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Abatement Absenteeism Abuse defense Accession Accord and satisfaction Acknowledgment Act of God Acting (law) Actual malice Actus reus Adjournment sine die Adjudication Administrative proceeding Affinity Affray Age of candidacy Age of majority Alien (law) Apostille Appeal Appellant Arguendo Arraignment Autrefois acquit B Bad faith Bail Barratry Best interests Brocard C Caveat emptor Caveat lector Chilling effect Coercion Commission Complaint Concurrence Confusingly similar Consuetudinary Contingent fee Conviction Creature of statute Cuius est solum eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos Curtilage Custodian D De mortuis nil nisi bonum Decisional law Declarant Deed poll Defeasance Defendant Deliberation

D cont. Demise Desuetude Detainee Dispositive motion Double closing Due diligence Due process E Earnest money Encumbrance Enrolled Bill doctrine Entrapment Ex gratia Excuse Executor F False pretences Felony Fictitious defendants Fieri facias Force (law) Frivolous lawsuit Fueros G Gag order Good faith Guarantee H Habeas corpus Hereditament Homestead (law) Hung jury Hypothec I IRAC Ignorantia juris non excusat Immunity (legal) In limine Infringement Injury Inquest Interrogatories J Jactitation Jointure Judgment Jurat Jury tampering Jus relictae Jus sanguinis Jus soli Justiciable case L Lascivious Law French Legitim Lien Lis pendens List of legal Latin terms

L cont. List of legal terms Litigant Litigant in person M Malice Malum prohibitum Mandate (law) Misdemeanor Mootness N Nemo dat quod non habet Nolo contendere Nulla poena sine lege Nunc pro tunc O Oyer and terminer P Pacta sunt servanda Party (law) Persona non grata Plaintiff Plea Pre-paid legal services Prima facie Pro bono Pro se Probate Puisne Purlieu Q Quo Warranto R Race to the courthouse Rebuttable presumption Res ipsa loquitur Reversible error S Scire Facias Secret trial Seignory Self-defense Sine qua non Strategic lawsuit against public participation Sua sponte Subpoena duces tecum Subrogation Sui generis Sui iuris Sunset clause Symbolic speech T Taking U Ultra vires Use (law) V Verdict Vexatious litigation Voir dire Voluntary association