Legal Terms tagged with 'Legal Standard'
- A Fortiori
- Abandon
- Abandonment
- Abandonment of Child
- Abandonment Spouse
- Abdicate
- Abduction
- Abet
- Abettor
- Abeyance
- Ability to Perform
- Ability to Repay
- Ability to Stand Trial
- Ability to Support
- Able-Bodied
- Abortive Trial
- Abrogation
- Abscond
- Absolute Conveyance
- Absolute Divorce
- Absolute Pardon
- Absolute Title
- Absolute Warranty
- Abuse of Power
- Abuse of Process
- Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
- Accessory After the Fact
- Accessory Before the Fact
- Accessory to a Crime
- Accord and Satisfaction
- Accused
- Actionable Fraud
- Actionable Negligence
- Actori Incumbit Onus Proband
- Actual Damages
- Actual Eviction
- Actual Violence
- Adversary Proceeding (AP)
- Bankruptcy Objection
- Claim
- Default
- Equity
- Exclusivity
- Insider
- Insolvency
- Judge
- Lien
- Non-Consumer Bankruptcy
- Non-Exempt Asset
- Voluntary Bankruptcy
- Voluntary Transfer
- Battery
- Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
- Case Law
- Circumstantial Evidence
- Conviction
- Corroborating Evidence
- Direct Evidence
- Discovery
- Dismissal Without Prejudice
- Evidence
- Hearsay
- Immunity
- Leading Question
- Manslaughter
- Murder
- No Bill
- Objection
- Peremptory Challenge
- Perjury
- Plea
- Plea Bargain
- Procedural Due Process
- Testimony
- Warrant
- Witness
- Ancillary Relief
- Child Custody
- Cohabitation
- Collaborative Divorce
- Community Property
- Constructive Abandonment
- Earning Capacity
- Grounds for Divorce
- Legal Custody
- No-Fault Divorce
- Physical Custody
- Administrative Per Se Laws
- Dram Shop Liability
- Driving While Impaired (DWI)
- Enhancements
- Expungement
- Implied Consent
- Legal Limit
- Probable Cause
- Vehicular Manslaughter
- Zero Tolerance
- Assumption of Risk
- Bad Faith
- Breach of Contract
- Burden of Proof
- Causation
- Clear and Convincing Evidence
- Comparative Negligence
- Contributory Negligence
- Duty
- Gross Negligence
- Premise Liability
- Preponderance of Evidence
- Slander
- Standard of Care
- Verdict
- Voir Dire
- Full Retirement Age
- Abstention Doctrine
- Actual Cause
- Actus Reus
- Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Adjourn
- Adjudicate
- Adjudication
- Admissible Evidence
- Admission Against Interest
- Adverse Possession
- Affirmative Defense
- Agent
- Aggravated Assault
- Aggravated Battery
- Aggravating Factor
- Aid and Abet
- Alford Plea
- Alienation of Affections
- Allen Charge
- Allocution
- Amicus Curiae
- Amount in Controversy
- Ancillary Jurisdiction
- Appellate Jurisdiction
- Arson
- Articles of Impeachment
- Associate Justice
- Attorney General
- Attorney-In-Fact
- Attorney Work Product
- Attorney Work Product Privilege
- Attorney's Lien
- Badgering the Witness
- Bailee
- Bailiff
- Balancing Test
- Best Evidence Rule
- Best Interests of the Child
- Bilateral Contract
- Black Letter Law
- Blanket Search Warrant
- Brady Rule
- Breach of Promise
- Breach of Trust
- Breaking and Entering
- Bribery
- Bright-Line Rule
- Burden
- Burden of Persuasion
- Burden of Production
- Burglary
- But-For Cause
- Capacity
- Capital Case
- Capital Offense
- Cash Value
- Cause
- Certiorari
- Chain of Title
- Character Evidence
- Chattel
- Citizen's Arrest
- Civil
- Civil Action
- Civil Code
- Clean Hands Doctrine
- Close Corporation
- Closing Argument
- Cloud on Title
- Codification
- Common Law Marriage
- Commutation
- Competence
- Compulsory License
- Concealed Weapon
- Conclusion of Fact
- Confession
- Conflict of Interest
- Conflict of Laws
- Confusing Similarity
- Consent
- Consent Divorce
- Conservatorship
- Constitution
- Constitutional Amendment
- Constitutional Law
- Constitutional Rights
- Constructive Contract
- Constructive Eviction
- Constructive Possession
- Contempt
- Contempt of Court
- Contempt of Court, Civil
- Criminal Contempt of Court
- Direct Contempt of Court
- Contest
- Contingency
- Continuance
- Contract
- Contractual Lien
- Controlled Substance
- Convict
- Reasonable Suspicion
- Copyright
- Copyright and Patent Power
- Copyright Notice
- Corporation
- Corpus Delicti
- Corpus Juris
- Counterclaim
- Counteroffer
- Court Reporter
- Crime
- Crime Against Humanity
- Crime Against Nature
- Crime of Passion
- Criminal
- Criminal Intent
- Cross Claim
- Cruel and Unusual Punishment
- CSI Effect
- Culpability
- Custodial Interrogation
- Custody
- Legal Damages
- Dangerous Weapon
- Date Rape
- Daubert Standard
- De Jure
- De Minimis
- Dead Man's Statute
- Deadly Force
- Deadly Weapon
- Death Penalty
- Decedent
- Deceit
- Declaration Against Interest
- Declaratory Judgment
- Declaratory Relief
- Decriminalization
- Default Divorce
- Default Judgment
- Defense
- Demurrer
- Derivative
- Diminished Capacity
- Direct Examination
- Disclaim
- Disclaimer
- Disclosure
- Disinheritance
- Dismissal
- Disorderly Conduct
- Disparate Treatment
- Dissenting Opinion
- Distress
- Diversity of Citizenship
- Doctor-Patient Privilege
- Documentary Evidence
- Doing Business As (DBA)
- Domestic Partners
- Double Jeopardy
- Down Payment
- Due Diligence
- Durable Power of Attorney for Finances
- Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
- Duress
- Duty of Good Faith
- Duty of Loyalty
- Duty to Mitigate
- Duty to Repair
- Dying Declaration
- Earwitness
- Eavesdropping
- Comparative Fault
- Subrogation
- Elements (of a case)
- Elements (of a crime)
- Embezzlement
- Emotional Distress
- Eyewitness
- Extreme Cruelty
- Extradition
- Defamation
- Extenuating Circumstances
- Express Warranty
- Express Notice
- Express Contract
- Expert Testimony
- Expectation of Privacy
- Exigent Circumstances
- Exhibit
- Exempt Employee
- Executory
- Executive Order
- Executive Clemency
- Excusable Neglect
- Exculpatory Evidence
- Exclusionary Rule
- Excise Tax
- Ex Rel.
- Ex Post Facto
- Ex Parte Divorce
- Evidentiary Fact
- Evidentiary
- Ethics
- Et Al.
- Estoppel By Silence
- Estoppel By Deed
- Estoppel
- Estate Tax Threshold
- Espionage
- Escape Clause
- Equitable Relief
- Equitable
- Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)
- Equal Protection
- Equal Pay Act
- Entrapment
- Entity
- Face Value
- Fact
- Fact Finder
- Failure to State a Claim
- Fair Credit Billing Act (FCBA)
- Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA)
- Fair Use
- False Advertising
- False Imprisonment
- Family
- Family Allowance
- Federal
- Federal Question
- Federal Question Jurisdiction
- Federal Sentencing Guidelines
- Federal Tort Claims Act
- Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA)
- Fee
- Felonious
- Fiduciary Duty
- Fiduciary Relationship
- Final Beneficiary
- Final Settlement
- Financial Guardian
- First Degree Murder
- Floating Lien
- Forced Sale
- Forcible Entry
- Foreclosure Sale
- Full Faith and Credit
- Frye Standard
- Friendly Witness
- Friendly Suit
- Free Exercise Clause
- Fraudulent Conveyance
- Fraudulent Concealment
- Fraud in the Inducement
- Forum Non Conveniens
- Fornication
- Forgery
- Forfeiture
- Forfeit
- Foreseeable Risk
- Foreseeability
- Forensic Testimony
- Garageman's Lien
- General Damages
- General Verdict
- Genocide
- Genuine Issue of Material Fact
- Good Cause
- Good Samaritan Rule
- Good Title
- Goodwill
- Grand Larceny
- Grand Theft
- Grandfather Clause
- Grantee
- Grantor
- Guardian
- Guardianship
- Habit Evidence
- Harassment
- Harmless Error
- Hate Crime
- Hate Crimes Act
- Head of Family
- Health Care Directive
- Health Care Proxy
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
- Heat of Passion
- Heir
- Heir Apparent
- Heir at Law
- Heiress
- Hereditary Succession
- Holographic Will
- Home Equity
- Homicide
- Hostile Possession
- Hostile Takeover
- Hostile Work Environment
- House Arrest
- Household
- Illegal
- Illicit
- Immaterial
- Immigrant Visa
- Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)
- Impeachment
- Implied
- Implied Authority
- Implied Contract
- Implied Revocation of Wills
- Implied Warranty
- Impound
- Imprison
- Impute
- In Limine
- In Perpetuity
- In Re
- In Rem
- In-Kind Income
- Inadmissible
- Inalienable
- Incapacity
- Incest
- Incidental Damages
- Income
- Incompatibility
- Incompatible
- Incompetence
- Incompetent Evidence
- Incontrovertible Evidence
- Incriminate
- Incumber
- Incumbrance
- Incurable Insanity
- Indecent Exposure
- Indemnify
- Indemnity
- Intangible Property
- Interested Witness
- Interim Order
- Interlocutory Judgment
- International Crime
- Interrogation
- Intoxication
- Invasion of Privacy
- Invitee
- Involuntary
- Involuntary Civil Commitment
- Intellectual Property (IP)
- Irrelevant
- Irrevocable Trust
- Itemized Deductions
- Jane Doe
- Jaywalking
- Jeopardy
- Judgment as a Matter of Law (JMOL)
- Joinder
- Judgment
- Judicial Discretion
- Judicial Review
- Jurisprudence
- Jury Duty
- Jury Instructions
- Justice of the Peace (JP)
- Justiciability
- Law
- Legal Fiction
- Legal Formalism
- Legal Realism
- Legality
- Legislative Veto
- Letters Rogatory
- Lex Loci
- Limited Liability Company (LLC)
- Lower Court
- Malice Aforethought
- Mandamus
- Material Witness
- Multidistrict Litigation (MDL)
- Mens Rea
- Mistake of Fact
- Mistake of Law
- Moral Certainty
- Motion
- Motion to Quash
- Motion to Suppress
- Negligence Per Se
- Nolle Prosequi
- Norris v. Alabama (1935)
- Notice to Quit
- Non Obstante Veredicto (JNOV)
- Nuisance
- Nulla Bona
- Nullity
- Nullum Crimen Sine Lege
- Nunc Pro Tunc
- Order to Show Cause
- Obiter Dictum
- Objects of the Power
- Offer of Proof
- Open Court
- Operation of Law
- Legal Opinion
- Overt Act
- Parole
- Parolee
- Partial Verdict
- Partnership
- Patent Pending (Pat. Pend)
- Pecuniary
- Pendente Lite
- Peremptory Norm
- Personal Jurisdiction
- Personal Property
- Petit Jury
- Petitioner
- Plea Colloquy
- Plea in Abatement
- Pocket Part
- Political Question
- Positive Law
- Possession
- Praecipe
- Precedent
- Predatory Lending
- Warrantless Arrest
- Provisional Remedy
- Quasi-Criminal
- Question of Fact
- Question of Law
- Qui Tam
- Quo Warranto
- Racketeering
- Ratio Decidendi
- Reaffirmation
- Reasonable Person
- Rebuttable Presumption
- Reciprocal Discovery
- Recusal
- Referendum
- Regulation
- Remand
- Repeal
- Repossess
- Res Gestae
- Res Ipsa Loquitur
- Res Judicata
- Respondent
- Restatements of the Law
- Retrial
- Reynolds v. Sims (1964)
- Rulemaking
- Rules Enabling Act
- Sanction
- Scienter
- Sealed Verdict
- Search and Seizure
- Second Degree Murder
- Securities Fraud
- Sentence
- Seriatim
- Shocks the Conscience
- Citation Signal
- Smoking Gun
- Solitary Confinement
- Standing
- Stare Decisis
- Statute
- Stay of Execution
- Stipulation
- Strict Scrutiny
- Subject Matter Jurisdiction
- Substantive Law
- Subsume
- Sufficient Cause
- Summary Judgment
- Supplemental Jurisdiction
- Suppression of Evidence
- Surrebuttal
- Sustained
- Terms
- Territorial Jurisdiction
- Theft
- Time Served
- Title VII
- Trademark Infringement
- Letter of Transmittal
- Trial De Novo
- Ultra Vires
- Uncodified Constitution
- Undue Burden
- Undue Hardship
- Unfair Labor Practices (ULPs)
- Unilateral
- Unjust Enrichment
- Unlawful
- Unlawful Assembly
- Unlawful Deportation and Transfer
- Unreasonable Search and Seizure
- Vacatur
- Vagueness Doctrine
- Venire
- Vest
- Vicarious Infringement
- Vicarious Liability
- Vigilante
- Vitiate
- Void
- Voidable
- Voluntary Manslaughter
- Voluntary Waste
- Wanton
- Warranty
- Weight of Evidence
- Willful
- Wire Fraud
- With Prejudice
- Without Recourse
- Witness Tampering
- Witnesseth
- Work Made For Hire
- Writ of Execution
- Writ of Mandate
- Writ of Prohibition
- Wrongful Termination
- Year and a Day Rule
- Youthful Offender
- Admission of Evidence
- All the Estate I Own
- Alternative Pleading
- Arraign
- Attorney's Work Product
- Authorities
- Breach of the Peace
- Brought to Trial
- But For Rule
- Claim Against an Estate
- Common Counts
- Cy Pres Doctrine
- Eminent Domain
- Enabling Clause
- Endorsement
- Enter a Judgment
- Equal Protection of the Law
- Escalator Clause
- Fertile Octogenarian
- Fruit of the Poisonous Tree
- Generation Skipping
- In Kind
- Indispensable Party
- Information and Belief
- Innocent
- Insanity Defense
- Insider Trading
- Inspection of Documents
- Insufficient Evidence
- Judicial Proceedings
- Lesser Included Offense
- Id Est (I.E.)
- Issue
- Make One Whole
- Marital Rights
- Material Representation
- Maxims
- Moot Point
- Negative Declaration
- Overcharge
- Owe
- Own
- Owner
- Passion
- Peremptory Writ of Mandate
- Preliminary Injunction
- Premeditation
- Premises
- Presentment
- Presiding Judge
- Presumption of Innocence
- Pretermitted Heir
- Prima Facie
- Prima Facie Case
- Principal
- Principal Place of Business
- Prior Restraint
- Private Nuisance
- Private Property
- Private Road
- Privilege
- Privileged Communication
- Privity
- Pro Forma
- Pro Hac Vice
- Pro Per
- Pro Rata
- Pro Tanto
- Pro Tem
- Pro Tempore
- Probative Facts
- Probative Value
- Proceeding
- Proctor
- Professional Negligence
- Proffer
- Promise
- Promissory Estoppel
- Proof
- Proprietary
- Proprietary Rights
- Prosecute
- Prudent Man Rule
- Race to the Courthouse
- Sine Qua Non
- Tangible Property
- Thirty-Day Notice
- Three Strikes, You're Out
- Tortfeasor
- Undue Influence
- Willfully
- Statutory Liability
- Common Law Liability
- Exempt Debts
- Failure to Appear
- Possession With Intent to Deliver (PWID)
- Breach of Duty
- The Discovery Rule
- Mitigation
- Voluntary Dissolution
- Credit Related Losses
- Indemnification
- Line of Credit
- Perils
- Prepayment
- Third Party Origination
- Title Defect
- Sexual Battery
- Debt Validation
- Appropriate Adult
- Attorn
- Apportioning
- Court Martial
- Contested
- Discontinuance
- Detraction
- Desist
- Derogation
- Legislature
- Recognizance
- Vacated Judgment
- Pretrial
- Criminal Charge
- DNA Profiling
- DNA Evidence
- Legislator
- Redressability
- Work Release
- Restorative Justice
- Criminal Code
- Statutory Law
- Civil Cover Sheet
- Pretrial Conference
- Summary Dismissal
- Court Clerk
- Courtroom
- Standard of Proof
- Consciousness of Guilt
- Lesser Related Offense
- Deferred Adjudication
- Fact Witness
- Constitutional Court
- Plea in Abeyance
- Custodial Sentence
- State Crime
- Collateral Consequences
- First Offense
- Public Order
- Initial Appearance
- Presentence Investigation Report (PSIR)
- Material Fact
- Public Office
- Frivolous Lawsuit
- Tracing
- Petty Theft
- Statutory Interpretation
- Judicial Interpretation
- Legal Clinic
- Rational Basis Review
- Legal Citation
- Recorded Recollection
- Fleeing Felon Rule
- Suspect
- Investigation
- Doctor of Law
- State Bar Association
- Rest
- Detainee
- Federal Rules of Evidence
- Information
- Voluntary Dismissal
- Judicial Economy
- Juror Misconduct
- Bar
- Law License
- Tampering with Evidence
- Spoilation of Evidence
- District Judge
- Senior Status
- Dispositive Motion
- Appropriation Bill
- Victim Impact Statement
- Conclusive Presumption
- Ignorantia Juris Non Excusat
- Judicial Activism
- Judicial Restraint
- Oral Argument
- Pretrial Intervention Program
- Law and Order
- Proportionality
- Philosophy of the Law
- Legal Process
- Defense of Infancy
- Aggravation
- Parole Board
- Legal Doctrine
- Domicile
- Inquisitorial System
- Concurring Opinion
- Majority Opinion
- Plurality Opinion
- Judicial Opinion
- Certified Question
- Judiciary
- Legal Positivism
- Adversarial System
- Jury Foreperson
- Legal Technicality
- Ripeness
- Inculpatory Evidence
- Strike from the Record
