Legal Glossary

To help you understand some of the legal terminology, you may find this legal glossary useful. It includes various Latin words and expressions that are in common use in law. Just click on the word or expression to get the definition:

Ab extra
Ab initio
Actus Reus
Accounting Period
Accounting Reference Date
Ad hoc
Ad infinitum
Agent
Agency Agreement
Alibi
Aliunde
Alternate Director
Amicus curiae
Annual General Meeting
Ante
Arbitration
Arbitration Award
Arbitrator
Articles of Association
Auditor
Authorised Share Capital
Bankruptcy
Bequest
Bona Fide
Bona vacantia
Breach of Contract
Business Assets
Cadit quaestio
Certificate of Incorporation
Certiorari
Ceteris paribus
Chairman
Collective Agreement
Company
Company Seal
Confidential
Confidential Information
Confidentiality
Consensu
Consensus ad idem
Constructive Dismissal
Consultancy
Consultant
Contra
Contra bonos mores
Contracted-Out
Copyright
Coram non judice
Corpus
Corpus delicti
Custos morum
Data Protection
De bonis asportatis
De die in diem
De facto
De futuro
De integro
De jure
De lege ferenda
De lege lata
De novo
Deadlock
Debenture
Deed
Directors
Directors Register
Disciplinary Procedure
Discrimination
Dismissal
Dividend
Doli incapax
Dominium
Dubitante
Due Diligence
Ei incumbit probatio qui
Employers Liability
Employment Contract
Et cetera
Ex cathedra
Ex concessis
Ex facie
Ex gratia
Ex parte
Ex post facto
Extraordinary General Meeting
Extraordinary Resolution
Faciendum
Factum
Floating Charge
Force Majeure
Franchising
Fructus naturales
Fully Paid
General Meeting
Going Concern
Grievance Procedure
Guarantees
Guarantor
Holding Company
Idem
Id est (i.e)
Implied Terms
In camera
In delicto
Indicia
In esse
In extenso
In futuro
In limine
In loco parentis
In omnibus
In pleno
In situ
Incorporation
Indemnity
Industrial Tribunal
In Solidum
Insolvency
Intellectual Property
Inter alia
Interium
In terrorem
Intestacy
Ipsissima verba
Ipso facto
Issued Shares
Joint and Several Liability
Joint Venture
Joint Venture Agreement
Jurisdiction
Jus
Jus naturale
Know-How
Landlord
Legacy
Licence
Limited Company
Limited Liability
Liquidation
Liquidator
Living Will
Locus in quo
Magnum opus
Mala fides
Memorandum of Association
Mens rea
Minority Shareholder
Minutes
mutatis mutandis
National Insurance Contributions
Nemo dat quod non habet
Nexus
Nisi
Nominal Value
Non compus mentis
Non constat
Non-Executive Director
Non est factum
Non sequitur
Obligations of Confidentiality
Onus probandi
Ordinary Resolution
Ordinary Shares
Orse
Par delictum
Pari passu
Parent Company
Partly-Paid
Partnership
Passing Off
Patent
Pay As You Earn (PAYE)
Pension Scheme
Per curiam
Per minas
Per quod
Petition
Plc
Poll
Post mortem
Pre-emption Rights
Prima facie
Prima impressionis
Private Company
Pro hac vice
Pro Rata
Pro tanto
Pro tempore
Proxy
Public Company
Publici juris
Quaere
Quaeitur
Quantum
Quid pro quo
Quiet Enjoyment
Quorum
Re
Ready-Made Company
Receivership
Redemption of Shares
Redundancy
Registered Office
Registered Trade Mark
Register of Members
Rent Review
Res
Res Gestae
Res nulis
Resolution
Restrictive Covenant
Sciens
Secus
Se defendendo
Self-Certify
Service Contract
Sexual Harassment
Share Capital
Share Certificate
Share
Shareholders Agreement
Sick Pay
Solvent
Special Notice
Special Resolution
Stet
Sub modo
Sub nomine
Sub silentio
Subscribers
Subsidiary Company
Sub-Tenant
Suggestio falsi
Sui generis
Summary Dismissal
Suppressio veri
Stamp Duty
Table A
Talis qualis
Tenant
Terms and Conditions of Employment
Terms and Conditions of Purchase
Terms and Conditions of Sale
Testator
Trademark
Trademarks Registry
Trade Secrets
Transfer of Shares
Uberrima fides
Uno flatu
Underwriter
Underwriting Agreement
Unfair Dismissal
Verbatim
Vicarious Liability
Vice versa
Vide
Volens
Will
Winding-up
Wrongful Dismissal