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Legal Glossary
Lawyers use confusing jargon to protect their fees. We translate it into simple English so you can protect your rights.
A
- Abandonment of Property→
- Acceptance→
- Acquisition→
- Acquittal→
- ADA→
- ADA Accommodation→
- Administrator→
- Adoption→
- Advance Directive→
- Adverse Possession→
- Affidavit→
- Alimony→
- Annulment→
- Antitrust→
- Apostille→
- Appeal→
- Appellant→
- Appellee→
- Appraisal→
- Arbitration→
- Arbitration Clause→
- Articles of Incorporation→
- As Is→
- Assault→
- Assessment→
- Assumption of Risk→
- At-Will Employment→
- Attractive Nuisance→
- Automatic Renewal→
B
C
- C Corporation→
- Capital Gains→
- Causation→
- Caveat Emptor→
- Cease and Desist→
- Chapter 11→
- Chapter 13→
- Chapter 7→
- Chargeback→
- Child Abuse→
- Child Custody→
- Child Support→
- Class Action→
- Closing Costs→
- Codicil→
- Collateral→
- Collective Bargaining→
- Community Property→
- Comparative Negligence→
- Compensatory Damages→
- Conservatorship→
- Consideration→
- Constructive Discharge→
- Constructive Dismissal→
- Constructive Eviction→
- Constructive Notice→
- Consumer Fraud→
- Contempt of Court→
- Contingency Fee→
- Contract→
- Contributory Negligence→
- Conversion→
- Conviction→
- Cooling-Off Rule→
- Copyright→
- Covenant→
- Covenant of Quiet Enjoyment→
- Credit Dispute→
- Credit Score→
- Creditor→
- Cruel and Unusual Punishment→
D
- Damages→
- Debt Collection→
- Debt Validation→
- Debtor→
- Deceptive Trade Practices→
- Declaratory Judgment→
- Deed→
- Defamation→
- Defamation Per Se→
- Default→
- Default Judgment→
- Defendant→
- Demand Letter→
- Deposition→
- Discovery→
- Discrimination→
- Disparate Impact→
- Disparate Treatment→
- Dividend→
- Divorce→
- Domestic Violence→
- Double Jeopardy→
- Due Diligence→
- Due Process→
- Duty of Care→
E
F
- Fair Credit Reporting Act→
- Fair Debt Collection Practices Act→
- Fair Housing Act→
- Fair Use→
- False Imprisonment→
- Fiduciary→
- Fiduciary Duty→
- Fifth Amendment→
- First Amendment→
- Flat Fee→
- FLSA→
- FMLA→
- FMLA Leave→
- Force Majeure→
- Foreclosure→
- Foster Care→
- Fourth Amendment→
- Franchise→
- Fraud→
- Freedom of Religion→
- Freedom of Speech→
H
I
L
M
N
P
- Pain and Suffering→
- Partnership→
- Patent→
- Paternity→
- Payday Loan→
- Perjury→
- Petit Jury→
- Phishing→
- Physical Custody→
- Piercing the Corporate Veil→
- Plaintiff→
- Ponzi Scheme→
- Postnuptial Agreement→
- Power of Attorney→
- Precedent→
- Predatory Lending→
- Premises Liability→
- Prenuptial Agreement→
- Pro Bono→
- Pro Se→
- Probable Cause→
- Probate→
- Product Liability→
- Promissory Estoppel→
- Protected Activity→
- Protection Order→
- Proximate Cause→
- Public Domain→
- Punitive Damages→
- Pyramid Scheme→
R
S
- S Corporation→
- Search and Seizure→
- Second Amendment→
- Security Deposit→
- Security Deposit Return→
- Settlement→
- Settlor→
- Severance→
- Severance Agreement→
- Severance Pay→
- Sexual Harassment→
- Shareholder Agreement→
- Short Sale→
- Slander→
- Slip and Fall→
- Small Claims Court→
- Sole Custody→
- Sole Proprietorship→
- Specific Performance→
- Spousal Support→
- Squatter→
- Standing→
- Stare Decisis→
- Statute of Frauds→
- Statute of Limitations→
- Stock Options→
- Strict Liability→
- Strike→
- Sublease→
- Subletting→
- Subpoena→
- Summary Judgment→
- Summons→
- Supreme Court→