Neglect

• comparative negligence

  (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a...

• concurrent negligence

  (law) negligence of two of more persons acting independently; the plaintiff...

• contributory negligence

  (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from...

• criminal negligence

  (law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person...

• neglect of duty

  (law) breach of a duty.

Contempt

• contempt

  A willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative bo...

• contempt of court

  Disrespect for the rules of a court of law.

• contempt of Congress

  Deliberate obstruction of the operation of the federal legislative branch.

Possession

• criminal possession

  (law) possession for which criminal sanctions are provided because the property...

• actual possession

  (law) immediate and direct physical control over property.

• constructive possession

  (law) having the power and intention to have and control property but without...

Wrongdoing

• tort

  (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought.

• champerty

  An unethical agreement between an attorney and client that the attorney would sue and...

• maintenance

  The unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it...

Objection

• objection

  (law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning...

• recusation

  (law) an objection grounded on the judge's relationship to one of the parties.

Administration

• legislation

  The act of making or enacting laws.

• trust busting

  (law) government activities seeking to dissolve corporate trusts and monopolies (especially...

Violation

• false pretense

  (law) an offense involving intent to defraud and false representation and obtaining...

• sedition

  An illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption...

Also contains

• sexual assault

  A statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person...

• abatement of a nuisance

  (law) the removal or termination or destruction of something that has been...

• law enforcement

  Ensuring obedience to the laws.

• debarment

  The act of prevention by legal means; "they achieved his debarment from holding public...

• legal duty

  Acts which the law requires be done or forborne.

• law

  The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible...

• impoundment

  Placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law.

• award

  A grant made by a law court; "he criticized the awarding of compensation by the court".

• passage

  The passing of a law by a legislative body.

• appointment

  (law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment; "she allocated...

• commutation

  (law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law.

• remission

  (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court).

• chance-medley

  An unpremeditated killing of a human being in self defense.

• law practice

  The practice of law.

• recusation

  (law) the disqualification of a judge or jury by reason of prejudice or conflict of interest;...

• subrogation

  (law) the act of substituting of one creditor for another.

• novation

  (law) the replacement of one obligation by another by mutual agreement of both parties...

• alienation

  (law) the voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from...

• production

  (law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law; "the appellate court demanded the production...

• intervention

  (law) a proceeding that permits a person to enter into a lawsuit already in progress;...

• imprisonment

  Putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment.

• delinquency

  An antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor.

• disbarment

  The act of expelling a lawyer from the practice of law.

• barratry

  The offense of vexatiously persisting in inciting lawsuits and quarrels.

• resisting arrest

  Physical efforts to oppose a lawful arrest; the resistance is classified as assault...

• derogation

  (law) the partial taking away of the effectiveness of a law; a partial repeal or abolition...

• recission

  (law) the act of rescinding; the cancellation of a contract and the return of the parties...

• filibuster

  (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches.

• false imprisonment

  (law) confinement without legal authority.

• snatch

  (law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding...