1.    Court Systems and Jurisdiction

2.    Criminal Trial Procedure

3.    Civil Trial Procedure

4.    Defensive Pleadings in Civil Trials

5.    Methods of Discovery

6.    Pretrial Hearing and Jury Trial

7.    Steps in a Trial

PART II: Terms Used in Criminal Law

8.    Legal Ethics

9.    Constitutional Law

10.  Crimes, Accomplices, and Defenses

11.  Crimes Against Property

12.  Crimes Against the Person and Human  Habitation

13.  Homicide

14.  Crimes Against Morality and Drug Abuse

PART III:Terms used in law of torts

15.  Torts and Tortfeasors

16.  Intentional Torts

17.  Negligence and Product Liability

PART IV: Terms Used in Law of Contracts

18.  Formation of Contracts

19.  Contract Requirements

20.  Third Parties and Discharge of Contracts

PART V: Terms Used in Law of Personal Property and Agency

21.  Personal Property and Bailments 

22.  Intellectual Property

23.  Law of Agency

PART VI: Terms Used in Law of Wills and Estates

24.  Wills, Testaments, and Advance Directives

25.  Revocation, Lapses, and Ademption

26.  Principal Clauses in a Will

27.  Disinheritance and Intestacy

28.  Personal Representative of the Estate

29.  Settling an Estate

30.  Trusts

PART VII: Terms Used in Law of Real Property

31.  Estates in Real Property

32.  Multiple Ownership of Real Property

33.  Acquiring Title to Real Property

34.  Deeds

35.  Mortgages

36.  Landlord and Tenant

PART VIII: Terms Used in Family Law

37.  Marriage, Divorce, and Dissolution of Marriage

38.  Divorce Procedure

PART IX: Terms Used in Buisness Organization and Bankruptcy

39.  Business Organization

40.  The Law of Bankruptcy

Glossary of Legal Terms

Index

Glossary of Latin Terms and Phrases

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