Oxford Dictionary of Law in United Kingdom

Jonathan Law and Elizabeth A. Martin
Latest Edition (8 ed.)

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It contains over 4,200 entries that clearly define the major terms, concepts, processes, and the organization of the English legal system:

• ab initio
• ab intestato
• abandonment
• abatement
• abduction
• abet
• ABH
• abortion
• absconding
• absence
• absent parent
• absent-mindedness
• absente reo
• absolute
• absolute assignment
• absolute discharge
• absolute interest
• absolute privilege
• absolute right
• absolute theory of sovereign immunity
• absolute title
• abstract of title
• abstracting electricity
• abstraction of water
• abuse of a dominant position
• abuse of a position of trust
• abuse of process
• abusive behaviour
• abutter
• ABWOR
• ACAS
• acceleration
• acceptance
• acceptance of a bill
• acceptance supra protest
• access
• access land
• accession
• accessory
• accessory liability in breach of trust
• accident
• accident record book
• accomenda
• accommodation bill
• accomplice
• accord and satisfaction
• account
• account monitoring order
• account of profits
• accounting period
• accounting practice
• accounting records
• accounts
• accreditation
• accretion
• accruer
• accumulation
• accumulation and maintenance settlement
• accusare nemo se debet
• accusatorial procedure
• acknowledgment
• acknowledgment and undertaking
• acknowledgment of service
• ACP states
• acquiescence
• acquired rights
• acquis communautaire
• acquisition fraud
• acquittal
• act in pais
• act of a stranger
• act of God
• Act of Parliament
• act of state
• acte clair
• actio personalis moritur cum persona
• actio quanti minoris
• action
• action plan order
• active trust
• activity requirement
• actual bodily harm
• actual military service
• actual notice
• actual total loss
• actus reus
• actus reus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea
• ad colligenda bona
• ad idem
• ad litem
• ad referendum
• additional voluntary contribution
• address for service
• adduce
• ademption
• ADIZ
• adjective law
• adjournment
• adjudication
• adjudication order
• adjustment
• administration
• administration action
• administration bond
• administration of poison
• administration order
• administration pending suit
• administration period
• Administrative Court
• Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council
• administrative law
• administrative letter
• administrative powers
• administrative receiver
• administrative tribunal
• administrator
• Admiralty Court
• admissibility of evidence
• admissibility of records
• admission
• admonition
• adoption
• adoption agency
• Adoption Law
• adoption leave
• adoption service
• adoption society
• adoptive relationship
• ADR
• adulteration
• adultery
• advance decision
• advance information
• advancement
• adversary procedure
• adverse inference
• adverse occupation
• adverse possession
• adverse witness
• advice on evidence
• advisory jurisdiction
• advocacy qualification
• advocate
• Advocates-General
• advowson
• aequitas est quasi aequalitas
• affidavit
• affiliation order
• affinity
• affirm
• affirmative resolution
• affray
• affreightment
• AGA
• age discrimination
• age of consent
• agency
• agency workers
• Agency Workers Directive
• agent
• agent provocateur
• aggravated assault
• aggravated burglary
• aggravated damages
• aggravated trespass
• aggravated vehicle-taking
• aggregates levy
• aggression
• agreement
• agreement for a lease
• agrément
• agricultural dwelling-house advisory committee
• agricultural holding
• agricultural land tribunal
• agricultural property relief
• aid and abet
• Air Defence Identification Zone
• air pollution
• air-force law
• airspace
• alcohol treatment requirement
• alderman
• aleatory contract
• alibi
• alien
• alienable
• alienation
• alieni juris
• alimentary trust
• alimony
• aliunde
• all-ports warning system
• allegation
• allegiance
• allocation
• allocation questionnaire
• allograph
• allotment
• alluvion
• alteration
• alteration of share capital
• alternative dispute resolution
• alternative finance arrangements
• Alternative Investment Market
• alternative verdict
• ambiguity
• ambulatory
• ameliorating waste
• amendment
• AMHP
• amicus curiae
• amnesty
• Amsterdam Treaty
• analytical jurisprudence
• ancient lights
• ancillary credit business
• ancillary probate
• ancillary relief
• ancillary restraint
• angary
• animals
• animus
• animus testandi
• annexation
• annual general meeting
• Annual Investment Allowance
• annual return
• annual value of land
• annuity
• annulment
• annus et dies
• answer
• antecedents
• antenuptial settlement
• anti-avoidance provisions
• anticipatory breach
• anticipatory self-defence
• anticompetitive practice
• antidumping
• antisocial behaviour order
• antitrust law
• Anton Piller order
• apology
• appeal
• appeal in Revenue matters
• Appeal Tribunal
• Appeals System, The
• appellant
• Appellate Committee
• appellate jurisdiction
• applicable law
• applicant
• applying the proviso
• appointed day
• appointee
• appointment
• appointor
• approbate and reprobate
• appropriation
• appropriation of payments
• appropriations in aid
• approved clinician
• approved mental health professional
• approximation of laws
• appurtenant
• arbitrary punishment
• arbitration
• arbitration agreement
• arbitration clause
• archipelago
• Area Child Protection Committees
• arguendo
• argumentative affidavit
• armchair principle
• arraign
• arrangement
• array
• arrest
• arrestable offence
• arrested development
• arrived ship
• arson
• article
• Article 234 Reference
• Article 81
• Article 82
• articles of association
• artificial insemination
• artificial nutrition and hydration
• artificial person
• ASBO
• ascertained goods
• asportation
• assault
• assault by penetration
• assault of a child under 13 by penetration
• Assembly of the European Communities
• assent
• assent procedure
• assessment of costs
• assessor
• assets
• assignment
• assisted suicide
• assize
• associated operations
• association agreement
• assurance
• assured agricultural occupancy
• assured shorthold tenancy
• assured tenancy
• asylum
• Asylum and Immigration Tribunal
• at sea
• attachment
• attachment of earnings
• attempt
• attendance centre
• attestation
• attorney
• Attorney General
• attornment
• auction
• auction ring
• audi alteram partem
• Audit Commission
• audit exemption
• auditor
• aut punire aut dedere
• authentication
• authority
• authorized capital
• authorized guarantee agreement
• authorized investments
• authorized securities
• automatic reservation
• automatism
• autopsy
• autre vie
• autrefois acquit
• autrefois convict
• auxiliary jurisdiction
• AVC
• aver
• average
• avoid
• avoidance of disposition order
• avulsion
• award
• backed for bail
• bail
• bail hostel
• bailee
• bailiff
• bailiwick
• bailment
• bailor
• balance sheet
• bank holidays
• bankruptcy
• Bankruptcy Law
• banning order
• banns
• bar
• Bar Council
• bare licensee
• bare trust
• barratry
• barring of entailed interest
• barrister
• baseline
• basic award
• basic intent
• battered child
• battered spouse or cohabitant
• Battered Woman Syndrome
• battery
• bay
• bearer
• beauty contest
• bed and breakfasting
• Beddoe order
• belligerent communities, recognition of
• bench
• bench warrant
• Benchers
• beneficial interest
• beneficial owner
• beneficiary
• beneficiary principle
• benefits in kind
• benevolent purposes
• Benjamin order
• bequeath
• bequest
• bereavement benefit
• bereavement, damages for
• Berne Convention
• best interests
• best value
• best-evidence rule
• Beth Din
• bias
• bid
• bigamy
• bilateral contract
• bilateral discharge
• bill
• bill of costs
• bill of exchange
• bill of indictment
• bill of lading
• bill of sale
• bind over
• birth certificate
• Black Rod, Gentleman Usher of the
• blacklist
• blackmail
• blasphemy
• blight notice
• blind trust
• block exemption
• blockade
• blood relationship
• blood specimen
• blood test
• blue bag
• blue book
• bodily harm
• body corporate
• boilerplate
• Bolam test
• bomb hoax
• bona vacantia
• bond
• bonus issue
• books of account
• borough
• borough court
• borstal
• bottomry
• boundary
• boundary commissions
• Bournewood gap
• brain death
• breach of close
• breach of confidence
• breach of contract
• breach of privilege
• breach of statutory duty
• breach of the peace
• breach of trust
• break clause
• breakdown of marriage
• breath specimen
• breath test
• breathalyser
• brewster sessions
• bribery
• bridleway
• brief
• bright line
• British citizenship
• British Commonwealth
• British National (Overseas)
• British Overseas citizenship
• British Overseas Territories citizenship
• British protected person
• British subject
• Broadmoor
• brothel
• Brussels Convention
• Bryan Treaties
• Budget
• buggery
• bugging
• building lease
• building preservation notice
• building scheme
• building society
• Bullock order
• burden of proof
• burglary
• business
• business asset
• business liability
• business name
• business property relief
• business tenancy
• “but for” test
• buyer
• byelaw
• Cabinet
• cabotage
• CAC
• Cafcass
• Calderbank letter
• call
• calling the jury
• Calvo clause
• cancellation
• cannabis
• cannon-shot rule
• canon law
• canonical disability
• CAP
• capacity of a child in criminal law
• capacity to consent to medical treatment
• capacity to contract
• capias
• capital
• capital allowance
• capital gains tax
• capital money
• capital punishment
• capital redemption reserve
• capitalization issue
• capitulation
• caravan
• care and control
• care contact order
• care order
• care plan
• care proceedings
• Care Quality Commission for England
• Care Standard Appeals Tribunal
• careless and inconsiderate driving
• careless statement
• carer’s allowance
• cargo
• carousel fraud
• carriage of goods by air
• carriageway
• carrier
• carrier’s lien
• cartel
• case
• case law
• case management
• case management conference
• case stated
• casus belli
• casus omissus
• catching bargain
• causa sine qua non
• causation
• cause
• Cause Book
• Cause List
• cause of action
• causing a child to watch a sexual act
• causing death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs
• causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving
• causing death by dangerous driving
• causing loss by unlawful means
• caution
• caution against first registration
• caveat
• caveat actor
• caveat emptor
• caveat subscriptor
• caveat venditor
• CCRC
• CE
• Central Arbitration Committee
• Central Criminal Court
• Central Office
• certificate of incorporation
• Certification Officer
• certiorari
• certum est quod certum reddi potest
• cessante ratione legis
• cessate grant
• cesser
• cesser clause
• cession
• cestui que trust
• cestui que use
• cestui que vie
• CET
• CFP
• CFSP
• CGT
• chain of executorship
• chain of title
• challenge to jury
• chambers
• champerty
• Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Chancery Division
• Chancery Masters
• change of name
• change of position
• Chapter VII
• character
• charge
• charge by way of legal mortgage
• charge certificate
• chargé d’affaires
• charge sheet
• chargeable gain
• charges register
• charging clause
• charging order
• charitable trust
• charity
• Charity Commission
• Charity Tribunal
• charter
• Charter of Fundamental Rights
• charterparty
• chastisement
• chattel
• cheat
• check-off
• cheque
• cheque card
• Chicago School
• chief rent
• child
• child abduction
• child abuse
• child assessment order
• child being looked after by a local authority
• child destruction
• child employee
• child in care
• Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission
• child of the family
• child of unmarried parents
• Child Protection Conference
• child protection in divorce
• child safety order
• child support maintenance
• child tax credit
• child witness
• Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service
• children and young people’s plan
• children in care
• children in need
• Children’s Commissioner
• children’s guardian
• Chiltern Hundreds, stewardship of the
• chose
• Church of England
• CIF contract
• circuit administrator
• circuit judge
• circuit system
• circumstantial evidence
• citation
• citator
• citizen of the European Union
• citizen’s arrest
• citizenship of the UK and Colonies
• City Code on Takeovers and Mergers
• City of London
• civil court
• civil law
• civil liability contribution
• Civil List
• civil partnership
• Civil Procedure Rules
• civil protection
• civil remedy
• Civil Service
• civil wrong
• claim
• claim form
• claim of privilege
• claimant
• class gift
• class rights
• classical school of criminology
• classification of animals
• clause
• clean break
• clean hands
• clearance
• Clerk of the House
• Clerk of the Parliaments
• clerk to the justices
• client
• climate change levy
• clog or fetter on the equitable right to redeem
• cloning
• close
• close company
• close investment holding company
• close of pleadings
• closed-shop agreement
• closing order
• closure
• CLS
• club
• CMC
• co-imperium
• co-respondent
• Coase theorem
• coastal waters
• code
• Code for Crown Prosecutors
• code of practice
• codecision procedure
• codicil
• codifying statute
• a coelo usque ad centrum
• coercion
• cognates
• cohabitants
• collateral
• collateral advantage
• collateral benefits
• collateral contract
• collective agreement
• collective bargaining
• collective redundancy
• collective responsibility
• collective security
• collective trespass
• collision clause
• collusion
• colony
• colourable
• combat immunity
• comfort letter
• comitology
• comity
• Command Papers
• command responsibility
• commercial agent
• Commercial Court
• commission
• Commission for Local Administration in England
• Commission for Racial Equality
• Commission of the European Communities
• Commissioner
• commissioner for oaths
• committal for sentence
• committal in civil proceedings
• committal proceedings
• Committee of the Regions
• Committee of the whole House
• common
• Common Agricultural Policy
• common assault
• Common Budget
• common carrier
• common design
• common duty of care
• Common External Tariff
• Common Fisheries Policy
• common heritage of mankind principle
• common land
• common law
• common mistake
• common money bond
• Common Serjeant
• common-law marriage
• commonhold
• Commonwealth
• Commonwealth citizen
• commorientes
• community
• Community dimension
• community home
• community interest company
• Community law
• Community Legal Service
• Community legislation
• community of assets
• community order
• community patient
• community punishment order
• community rehabilitation order
• community sentence
• Community Trade Mark
• Community Treatment Order
• commutation
• commutative contract
• Companies Court
• Companies House
• company
• company meeting
• company member
• company name
• company secretary
• compellable witness
• compensation
• compensation culture
• competence
• competent patient
• competition law
• competitive tendering
• complainant
• complaint
• completely constituted trust
• completion
• compos mentis
• composition
• compound
• compound settlement
• compounding an offence
• compromis d’arbitrage
• compromise
• compulsory jurisdiction
• compulsory purchase
• compulsory winding-up
• computer documents
• computer misuse
• concealment
• concealment of securities
• concentration
• concert party
• conciliation
• conclusive evidence
• concurrent interests
• concurrent jurisdiction
• concurrent lease
• concurrent planning
• concurrent sentence
• concurrent tortfeasors
• condition
• condition precedent
• condition subsequent
• conditional admissibility
• conditional agreement
• conditional discharge
• conditional fee agreement
• conditional interest
• conditional sale agreement
• condominium
• condonation
• confederation
• conference
• confession
• confession and avoidance
• confidential communication
• confidential information
• confidentiality
• confiscation order
• conflict of laws
• confusion of goods
• conjugal rights
• connivance
• conquest
• consanguinity
• conscience clause
• consecutive sentences
• consensus ad idem
• consent
• conservation area
• consideration
• consistory court
• Consolidated Criminal Practice Direction
• Consolidated Fund
• consolidating statute
• consolidation of actions
• consolidation of mortgages
• consortium
• conspiracy
• constable
• constituency
• Constituency Members
• constitution
• constitutional conventions
• Constitutional Treaty of the European Union
• constitutive theory
• construction
• Construction Industry Scheme
• constructive
• constructive desertion
• constructive dismissal
• constructive fraud
• constructive notice
• constructive total loss
• constructive trust
• constructive trustee
• construe
• consul
• consumer
• consumer goods
• consumer protection
• consumer trade practice
• consumer-credit agreement
• consumer-credit business
• consumer-credit register
• consumer-hire agreement
• consumer-hire business
• consummation of a marriage
• contact
• contact order
• contemporanea expositio
• contempt of court
• contempt of Parliament
• contemptuous damages
• contentious business
• contentious probate business
• contiguous zone
• continental shelf
• contingency fee
• contingent interest
• contingent legacy
• continuous bail
• continuous employment
• contra bonos mores
• contra proferentum
• contraband
• contract
• contract of employment
• contract of exchange
• contract of record
• contract of sale
• contract of service
• contractual tenancy
• contribution
• contributory
• contributory negligence
• control orders
• controlled drugs
• controlled foreign company
• controlled tenancy
• controlled trust
• controller
• contumacy
• convention
• Convention right
• conventionality thesis
• conversion
• converted tenancy
• conveyance
• conveyancing
• Conveyancing, Steps in
• conviction
• cooperation procedure
• copyhold
• copyright
• coroner
• corporate personality
• corporate trustee
• corporate venturing scheme
• corporation
• corporation tax
• corporeal hereditament
• corpus delicti
• corroboration
• corrupt and illegal practices
• corruption
• corruption of public morals
• cost, insurance, freight
• costs
• costs draftsman
• costs in any event
• costs in the case
• costs officer
• costs reserved
• costs thrown away
• council housing
• Council of Europe
• Council of Legal Education
• Council of the European Union
• Council of the Inns of Court
• Council on Tribunals
• council tax
• councillor
• counsel
• Counsellors of State
• count
• counterclaim
• counterfeiting
• countermeasures
• counteroffer
• countertrade
• county
• county council
• county court
• course of employment
• court
• Court for Consideration of Crown Cases Reserved
• Court Martial
• Court of Appeal
• Court of Arches
• Court of Chancery
• Court of Chivalry
• Court of Common Pleas
• Court of Criminal Appeal
• Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved
• Court of Exchequer
• court of first instance
• Court of Justice of the European Communities
• court of last resort
• Court of Probate
• Court of Protection
• Court of Queen’s Bench
• court of record
• Court of Session
• court of summary jurisdiction
• court order
• covenant
• covenant running with the land
• covenant to repair
• coverture
• CPR
• CPS
• credit
• credit card
• credit limit
• credit sale agreement
• creditor
• creditors’ committee
• crime
• crimes against humanity
• crimes against peace
• Criminal Cases Review Commission
• criminal conviction certificate
• criminal court
• criminal damage
• Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme
• criminal injury
• criminal investigation in Revenue matters
• criminal libel
• Criminal Procedure Rules
• Criminal Records Bureau
• criminology
• critical criminology
• critical legal studies
• critical race theory
• cross-appeals
• cross-examination
• Crown
• Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations
• Crown Court
• Crown Court rules
• Crown privilege
• Crown proceedings
• Crown Prosecution Service
• Crown servant
• CRT
• cruelty
• crystallization
• CSA
• CTM
• CTO
• culpa tenet suos auctores
• cum testamento annexo
• cur. adv. vult
• curfew requirement
• curtain provisions
• custodian trustee
• custody
• custody time limit
• custom
• customary international law
• customer information order
• customs duty
• CVS
• cy-près doctrine
• cybercrime
• cycle track
• cyngor
• Daily Cause List
• damage
• damages
• damnum sine injuria esse potest
• dangerous animals
• dangerous driving
• dangerous machinery
• dangerous offender
• dangerous things
• data protection
• Data Protection Act 1998, The
• database
• dawn raid
• days of grace
• de bene esse
• de bonis asportatis
• de bonis non administratis
• de facto
• de facto carers
• de jure
• de lege ferenda
• de lege lata
• de minimis non curat lex
• de son tort
• dead letter
• death
• death penalty
• debenture
• debt
• debt adjusting
• debt collecting
• debtor
• debtor-creditor agreement
• debtor-creditor-supplier agreement
• deceit
• deception
• decisions of the EU
• declaration
• declaration against interest
• declaration concerning pedigree
• declaration concerning public or general rights
• declaration in course of duty
• declaration of incompatibility
• declaration of intention
• declaration of parentage
• declaration of trust
• declaratory judgment
• declaratory theory
• decompilation
• decree
• decree absolute
• decree nisi
• deductions
• deed
• deed of arrangement
• deed of covenant
• deed of family arrangement
• deed of gift
• deed of variation
• deed poll
• deemed
• deemed domicile
• deep seabed area
• defamation
• default
• default notice
• default summons
• defeasance
• defect
• defective equipment
• defective premises
• defective products
• defence
• defence statement
• defendant
• deferred debt
• deferred sentence
• deforcement
• defrauding
• degrading treatment or punishment
• del credere agent
• delegated legislation
• delegation
• delegatus non potest delegare
• delivery
• demanding with menaces
• demerger
• demise
• demise of the Crown
• demonstrative legacy
• demoted tenancy
• demur
• demurrage
• demutualization
• Department for Constitutional Affairs
• departure
• dependant
• dependants’ leave
• dependent relative revocation
• dependent state
• dependent territory
• deponent
• deportation
• depose
• deposit
• deposition
• deprave
• deputy
• derecognition
• deregulation
• derivative claim
• derivative deed
• derivative title
• derivative trust
• derogation
• desertion
• design right
• desuetude
• detention
• detention and training order
• detention for assessment
• detention for treatment
• determinable interest
• deterrence
• devastavit
• development
• development plan
• deviation
• devil
• devise
• devolution
• dictum
• digital signature
• dilapidation
• diminished responsibility
• diplomatic agent
• diplomatic immunity
• diplomatic mission
• direct evidence
• direct examination
• Direct Labour Organization
• direction to jury
• directives of the EU
• directly applicable law
• directly effective law
• director
• Director of Public Prosecutions
• Director of Service Prosecutions
• directors’ duties
• disability discrimination
• disability living allowance
• Disability Rights Commission
• disabled person
• disablement benefit
• disabling statute
• disbar
• disbursement
• discharge
• discharge of contract
• disclaimer
• disclosure
• disclosure and inspection of documents
• disclosure of information
• disclosure of interest
• discontinuance of action
• discontinuous lease
• discovery
• discovery and inspection of documents
• discretion
• discretionary trust
• discrimination
• disentailing deed
• disentailment
• dishonest assistance
• dishonesty
• dishonour
• dismissal
• dismissal of action
• dismissal procedures
• disorderly house
• disparagement of goods
• disposal
• disposal of uncollected goods
• disposition
• disqualification
• dissentiente
• dissolution
• distance selling
• distinguishing a case
• distortion of competition
• distrain
• distress
• distress for rent
• distressing letters
• distribution
• district
• district council
• district judge
• district judge (magistrates’ court)
• district probate registry
• district registry
• distringas
• disturbance
• dividend
• divisible contract
• division
• Divisional Court
• Divisions of the High Court
• divorce
• Divorce Registry
• DNA fingerprinting
• DNAR order
• Do Not Attempt Resuscitation order
• dock
• dock brief
• docket
• doctrine of double effect
• doctrine of incorporation
• document
• document of title to goods
• documentary evidence
• “dog-leg” claim
• dogs
• doli capax
• domain name
• domestic premises
• domestic tribunal
• domestic violence
• domicile
• dominant tenement
• donatio mortis causa
• double criminality
• double jeopardy
• double portions
• double probate
• double taxation relief
• DPP
• draft
• Drago doctrine
• driftway
• driver
• driving licence
• driving while disqualified
• driving while unfit
• driving without a licence
• driving without insurance
• driving-test order
• drug rehabilitation requirement
• drugs
• drunken driving
• drunkenness
• DSP
• dualism
• duality
• dubitante
• duces tecum
• due diligence
• dum casta vixerit
• dum sola
• dumping
• duplex querela
• duplicity
• durante absentia
• duress
• During Her (or His) Majesty’s pleasure
• “Dutch courage”
• duty
• duty of care
• duty solicitors
• duty to convert
• dying declaration
• e-conveyancing
• easement
• easement of necessity
• EBRD
• EC
• ecclesiastical courts
• ecclesiastical law
• ecolabel
• economic analysis of law
• economic duress
• economic loss
• Economic Social Council of the United Nations
• ECSC
• ECU
• education authorities
• education supervision order
• EEA
• EEC
• EEZ
• effective date of termination
• effective remedy
• effects doctrine
• EFTA
• eggshell skull rule
• ei qui affirmat ‘non ei qui negat, incumbit probatio
• EIS
• ejusdem generis
• Elder Brethren
• election
• election court
• election petition
• elective resolution
• elector
• Electoral Commission
• electricity
• electromagnetic compatibility
• electronic conveyancing
• electronic data interchange
• electronic signature
• electronic surveillance
• eleemosynary corporation
• embargo
• embassy
• embezzlement
• emblements
• embracery
• embryo selection
• emergency powers
• emergency protection order
• eminent domain
• emoluments
• empanel
• employee
• employees’ inventions
• employees’ share scheme
• employer
• employer and employee
• employer’s liability
• employers’ association
• Employment (Framework) Directive
• Employment Appeal Tribunal
• employment income
• employment tribunal
• EMS
• EMU
• EN
• en banc
• enabling statute
• enacting words
• enactment
• encroachment
• encumbrance
• endorsement
• endowment
• enforcement action
• enforcement notice
• enforcement of judgment
• enfranchise
• enfranchisement of tenancy
• engagement to marry
• engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child
• engross
• enlarge
• enrolment
• entailed interest
• enter
• entering judgment
• Enterprise Investment Scheme
• entire contract
• entrapment
• entrepreneurs’ relief
• entry into possession
• entry without warrant
• Environment Agency
• environmental degradation
• epitome of title
• Equal Opportunities Commission
• equal pay
• equal treatment
• Equal Treatment Directive
• Equality Act 2010
• Equality and Human Rights Commission
• equality clause
• equality duty
• equality is equity
• equality of arms
• equitable
• equitable assignment
• equitable charge
• equitable easement
• equitable estate
• equitable estoppel
• equitable execution
• equitable interests
• equitable lease
• equitable lien
• equitable mortgage
• equitable presumptions
• equitable remedies
• equitable right to redeem
• equitable rights
• equitable waste
• equity
• equity of redemption
• equity’s darling
• erga omnes obligations
• ERM
• error
• error of law on the face of the record
• escape
• escrow
• espionage
• espousal of claim
• essence of a contract
• estate
• estate agent
• estate contract
• estate for years
• estate owner
• estate pur (or per) autre vie
• estate rentcharge
• estate subsisting at law
• estoppel
• estovers
• Estrada doctrine
• estreat
• ethnic minority
• ETSI
• EU
• EU law
• Euratom
• euro
• Euro Norm
• European arrest warrant
• European Atomic Energy Community
• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• European Central Bank
• European Coal and Steel Community
• European Commission
• European Community
• European Community Treaty
• European company
• European Convention on Human Rights
• European Convention on State Immunity
• European Council
• European Court of Human Rights
• European Court of Justice
• European Currency Unit
• European Economic and Social Committee
• European Economic Area
• European Economic Community
• European Free Trade Association
• European Monetary System
• European Monetary Union
• European Parliament
• European Social Charter
• European Telecommunications Standards Institute
• European Union
• European Works Council
• eurotort
• euthanasia
• eviction
• evidence
• evidence in rebuttal
• evidence obtained illegally
• evidence of character
• evidence of disposition
• evidence of identity
• evidence of opinion
• evidence of user
• evidence-in-chief
• evidenced in writing
• evidential burden
• EWC
• ex aequo et bono
• ex debito justitiae
• ex gratia
• ex nudo pacto non oritur actio
• ex officio
• ex officio magistrate
• ex parte
• ex post facto
• ex proprio motu
• ex turpi causa non oritur actio
• examination
• examination-in-chief
• examined copy
• examining justice
• excepted perils
• exchange of contracts
• exchange of medical reports
• Exchange Rate Mechanism
• Exchequer
• excise duty
• excluded material
• exclusion and restriction of contractual liability
• exclusion and restriction of negligence liability
• exclusion requirement
• exclusionary rules
• exclusive economic zone
• exclusive jurisdiction
• excusable homicide
• excuse
• executed
• executed trust
• execution
• execution against goods
• execution of will
• executive agency
• executor
• executor de son tort
• executor’s oath
• executor’s year
• executory
• executory interest
• executory trust
• exemplary damages
• exempt supply
• exemption clause
• exequatur
• exhaustion of local remedies
• exhaustion of rights
• exhibit
• exordium
• expatriation
• expectant heir
• expert opinion
• Expiring Laws Continuance Acts
• explosive
• export bans
• express term
• express trust
• expressio unius est exclusio alterius
• expropriation
• expulsion
• extended sentence
• extinguishment
• extortion
• extradition
• extradition treaty
• extrajudicial divorce
• extraordinary general meeting
• extraordinary means
• extraordinary rendition
• extraterritoriality
• extrinsic evidence
• fact
• factor
• factum
• failure to maintain
• failure to make disclosure
• fair comment
• fair dismissal
• fair rent
• fair trial
• fair wear and tear
• fairway
• falsa demonstratio non nocet
• false accounting
• false imprisonment
• false plea
• false pretence
• false statement
• false trade description
• falsification of accounts
• familial sexual offences
• family
• family assets
• family assistance order
• Family Division
• Family Justice Council
• family life
• family name
• family proceedings
• family provision
• farm business tenancy
• farming
• fast track
• fatal accidents
• federal state
• fee
• fee farm rent
• fee simple absolute in possession
• fee tail
• felony
• female genital mutilation
• feme covert
• feme sole
• feminist legal theory
• ferry
• feudal system
• FGM
• fi. fa.
• fiction
• fiduciary
• fieri facias
• fieri feci
• filing
• final act
• final judgment
• Finance Bill
• financial assistance
• financial provision order
• financial relief
• Financial Reporting Standards
• Financial Services Authority
• financial year
• fine
• fire damage
• firearm
• first offender
• fiscal year
• fishery
• fishery limits
• fit for habitation
• fitness for purpose
• fixed charge
• fixed penalty notice
• fixed term
• fixed trust
• fixed-date summons
• fixed-sum credit
• fixture
• flag of convenience
• flag state jurisdiction
• flagrante delicto
• flexible working
• flexicurity
• floating charge
• flotation
• FOB contract
• following trust property
• football hooliganism
• footpath
• footway
• forbearance
• force
• force majeure
• forced heirship
• forced marriage
• forcible entry
• foreclose down
• foreclosure
• foreign agreement
• foreign bill
• foreign company
• foreign enlistment
• foreign judgments
• foreign law
• foresight
• forfeiture
• forgery
• formal validity of a will
• forum
• forum non conveniens
• forum prorogatum
• forum rei
• forum shopping
• foster child
• foster parent
• four unities
• franchise
• fraud
• fraud on a power
• fraud on the minority
• fraudulent conveyance
• fraudulent misrepresentation
• fraudulent trading
• free elections
• free from average
• free movement
• Free On Board
• freeboard
• freedom from encumbrance
• freedom of association
• freedom of expression
• freedom of testation
• freedom of thought, conscience, and religion
• freehold
• freeing for adoption
• freezing injunction
• freight
• frolic of his own
• FRSs
• frustration of contract
• FSA
• fugitive offender
• full age
• full powers
• full representation
• fully mutual housing association
• functus officio
• fundamental breach
• funeral expenses
• furnished holiday accommodation
• furnished tenancy
• futile
• future goods
• future interest
• future lease
• game
• gaming
• gaming contract
• gaming duty
• garden leave clause
• garnishee order
• GATT
• Gazette
• gazump
• GBH
• gender reassignment
• Gender Recognition Panel
• general act
• general agent
• General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
• general and special damages
• General Assembly
• general average
• General Council of the Bar of England and Wales
• general defences
• general equitable charge
• general improvement area
• general issue
• general legacy
• general lien
• general meeting
• general participation clause
• general power
• general power of investment
• general principles of law
• general safety requirement
• general verdict
• general warrant
• general words
• genetic fingerprinting
• Geneva Conventions
• genocide
• genuine commercial reasons
• ghet
• gift
• gift aid
• gift over
• gift with reservation
• Gillick-competence
• gipsy
• glebe
• GLO
• glue sniffing
• going public
• golden handshake
• golden hello
• golden rule
• golden share
• good behaviour
• good consideration
• good faith
• good leasehold title
• good offices
• goods
• goodwill
• government circulars
• government department
• government-in-exile
• Grand Committees
• grant
• grant for the use and benefit
• grant of representation
• grants in aid
• gravamen
• grave hardship
• Gray’s Inn
• Greater London
• Greater London Authority
• green form
• green paper
• grievous bodily harm
• gross
• gross indecency
• gross negligence
• ground rent
• group
• group accounts
• group litigation
• group relief
• Guantanamo Bay
• guarantee
• guarantee company
• guarantee payment
• guard dog
• guardian
• guardian ad litem
• guardianship order
• guillotine
• guilty
• guilty knowledge
• guilty mind
• gunboat diplomacy
• gypsy
• habeas corpus
• habendum
• habitual residence
• hacking
• Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
• Hague Conventions
• Hague Rules
• half a year
• half blood
• half-pay
• half-secret trust
• Hamburg Rules
• handguns
• handling stolen goods
• Hansard
• harassment
• harassment of debtors
• harassment of occupier
• harbouring
• hard law
• harmonization of laws
• hay bote
• hazardous waste
• headings
• Health and Safety Executive
• health records
• Health Service Commissioners
• Healthcare Commission
• hearing
• Hearing Officer
• hearsay evidence
• hedgerow
• hedonic damages
• heir
• heir apparent
• heir presumptive
• heirloom
• heirs of the body
• Helms-Burton Act
• help at court
• Her Majesty’s Stationery Office
• hereditament
• heritage property
• HHSRS
• high contracting parties
• High Court Enforcement Officer
• High Court of Justice
• high hedges
• high seas
• highway
• hijacking
• hire
• hire purchase
• historic buildings
• HM Procurator General
• HM Revenue and Customs
• HMOs
• HMSO
• holder
• holding company
• holding out
• holding over
• holdover relief
• holiday pay
• holograph
• home information pack
• home rights
• Home Secretary
• home-loss payment
• homeless person
• Homes and Communities Agency
• homicide
• homosexual conduct
• honorarium
• honour clause
• horizontal agreements
• hospital order
• hostage
• hostile witness
• hot pursuit, right of
• hotchpot
• house bote
• House of Commons
• House of Commons Commission
• House of Lords
• House of Lords Appointments Commission
• housebreaking
• houses in multiple occupation
• housing action area
• housing action trust
• housing association
• housing association tenancy
• housing benefit
• Housing Corporation
• Housing for Wales
• housing health and safety rating system
• housing subsidy
• housing trust
• human assisted reproduction
• Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority
• human rights
• Human Rights Act
• Human Tissue Authority
• humanitarian intervention
• hybrid Bill
• hybrid power
• hypothecation
• ICC
• identity
• ignorance of the law
• ignorantia juris non excusat
• ignoring traffic signals
• IHT
• ILC
• illegal contract
• illegal practices
• illegal trust
• illegitimacy
• illusory appointment
• illusory trust
• IMCA
• immigration
• Immigration Appeal Tribunal
• immoral contract
• immovables
• immunity
• impeachable waste
• impeding apprehension or prosecution
• imperfect gift
• imperfect trust
• impersonation
• implementation
• implied condition
• implied contract
• implied malice
• implied term
• implied trust
• impossibility
• impossibility of performance
• impotence
• imprisonment
• improvement
• improvement notice
• imputability
• imputation
• imputation of unchastity
• imputation of unfitness or incompetence
• imputed notice
• in bonis
• in camera
• in gross
• in limine
• in loco parentis
• in pari delicto, porior est conditio possidentis
• in pari materia
• in personam
• in re
• in rem
• in rixa
• in specie
• in terrorem
• in vitro fertilization
• inadmissible reason
• inalienability
• incapacity
• incapacity benefit
• incest
• Inchmaree clause
• inchoate
• incitement
• incitement to racial hatred
• income support
• income tax
• incompetence
• incompetent patient
• inconsiderate driving
• incorporation
• incorporation by reference
• incorporeal hereditament
• Incoterm
• incriminate
• incumbrance
• indecency
• indecent assault
• indecent exposure
• indefeasible
• indemnity
• indemnity basis
• indenture
• independent contractor
• Independent Housing Ombudsman
• Independent Mental Capacity Advocate
• Independent Police Complaints Commission
• independent trade union
• index maps
• indexation allowance
• indictable offence
• indictment
• indigenous peoples
• indirect discrimination
• indirect evidence
• Individual Savings Account
• indivisible contract
• indorsement
• inducement
• inducing breach of contract
• industrial building
• industrial democracy
• industrial dispute
• industrial injuries disablement benefit
• industrial tribunal
• inevitable accident
• infant
• infanticide
• inferior court
• informal patient
• information
• Information and Consultation Directive
• informed consent
• informer
• inherent vice
• inheritance
• inheritance tax
• inhibition
• inhuman treatment or punishment
• injunction
• injuria absque damno
• injurious falsehood
• injury
• injury to aliens
• inland bill
• Inner Temple
• innocent dissemination
• innocent misrepresentation
• innocent passage
• innominate terms
• Inns of Chancery
• Inns of Court
• Inns of Court and Bar Educational Trust
• innuendo
• input tax
• inquest
• inquiry
• inquiry panels
• inquisition
• inquisitorial procedure
• insanity
• insider dealing
• insolvency practitioner
• inspection by judge
• inspection of documents
• inspection of property
• instant committal
• institutional constructive trust
• instrument
• insufficient evidence
• insulting behaviour
• insurable interest
• insurance
• insurance broker
• insurance company
• insurance policy
• insurance premium tax
• insurgency
• intangible property
• intellectual property
• intention
• intention of testator
• intention to create legal relations
• inter alia
• inter partes
• inter vivos
• interest
• interest in expectancy
• interest in possession
• interested party
• interfering with contractual relations
• interfering with trade or business
• interfering with vehicles
• interfering with witnesses
• interim
• interim appeal
• interim injunction
• interim judgment
• interim measures
• interim payment
• interim proceedings
• interim relief
• interim rent
• interlineation
• interlocutory
• intermediary
• intermediate terms
• internal waters
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• international carriage
• International Court of Justice
• International Criminal Court
• International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
• International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
• international law
• International Law Commission
• international legal personality
• international minimum standard
• International Seabed Authority
• international supply contract
• interpleader
• interpretation
• Interpretation Act
• interpretation clause
• interpretation of statutes
• interpretation of wills
• Interpretation, Rules and Principles of Statutory
• interpretive theory of law
• interregnum
• interrogation
• interrogatory
• interstate trade
• intertemporal law
• intervention
• intestacy
• intimidation
• intoxicating liquor
• intoxication
• intra vires
• introductory tenancy
• invalid care allowance
• inventory
• investigation of a company
• investigative help
• investment company
• invitation to treat
• invitee
• involuntary conduct
• involuntary manslaughter
• ipsi dixit
• ipso jure
• irrationality
• irrebuttable presumption
• irresistible impulse
• irretrievable breakdown
• irrevocable
• ISA
• Islamic finance
• isonomy
• issue
• issue estoppel
• issued capital