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The following pages contain lists of legal terms: List of Latin legal terms; List of legal abbreviations; List of legal abbreviations (canon law) on Wiktionary: Appendix: English legal terms; Appendix: Glossary of legal terms
Term used in contract law to specify terms that are voided or confirmed in effect from the execution of the contract. Cf. ex nunc. Ex turpi causa non oritur actio: ex nunc: from now on Term used in contract law to specify terms that are voided or confirmed in effect only in the future and not prior to the contract, or its adjudication. Cf. ex ...
Glossary of Legal Terms and Phrases. The Army Service Schools, Department of Law. 1910. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Frederic Jesup Stimson. Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law. Little, Brown and Company. Boston. 1881.
Social Security is best known as the public benefits program for retired Americans, but younger folks -- including students -- can also receive benefits if they meet certain criteria. Social ...
This category is intended for legal phrases or terms used primarily in the United States. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 ...
SNAP, formerly food stamps, has seen a whirlwind of changes this year. During the peak of the pandemic, a law was passed that made more students temporarily eligible for SNAP. However, temporary...
Ambiguity (law) Ampliative; An unjust law is no law at all; Angary; Animus (law) Antecedent (law) Antedated contract; Appearance (law) Appearance of impropriety; Apportionment; Arbitrariness; Arbitration; Arbitration award; Argument in the alternative; Arraignment; Artistic control; As is; Asset protection; Assignment (law) Assisting offender
As pointed out by Sandro Nielsen in 1994, law dictionaries can serve various functions. The traditional law dictionary with definitions of legal terms serves to help users understand the legal texts they read (a communicative function) or to acquire knowledge about legal matters independent of any text (a cognitive function) – such law dictionaries are usually monolingual.