A Dictionary of Law Enforcement

A Dictionary of Law Enforcement is “the only dictionary available -according to Oxford University Press, its publisher- that focuses on United Kingdom (British) law enforcement terms. This legal resource contains over 3,400 legal terms, covering many United Kingdom and European Union institutions.”

Most of the entries in “A Dictionary of Law Enforcement” are short.

Entries of A Dictionary of Law Enforcement

• ab initio
• abandonment
• abatement
• abduction
• abet
• ABH
• abolitionism
• abominable crime
• abortion
• absconding
• absence
• absent
• absolute discharge
• absolute privilege
• absolute right
• immunity
• abstraction
• abuse of dominant position
• trust
• abuse of process
• abusive behaviour
• acceptable behaviour
• acceptance
• ACCESS
• access land
• accession
• accessory
• accessory liability
• accident
• accident record book
• accommodation bill
• accomplice
• account monitoring order
• accounts
• financial investigator
• accredited person
• accusatorial procedure
• accused
• acknowledgment
• ACPO
• acquiescence
• acquis communautaire
• acquisitive offence
• acquittal
• ACRO
• act of God
• Act of Parliament
• action
• action plan order
• activity requirement
• actual bodily harm
• actuarialism
• actus reus
• actus reus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea
• ad litem
• adduce
• adipocere
• Adiz
• adjournment
• adjudication
• administration
• administration of poison
• administration order
• administrative powers
• administrative receiver
• administrative tribunal
• admissibility of evidence
• admission
• admonition
• ADR
• adrenaline
• adult
• adulteration
• advance information
• adverse inference
• adverse occupation
• adverse possession
• adverse witness
• advice on evidence
• Conciliation
• advocate
• Advocate General
• aetiology
• affidavit
• affirm
• affray
• age discrimination
• age of consent
• criminal responsibility
• agent provocateur
• aggravated assault
• aggravated burglary
• aggravated damages
• aggravated supply
• aggravated trespass
• aggravated vehicle‐taking
• aggression
• agreement
• agrément
• agricultural motor vehicle
• aid and abet
• Air Defence
• Prosecuting Authority
• air pollution
• air weapon
• air‐force law
• airspace
• alcohol
• alcohol treatment
• alcolock
• alderman
• alibi
• alien
• alieni juris
• allegation
• allegiance
• alleygating
• allocation of trial venue
• alteration
• alternative dispute resolution
• alternative verdict
• amendment
• amicus curiae
• ammunition
• amnesty
• Amsterdam Treaty
• anarchy
• angary
• animal
• animal cruelty
• animal rights
• distress
• animus
• annexation
• general meeting
• Investment Allowance
• annual return
• annuity
• anomie
• anonymity
• antecedents
• terrorism
• Anti‐Social Behaviour
• firearm
• order
• anus
• aorta
• apnoea
• appeals system
• appellant
• appellate jurisdiction
• appointed day
• appropriation
• approximation of laws
• arachnoid
• arbitrage
• arbitrary punishment
• archive
• Child Protection Conference
• armed conflict
• armed forces
• arraign
• array
• arrest
• arrest of judgment
• arrestable offence
• arson
• article
• articles of association
• articulated bus
• articulated vehicle
• artificial person
• ASBO
• asphyxia
• asphyxiation
• aspiration
• assault
• assault by penetration
• assault rifle
• Assembly of the European Communities
• asset recovery
• assets
• Assets Recovery Agency
• assisting an offence
• associated persons
• Association of Chief Police Officers
• Association of Police and Crime Commissioners
• Association of Police Authorities
• assumption
• assurance
• tenancy
• assured tenancy
• asthma
• asylum
• Tribunal
• atheroma
• atlas
• attachment of earnings
• aid mission
• attack on civilian
• Attack
• attempt
• attendance centre
• attorney
• Attorney‐General
• auction
• auction ring
• audit exemption
• auditor
• authentication
• authority
• authorized capital
• autoeroticism
• autoloading weapon
• automatic teller machine
• automatic weapon
• automatism
• autopsy
• autrefois acquit
• convict
• aver
• avoid
• avow
• backed for bail
• bad character
• bail
• bail hostel
• bail information officer
• bailiff
• balance
• balance sheet
• ball cartridge
• ballistics
• Baltic Exchange
• bank holiday
• bankers’ book
• bankruptcy
• bankruptcy law
• bankruptcy order
• bankruptcy petition
• banning order
• bar
• Bar Council
• barbiturates
• bare licensee
• barotrauma
• barratry
• barrel
• barrister
• Command
• input
• basic intent
• battered child
• battered spouse
• battery
• bay
• bear
• bearer
• bearer bond
• belief
• belligerent
• bench
• bench warrant
• Benchers
• benzodiazepines
• Berne Convention
• best value
• best‐evidence rule
• bestiality
• Beth Din
• bias
• bid
• bifurcation
• bigamy
• bilateral contract
• Bill
• bill of exchange
• bill of indictment
• bill of lading
• bill of sale
• bind over
• biological weapon
• biometric
• birth certificate
• bit
• black eye
• Gentleman
• blackmail
• blasphemy
• blast
• blockade
• blood
• blow fly
• blowback
• bluejacking
• bluesnarfing
• blunt force injury
• board of inquiry
• bodily harm
• bolt
• bomb hoax
• bona fide
• bond
• books of account
• boot
• boot disk
• bore
• borough
• bottomry
• boundary
• brain death
• brain stem
• breach of confidence
• breach of contract
• breach of privilege
• breach of statutory duty
• breach of the peace
• breath
• breech
• breechblock
• bribery
• bridleway
• brief
• Women
• British citizenship
• Commonwealth
• Crime Survey
• Territories
• British
• citizenship
• protected person
• subject
• brittle bone disease
• broadcasting
• Broadmoor
• broken windows
• brothel
• bruise
• Bryan Treaties
• buccal swab
• Budget
• buffer
• buggery
• bugging
• bull
• bullet
• bulletin board
• burden of proof
• burglary
• burn
• business name
• buyer
• byelaw
• byte
• cabbage
• Cabinet
• cabotage
• cache
• cadaver
• cadaveric spasm
• cadet
• Cafcass
• café coronary
• Caffey’s syndrome
• calibration check
• calibre
• call
• calling the jury
• callus
• Assets Recovery
• camera
• Camic
• camping
• canard
• cannabinol
• cannabis
• cannon‐shot rule
• canon law
• capacity
• capacity to contract
• capillary
• capital
• capital punishment
• capitulation
• car park
• car transporter
• caravan
• carbon
• card
• security code
• cardiac
• care
• careless
• cargo
• carjacking
• carnival of crime
• carotid artery
• carriage
• carriage by road
• carriage of controlled waste
• carriage of explosives
• carriage of goods
• carriage of radioactive material
• drunk
• carriageway
• carrier
• cartel
• cartridge
• case
• case law
• case management hearing
• Case Progression Officer
• case stated
• case to answer
• casino
• casus belli
• casus omissus
• categories of cases
• cattle trespass
• cattle, drunk in charge of
• causa causans
• causation
• cause
• cause list
• cause of action
• causing a child to watch a sexual act
• causing death by careless
• causing death by careless driving whilst under the influence
• causing death by dangerous driving
• causing death by driving whilst unlicensed or uninsured
• causing or allowing death or serious physical harm to a child or vulnerable adult
• causing or inciting or controlling prostitution
• causing serious injury by dangerous driving
• caution
• caveat actor
• caveat emptor
• CE
• CELEX
• cell
• censorship
• Central Criminal Court
• central processing unit
• centrefire
• cerebral
• cerebrospinal fluid
• cerebrovascular accident
• certificate of incorporation
• certificate of insurance
• certified extract
• CFSP
• chain of evidence
• challenge to jury
• chamber
• chambers
• Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Chancery Division
• change of name
• channel data format
• Chapter VII
• character
• charge
• charge card
• charge sheet
• charging
• charging guidelines
• charging standard
• charitable collections
• charity
• Charity Commissioners
• charter
• Charter of Fundamental Rights
• chastisement
• chattel
• cheat
• cheating
• cheating the public revenue
• cheque
• cheque card
• chicken hawk
• chief constable
• chief inspector
• Chief Inspector of Constabulary
• chief superintendent
• Chief Surveillance Commissioner
• child
• child abduction
• child abuse
• child assessment order
• child being looked after by a local authority
• child cruelty
• child curfew
• child destruction
• child employee
• child in care
• child pornography
• child prostitution
• Child Protection Conference
• child safety order
• child soldiers
• child witness
• child, drunk while in charge of
• Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service
• children and young people’s plan
• children in care
• children in need
• children’s certificate
• Children’s Commissioner
• children’s guardian
• children, exclusion from court
• Chiltern Hundreds, stewardship of the
• chip
• chip card
• choke‐damp
• choking
• chop shop
• chose
• chromosome
• CIF contract
• circuit judge
• circumcision
• circumstantial evidence
• cirrhosis
• citation
• citator
• citizen’s arrest
• City of London
• civil court
• civil law
• civil partnership
• Civil Procedure Rules
• civil protection
• civil recovery
• Civil Recovery Unit
• civil remedy
• civil wrong
• Civilian Enforcement Officer
• civilian with police powers
• claim
• claimant
• classical criminology
• classification of animals
• clause
• clavicle
• clear‐up rate
• clearway
• clerk to the justices
• client
• client/server
• client/server network
• close company
• close tail
• closed circuit television link
• closing order
• closure notice
• closure order
• clotting
• club
• club premises certificate
• cluster
• co‐accused
• co‐imperium
• coach
• coagulation
• coastal waters
• cocaine
• cockfighting
• code
• Code for Crown Prosecutors
• code of conduct
• code of practice
• Code of Practice for Victims
• codecision procedure
• codes of practice, access to
• codifying statute
• coercion
• coercive behaviour
• cognates
• cognitive interview
• cohabitants
• cohabitation
• collateral damage
• collateral intrusion
• Collection
• collective harassment
• collective responsibility
• collective security
• collective trespass
• Collector
• College of Policing
• colluding trader
• collusion
• colon
• colony
• combat immunity
• comitology
• comity
• Command Papers
• command responsibility
• commission
• Commission for Local Administration in England
• Commission for Racial Equality
• Commission of Human Rights
• Commission of the European Communities
• Commissioner
• commissioner for oaths
• Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
• commissions rogatoires
• committal for sentence
• committal for trial
• committal in civil proceedings
• Committee Against Torture
• common
• common approach path
• common assault
• common battery
• common carrier
• common design
• common duty of care
• common land
• common law
• common nuisance
• common prostitute
• Common Serjeant
• common‐law marriage
• Commonwealth
• Commonwealth citizen
• Commonwealth citizen, access to
• communications protocol
• community
• community home
• Community law
• Community Legal Service
• Community legislation
• community liaison
• community of assets
• community order
• community policing
• community punishment and rehabilitation order
• community punishment order
• community rehabilitation order
• community safety accreditation scheme
• community safety partnerships
• community safety plan
• community sentence
• Community Support Officer
• Community Trade Mark
• commutation
• compact disk—read‐only memory
• compact disk—recordable
• compact disk—rewritable
• Companies Court
• Companies House
• companies register
• Companies Registry
• company
• company meeting
• company member
• company name
• company secretary
• Comparative Case Analysis
• compellable witness
• compensation
• compensation for damage by police
• competence
• complainant
• complaint
• complaint against police
• Complementary Metal‐Oxide Semi‐Conductant
• composite trailer
• compound
• compounding
• compounding an offence
• compulsory jurisdiction
• compulsory powers
• compulsory winding‐up
• computer
• computer chip
• computer crime
• computer documents
• computer fraud
• computer misuse
• computer virus
• concealing indictable offences
• concealment
• concealment of securities
• Concerted Inter‐Agency Criminal Finances Action Group
• conciliation
• conclusive evidence
• concurrent sentence
• concussion
• condemnation proceedings
• condition
• conditional admissibility
• conditional caution
• conditional discharge
• conditional fee agreement
• conditional sale agreement
• condominium
• confederation
• conference
• confession
• confidence trick
• confidential communication
• confirmation bias
• Confiscation Enforcement Task Force
• confiscation order
• congenital
• congestion
• conjugal rights
• conjunctiva
• conjunctivitis
• Connexions Service
• conquest
• consanguinity
• conscience, freedom of
• consecutive sentence
• consent
• consent, stop and search powers
• consideration
• consistory court
• Consolidated Criminal Practice Direction
• consolidating statute
• conspiracy
• constable
• constabulary
• constituency
• constitution
• constitutional conventions
• Constitutional Treaty of the European Union
• construction
• Construction and Use Regulations
• constructive
• construe
• consul
• consular agreement
• consumer
• 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
• contact
• contact order
• contamination of goods
• contemporanea expositio
• contempt of court
• continental shelf
• continuity
• continuous bail
• contra bonos mores
• contraband
• contract
• contrecoup
• contributory negligence
• controlled drugs
• controlling behaviour
• contusion
• convention
• Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 1984, UN
• Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
• Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters
• Convention right
• conventional encryption
• conversation management
• conversion
• converter dolly
• conveyance
• conviction
• conviction, evidence of
• cookie
• coopering
• copyright
• cordon, for terrorism investigation
• coronary
• coronary thrombosis
• coroner
• corporate crime
• corporate manslaughter
• corporate personality
• corporation
• corporeal hereditament
• corpus delicti
• corroboration
• corrupt and illegal practices
• corruption of public morals
• cortex
• corticosteroids
• cost, insurance, freight
• costal cartilage
• costs
• Council for the Advancement of Communication with Deaf People
• Council of Europe
• Council of the European Union
• councillor
• counsel
• counsel
• count
• counterfeit card
• countermeasures
• counteroffer
• county
• county council
• county court
• coup
• course of criminal activity
• court
• court board
• court legal advisor
• Court Martial
• Court Martial Appeal Court
• Court of Appeal
• Court of Arches
• Court of Chancery
• Court of Chivalry
• court of first instance
• Court of First Instance
• Court of Justice of the European Communities
• court of last resort
• court of record
• court of summary jurisdiction
• court security officer
• Courts and Tribunal Service, HM
• Courts Service, HM
• cover
• cover note
• covert human intelligence source
• covert surveillance
• CPR
• CPS
• crack
• cracked trial
• cracking
• cranium
• crank
• crazing
• credit
• credit card
• credit limit
• credit sale agreement
• creditor
• creditors’ committee
• crepitations
• crepitus
• cricoid cartilage
• crime
• Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships
• Crime Liaison Officer
• crime pattern analysis
• crime prevention
• crime scene investigator
• crimes against humanity
• crimes against peace
• Criminal Assets Bureau
• Criminal Case Management Framework
• Criminal Case Management Programme
• Criminal Cases Review Commission
• criminal conviction certificate
• criminal court
• criminal damage
• Criminal Defence Service
• criminal geographic targeting
• Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
• Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme
• criminal injury
• Criminal Investigation Department
• criminal justice system
• Criminal Justice Unit
• criminal libel
• criminal lifestyle
• Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996
• Criminal Procedure Rules
• criminal profiling
• criminal record certificate
• Criminal Records Bureau
• criminalistic
• criminalistics
• crop mark
• cross‐contamination
• cross‐examination
• crossbow
• Crown
• Crown Court
• Crown prerogative
• Crown privilege
• Crown Prosecution Service
• Crown Prosecutor
• Crown road
• Crown servant
• Cruse
• cryptography
• CSA
• CTM
• curfew condition
• curfew order
• curfew requirement
• curry house coronary
• curtilage
• custodial sentence
• custody
• custody for offenders under 21
• custody officer
• custody officer
• custody plus order
• custody record
• custody time limit
• custom
• customary international law
• Customs and Excise, HM
• customs duty
• customs officer
• cut
• cut‐throat defence
• cutis anserine
• cutting agent
• cyberattack
• cybercrime
• cyberculture
• cybersmearing
• cyberspace
• cyberstalking
• cyberterrorism
• cycle
• cycle track
• cycle, drunk in charge of
• cylinder
• cyngor
• Daily Cause List
• damage
• damages
• damnum sine injuria esse potest
• dangerous animals
• dangerous cycling
• dangerous driving
• dangerous offender
• data protection
• Data Protection Act 1998
• database
• dawn raid
• days of grace
• de bene esse
• de facto
• de facto carers
• de jure
• de minimis non curat lex
• deactivated firearm
• dealer list
• death
• death penalty
• debit card
• debt
• debtor
• debtor‐creditor agreement
• debtor‐creditor‐supplier agreement
• decapitation
• decarceration
• decelerate
• deception
• declaration
• declaration against interest
• declaration in course of duty
• declaration of incompatibility
• declaratory judgment
• decompilation
• decree
• decree absolute
• decree nisi
• decriminalize
• deduction
• deed
• deed poll
• deemed
• defamation
• default
• defect
• defective goods
• defective product
• defense
• defense statement
• defense wound
• defendant
• defensible space
• deferred debt
• deferred prosecution agreement
• deferred sentence
• defibrillation
• defrauding
• degrading treatment
• dehydration
• delegated legislation
• delegation
• delinquent
• delivery
• demanding with menaces
• denial
• denial of service attack
• denying quarter
• dependent territory
• deportation
• depose
• deposit
• deposition
• deprave
• deprivation order
• derivative
• derivative title
• dermis
• derogation
• desertion
• designated case worker
• designated civilian
• destroy
• detention
• detention and training order
• detention in a young offender institution
• detention officer
• deterrence
• deviance
• deviancy amplification
• diabetes mellitus
• diamorphine
• diatom
• diazepam
• dictum
• diffuse axonal injury
• digital signature
• diminished responsibility
• diplomatic agent
• diplomatic immunity
• diplomatic mission
• diplomatic privilege
• direct effect
• direct evidence
• direct examination
• direction to jury
• directives of the EU
• directly applicable law
• directly effective law
• director
• Director of Public Prosecutions
• Director of Service Prosecutions
• Director of the Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office
• Director of the Serious Fraud Office
• disbar
• discharge
• disclosure
• Disclosure and Barring Service
• disclosure and inspection of documents
• disclosure notice
• disclosure of information
• disclosure of interest
• disclosure of unused material
• disclosure order
• discontinuance of action
• discount house
• discovery
• discretion
• discretionary area of judgment
• discrimination
• dishonesty
• dishonor
• disk imaging
• disorderly behavior
• disorderly house
• dispersal order
• displacement
• display screen equipment
• disposition
• disqualification
• disqualification from driving
• disqualification from keeping animals
• disqualification of company directors
• disqualification order
• distance selling
• distinguishing a case
• distrain
• distress
• distressing letters
• distributor denial of service attack
• district council
• district judge
• district judge
• disturbance
• diversion
• Divisional Court
• Divisions of the High Court
• divorce
• DNA matching
• dock
• dock brief
• docket
• doctrine of incorporation
• doctrine of recent possession
• document
• document of title to goods
• documentary evidence
• dog
• dog worrying livestock
• doli capax
• domain name
• domestic premises
• domestic tribunal
• domestic violence and abuse
• domestic violence prevention notice
• domestic violence protection order
• domicile
• Dominions
• doorstep conditions
• double action
• double criminality
• double jeopardy
• DPP
• draft
• draw weight
• driver
• Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• driving license
• Driving Standards Agency
• driving while disqualified
• driving while unfit
• driving without a license
• driving without insurance
• driving‐test order
• drown
• drug abstinence order
• drug intervention order
• Drug Liaison Officer
• drug rehabilitation requirement
• drug testing requirement
• drug treatment and testing order
• drug treatment requirement
• drugs
• drunk and disorderly
• drunken driving
• drunkenness
• dual criminality
• dualism
• due diligence
• dumping
• duodenum
• dura mater
• duress
• during Her (or His) Majesty’s pleasure
• Dutch courage
• duty
• duty of care
• duty solicitor
• duty to prosecute
• dying declaration
• dysrhythmia
• e‐commerce
• Early Administrative Hearing
• early complaint
• Early First Hearing
• easement
• EC
• ecchymosis
• ecclesiastical courts
• ecclesiastical law
• ecolabel
• economic duress
• ECSC
• ecstasy
• education authorities
• education requirement
• EEA
• EEC
• effective remedy
• EFTA
• eggshell skull rule
• either way offence
• ejaculation
• ejector
• ejusdem generis rule
• election
• election court
• election petition
• elector
• Electoral Commission
• electricity
• electrocardiogram
• electrocution
• electroencephalogram
• electromagnetic compatibility
• electronic data interchange
• Electronic Fund Transfer at Point of Sale
• electronic monitoring
• electronic monitoring requirement
• electronic purse
• electronic signature
• electronic surveillance
• electronic tagging
• eligible witness
• embargo
• embassy
• embezzlement
• embolism
• emergency powers
• emergency protection order
• emoluments
• empanel
• employee
• employer
• employer’s liability
• Employment (Framework) Directive
• Employment Appeal Tribunal
• employment tribunal
• EMU
• enabling statute
• enacting words
• enactment
• encouraging
• endorsement
• endothelium
• enemy flags, insignia, and uniforms, misuse of
• enforcement action
• Enforcement Concordat
• engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child
• engross
• enhanced cognitive interview
• enlarge bail
• enter
• entomology
• entrapment
• entry without warrant
• entry wound
• Environment Agency
• environmental criminology
• epidermis
• epilepsy
• equal treatment
• Equal Treatment Directive
• equality of arms
• equitable
• equitable interests
• equity
• erga omnes obligations
• error
• error of law on the face of the record
• escape
• escort officer
• espionage
• espousal of claim
• estate agent
• estreat
• ethnic cleansing
• ethnic minority
• EU
• EU law
• Euratom
• euro
• Euro Norm
• Eurojust
• European Arrest Warrant
• European Atomic Energy Community
• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• European Central Bank
• European Coal and Steel Community
• European Commission
• European Community
• European Community Treaty
• European company
• European Convention on Human Rights
• European Convention on State Immunity
• European Council
• European Court of Human Rights
• European Court of Justice
• European Economic Area
• European Economic Community
• European Free Trade Association
• European Monetary Union
• European Parliament
• European Union
• Europol
• Europol Drugs Unit
• Europol liaison officers
• euthanasia
• eviction
• evidence
• evidence in rebuttal
• evidence obtained illegally
• evidence of character
• evidence of disposition
• evidence of identity
• evidence of opinion
• evidence-in-chief
• evidential breath testing device
• evidential burden
• evidential presumption
• ex gratia
• ex officio
• ex officio magistrate
• ex parte
• ex post facto
• ex turpi causa non oritur actio
• examination
• examination‐in‐chief
• examining justice
• excise duty
• excluded material
• exclusion and restriction of negligence liability
• exclusion order
• exclusion requirement
• exclusionary rules
• excusable homicide
• excuse
• execution
• executive agency
• exemplary damages
• exempt supply
• exemption clause
• exhaustion of local remedies
• exhibit
• exhumation
• exit wound
• expert evidence
• expert opinion
• explosion
• explosive
• exposure
• express term
• expropriation
• expulsion
• extended sentence
• extortion
• extortionate credit bargains
• extractor
• extradition
• extradition treaty
• extradural haemorrhage
• extrajudicial divorce
• extraordinary resolution
• extraterritoriality
• extreme pornographic images
• extrinsic evidence
• f.o.b. contract
• ‘facebook’ identification
• facial reconstruction
• fact
• factor
• factoring
• factors
• factum
• failing to provide
• failure to account for objects, substances, or marks
• failure to account for presence at the scene of an offence
• failure to make disclosure
• fair trial
• false accounting
• false identity documents
• false imprisonment
• false pretence
• false statement
• false trade description
• false‐memory paradigm
• falsification of accounts
• familial sex offences
• family
• family assistance order
• Family Division
• family life
• family name
• family proceedings
• fat embolism
• fatal accidents
• fear of crime
• febrile
• federal state
• fee simple absolute in possession
• felony
• female genital mutilation
• femur
• ferae naturae
• ferry
• FGM
• fibula
• fiction
• fiduciary
• file
• filing
• final act
• final warning scheme
• Finance Bill
• financial circumstances order
• Financial Conduct Authority
• Financial Investigation Support System
• Financial Reporting Standards
• Financial Services Authority
• financial year
• fine
• fingerprints
• fingertip bruising
• fire damage
• firearm
• firearm certificate
• Firearms Acts
• firearms control within the European Union
• firearms discharge residue
• firing pin
• first description
• first offender
• fitness for purpose
• fixation
• fixed penalty notice
• fixture
• flag of convenience
• flag of truce
• flag state jurisdiction
• flagrante delicto, in
• flail chest
• flash suppressor
• floating charge
• floating rate
• floor limit
• flotation
• flotation test
• foetus
• folk devil
• fontanelle
• Food Standards Agency
• football banning order
• football hooliganism
• footpath
• footway
• footwear marks
• forbearance
• force
• forced labor
• forced marriage
• forced marriage protection order
• forcible entry
• foreign bill
• foreign company
• foreign enlistment
• foreign law
• foreign surveillance operations
• foreign travel order
• forensic
• forensic accountant
• forensic anthropologist
• forensic archaeologist
• forensic entomologist
• Forensic Science Service
• Forensic Science Society
• forensic scientist
• foresight
• forfaiting
• forfeiture
• forfeiture of recognizance
• forfeiture of security for attendance
• forgery
• forward market
• foster child
• foster parent
• fracture
• fraenulum
• franchise
• fraud
• fraud on the minority
• fraudulent conveyance
• fraudulent evasion
• fraudulent receipt of programme
• fraudulent trading
• fraudulent use of telecommunication systems
• free elections
• free movement
• free on board contract
• freedom from encumbrance
• freedom of association
• freedom of expression
• freedom of thought, conscience, and religion
• freehold
• freezing injunction
• freight
• frenulum
• friction ridges
• frolic of his own
• frottage
• frotteur
• frotteurism
• frustration of contract
• FSA
• fugitive offender
• full age
• full code test
• full powers
• fundamental breach
• fungibles
• futures market
• gag
• gall bladder
• game
• gaming
• gaming contract
• garrotte
• gastric
• gastrointestinal
• GBH
• GEMAC
• gender reassignment
• Gender Recognition Panel
• gene
• general act
• general and special damages
• General Assembly
• General Council of the Bar of England and Wales
• general defenses
• general issue
• general meeting
• general participation clause
• general principles of law
• general safety requirement
• general verdict
• general warrant
• genetic fingerprinting
• Geneva Conventions
• genocide
• geographic profiling
• ghet
• Ghosh test
• gift
• gipsy
• Glasgow Coma Scale
• glue sniffing
• going equipped
• going public
• golden rule
• golden share
• good behavior
• good faith
• good offices
• goods
• goods vehicle
• government circulars
• Government Communications Headquarters
• government department
• government‐in‐exile
• graduated fixed penalty notices
• Grand Committees
• grant
• grants in aid
• granulation tissue
• grave
• Gray’s Inn
• Greater London
• Greater London Authority
• green paper
• grenade
• grievous bodily harm
• gross indecency
• gross negligence
• ground penetrating radar
• group accounts
• group identification
• guarantee
• guarantee company
• guard dog
• guardian
• guardian ad litem
• guardianship order
• guillotine
• guilty
• guilty knowledge
• guilty mind
• gunboat diplomacy
• gynaecology
• gypsy
• habeas corpus
• habitual residence
• hacking
• haematoma
• haemoglobin
• haemopericardium
• haemophilia
• haemoptysis
• haemorrhage
• haemothorax
• Hague Conventions
• Hague Rules
• half blood
• hallucinogenic drugs
• Hamburg Rules
• hammer
• handgun
• handling stolen goods
• hang
• Hansard
• harassment
• harassment of a person in his home
• harassment of debtors
• harassment of occupier
• harbouring
• Hare Psychopathy Checklist—Revised
• harmonization of laws
• hate crime
• hawala
• hawaladar
• hazardous waste
• headings
• heads of state, immunity
• Health and Safety Commission
• Health and Safety Executive
• health records
• hearing
• Hearing Officer
• hearsay evidence
• heavy goods vehicle road user levy
• heavy motor car
• hedgerow
• help at court
• hereditament
• heroin
• HGV road user levy
• hide and die syndrome
• high contracting parties
• High Court of Justice
• high hedges
• High Potential Development Scheme
• high seas
• high technology crime
• highway
• hijacking
• hire
• hire purchase
• histology
• HM Revenue and Customs
• holder
• holding company
• holding out
• holograph
• Home Authority Principle
• home detention curfew
• Home Office Large Major Enquiry System
• Home Office Road Traffic Form 1
• Home Office Scientific Development Branch
• Home Secretary
• homeless person
• homicide
• homosexual conduct
• honorarium
• honor-based violence
• hors de combat
• hospital order
• hostage
• hostile witness
• hot pursuit, right of
• House of Commons
• House of Commons Commission
• House of Lords
• House of Lords Appointments Commission
• housebreaking
• human assisted reproduction
• Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority
• human immunodeficiency virus
• human intelligence
• human rights
• Human Rights Act
• human shield
• humanitarian intervention
• humerus
• hush puppy
• hydrogen cyanide
• hymen
• hyoid
• hyper-
• hyperglycaemia
• hypo-
• hypoglycaemia
• hypostasis
• hypothecation
• hypothermia
• hypoxia
• ICC
• identification procedure
• identity
• identity documents
• idiopathic
• ignition
• ignorance of the law
• ignorantia juris non excusat
• ignoring traffic signals
• ileum
• illegal contract
• illegal practices
• illegitimacy
• imaging
• imitation firearm
• immigration
• Immigration Appeal Tribunal
• immigration officers
• immobilizing vehicles
• immoral contract
• immovables
• immunity
• immunological response
• impeding apprehension
• impersonation
• implementation
• implied condition
• implied contract
• implied malice
• impossibility
• impossibility of performance
• imprisonment
• imputability
• imputation
• in camera
• in loco parentis
• in personam
• in re
• in rem
• in vitro fertilization
• incapacity
• incest
• inchoate
• incision
• incitement
• incitement to racial hatred
• income tax
• incompetence
• inconsiderate driving
• incorporation
• incorporation by reference
• incorporeal hereditament
• incoterm
• incriminate
• indecency
• indecent assault
• indecent exposure
• indecent photographs of children
• indefeasible
• indemnity
• independent contractor
• Independent Housing Ombudsman
• Independent Police Complaints Commission
• index maps
• indictable offence
• indictment
• indigenous peoples
• indirect evidence
• inducement
• Industry Hot Card File
• inevitable accident
• infant
• infanticide
• infantile cortical hyperostosis
• infarction
• inferior
• inferior court
• inflammation
• informant
• information
• Information Commissioner’s Office
• informer
• inherent vice
• inheritance
• inheritance tax
• inhuman treatment
• injunction
• injury
• inland bill
• Inland Revenue
• Inner Temple
• innocent passage
• Inns of Court
• innuendo
• input tax
• inquest
• inquiry
• inquiry panels
• inquisition
• inquisitorial procedure
• insanity
• insider dealing
• insolvency practitioner
• inspector
• instrument
• insufficient evidence
• insulin
• insulting behavior
• insurance
• insurance broker
• insurance company
• insurance policy
• insurance premium tax
• insurgency
• intangible property
• intellectual property
• intelligent detection system
• intensive fostering requirement
• intensive supervision and surveillance requirement
• intention
• inter partes
• intercostal muscle
• interest
• interested party
• interfering with trade
• interfering with vehicles
• interfering with witnesses
• interim
• interim injunction
• interim proceedings
• interim relief
• interlineation
• interlocutory
• intermediary
• internal waters
• international carriage
• International Child Protection Certificate
• International Court of Justice
• international crime
• International Criminal Court
• International Criminal Police Organization
• International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
• International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
• international humanitarian law
• international joint investigation team
• international law
• International Law Commission
• international legal personality
• international minimum standard
• international supply contract
• interpleader
• interpretation
• Interpretation Act
• interpretation clause
• interpretation of statutes
• interpreter
• interpretive theory of law
• interregnum
• interrogation
• interstate trade
• intertemporal law
• intervention order
• intestacy
• intimate sample
• intimate search
• intimidated witness
• intimidation
• intoxicating liquor
• intoxicating substance treatment requirement
• intoxication
• intra vires
• intracerebral
• intracranial
• intrapulmonary
• intrastat offences
• intrauterine
• intrusive surveillance
• investigating officer
• investigation of a company
• investigative interview
• investment company
• invitation to treat
• invitee
• involuntary conduct
• involuntary manslaughter
• irrationality
• irrebuttable presumption
• irresistible impulse
• irrevocable
• ischaemic
• ischaemic heart disease
• issue
• issued capital
• istisna’a
• IVF
• jactitation of marriage
• jejunum
• jetsam
• jettisoned at sea, drugs
• joinder of causes of action
• joinder of charges
• joinder of defendants
• joinder of documents
• joinder of parties
• joint and several
• Joint Asset Recovery Database
• Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Programme
• joint investigation team
• joint tortfeasors
• joule burn
• journalistic materials
• Journals
• joyriding
• JP
• judge
• judge advocate
• Judge Advocate‐General’s Department
• judge in his own cause
• judgment
• judicial cognizance
• judicial comity
• Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
• judicial dictum
• judicial discretion
• judicial immunity
• judicial notice
• judicial precedent
• judicial review
• jugular veins
• junior barrister
• jure gestionis
• jure imperii
• juris et de jure
• jurisdiction
• jurisprudence
• juristic person
• juror
• jury
• jury tampering
• jus
• jus ad bellum
• jus civile
• jus cogens
• jus gentium
• jus in bello
• jus in re aliena
• jus natural
• jus sanguinis
• jus soli
• jus tertii
• just and equitable winding‐up
• just satisfaction
• justice
• justice of the peace
• justices’ clerk
• justifiable homicide
• justification
• justifying bail
• juvenile court
• juvenile offender
• keeping
• keeping the peace
• keloid
• keratin
• kerb crawling
• ketamine
• kettling
• kidnapping
• kleptomania
• knock‐out agreement
• knowledge
• laceration
• land
• land registration
• Land Registry
• landfill tax
• landlord
• larceny
• larva
• larynx
• late night levy
• law
• Law Commission
• Law Lords
• law of nations
• law of the sea
• law officers of the Crown
• Law Reform Committee
• law reports
• Law Society
• lay magistrate
• laying an information
• lead evidence
• leader
• leading case
• leading question
• leads and lags
• leapfrog procedure
• learning disability
• lease
• leasehold
• leasehold ownership
• leave
• leave of the court
• leave to appeal
• legacy
• legal advice, right to
• legal adviser
• legal aid
• Legal Aid Agency
• legal aid scheme
• legal capacity
• legal easement
• legal estate
• legal memory
• Legal Ombudsman
• legal person
• legal positivism
• legal privilege
• legal rights
• Legal Services Commission
• Legal Services Ombudsman
• legislation
• legislature
• legitimacy
• legitimate aim
• legitimation
• leonine
• lessee
• lessor
• letter of attorney
• letter of credence
• letter of credit
• letter of request
• letters of administration
• letters rogatory
• leucomalachite green
• levée en masse
• lever-action
• lex ferenda
• lex lata
• lex loci celebrationis
• lex loci contractus
• liability
• liaison magistrate
• libel
• liberty and freedom from arbitrary detention
• license
• licensable activity
• licensed premises
• licensee
• licensing authority
• licensing of business
• licensing of premises
• lie on the file
• lien
• life assurance
• life imprisonment
• life peerage
• lifestyle offence
• lifting the veil
• ligature
• limitation
• limited company
• limited liability partnership
• Lincoln’s Inn
• linked transaction
• liquidation
• liquidation committee
• liquidator
• listed company
• Listed Market
• lists
• literal rule
• litigant
• litigation
• litigation friend
• live link
• live television link
• livestock
• lividity
• living memory
• living on immoral earnings
• Lloyd’s
• loan capital
• loan creditor
• local Act
• local authorities and children
• Local Authorities Coordinators of Regulatory Services
• local authority
• local authority foster parents
• local authority residence requirement
• Local Criminal Justice Board
• local government
• local government area
• local investigation
• local justice area
• local knowledge
• local laws
• local resolution
• Local Safeguarding Children Boards
• Local Strategic Partnership
• Locard’s principle
• locomotive
• locus standi
• lodger
• London Assembly
• London borough
• London Interbank Offered Rate
• London Members
• long title
• long‐term detention
• looked‐after children
• Lord Advocate
• Lord Chancellor
• Lord Chief Justice
• Lord Justice of Appeal
• Lords of Appeal in Ordinary
• Lords, House of
• loss leader
• loss of control
• lottery
• low copy number
• low template DNA
• lysergic acid diethylamide
• Maastricht Treaty
• maceration
• machine gun
• magazine
• maggot
• magistrate
• magistrates’ court
• Magna Carta
• magnetic stripe
• magnetometry
• maintenance
• majority
• majority verdict
• making off without payment
• mala fide
• malfeasance
• malice
• malice aforethought
• malicious communication
• malicious prosecution
• malicious wounding
• malware
• managerialism
• managing director
• mandate
• mandatory minimum sentence
• mandatory order
• mandatory referral
• mandible
• Manor of Northstead
• manslaughter
• mansuetae naturae
• Mareva injunction
• margin of appreciation
• marine insurance
• marital coercion
• market overt
• marquis test
• marriage
• marriage brokage contract
• Martens clause
• martial law
• Marxist criminology
• Marxist legal theory
• master
• Master of the Rolls
• maturity
• maxilla
• Mayor of London
• McKenzie friend
• McNaghten Rules
• mechanically propelled vehicle
• medial
• mediation
• medical experiments
• medical personnel
• meeting a child following sexual grooming
• Member of Parliament
• Members’ interests
• memorandum of association
• menace
• menacing communication
• meninges
• mens rea
• mental capacity
• mental disorder
• mental disorder impeding choice
• mental health treatment requirement
• mental impairment
• MEP
• mercantile agent
• mercenary
• merchant bank
• merchantable quality
• mercy
• merger
• mesentery
• messuage
• metaphysis
• methadone
• methylenedioxymethamphetamine
• MI5
• MI6
• middle meningeal artery
• Middle Temple
• Military Aid to Government Departments
• Military Aid to the Civil Authorities
• Military Aid to the Civil Community
• Military Aid to the Civil Power
• military court
• military law
• military stores
• minister
• ministerial responsibility
• minor
• minority
• minority clauses
• minority protection
• miscarriage
• mischief rule
• misconduct
• misconduct in public office
• misdirection
• misfeasance
• misfeasance in public office
• misfeasance summons
• misleading advertising
• misleading prices
• misprision
• mistake
• mistrial
• mitigation
• mitochondrial DNA
• mobile phone blocking
• mock auction
• mode of trial
• molestation
• money laundering
• moneylender
• monism
• monoamine oxidase inhibitors
• monopoly
• Monroe doctrine
• Montero’s Aim
• moot
• moral panic
• morphine
• mortar
• MOT test
• motive
• motor car
• motor caravan
• motor cycle
• motor insurance
• Motor Insurers’ Bureau
• motor tractor
• motor vehicle
• motoring offences
• motorway driving
• movables
• multiple admissibility
• mummification
• Munchausen’s syndrome
• municipal law
• munitions of war
• murder
• mute
• mutilation
• mutiny
• mutual administrative assistance
• mutual assistance in criminal matters
• mutual legal assistance
• muzzle
• muzzle energy
• muzzle-loading
• myocardial
• myocardial infarction
• myocardium
• Nacro
• National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders
• National Asylum Support Service
• National Automated Fingerprint Identification System
• National Crime Agency
• National Identification Service
• National Injuries Database
• National Offender Management Service
• National Policing Plan
• National Register of Public Service Interpreters
• national treatment standard
• nationality
• natural child
• natural justice
• natural law
• natural person
• naturalization
• naval law
• naval property
• Naval Prosecuting Authority
• necessaries
• necessary in a democratic society
• necessity
• necrophilia
• necropsy
• necrosis
• necrotic
• neglect
• negligence
• negligent misstatement
• negotiable instrument
• negotiation
• negotiation of a bill
• neighbor principle
• nemo dat quod non habet
• nemo debet bis vexari
• nemo judex in causa sua
• nemo tenetur seipsum accusare
• nervous shock
• neurone
• neutrality
• neutralization
• new trial
• Newton hearing
• next of kin
• NGO
• ninhydrin
• nitrazepam
• no case to answer
• ‘No Witness, No Justice’ project
• noise
• nolle prosequi
• nominee
• nominee shareholder
• non liquet
• non‐commercial agreement
• non‐consensual DNA analysis
• non‐disclosure
• non‐governmental organization
• non‐intimate samples
• non‐molestation order
• non‐provable debt
• non-refoulement
• nonage
• Northern Ireland Assembly
• nose
• not guilty
• not negotiable
• notary
• notice of discontinuance
• notice of dishonor
• notice of intended prosecution
• novus actus interveniens
• nuclear material
• nucleus
• nuisance
• nuisance neighbors
• nulla poena sine lege
• nullity of marriage
• nullum crimen sine lege
• oath
• oath of allegiance
• obiter dictum
• obligation
• obscene and threatening communication
• obscene publication
• Obscene Publications Acts
• obscene telephone calls
• obstructing a police officer, etc.
• obstructing the highway
• obstruction
• occupation
• occupation order
• occupier
• odontologist
• odontology
• offence
• offence against designated and accredited persons
• offence against international law and order
• offence against property
• offence against public order
• offence against the person
• offence against the state
• offence relating to road traffic
• offence triable either way
• offence triable only on indictment
• offence triable only summarily
• offender
• offender profiling
• offensive weapon
• offer
• offering no evidence
• Office for the Supervision of Solicitors
• Office of Fair Trading
• Office of Public Sector Information
• Official Petitioner
• official receiver
• official secrets
• Official Solicitor
• OFT
• Old Bailey
• oligopoly
• omission
• on indictment
• onus of proof
• open court
• open for signature
• opinion evidence
• opium
• oppression
• OPSI
• option
• oral agreement
• oral evidence
• orality
• order of discharge
• Orders in Council
• Orders of Council
• ordinance
• ordinarily resident
• ordinary resolution
• ordnance
• organ, human
• organized crime
• origin system
• original evidence
• OSS
• outer Bar
• output tax
• outraging public decency
• overdraft
• overrule
• overseas company
• overseas divorce
• PACE
• pact
• PACT
• pacta sunt servanda
• pacta tertiis nec nocent nec prosunt
• paedophile
• paid‐up capital
• palatine courts
• pancreas
• panopticism
• paperless trading
• par in parem non habet imperium
• paracetamol
• parallel import
• paraquat
• pardon
• parent
• parental order
• parental responsibility
• parental responsibility agreement
• parental responsibility order
• parenting order
• parents’ liability
• parish
• parking offences
• parlementaire
• Parliament
• parliamentary counsel
• Parliamentary Ombudsman
• parliamentary papers
• parliamentary privilege
• parol evidence
• parole
• parole board
• parry fracture
• Part 1 warrant
• Part 3 warrant
• participator
• parties
• partition
• partnership
• passenger vehicle
• passing off
• passport
• pasture
• patent
• patent defect
• patentee
• pathologist
• pathology
• pawn
• paying for sexual services of a child
• payment by post
• payment card
• PEACE
• peaceful assembly
• peaceful enjoyment of possessions
• pedestrian controlled vehicle
• pelvis
• penal notice
• penal statute
• penalty
• penalty notice for disorder
• penalty points
• penetrating injuries
• penetration
• penology
• people trafficking
• per capita
• per curiam
• per incuriam
• percussion cap
• peremptory challenge
• peremptory pleas
• perfect and imperfect rights
• perfidious killing or wounding
• performance of contract
• performers’ rights
• pericardium
• perimortem
• periorbital haematoma
• periosteum
• perished goods
• peritoneum
• peritonitis
• perjury
• permanent establishment
• permitted temporary event
• persecution
• persistently selling alcohol to children
• persona non grata
• personal Act
• personal allowances
• Personal Identification Number
• personal license
• personal property
• personal protection order
• personal records
• personal service
• personal‐credit agreement
• personalty
• personation
• persuading to murder
• persuasive authority
• perverse verdict
• perverting the course of justice
• petechial haemorrhages
• pethidine
• pharming
• pharynx
• phishing
• phreaking
• pia mater
• picketing
• pillage
• PIN pad
• piracy
• pirate radio station
• piscary
• pistol
• pistol‐grip
• place of safety order
• placement order
• plaintiff
• plc
• plea
• plea and case management hearing
• plea and directions hearing
• plea bargaining
• plea before venue
• plead
• pleading guilty by post
• pleas in bar
• pledge
• pleura
• pneumothorax
• poaching
• PoCA list
• point of sale
• poison
• Police and Crime Commissioner
• police authority
• police bail
• police certificate
• Police Complaints Authority
• police court
• police force
• Police Information and Technology Organization
• Police National Computer
• police officer
• police powers
• police protection of children
• police protection order
• Police Scientific Development Branch
• police service
• police‐to‐police inquiries
• political asylum
• political offence
• pollution
• polydipsia
• polygamy
• polymerase chain reaction
• polyuria
• pons
• pontine
• port
• port constable
• port tranquillity doctrine
• position of trust
• positivism
• possession
• post‐mortem
• a posteriori
• powder
• power
• power of arrest
• power of attorney
• power of search
• Practice Directions
• practicing certificate
• pre‐sentence report
• preamble
• precedent
• precept
• preference
• preference share
• preferential debts
• preferment
• prejudice
• preliminary hearing
• premature closure
• premises
• premises license
• preparatory hearing
• prerogative of mercy
• prescribed by law
• prescribed limit
• prescribed police station
• prescription
• presentment
• preserved county
• pressing social need
• presumption
• presumption of death
• presumption of innocence
• presumption of sanity
• pretrial interview
• preventing births
• previous convictions
• previous statements
• price
• prima facie
• prima facie case
• prima facie evidence
• primary detection
• primary evidence
• primary fact
• Prime Minister
• primer
• principal
• a priori
• prison breach
• prisoner custody officer
• privacy
• private company
• private defense
• private foster parent
• private law
• private life
• private member’s Bill
• privilege
• privileged communication
• Privy Council
• prize court
• pro bono publico
• probation
• probation center
• probation hostel
• probation officer
• probation order
• problem-oriented policing
• procedural impropriety
• procedure
• proceeding in the same direction
• proceeds of crime
• Proceeds of Crime Centre
• procès‐verbal
• process
• procurator fiscal
• procure
• procuring disclosure of personal data
• product liability
• production of documents
• profit à prendre
• profit‐and‐loss account
• Programme Management Organization
• programme requirement
• prohibited activity requirement
• prohibited article
• prohibited degrees of relationships
• prohibited steps order
• prohibited weapons and ammunition
• prohibition notice
• projectile
• promise
• promissory note
• promoter
• prone
• proof
• proof beyond reasonable doubt
• proof in absence
• proof of age
• proof of birth
• proof of handwriting
• proof of marriage
• proof of service
• propellant
• property
• property interference
• proponent
• proportionality
• prorogation
• proscribed organization
• prosecution
• prosecutor
• prosecutor’s statement
• prospectus
• prostitute
• prostitution
• protected emblems
• protected goods
• protected person
• protected state
• protocol
• provable debt
• provocation
• Prudential Regulation Authority
• pseudo‐photograph
• psychiatric injury
• psychopathic disorder
• psychopathology
• psychosis
• psychotropic drugs
• public authorities
• public body
• public bridleway
• public company
• Public Defender Service
• public document
• public duties
• public examination
• public general Act
• public good
• public house
• public interest immunity
• public law
• public limited company
• public mischief
• public morals
• public nuisance
• public place
• public policy
• public prosecutor
• publication
• Pubwatch
• pugilistic attitude
• puisne
• puisne judge
• pulmonary
• pulmonary embolism
• pump-action
• punishment
• punishment, theories of
• pupa
• purchaser
• purchaser for value
• putative father
• putrefaction
• QC
• qualified privilege
• qualified right
• quango
• quarantine
• quarter days
• quash
• quasi‐judicial
• queen
• Queen
• Queen’s Bench Division
• Queen’s Counsel
• Queen’s evidence
• Queen’s Regulations
• questioning of suspects
• qui facit per alium facit per se
• quiet enjoyment
• R
• Race Directive
• race discrimination
• racial harassment
• racial hatred
• racial segregation
• racialization
• racially and religiously aggravated offence
• rape
• rape of a child under 13
• rape offence
• ratification
• ratio decidendi
• rational choice theory
• rave
• re‐examination
• real
• real estate
• real evidence
• real firearm
• real property
• realist criminology
• realistic imitation firearm
• reasonable force
• reasonable person
• rebuttable presumption
• recall of witness
• recaption
• receiver
• receivership order
• receiving stolen goods
• recent complaint
• recent possession, doctrine of
• recidivism
• recklessness
• recognizance
• recommendation for deportation on conviction
• recordable offence
• recorder
• Recovered Assets Incentivization Fund
• recovered memory
• recovery of premises
• Red Crescent
• Red Cross
• Red Lion and Red Sun
• reference
• referral order
• refreshing memory
• refuse disposal
• regent
• Regional Asset Recovery Teams
• register of members
• registered
• registered company
• registered design
• registered office
• registrar
• registration as citizen or subject
• registration of a company
• registration of birth
• registration of death
• registration of marriage
• regular forces
• regulated agreement
• regulated entertainment
• regulations of the EU
• regulatory agency
• rehabilitation
• rehearing
• rejection of offer
• release
• release on license
• relevance
• relevant evidence
• relevant facts
• relief
• remand
• remedy
• renunciation
• reparation order
• reparations
• repatriation
• repeal
• repeat offender
• repeat victimization
• reporting an accident
• reporting restrictions
• representation
• representation order
• reprimand
• reprisals
• repudiation
• reputation
• requisition
• res gestae
• res ipsa loquitur
• resale price maintenance
• rescue
• reservation
• residence
• residence order
• residence requirement
• resident
• residential occupier
• resilience
• resistance survey
• resisting arrest
• respondeat superior
• respondent
• restitution
• restorative justice
• restraining order
• restraint of trade
• restraint order
• restricted byway
• restriction order
• restrictive trade practices
• retirement of jury
• retorsion
• retrial
• retribution
• retrospective legislation
• return
• return day
• returning officer
• Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office
• Revenue and Customs Prosecutor
• Revenue and Customs, HM
• revenue statute
• reversal of judgment
• revocation of offer
• revolver
• rifle
• rifled gun
• rifling
• right
• right of abode
• right of audience
• right of establishment
• right of silence
• right of way
• right to life
• right to marry
• right to roam
• rights issue
• rigid vehicle
• rigor mortis
• rimfire
• riot
• risk factor
• risk of sexual harm order
• road
• road rage
• road tax
• road traffic accident/collision
• robbery
• rogatory letter
• Rome Conference
• Rome Treaty
• round
• Royal Air Force Prosecuting Authority
• royal assent
• royal prerogative
• royal proclamation
• rule of law
• Rule of Nines
• running‐account credit
• ruses of war
• s (plural ss)
• Sabbath
• sabotage
• safe haven
• safety at work
• safety representatives
• salafism
• sale
• sale
• sale of goods
• salicylate
• salvage
• sanction
• sanity
• sans recours
• satisfactory quality
• scald
• scaled approach
• scalp
• scapegoating
• scapula
• scar
• Scenes of Crime Officer
• schedule
• scheme of arrangement
• Schengen Agreement
• scienter rule
• sclera
• scorched earth tactics
• Scottish Parliament
• scrap metal
• scrap metal dealer
• scratch
• scuttling
• sea waybill
• sear
• search
• search before Crown Court
• search of ship
• search order
• search warrant
• seat belt
• seaworthy
• secession
• secondary detection
• secondary evidence
• secondary party
• Secret Intelligence Service (SIS; MI6)
• secret profits
• sectarianism
• section 30 order (parental order)
• section 37 investigation
• section 47 inquiry
• section 8 order
• secure accommodation order
• secure training center
• secured creditor
• securities
• Securities and Investment Board
• security
• Security Council
• Security Service
• sedition
• seduction
• select committee
• self‐defence
• self‐determination
• self‐help
• self‐loading rifle
• self‐loading weapon
• self‐policing
• self‐reporting
• seller
• semi‐automatic weapon
• semi‐conductor topography
• semi‐trailer
• sending distressing letters, electronic communications, or articles
• sending for trial
• sending offences for trial
• Senior Courts of England and Wales
• sentence
• Sentencing Advisory Panel
• Sentencing Council
• Sentencing Guidelines Council
• separability thesis
• separate trials
• separation agreement
• separation of powers
• separation order
• serious crime prevention order
• Serious Fraud Office
• Serious Organized Crime Agency
• serious specified offence
• serology
• servant
• service
• Service Civilian Court
• service discipline Acts
• service law
• service police
• Service Prosecuting Authority
• services
• severance
• severe mental impairment
• sex change
• sex offender
• sex offender order
• sex offenders register
• sextasy
• sexual
• sexual activity with a child
• sexual assault
• sexual assault of a child under 13
• sexual history
• sexual intercourse
• sexual offence
• sexual offences prevention order
• sexually transmitted infection
• SFO
• shadow director
• sham marriage
• sham transaction
• sham trust
• shaming
• share
• share certificate
• share option
• share premium
• share transfer
• share warrant
• sheriff
• ship
• shipwreck
• shock
• shoplifting
• short tandem repeat
• short title
• shotgun
• sight
• signature of treaty
• silence
• silencer
• silk
• similar‐fact evidence
• simpliciter
• sine die
• single action
• Single European Act
• Single Market
• Site of Special Scientific Interest
• situational crime prevention
• skeletal
• skimming
• skin
• skull
• slander
• slander of goods (disparagement of goods)
• slander of title
• slavery
• slide-action
• small agreement
• small arm
• small claims track
• small premises
• SMEs
• smoke
• smooth bore
• smother
• smuggling
• SOCA
• social control
• social exclusion
• social fund
• social justice
• social parents (de facto carers)
• social policy rule
• Societas Europaea (European Company)
• socio-legal studies
• sodomy
• soft law
• software
• soliciting
• solicitor
• Solicitor General
• Solicitors’ Disciplinary Tribunal
• somatotype
• sources of international law
• sovereign
• sovereign immunity
• sovereignty
• sovereignty of Parliament
• Speaker
• special advocate
• special constable
• Special Constabulary
• special hospital
• special measures
• special measures direction
• special plea
• special procedure material
• special protection
• special reasons
• special verdict
• specialty
• specific goods
• specific intent
• specific intent crime
• specific issue order
• specified offence
• specimen of blood
• specimen of breath
• specimen of urine
• speeding
• spent conviction
• spouse
• spying
• spyware
• squatter
• squatter’s title
• squatting in a residential building
• stag
• stalking
• standard of proof
• standard-form contract
• standing committee
• standing mute
• stare decisis
• state
• state crime
• state of emergency
• statelessness
• statement of affairs
• statement of information
• statute
• statute book
• statute law
• statutory charging scheme
• statutory declaration
• statutory instrument
• statutory interpretation
• statutory power of removal
• step‐parent
• stereotype
• stipendiary magistrate
• stock
• Stock Exchange
• stoppage in transitu
• stopping and reporting RTCs
• stowaway
• strain theory
• street
• street offence
• strict liability
• strike
• striking off
• stun gun
• sub judice rule
• subdelegated legislation
• sublease (subtenancy, underlease)
• subletting
• subletting tenanted housing
• submachine gun
• subordinate legislation
• subornation
• subpoena
• subsidiarity
• subsidiary company
• substantive law
• subtenancy
• subtenant
• succession
• successive interests
• sue
• sui generis
• sui juris
• suicide
• suit
• Summary Appeal Court
• summary conviction
• summary hearing
• summary offence
• summary trial
• summing up
• summons
• Sunday trading
• superglue fuming
• superior court
• superior orders
• supervision order
• supervision requirement
• suppression of documents
• supremacy
• Supreme Court
• Supreme Court of Judicature
• surety
• surname
• surrender to custody
• surrogacy
• surveillance
• suspended sentence
• Suspicious Activity Report
• tache noire
• tachycardia
• takedown
• takeover
• takeover bid
• taking a conveyance without consent
• talaq
• tales de circumstantibus
• talesman
• tangible property
• Tardieu spots
• target hardening
• tax
• tax avoidance
• tax credit
• tax evasion
• tax point
• tax year
• taxable person
• taxable supply
• technical bail
• telephone tapping
• temazepam
• temperature
• temporal bone
• temporary activity
• temporary event notice
• tenancy
• tenant
• tenant’s fixtures
• tender
• tender offer
• term
• termination of proceedings
• territorial limits
• territorial waters
• territoriality
• terrorism
• Terrorism Acts
• terrorism notification order
• terrorist asset freezing
• test case
• testimony
• textbook
• thallium
• theft
• thing
• thing in action
• third‐party insurance
• thorax
• threat
• threatening behavior
• three‐tier system
• threshold criteria
• threshold test
• throat
• thrombosis
• thyroid cartilage
• tibia
• time immemorial
• time limits
• tit for tat
• title
• toluene
• tools of trade
• tort
• tortfeasor
• tortious
• torture
• totting up
• touting
• toxicology
• trachea
• tracing
• tracing trust property
• track
• trade
• trade description
• trade dispute
• trade fixture
• trade mark
• trade mark at common law
• trade secret
• traffic offence
• trafficking people for labor and other exploitation
• trafficking people for sexual exploitation
• trailer
• trajectory
• transfer of children
• transfer of party’s own civilian population
• transferred malice
• transferring cases to the Crown Court
• transsexual
• trauma
• traumatic asphyxia
• treachery
• treason
• treasure trove
• Treasury Counsel
• treaty
• Treaty of Lisbon
• Treaty of Rome
• Treaty on European Union
• Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
• tree preservation order
• trespass
• trespass ab initio
• trespassory assembly
• trial
• trial by Crown Court judge alone
• trial on indictment
• tribunal
• tribunal of inquiry
• trier of fact
• trigger
• Trojan horse
• trust
• trust property
• trustee
• trustee in bankruptcy
• tu quoque
• turbary
• turning Queen’s evidence
• uberrimae fidei
• ulna
• ulterior intent
• ultra vires
• ultraviolet light
• UN
• unascertained goods
• unauthorized camping
• unconditional surrender
• undertaking
• underwriter
• undischarged bankrupt
• undue influence
• unfair consumer practices
• unfair contract terms
• unfair dismissal
• unfair trading
• unfavourable witness
• unfit to plead
• unilateral contract
• unincorporated body
• unit trust
• unitary authority
• United Nations
• Uniting for Peace Resolution
• unity of personality
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• unladen weight
• unlawful assembly
• unlawful possession of drugs
• unlawful profits order
• unlawful sexual intercourse
• unlawful wounding
• unlimited company
• unmarried father
• unpaid seller
• unpaid work requirement
• unreasonableness
• unregistered company
• unsecured creditor
• unsolicited goods
• unsworn evidence
• urine specimen
• usage
• use
• use of force
• user
• uti possidetis
• utter Bar
• vacations
• vagal inhibition
• vagina
• vagrant
• valium
• valuable consideration
• value
• value received
• value‐added tax
• valued policy
• vandalism
• VAT
• VC
• VDU
• vehicle
• Vehicle and Operator Services Agency
• vehicle construction and maintenance
• vehicle in the service of a visiting force or of a headquarters
• vehicle insurance
• vehicle interference
• vehicle used in manner causing alarm, distress, or annoyance
• velocity
• vendor
• venereal disease
• venire de novo
• ventricle
• ventricular fibrillation
• venture capital trust
• venue of trial
• verbals
• verdict
• vertebra
• Very pistol
• vest
• veto
• vexacious complaint
• vexatious litigant
• vexatious proceedings
• vicarious liability
• vicarious responsibility
• Vice Chancellor
• victim
• Victim Support
• victim surcharge order
• victim surveys
• victimless crimes
• victimology
• video conferencing link
• video evidence
• video identification
• Video Identification Parade Electronic Recording
• video‐recorded evidence
• Vienna Single Convention
• view
• violence for securing entry
• violent disorder
• violent offence/offender
• virus
• visiting forces
• visitor
• visual display unit
• vitreous humor
• voice identification
• void
• void contract
• voidable
• voidable contract
• voir dire
• volenti non fit injuria
• voluntary
• voluntary accommodation
• voluntary arrangement
• voluntary attendance at a police station
• voluntary bill procedure
• voluntary confession
• voluntary intoxication
• voluntary liquidation
• voluntary manslaughter
• voluntary winding‐up
• VOSA
• voyeurism
• vulnerable and intimidated witness
• vulva
• wad
• wagering contract
• waiver
• waiver of privilege
• war
• war crime
• war crimes tribunals
• ward of court
• wardship
• warning
• warrant
• warrant backed for bail
• warrant card
• warranty
• waste disposal
• wasted costs order
• wasting police time
• waybill
• weapon of offence
• Wednesbury unreasonableness
• welfare principle
• Welsh Assembly
• Welsh company
• Westminster doctrine
• whistle-blowing
• white paper
• whole blood
• whole life order
• whole life tariff
• wild animals
• wilful
• wilful default
• wilful misconduct
• wilful neglect
• will
• winding‐up
• with notice
• withdrawal of issue from jury
• withdrawal of proceedings
• without notice application
• without prejudice
• witness
• witness anonymity order
• witness coaching
• witness familiarization
• Witness Service
• witness summons
• witness’s oath
• words of art
• worker
• working day
• working hours
• World Trade Organization
• worm
• WORM
• wounding
• wounding with intent
• wreck
• writ
• Victim Support
• victim surcharge order
• victim surveys
• victimless crimes
• victimology
• video conferencing link
• video evidence
• video identification
• Video Identification Parade Electronic Recording
• video‐recorded evidence
• Vienna Single Convention
• view
• violence for securing entry
• violent disorder
• violent offence/offender
• virus
• visiting forces
• visitor
• visual display unit
• vitreous humor
• voice identification
• void
• void contract
• voidable
• voidable contract
• voir dire
• volenti non fit injuria
• voluntary
• voluntary accommodation
• voluntary arrangement
• voluntary attendance at a police station
• voluntary bill procedure
• voluntary confession
• voluntary intoxication
• voluntary liquidation
• voluntary manslaughter
• voluntary winding‐up
• VOSA
• voyeurism
• vulnerable and intimidated witness
• vulva
• wad
• wagering contract
• waiver
• waiver of privilege
• war
• war crime
• war crimes tribunals
• ward of court
• wardship
• warning
• warrant
• warrant backed for bail
• warrant card
• warranty
• waste disposal
• wasted costs order
• wasting police time
• waybill
• weapon of offence
• Wednesbury unreasonableness
• welfare principle
• Welsh Assembly
• Welsh company
• Westminster doctrine
• whistle-blowing
• white paper
• whole blood
• whole life order
• whole life tariff
• wild animals
• wilful
• wilful default
• wilful misconduct
• wilful neglect
• will
• winding‐up
• with notice
• withdrawal of issue from jury
• withdrawal of proceedings
• without notice application
• without prejudice
• witness
• witness anonymity order
• witness coaching
• witness familiarization
• Witness Service
• witness summons
• witness’s oath
• words of art
• worker
• working day
• working hours
• World Trade Organization
• worm
• WORM
• wounding
• wounding with intent
• wreck
• writ