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Legal Terminology
A motion^ moved^ by^ a member^ in^ a^ legislature^ when^ it is^
desired
to draw^ the^ attention^ of^ the^ executive^ to^ a^ matter^ of^ urgent
publicimportance^ or^ interest.
Adjournment
Motion
Adult (^) Suffrage Is^ the^ right of^ voting^ in^ political^ elections^ granted^ to^ every^ adult
person male^ or^ female^ without distinction^ of^ caste,^ creed, colour, holding of any property or qualification, etc. The plea that the person charged with a crime was somewhere
else when the crime was committed.
Alibi
To encourage someone to commit a crime
This law is a in abeyance.
To end.
To state^ that^ you^ will tell^ the^ truth,^ but^ without^ swearing^ an
Abet
Abeyance
Abrogate
Affirm
oath.
Public fight, which frightens other people
Often for^ political crimes,^ given^ to^ several^ people^ at^ a^ same
Affray
Amnesty
time.
Absence of law and order, because the government has lost control or because there is no government.
Which has taken^ place earlier^ or^ before.
Person who appeals or who goes to a higher court to ask it to change a^ decision^ or^ a^ sentence^ imposed^ by^ a^ lower^ court. To share out in proportion.
Legal transfer of a property or of a right.
Holding a^ debtor's^ property^ to^ prevent^ it^ from^ being^ sold^ until
debts are paid
To (^) sing in^ the^ presence of^ a^ witness^ who^ also^ sings^ as^ evidence
thatthe signature is real.
To transfer
Anarchy
Ante Appellant
Apportion
Assignment
Attachment
Attest
Attorn
Autopsy
Examination of a dead person to see what was the cause of
death. To make a statement or an allegation in pleadings
Decision, which settles a dispute.
Having or^ consisting^ of^ two^ legislative^ chambers
Are special rules^ and^ regulations made^ by^ any^ company^ or
corporation for^ carrying^ on^ its^ affairs,^ but^ they^ must^ neither
contrivance the powers conferred by the Parliament nor the laws
ofthe land.
Aver Award Bicameral Bye Laws
Bail
Releasing an^ arrested person from
been (^) made (^) to (^) a (^) court (^) as custody after^ payment has
face trial. guarantee^ that^ the^ person will^ return^ to
Bailment Transfer of
goods by someone (the bailor) to someone
bailee) (^) who (^) then (^) holds (the
them until they have to be returned to the
bailor (^) (as (^) when (^) leaving a (^) coat in (^) a cloakroom (^) or at (^) the GB (^) person (^) employed (^) by the (^) court, whose cleaner's) that (^) documents are (^) served. responsibility^ is^ to^ see
Who has been declared
by a^ court^ not (^) to (^) be (^) capable of his (^) debts (^) and (^) whose affairs (^) are paying
Person who is put^ into^ the^ hands^ of a^ trustee.
left property in a
Which has two will
chambers (^) or (^) houses Notifiable (^) offence (^) of (^) going through a^ ceremony of (^) marriage to
someone when you are still marriage to someone
The (^) crime (^) of else.
ridiculing or^ denying God or a religion in a
scandalous way.
Good (^) faith (^) or (^) in (^) good faith.
Town, which has been
incorporated, (^) borough council = representatives (^) elected to^ run a (^) borough Center (^) where a (^) young offender (^) was sent (^) for (^) training if (^) he (^) had committed (^) a (^) crime, which (^) would normally be^ punishable (^) by a
prison sentence.
Middle class or referring to the class of
businessmen and
professional people Failure to (^) carry out (^) the (^) terms of an (^) agreement
Test where a person's breath is
sampled to^ establish (^) the (^) amount
of alcohol he has drunk
Details of a client's case
prepared by his^ solicitor and given to
the (^) barrister (^) who is (^) going to (^) argue (^) the (^) case in (^) court
Bailiff
Bankrupt
Beneficiary
Bicameral
Bigamy
Blasphemy
Bona fides
Borough
Borstal
Bourgeois
Breach Breath test
Brief
Burden (^) of (^) Proof (^) Duty to prove that^ something which (^) has (^) been
alleged in^ court^ is
True.
Censure Motion Means a
motion (^) of (^) no-confidence in (^) a (^) government or a power. group^ of The (^) exclusive (^) right (^) of an author^ in^ his^ literary or (^) artistic (^) work,.
It is vested in the author for a
period of^ sixty years.
A court of military or naval officers to
try persons for breach of
military (^) discipline (^) according (^) to (^) military (^) law. Warning.
Let the^ buyer beware
Copy right
Court martial
Caveat
Caveat emptor
Delinquency The^ act^ of^ committing crime, usually minor crime
Leader who is able to get the support of the people by exciting
their (^) feelings (^) and (^) prejudices
Person who makes a statement under oath or by affidavit.
To state under oath
Demagogue
Deponent
Depose
Detinue (^) Tort of wrongfully holding goods which belong to someone else.
Dictum
Digest
Saying or statement made by a judge Book which collects summaries of court decisions together, used for (^) reference (^) purposes by (^) lawyers Ending of a contract by performing all the conditions of the contract.
To refuse to pay a cheque
Discharge
Dishonor Earnest Money paid as a down payment to show one's serious intention toproceed with a contract
Right which someone has to use land belonging to someone
else, such as for a path
To use illegally.
Someone who is appointed by a person making his will who will seethatthe terms of the will are carried out. To remove
Easement
Embezzle
Executor
Expunge
Extort
Extradite
To get money or promises or a confession from someone.
To bring an arrested person from another country to your
country because he is wanted for trial for a crime which he
committed in^ your country
Acting as trustee for someone else or being in a possible of trust.
Absolute right to hold land.
The (^) willful (^) extermination of a (^) minority or (^) a (^) religious community or race by mass killing or by passing repressive
Fiduciary Freehold Genocide
measures.
Free or with no money being offered.
System of buying something by paying a sum regularly each
month until you own it completely.
Document (^) written by hand (^) holograph will. Killing of a person
Bargaining between political parties or politicians or members
of a committee to obtain a general agreement for
something
Gratuitous
Hire purchase
Holograph Homicide Horse-trading
House of (^) lords (^) Upper House of (^) the (^) British (^) Parliament (^) made up of^ hereditary lords,life peers, leading judges and bishops. House Judicial
Larceny Launder
Crime (^) of (^) stealing (^) goods which (^) belong to
To transfer another^ person.
illegal or^ stolen^ money into^ an ordinary bank
account, usually by a complex process to avoid detection
Written (^) and (^) published or (^) broadcast (^) statement which (^) damages Someone's character Legal right to hold someone's goods and keep them until a debt has been paid Insteadof Exclusion of employees by their employer from their place of work (^) until certain (^) terms are (^) agreed to We command
Libel
Lien
Licu
Lockout
Mandamus
Magna Carta (^) The great Charter of England, granted by King John is called
Magna Carta. "It provides that" no man, shall be taken or
imprisoned nor will he pass upon him or condemn him but by lawfuljudgment.
Murder of one's mother.
Legal case to be discussed on its own, to establish a precedent. Person who brings an action on behalf of a minor Lawyer who has the authority to witness and draw up certain documents, and so make them official Transaction in which a new contract is agreed by all parties to replace an existing contract.
An official who investigates complaints by the public against
government departments.
Making false statement on oath
One who acts for another Money which a court orders a man to pay regularly to a woman with whom (^) he (^) has been (^) living and (^) from (^) whom he has (^) separated.
To steal small objects or small amounts of money
Copying the text of a work created by someone else and passing
it off as (^) your (^) own.
Person who starts an action against someone in the civil courts
Matricide Moot case Next friend
Notary public
Novation
Ombudsman
Perjury Proxy Palimony
Pilfer Plagiarism
Plaintiff
Plea bargaining Arrangement where the accused pleads guilty to some
charges and (^) the (^) prosecutions (^) drop other (^) charges.
System allowing different political
Lie detector, a machine, which tells if a person is
lying by recording physiological changes which take place while the person is being interviewed.
Official power which gives someone the right to act on
Pluralismn
Polygraph
Power of
hatred or
contempt and encourage civil
A (^) writ (^) ot a (^) court disorder
specified time^ andcommanding the^ attendance^ of^ a^ witness al a
One atter the place
other in order
smnons
Means a general
clection, which is called for
happens is^ a democratic regime when a suddenly. This
government finds it difficult to duly^ installed^ majority
deal (^) with (^) an
situation and wants the electorate to extraordinary
programmes and policies. give^ a^ fresh^ verdict^ on^ its
A snap poll means a
sudden (^) election to (^) a
short notice before the expiry of its legislature held at a
full term. A midterm
also means the same thing, even if an poll
months after the middle election^ is^ ordered many
of a legislature's usual
But it was the surprise dissolution of the five-year span.
the (^) election (^) ordered Lok^ Sabha^ in (^1971) and
soon afterwards that has
currency to the given^ wide
expression "Snap Poll"
Established written law,
especially an Act of Parliament
Snap icneral Heetion
Snap Poll
Statute
Splinter Group Quite often parties have within them
referred to certain^ group, which^ can^ be
as splinter groups.
differ from They^ are^ groups^ of^ people^ who
the main body in their
When approach^ views^ or^ strategy.
asking questions members of Parliament
either oral or written may^ ask^ for
answers. Questions to which oral answers
are required are marked with an
asterisk, and^ are^ known as
Starred Question.Questions requiring
written replies are
Unstarred Questions.
Court order requiring someone to
appear in court
Legal principle whereby someone stands in the place or another
person and acquires that person's right and is responsible for
that person's liabilities.
To make someone to court or to start legal
proceedings against
Stared and Unstarred
Questions
Subpoena
Subrogation
Sue
Someone to get compensation for a wrong.
Civil legal proccedings or lawsuit
To call someone to come
Civil wrong done by one person to another and entitling the
victim to claim damages.
A modifiable offence, the crime of betraying one' s country,
usually by helping the enemy in time of war.
Written legal agreement between countries
Cheque which may beexchanged for cash anywhere
Suit
Summon
Tort
Ireason
Treaty
Uncrossed
heque nliquidated amages
Damages, which (^) are (^) not (^) for (^) a (^) fixed awarded (^) by a (^) court (^) as (^) a amount^ of (^) money but (^) are
Ban or rder matter^ of^ discretion.
not (^) to (^) allow has (^) been (^) passed something to^ become (^) law, (^) even if it
by a^ Parliament
Reverse position.
Annoying, done in order to
Usually, Vote^ on annoy. account is (^) taken (^) for a (^) sum Sixth (^) of (^) the (^) expenditure for (^) the (^) entire equivalent to (^) one for (^) grants. S (^) a year^ in^ respect of (^) demands convention, it^ is^ passed (^) by the (^) Lok (^) Sabha (^) without
any discussion.
It implies that the
is (^) not legislature^ feels^ that^ the^ Council^ of^ Ministers
working properly and deserves to be removed from
It (^) has (^) lost the (^) confidence of (^) the office. passed, legislature.^ If^ such^ a^ proposal^ is the Council^ of^ Ministers (^) resigns
Having only one^ House in a law making
A body.
legal document, issued by a competent authority to
power of^ arrest^ and^ give
detention (^) before (^) trial, seizure (^) of (^) property or
search of houses and buildings.
A written command by the High Court or the
Supreme Court
directing the^ State^ or^ the^ court to (^) act (^) or (^) abstain (^) from (^) acting in
cto
IcC versa exatious ote on account
Vote of no- confidence
Unicameral Warrant
Writ
Some way Waiver (^) Voluntarily giving (^) up or
removing the conditions.
Warrant Official (^) document (^) from a (^) court, which (^) allows (^) someone to doo
something.
White Collar Crimes committed by business people or office workers.
Crime
Witness Person who sees something happen or who is present when
something happens Legal document, which begins as action in the High court. An important party official, entrusted with the responsibility of organizing declined voting according to the party directions and
ensuring attendance of the party members on a specific
Writ Whip
OCcasion. White Paper (^) A detailed (^) policy statement issued (^) by a (^) govemment with (^) regard to a mater of (^) considerable public importance.
It is an improvement over the traditional budgeting and not a
substitute of it. It examines critically regularly and
systematicallythe assumptions of the traditional budget. The
Zero-based Budgeting
