* LAW and LEGAL terms * GET a divorce under Jewish law [n GITTIN] / to obtain or acquire [v GOT, GOTTEN, GETTING, GETS] : GETABLE, GETTABLE [adj] JUS a legal right [n JURA] LAW to take a complaint to court for settlement [v -ED, -ING, -S] LEX law [n LEGES] SUE to institute legal proceedings against [v SUED, SUING, SUES] DEED to transfer by deed (a legal document) [v -ED, -ING, -S] DUTY a moral or legal obligation [n -TIES] JURY to select material for exhibition [v -RIED, -RYING, -RIES] : JUROR(s) JURIST(s) LEVY to impose or collect by legal authority [v LEVIED, LEVYING, LEVIES] LIEN a legal right to hold or sell a debtor's property [n -S] NOLO a type of legal plea [n -LOS] OYER a type of legal writ [n -S] OYES {oyez=n} [n OYESSES] OYEZ a cry used to introduce the opening of a court of law [n OYEZES] : OYES PLEA an {entreaty=n} [n -S] VOID to make void (of no legal force or effect) [v -ED, -ING, -S] : VOIDABLE [adj] WRIT a written legal order [n -S] BRIEF {short=adj} [adj BRIEFER, BRIEFEST] / to summarize [v -ED, -ING, -S] BYLAW a secondary law [n -S] : BYELAW(s) CANON a law decreed by a church council [n -S] : CANONIC [adj] CASUS a legal occurrence or event [n CASUS] CRIME a violation of the law [n -S] DROIT a legal right [n -S] EDICT an authoritative order having the force of law [n -S] : EDICTAL [adj] ENACT to make into a law [v -ED, -ING, -S] EVICT to expel by legal process [v -ED, -ING, -S] FATWA an Islamic legal decree [n -S] JURAL pertaining to law [adj] : JURALLY [adv] JURAT a statement on an affidavit [n -S] JUROR a member of a jury [n -S] LEGAL an authorized investment that may be made by investors such as savings banks [n -S] LICIT {lawful=adj} [adj] : LICITLY [adv] MUFTI a judge who interprets Muslim religious law [n -S] NOMOS law [n NOMOI] PLEAD to ask for earnestly [v PLEADED or PLED, PLEADING, PLEADS] : MISPLEAD, REPLEAD, PLEADER(s) SOLON a wise lawgiver [n -S] SUNNA the body of traditional Muslim law [n -S] TORAH the body of Jewish law [n -RAHS, -ROTH, or -ROT] USURP to seize and hold without legal authority [v -ED, -ING, -S] VAKIL {vakeel=n} [n -S] ABATOR one that unlawfully seizes an inheritance [n -S] ALFAKI {alfaqui=n} [n -S] : ALFAKI ALFAQUI ALFAQUIN AMICUS one not party to a lawsuit but permitted by the court to advise it [n AMICI] ARREST to seize and hold by legal authority [v -ED, -ING, -S] ATTORN to acknowledge a new owner as one's landlord [v -ED, -ING, -S] BYELAW {bylaw=n} [n -S] CAVEAT to enter a type of legal notice [v -ED, -ING, -S] CYPRES a legal doctrine [n -ES] DECREE to order or establish by law or edict [v -CREED, -CREEING, -CREES] DELICT an offense against civil law [n -S] DHARMA conformity to Hindu law [n -S] : DHARMIC [adj] DISBAR to expel from the legal profession [v -BARRED, -BARRING, -BARS] JURIST one versed in the law [n -S] : JURISTIC [adj] LACHES undue delay in asserting a legal right [n LACHES] LAWFUL allowed by law (the body of rules governing the affairs of a community) [adj] : LAWFULLY [adv] LAWMAN a law-enforcement officer [n LAWMEN] LAWYER to work as a member of the legal profession [v -ED, -ING, -S] : LAWYERLY LEGACY something bequeathed [n -CIES] LEGATE to {bequeath=v} [v -GATED, -GATING, -GATES] LEGIST one learned or skilled in the law [n -S] PRECIS to make a concise summary of [v -ED, -ING, -ES] NOMISM strict adherence to moral law [n -S] : NOMISTIC [adj] OUTLAW to {prohibit=v} [v -ED, -ING, -S] : OUTLAWRY PRELAW preceding the professional study of law [adj] SEIZIN legal possession of land [n -S] SEIZOR one that takes seizin [n -S] SHARIA Islamic law based on the Koran [n -S] TROVER a type of legal action [n -S] VAKEEL a native lawyer in India [n -S] : VAKIL(s) ALFAQUI a teacher of Muslim law [n -S] : ALFAKI ALFAQUI ALFAQUIN ARRAIGN to call before a court of law to answer an indictment [v -ED, -ING, -S] CURTESY a type of legal tenure [n -SIES] DEMESNE the legal possession of land as one's own [n -S] EMPOWER to give legal power to [v -ED, -ING, -S] HALACHA the legal part of the Talmud [n -CHAS or -CHOT or -CHOTH] : HALACHIC [adj] HALAKAH {halacha=n} [n -KAHS or -KOTH] : HALAKIC [adj] HALAKHA {halacha=n} [n -KHAS or -KOTH] : HALAKHIC [adj] HALAKIC pertaining to the halakah [adj] ILLEGAL a person who enters a country without authorization [n -S] : ILLEGALLY ILLICIT not permitted [adj] IMPLEAD to sue in a court of law [v -PLEADED or -PLED, -PLEADING, -PLEADS] : IMPLEADER(s) IMPOUND to seize and retain in legal custody [v -ED, -ING, -S] IMPOWER to {empower=v} [v -ED, -ING, -S] INFRACT to break a legal rule [v -ED, -ING, -S] INHERIT to receive by legal succession [v -ED, -ING, -S] INQUEST a legal inquiry [n -S] JOINDER a joining of parties in a lawsuit [n -S] JURIDIC pertaining to the law [adj] JURYMAN a {juror=n} [n JURYMEN] LAWBOOK a book containing or dealing with laws [n -S] LAWLESS having no system of laws [adj] : LAWLESSLY LAWLESSNESS LAWLIKE being like the law [adj] LAWSUIT a legal action [n -S] LEGALLY in a lawful manner [adv] LEGATEE the inheritor of a legacy [n -S] LEGATOR one that {legates=v} [n -S] LIBELEE a defendant in a type of lawsuit [n -S] LIBELER one that {libels=v} [n -S] MITZVAH a commandment of Jewish law [n -VAHS or -VOTH] NONSUIT to dismiss the lawsuit of [v -ED, -ING, -S] NULLIFY to make useless or ineffective [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES] NULLITY something of no legal force [n -TIES] OBLIGEE one that is obliged [n -S] OBLIGER one that {obliges=v} [n -S] OBLIGOR one who places himself under a legal obligation [n -S] PANDECT a complete body of laws [n -S] PENALLY in a penal manner [adv] PENALTY a punishment imposed for violation of a law, rule, or agreement [n -TIES] PLEADER one that {pleads=v} [n -S] REPLEAD [v -PLEADED or -PLED, -PLEADING, -PLEADS] : REPLEADER(s) REPLEVY to regain possession of by legal action [v -PLEVIED, -PLEVYING, -PLEVIES] : REPLEVIN SETTLOR one that makes a legal settlement [n -S] SHEREEF {sherif=n} [n -S] : SHARIF SHEREEF SHERIF SHERIFF SHERIFF a law-enforcement officer of a county [n -S] : SHARIF SHEREEF SHERIF SHERIFF SHYSTER an unscrupulous lawyer or politician [n -S] STATUTE a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government [n -S] TEMPLAR a lawyer or student of law in London [n -S] VERDICT the decision of a jury at the end of a legal proceeding [n -S] ALFAQUIN {alfaqui=n} [n -S] : ALFAKI ALFAQUI ALFAQUIN ASSIGNEE one to whom property or right is legally transferred [n -S] ASSIGNER one that {assigns=v} [n -S] ASSIGNOR one who legally transfers property or right [n -S] ATTORNEY a lawyer [n -NEYS] CANONIST a specialist in canon law [n -S] CASEBOOK a law textbook [n -S] CODELESS being without a set of laws [adj] CUSTUMAL a written record of laws and customs [n -S] DETAINER the unlawful withholding of another's property [n -S] ENACTORY pertaining to the enactment of law [adj] ESTOPPED [v] ESTOPPEL a legal restraint preventing a person from contradicting his own previous statement [n -S] ESTOVERS necessities allowed by law [n] INFRINGE to violate an oath or a law [v -FRINGED, -FRINGING, -FRINGES] JUDGMENT an authoritative opinion [n -S] JUDICIAL pertaining to courts of law [adj] LAWGIVER one who institutes a legal system [n -S] LAWMAKER a legislator [n -S] LAWYERLY befitting a member of the legal profession [adj] LEGALESE the specialized language of lawyers [n -S] LEGALISE to {legalize=v} [v -ISED, -ISING, -ISES] LEGALISM strict conformity to the law [n -S] LEGALIST an adherent of legalism [n -S] : LEGALISTIC LEGALITY the condition of being lawful [n -TIES] LEGALIZE to make {lawful=adj} [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] LIBELANT a plaintiff in a type of lawsuit [n -S] LIBELIST a {libeler=n} [n -S] LIBELLEE {libelee=n} [n -S] LIBELLER {libeler=n} [n -S] LIBELOUS defamatory [adj] LITIGANT one who is engaged in a lawsuit [n -S] LITIGATE to subject to legal proceedings [v -GATED, -GATING, -GATES] MISPLEAD to plead wrongly or falsely [v -PLEADED or -PLED, -PLEADING, -PLEADS] MOOTNESS the state of being without legal significance [n -ES] NOMOLOGY the science of law [n -GIES] NONLEGAL not legal [adj] NOVATION the substitution of a new legal obligation for an old one [n -S] OPTIONEE one who holds a legal option [n -S] OUTLAWRY habitual defiance of the law [n -RIES] PLEADING an allegation in a legal action [n -S] PRAECIPE a legal writ [n -S] PRELEGAL occurring before the commencement of studies in law [adj] REPLEVIN to {replevy=v} [v -ED, -ING, -S] ROGATION the proposal of a law in ancient Rome [n -S] ROGATORY requesting information [adj] RULELESS not restrained or regulated by law [adj] SCOFFLAW an habitual law violator [n -S] TALMUDIC pertaining to the body of Jewish civil and religious law [adj] TIPSTAFF an attendant in a court of law [n -STAFFS or -STAVES] TRESPASS to enter upon the land of another unlawfully [v -ED, -ING, -ES] UNLAWFUL [adj] : UNLAWFULLY UNLAWFULNESS USUFRUCT the legal right to use another's property so long as it is not damaged or altered [n -S] VALIDATE to give legal force to [v -DATED, -DATING, -DATES] ILLEGALLY [adv] IMPLEADER [n -S] LAWGIVING [n -S] LAWLESSLY LAWMAKING [n -S] LAWYERING [n -S] LEGALIZER [n -S] NONJURIES NONJURING NONLAWYER [n -S] PLEADABLE PARALEGAL [n -S] REPLEADER [n -S] ALLOCUTION [n -S] EXTRALEGAL [adj] : EXTRALEGALLY ILLEGALITY [n -TIES] ILLEGALIZE [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] INTERPLEAD [v -ED -ING -S] INTERPLEADER(s) LAWBREAKER [n -S] LAWFULNESS [n -ES] LAWYERLIKE PLEADINGLY COUNTERPLEA [n -S] LAWBREAKING [n -S] LAWLESSNESS [n -ES] MEDICOLEGAL SUPERLAWYER [n -S] SURREBUTTER [n -S] INTERPLEADER [n -S] LEGALIZATION [n -S] SURREJOINDER [n -S] UNLAWFULNESS [n -ES] ILLEGALIZATION [n -S] LEGALISTICALLY * List compiled from OWL2 + Long List by Rebecca Slivka