A dictionary of English legal terminology, including Latin phrases, maxims, procedural terms, and domain-specific jargon from criminal law, contracts, torts, property, evidence, corporate law, family law, probate, intellectual property, immigration, and constitutional law. Each entry includes a plain English translation or definition.
Details
Note: 20 terms appear in more than one row because they have different
meanings in different legal categories (e.g., deposition means
"out-of-court sworn testimony" in evidence law and "out-of-court oral
testimony" in procedural law). The combination of form +
category uniquely identifies each entry.
Variables
form. the legal term or phrase
replacement. plain English equivalent or definition
category. legal domain (latin_maxim, latin_phrase, procedural, criminal_law, tort, contract, evidence, property, fiduciary, corporate, ip, probate, family_law, immigration, constitutional)
source. data source attribution