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A

abuse of legal process
abuse of process
action
action for indemnity
action for review
adjective law
adjudicate, to
adjudicatory act
administrative act
administrative act of the court
admission
admission against interest
ADR
adviser
advisor
affiant
 affidavit (déclaration écrite)
affirmation (caractère laïc)
alternative dispute resolution process
   (EU)
amendment
appealable
application for setting down
area of jurisdiction
artificial person
assent
association
assumption of a mortgage
award (of a public contract) to the lowest
   bidder
award, to


B

bailiff
be within the jurisdiction of, to
body corporate
business corporation
 bye-law (GB)
by-law (É-U)
by-laws


carrying (of a resolution)
claim
class action
class proceedings
clause
clean break
clerk (of court)
closing address
closing argument
company
compliance
compromise and settlement
conciliation
consulting barrister
 contentious jurisdiction
coram
corporate body
corporate entity
corporate person
corporation
costs
count
court
court artist
court usher
courthouse
courtroom sketch artist


declaratory (déclaratoire)
declaratory (interprétatif)
declaratory act (déclaratoire)
declaratory act (interprétatif)
declaratory provision (déclaratoire)
declaratory provision (interprétatif)
declaratory statute (déclaratoire)
declaratory statute (interprétatif)
 default
default for lack of pleading
default judgment
default to appear
default to plead
defaulting
deponent
discretion


enact, to (édicter)
enact, to (prendre)
endowment
 enforcement order
evidence


failure to appear
fall of the hammer
final and without appeal
final judgment
 finding
form of review
foundation
frontage


hand down, to
head (of claim)
head office (siège)
head office (siège social)
headquarters
 hearing (by the court)
hearing (audition)
hearing (phase de l'audience)
hearing (procédure d'examen)
home office


in chambers
in the presence of
indoor management rules (entreprise)
inquest
 inquiry
interpretative
Investigation
issue, to


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joint stock company
judgment (arrêt)
judgment (jugement)
judgment by default
judgment on the merits
judicial
judicial act
judicial action
 juridical person
juridical personality
jurisdiction (compétence)
jurisdiction (pouvoir)
jurisdiction (ensemble des tribunaux)
jurisdiction (ressort)
jurisdictional (juridictionnel)
juristic person


knock down, to


land registry office
legal adviser
legal advisor
legal entity
legal person
legal personality
 legal proceedings
legal process
liable
litigious paranoia
local government


make (a regulation), to
make a regulation, to
mediation
method of review
 mode of review
monetary jurisdiction
motion


non-contentious jurisdiction
non-profit association
non-profit corporation
 not-for-profit corporation
notwithstanding


oath (caractère religieux)
object, to
observance
office of the court
order
order in Council
 orphan clause
out-of-court settlement
override clause
override provision
overriding


partnership (société)
partnership (société de personnes)
passage (of a bill)
pending action
pending case
pending suit
plea
plea bargaining
plea of guilty
plea of not guilty
plead guilty, to
plead not guilty, to
possibility of appeal, with
practice
practice and procedure
 private corporation
private law corporation
procedural law
procedure (branche du droit)
procedure (ensemble des règles)
proceeding (instance)
proceeding (ensemble des actes)
proceedings
professional corporation
promulgation
pronounce, to
proof
public corporation
public law corporation
publication


quasi-judicial
querulous delusion
 querulousness


recourse
recourse action
recourse to legal proceedings
recursory action
refer (a case to a court), to
refer, to
registered office
registration division
registration of rights
registry
registry division
registry office
regulation
remedy (action en justice)
remedy (voie de droit)
 remedy at law
render, to
res judicata
return, to
review proceedings
right of action
right of recourse
right of review
rule-making authority
rules
rules of court
rules of practice
rules of practice and procedure
rules of procedure (en général)


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seat
sentence
settlement
sheriff
sheriff's officer
spouse
stipulate, to
 strike off, to
subject to appeal (à charge d'appel)
subject to appeal (en premier ressort)
subject to appeal
subpœna
substantive law
sworn statement


taxation (of costs)
taxation
 transaction
trial


vexatious litigant
voluntary jurisdiction (juridiction gracieuse)
 voluntary jurisdiction (juridiction volontaire)


with possibility of appeal
without appeal (en dernier ressort)
without appeal (en premier et dernier
   ressort)
 writ of summons
writ server

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