Law Glossary

abatement of a nuisance	accretion	acquittal
acquittance	act	action at law
actual damages	actual eviction	actual possession
adjective	administrative hearing	administrative law
admiralty law	adoption	advice and consent
advowson	affirmation	affirmative pleading
aggrieve	alibi	alienable
alienation	all-or-none law	allegation
alterable	alternative pleading	amicus curiae
amicus curiae brief	amnesty	annulment
answer	anti-drug law	anti-racketeering law
antitrust case	antitrust law	antitrust legislation
appeal	appellant	appellate
appointment	appropriation bill	arbitration
archimedes' principle	arrest warrant	assignment
assignor	assize	assumed name
attachment	attestation	attestator
attestor	attorn	attorney
attorney general	attorney-client relation	authorisation
authorization	avogadro's hypothesis	avogadro's law
award	awarding	bail out
bakke decision	bank-depositor relation	bankruptcy
bar	barratry	barrister
bastardy proceeding	bear witness	bench warrant
benford's law	bernoulli's law	bill
bill of attainder	bill of particulars	bill of rights
bill of sale	bind over	bja
blue law	blue ribbon jury	blue sky law
bose-einstein statistics	bottle bill	boyle's law
brief	building code	bureau of justice assistance
cachet	canon law	capacitate
case	case law	causa
cause of action	caveat	cease and desist order
certiorari	champerty	chance-medley
charge	charles's law	chief justice
circuit	circuit court of appeals	citation
citizenship	civil contempt	civil death
civil law	civil liberty	civil right
civil suit	civil union	civil wrong
class action	class-action suit	client