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Alphalary for Legal terms (329)
A)A: abandonment, Abolish, Accessory, Accomplice, Accord, Accused, Acquisitions, Action, Administer, Adoption, Affect, Affidavit, Agency, Agent, Agreement, Alias, Alibi, Alienation, Alimony, Amend, Amendment, Annulment, Appeal, Appoint, Appraisal, Arraignment, Arson, Aspect, Assault, Assistance, Attachment, Attitude, Authorize, Autopsy
B)B: bail, Bankrupt, Basis, Battery, Before the bar, Belief, Bench, Bill, Blackmail, Bond, Branch, Breach, Bribery, Brief, Burden, Burglary, Business law
C)C: challenge, Civil, Claim, Code, Codicil, Collusion, Commercial, Commission, Common-law, Community property, Complication, Conduct, Confession, Conglomerate, Consent, Consideration, Conspiracy, Constitution, Contempt, Contract, Copyright, Coroner, Corporate, Corporation, Costly, Counterfeit, Court, Credit, Crime, Criminal
D)D: damages, Deal, Dealings, Debt, Decision, Deed, Defendant, Defense, Deliberate, Democratic, Denial, Deposition, Desertion, Determination, Disobedience, Disregard, Divorce, Document, Documentation, Draft
E)E: easement, Edict, Educate, Effect, Embezzle, Eminent domain, Emphasis, Enable, Encumber, Enforce, Entail, Equality, Escrow, Estate, Ethics, Eviction, Evidence, Examination, Executor, Expert, Extort, Extradition, Extreme
F)F: failure, Fairness, Family, Federal, Fee, Felony, Fine, Forgery, Fraud, Freedom, Fundamental, Funds
G)G: garnishment, Govern, Guarantee, Guaranty, Guardian, Guilty
H)H: habeas corpus, Harmful, Heir, High-ranking, Hijack, Homicide, Honor
I)I: imprison, Incompetent, Indictment, Influence, Inheritance, Initiative, Injunction, Injury, Inquest, Interests, Interference, Interpretation, Interstate, Issue
J)J: John Doe, Joint tenancy, Judge, Judgment, Judicial, Jurisprudence, Jury, Justice, Juvenile
K)K: kidnapping, Kin
L)L: larceny, Law, Lawfully, Lawsuit, Lease, Legacy, Legal, Legal assistance, Legislation, Libel, Liberty, License, Lien, Limits, Loan, Lynch
M)M: majority, Malice, Malpractice, Manslaughter, Mayhem, Merger, Minority, Misdemeanor, Moratorium, Mortgage, Murder
N)N: natural law, Negligent, Negotiable, Notation, Nuisance
O)O: oath, Obedience, Obey, Obligation, Offense, Official, Opinion, Organize, Out-dated, Overturn, Ownership
P)P: paralegal, Partnership, Patent, Penalize, Penalty, Perjury, Petition, Power, Power of attorney, Practice, Pre-law, Precedent, Previous, Principle, Prior, Prison, Private, Probate, Probate, Professional, Proof, Property, Prosecutor, Protection, Provision, Punishment
Q)Q: qualification, Quality, Quantify, Quantity, Question, Quirk, Quorum
R)R: rate, Reasoning, Receiver, Redress, Reduction, Referendum, Refute, Rejection, Repeal, Reputation, Resist, Responsibility, Restriction, Reverse, Rights, Robbery, Rules, Rulings
S)S: sabotage, Safeguard, Sanction, Sealed record, Selection, Seriousness, Services, Skillful, Slander, Smuggling, Special-interest, Standard, Statute, Statute of limitation, Subpoena, Suit, Summons, System
T)T: tenant, Testament, Testimony, Title, Tort, Trademark, Tradition, Transfer, Treason, Treatment, Treaty, Trespass, Trial, Trust, Trustee
U)U: unalienable, Unauthorized, Unclaimed, Unconstitutional, Unintentional, Unjust, Unlawful, Uphold, Usury
V)V: vagrancy, Vandalism, Veto, Victim, Victimize, Violate, Violation, Volume
W)W: ward, Well-developed, Will, Wisdom, Witness, Writ, Wrong
X)X:
Y)Y: youth
Z)Z: zeal
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Discussion possibilities:

Discuss some legal procedures and terms.
For example: affidavit, arraignment, bail, deposition, indictment, inquest, subpoena and writ

There are ways to change the law in democratic countries.
What are they? (Name four examples)

Branches of public law include:
Administrative, Criminal, Constitutional and International law. Why would you choose a particular specialty?

Branches of private law include:
Business, Tort, Property, Inheritance and Family Law. Why would you select one field over another?