general/latin-legal-terminology

Matter that is under legal trial, or judgement

Repudiation, abandonment, or renunciation by or upon oath

Latin phrase meaning "in proportion"

Latin legal term

Latin legal phrase

Latin footnote or endnote term referring to the previous source or author

Behind closed doors (legal)

Latin legal term

Location of property for the purpose of determining applicable law

Principle of the case

Action taken in law without request from another party

Criminal proceeding involving an absent defendant

Plea of "no contest" where the defendant neither admits nor disputes a charge

Legal term – "in the place of a parent"

Legal term in common law jurisdictions

Indispensable and essential action, condition, or ingredient

Legal threat used to avoid court proceesings or challenges

Latin for "in equal fault"

Latin expression meaning 'from law'

Meeting closed without a date to reconvene

Latin phrase for a British legal concept

Latin legal expression

Legal term

Legal action to recover what the plaintiff has mistakenly paid the defendant

Legal decision or proceeding during which not all parties to the dispute are present

Something accompanying or subordinate to another larger entity

Latin expression

Latin legal maxim

Latin term meaning "from the beginning"

Legal term relating to permissions over land

Legal term

Claim of succession to property of deceased clerics

Title of nobility used by a man because his wife holds it in her own right

Ethical principle where parent or other person makes decisions for a child under their care

Latin phrase meaning in its own class

Legal and actuarial term

Legal terminology