Table of Content
PART I: Terms used in Practice and Procedure 1. Court Systems and Jurisdiction 2. Criminal Trial Procedure 3. Civil Trial Procedure 4. Defensive Pleadings in Civil Trials 5. Methods of Discovery 6. Pretrial Hearing and Jury Trial 7. Steps in a Trial PART II: Terms Used in Criminal Law 8. Legal Ethics 9. Constitutional Law 10. Crimes, Accomplices, and Defenses 11. Crimes Against Property 12. Crimes Against the Person and Human Habitation 13. Homicide 14. Crimes Against Morality and Drug Abuse PART III:Terms used in law of torts 15. Torts and Tortfeasors 16. Intentional Torts 17. Negligence and Product Liability PART IV: Terms Used in Law of Contracts 18. Formation of Contracts 19. Contract Requirements 20. Third Parties and Discharge of Contracts PART V: Terms Used in Law of Personal Property and Agency 21. Personal Property and Bailments 22. Intellectual Property 23. Law of Agency PART VI: Terms Used in Law of Wills and Estates 24. Wills, Testaments, and Advance Directives 25. Revocation, Lapses, and Ademption 26. Principal Clauses in a Will 27. Disinheritance and Intestacy 28. Personal Representative of the Estate 29. Settling an Estate 30. Trusts PART VII: Terms Used in Law of Real Property 31. Estates in Real Property 32. Multiple Ownership of Real Property 33. Acquiring Title to Real Property 34. Deeds 35. Mortgages 36. Landlord and Tenant PART VIII: Terms Used in Family Law 37. Marriage, Divorce, and Dissolution of Marriage 38. Divorce Procedure PART IX: Terms Used in Buisness Organization and Bankruptcy 39. Business Organization 40. The Law of Bankruptcy Glossary of Legal Terms Index Glossary of Latin Terms and Phrases
