Word List Legal terms 359 words

Legal terms Vocabulary Word List (359)

• A

  abandonment, abolish, abridge, accessory, accomplice, accord, accused, acquisitions, acquittal, action, adjournment, administer, adoption, affect, affidavit, agency, agent, agreement, alias, alibi, alienation, alimony, amend, amendment, annulment, appeal, appoint, appraisal, arraignment, arson, aspect, assault, assembly, assistance, attachment, attitude, authorize, autopsy

• B

  bail, bankrupt, basis, battery, before the bar, belief, bench, bill, blackmail, bond, branch, breach, bribery, brief, burden, burglary, business law

• C

  case number, challenge, civil, civil action, claim, code, codicil, coercion, collusion, commercial, commission, committal, common-law, community property, compensation, complainant, complication, conduct, confession, conglomerate, consent, consideration, conspiracy, Constitution, contempt, contract, copyright, coroner, corporate, corporation, costly, counsel, counterfeit, court, credit, crime, criminal

• D

  damages, deal, dealings, debt, decision, decree, deed, defendant, defense, deliberate, democratic, denial, deposition, desertion, determination, disobedience, disregard, divorce, document, documentation, draft, due process

• E

  easement, edict, educate, effect, embezzle, eminent domain, emphasis, enable, encumber, enforce, entail, equality, escrow, estate, ethics, eviction, evidence, examination, excessive, executor, expert, extort, extradition, extreme

• F

  failure, fairness, family, federal, fee, felony, fines, forgery, fraud, freedom, fundamental, funds

• G

  garnishment, govern, guarantee, guaranty, guardian, guilty

• H

  habeas corpus, harmful, heir, high-ranking, hijack, homicide, honor

• I

  impartial, imprison, incompetent, indictment, influence, inform, inheritance, initiative, injunction, injury, inquest, interests, interference, interpretation, interstate, issue

• J

  jeopardy, John Doe, joint tenancy, judge, judgment, judicial, jurisprudence, jury, justice, juvenile

• K

  kidnapping, kin

• L

  larceny, law, lawfully, lawsuit, lease, legacy, legal, legal assistance, legislation, liability, libel, liberty, license, lien, limits, litigation, loan, lynch

• M

  majority, malice, malpractice, manslaughter, mayhem, merger, minority, misdemeanor, moratorium, mortgage, murder

• N

  natural law, negligent, negotiable, notation, notice, nuisance

• O

  oath, obedience, obey, obligation, offense, official, opinion, organize, out-dated, overturn, ownership

• P

  paralegal, partnership, patent, penalize, penalty, people, perjury, petition, power, power of attorney, practice, pre-law, precedent, press, previous, principle, prior, prison, private, probable cause, probate, probate, professional, prohibit, proof, property, prosecute, prosecutor, protection, provision, public, punishment

• Q

  qualification, quality, quantify, quantity, question, quirk, quorum

• R

  rate, reasoning, receiver, redress, reduction, referendum, refute, regulate, rejection, religion, repeal, reputation, resist, responsibility, restriction, reverse, rights, robbery, rules, rulings

• S

  sabotage, safeguard, sanction, sealed record, security, selection, seriousness, services, skillful, slander, smuggling, special-interest, standard, statute, statute of limitation, subpoena, suit, summons, system

• T

  tenant, testament, testimony, title, tort, trademark, tradition, transfer, treason, treatment, treaty, trespass, trial, trial by jury, trust, trustee

• U

  unalienable, unauthorized, unclaimed, unconstitutional, unintentional, unjust, unlawful, uphold, usury

• V

  vagrancy, vandalism, verdict, veto, victim, victimize, violate, violation, volume

• W

  ward, well-developed, will, wisdom, witness, writ, wrong

• X

• Y

  youth

• Z

  zeal