Legal Terms Defined
Search or browse the list below to learn the definitions of terms that are often used in the legal context. Click on a term to see the definition. Please note that the translation feature does not currently work with the pop-up definitions.
Many of these definitions come from the Iowa Judicial Branch's Common Legal Terms page. Visit the Judicial Branch's website for a Spanish translation of the Common Legal Terms page.
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- Case File
- Caseload
- Cause of Action
- Certiorari
- Chambers
- Chief Judge
- Child Support Guidelines
- Civil Case
- Civil Procedure
- Claim
- Class Action
- Closing Statement or Argument
- Code of conduct
- Common Law
- Community Service
- Concurrence
- Concurrent Sentences
- Confidential Information
- Conservator
- Contempt of Court
- Contingent Fee
- Continuance
- Contract
- Conviction
- Counterclaim
- Court Costs
- Criminal Case
- Cross Examination