers' compensation acts

workmen's compensation

world wide web (www)

writ of attachment

writ of certiorari

writ of coram nobis

writ of coram vobis

writ of execution

writ of garnishment

writ of mandate (mandamus)

writ of prohibition

wrongful constructive discharge

wrongful death action

wrongful death statute

wrongful discharge

wrongful termination in violation of public policy

year and a day rule

yellow dog contract

Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer (1952)

youthful offender

zealous witness

zone of danger rule

zone of interests

zoning ordinance