Legal Definitions - C

 

 

cahoots

clear and present danger

consent

court

capital

close corporation

conservator

court costs

capital case

closing argument

consideration

court order

capital gains

COBRA

Consolidated Omnibus Budget

covenant

capital punishment

codicil

consortium

credit bureau

caption

coercion

constable

credit file

carryover

collateral

constructive eviction

credit insurance

case

collateral estoppel

consumer credit counseling

credit report

cash surrender value

collection agency

consumer leasing act

creditor

cause of action

collective bargaining

consummation

crime

census

collective mark

contempt

criminal case

certificate of incorporation

collusion

contempt of court

criminal complaint

certification mark

comity of nations

contest

criminal law

certified copy

commerce

contingency

cross-claim

challenge for cause

commercial frustration

contingency fee

cross examination

chambers

common law

continuance

cruelty

Chapter 13 bankruptcy

common law marriage

contraband

curator

Chapter 7 bankruptcy

community property

contract

curtesy

charge

community property with right

conviction

curtilage

check

comparable rectitude

conveyance

custodian

check kiting

competent evidence

cooling off rule

custody of a child

child

compilation

copy

cybersquatting

child Abandoment

complaint

copyright

 

child custody

complicity

copyright infringement

 

child support

compromise

copyright notice

 

circuit court

concession

copyright office

 

circumstantial evidence

condemnation

corporate resolution

 

civil

condonation

corporation

 

civil case

confession

C corporation  

 

civil disobedience

confidential communication

corpus delecti

 

civil procedure

confine

cosigner

 

Civil Rights Act of 1964

conformed copy

cost basis

 

claim

connivance

counterclaim

 

class action

consanguinity

counteroffer