Dictionary of Law Term Begin with C

C
c
c.i.f. (cost, insurance, freight) contract
Cabinet
Calderbank letter
call
calling the jury
cancellation
cannabis
canonical disability
capacity of a child in criminal law
capacity to contract
capias
capital
capital allowance
capital gains tax
capital money
capital punishment
capital redemption reserve
capital transfer tax (CTT)
capitalization issue
care and control
care or control
care or control
care order
care proceedings
careless driving
careless statement
cargo
carriage of goods by air
carrier
carrier’s lien
cartel
case
case law
case stated
casus belli
casus omissus
catching bargain (unconscionable bargain)
cattle trespass
causa causans
causation
cause
Cause Book
Cause List
cause of action
causing death by reckless driving
caution
caveat
caveat actor
caveat emptor
caveat subscriptor
caveat venditor
Cd
Central Arbitration Committee
Central Criminal Court
Central Office
certificate of incorporation
Certification Officer
certiorari
certum est quod certum reddi potest
cessate grant
cesser
cesser clause
cestui que trust
cestui que use
cestui que vie
chain of executorship (or representation)
challenge to jury
chambers
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Chancery Division
Chancery Masters
change of name
character
charge
charge by way of legal mortgage
charge certificate
charge sheet
chargeable gain
charges register
charging clause
charging order
charitable trust
charity
Charity Commissioners
charter
charterparty
chastisement
chattel
cheat
cheque
cheque card
chief rent
child
child abuse
child destruction
child employee
child of the family
child protection in divorce
children in care
Chiltern Hundreds, stewardship of the
chose
Church of England
circuit administrator
circuit judge
circuit system
circumcision, female
circumstantial evidence (indirect evidence)
citation
citizen’s arrest
citizenship of the UK and Colonies
City Code on takeovers and mergers
City of London
civil court
civil defence
civil law
civil liability contribution
Civil List
civil remedy
Civil Service
civil wrong
claim
claim of privilege
class gift
class rights
classification of animals
clean break
clean hands
clearance
clearance area
Clerk of the House
Clerk of the Parliaments
clerk to the justices (justices’ clerk, magistrates’ clerk)
client
clog on the equity of redemption
close
close company
close of pleadings
closed-shop agreement
closing order
closure
club
Cmd
Cmnd
coastal waters
code
code of practice
codicil
codifying statute
coercion
cognates
cohabitation
collateral
collateral contract
collective agreement
collective bargaining
collective responsibility
collision clause (running-down clause)
collusion
colony
colourable
Command Papers
Commercial Court
commission
Commission for Racial Equality
Commission of the European Communities
commissioner for oaths
Commissioner for the Rights of Trade Union Members
Commissions for Local Administration
committal for sentence
committal for trial
committal in civil proceedings
committee of inspection
Committee of the whole House
common
common assault
common carrier
common duty of care
common fund basis
common land
common law
Common Market
common mistake
common money bond
Common Serjeant
common-law marriage
Commonwealth (British Commonwealth)
commonwealth citizen
commorientes
community
community charge (poll tax)
community home
community land
Community law (EEC law)
Community legislation
community of assets (community of property)
community service order
commutative contract
Companies Court
companies register
Companies Registry
company
company meeting
company member
company name
company secretary
compellable witness
compensation
competence
complainant
complaint
completely constituted trust
completion
composition
compound
compound settlement
compounding an offence
compromise
compulsory purchase
compulsory winding-up by the court
computer documents
concealment
concealment of securities
concert party (consortium)
conclusive evidence
concurrent interests
concurrent jurisdiction
concurrent lease
concurrent sentence
concurrent tortfeasors
concurrent writ
condition
condition precedent
condition subsequent
conditional admissibility
conditional agreement
conditional discharge
conditional interest
conditional sale agreement
condominium
condonation
conference
confession
confession and avoidance
confidential communication
confiscation order
conflict of laws
confusion of goods
conjugal rights
connivance
consanguinity (blood relationship)
consecutive sentences
consensus ad idem
consent
conservation area
consideration
Consolidated Fund
consolidating statute
consolidation of actions
consolidation of mortgages
consortium
conspiracy
constable
constituency
constitution
constitutional conventions
construction
constructive
constructive desertion
constructive dismissal
constructive fraud (legal fraud)
constructive notice
constructive total loss
constructive trust
consumer goods
consumer protection
consumer trade practice
consumer-credit agreement
consumer-credit business
consumer-credit register
consumer-hire agreement
consumer-hire business
consummation of a marriage
contemporanea expositio
contempt of court
contempt of Parliament
contemptuous damages
contentious business
contentious probate business
continental shelf
contingent interest
contingent legacy
continuous bail
continuous employment
contra bonos mores
contraband
contract
contract of employment (contract of service)
contract of exchange (commutative contract)
contract of record
contract of sale
contract of service
contract under seal
contribution
contribution notice
contributory
contributory negligence
controlled drugs
controlled tenancy
controlled trust
controller
convention
conversion
converted tenancy
conveyance
conveyancing
conviction
copyhold
copyright
co-respondent
coroner
corporate personality
corporation (body corporate)
corporation tax
corporeal hereditament
corroboration
corrupt and illegal practices
corruption
corruption of public morals
cost, insurance, freight
costs
costs draftsman
costs follow the event
costs in any event
costs in the cause
costs reserved
costs thrown away
council housing
Council of Legal Education
Council of Ministers of the European Communities
Council on Tribunals
counsel
Counsellors of State
count
counterclaim
countertrade
county
county council
county court
course of employment
court
Court for Consideration of Crown Cases Reserved
court martial
Court of Appeal
Court of Arches
Court of Chancery
Court of Chivalry
Court of Common Pleas
Court of Criminal Appeal
Court of Ecclesiastical Causes Reserved
Court of Exchequer
court of first instance
court of inquiry
Court of Justice of the European Communities (European Court)
court of last resort
Court of Probate
Court of Protection
Court of Queen’s Bench
court of record
Court of Session
court of summary jurisdiction
court order
covenant
covenant running with the land
covenant to repair
coverture
credit
credit card
credit limit
credit sale agreement
creditor
creditors’ committee
crime
criminal bankruptcy order
criminal court
criminal damage
Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme
criminal injury
criminal libel
cross-appeals
cross-examination
Crown
Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations
Crown Court
Crown Court rules
Crown privilege
Crown proceedings
Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)
Crown servant
cruelty
cum testamento annexo
cur. adv. vult (c.a.v.)
curtain provisions
custodian trustee
custodianship order
custody
custody disputes
custody of child
custom
customs duty
cy-près doctrine

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