Customs, Formalities, and Practices


 * abstract of title
 * actus reus
 * admissible
 * alibi
 * ambit
 * amicus brief
 * ancillary
 * attest
 * bail bone
 * bar exam
 * base fee
 * bond bounty
 * brief
 * burden of proof
 * calendar
 * capacity
 * caseload
 * causes of action
 * caveat
 * charge
 * chattel
 * circumstantial evidence
 * civil liability
 * civil rights
 * closing statement
 * collateral
 * comity
 * competency
 * complaint
 * compliance
 * confidential communications
 * consensual
 * consideration
 * constitutional
 * corpus delecti
 * corroboration
 * courtesy
 * covenant
 * cui bono
 * de facto
 * de jure
 * demonstrative evidence
 * direct evidence
 * disclosure
 * docket
 * document
 * domicile
 * due process
 * earnest money
 * eminent domain
 * encumbrance
 * estate
 * estoppel
 * evidence
 * exclusionary rule
 * exhibit
 * ex parte
 * extraterritoriality
 * fair use
 * fee
 * fee simple
 * fiduciary
 * flagrante delicto
 * forensics
 * freedom of the seas
 * gavel
 * grandfather clause
 * gravamen
 * hearsay evidence
 * holograph
 * hornbook
 * immaterial evidence
 * inadmissible evidence
 * insanity plea
 * intellectual property
 * intent
 * intestate succession
 * irrelevant evidence
 * J.D.
 * J.D.S.
 * jeopardy
 * judicial notice
 * judicial review
 * jury duty
 * laches
 * law-abiding
 * lawful
 * law journal
 * lawless
 * law review
 * lawyering
 * leading question
 * legal legalese
 * legalism
 * lis pendens
 * litigious
 * LL.B.
 * LL.D.
 * LL.M.
 * malice aforethought
 * material evidence
 * mens rea
 * merits
 * mitigation circumstances
 * motive
 * non compos mentis
 * oath
 * opening statement
 * overrule
 * personal property
 * physical evidence
 * pleadings
 * polling the jury
 * practice
 * premeditation
 * preponderance of proof
 * presumption of law
 * prima facie
 * privileged communications
 * probably cause
 * pro forma
 * proof
 * property
 * proxy
 * public domain
 * quantum meruit
 * read rights
 * real property
 * reasonable doubt
 * relevant
 * represent
 * res ipsa loquitur
 * res judicata
 * respondeat superior
 * retainer
 * rights
 * scilicet
 * seal
 * security
 * self-defense
 * self-incrimination
 * show cause
 * sovereign immunity
 * speculation
 * ss
 * stand
 * stare decisis
 * strike
 * subrogation
 * substantive
 * summation
 * suppress
 * sustain
 * tangible property
 * title
 * trademark
 * trial date
 * ultra vires
 * under advisement
 * unjust enrichment
 * usufruct
 * vital statistics
 * warranty
 * witness box
 * witness stand
 * wrongful death
 * your honor