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• ius abutendi

  A right to make full use of property even to wasting or destroying it
• judicare

  A delivery system for legal aid through instructing private legal practitioners to represent individual legal aid clients
• jurisdiction

  Both the authority or power of the court to determine a dispute between parties as well as the territory over which the legal authority
• juristic act

  Purposeful lawful act to which the law attaches. The consequences envisaged by the party or parties who performed them
• juristic person

  A non-human entity, such as a corporation, that the law recognises as having many (if not all) of the legal rights and duties of a human being
• jus in re aliena (limited real right)

  A legal right or interest that a person has in someone else's property
• latent defect

  A hidden or concealed defect / one which could not be discovered by reasonable and customary observation or inspection.
• law

  A system of rules that regulate the conduct of a community, and is often enforced by a controlling authority through penalties
• law of civil procedure

  Formal rules and standards that courts follow in that country when adjudicating civil suits
• law of criminal procedure

  The adjudication process of that country’s criminal law
• law reports

  A written account of a court proceeding and judicial decision
• legal argument

  A specific way to present persuasive statements or information on behalf of a client
• legality in contract

  The terms and conditions in legal documents that are legally binding and enforceable.
• legal subject

  An entity capable of acting in law, of having subjective rights and of having legal obligations
• legal tender

  The national currency, such as paper money and coins, that is declared by law to be valid payment for debts and financial obligation
• legislation

  A general term for laws, statutes or Acts
• legitimacy crisis

  A decline in the confidence of administrative functions, institutions, or leadership
• liable

  To be held legally responsible or obligated
• litigants

  Persons who are involved in a civil legal case, either because they are making a formal complaint about someone, or because a complaint is being made about them
• locatio conductio operis

  A contract of letting and hiring / contract for work or services, that is, the independent contractor
• locatio conductio operarum

  Employment contract or hire of labour between an employer and an employee
• locatio conductio rei

  The letting and hiring of things
• lunatic

  A person legally declared to be of unsound mind and who therefore is not held capable or responsible before the law
• majority judgement

  The decision of more than half of the judges deciding a case. This decision becomes precedent for future cases as it represents the views of the majority of the court
• mandamant van spolie

  An extraordinary, quick and robust remedy available to an applicant for the restoration of possession