Glossary of Terms

Note. “UCC” means Uniform Commercial Code. According to UCC §§ 1-104 and 10-104, when there arises a conflict between current code and a deleted section, the deleted section controls. Nothing is ever actually deleted. Therefore, earlier editions of the UCC would be useful. Most of the references to the UCC in this Glossary are from the California Commercial Code (Le. the UCC in California) of 1996.

Key.

ACED
AHD
Barron’s 3rd 
BDLT
Black’s 1st
Black’s
4th
Black’s 5th
Black’s 6th
Black’s 7th
Bouvier’s 3rd
F&W
OED
UCC
Webster’s
W&P

American College Encyclopedic Dictionary, 1959
American Heritage Dictionary, 1969 
Barron’s Law Dictionary, Third Edition, 1991 
Barron’s Dictionary of Legal Terms, 1983 
Black’s Law Dictionary, First Edition, 1891 
Black’s Law Dictionary, Fourth Edition, 1951 
Black’s Law Dictionary, Fifth Edition, 1979 
Black’s Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition, 1990 
Black’s Law Dictionary, Seventh Edition, 1999 
Bouvier’s Law Dictionary, Rawle’s Third Revision, 1984 
Funk & Waqnalls Standard Dictionary, Int’l Edition,1969
The Oxford English Dictionary, 1979
Uniform Commercial Code, 1996 
Webster’s Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary, 1996 
Words and Phrases (90 Volumes), 1968 

 

INDEX TO GLOSSARY

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W

 

A

Ab initio
Absolute rights
Acceptance
Acceptance by silence
Acceptance for value
Acceptance of a bill of exchange
Acceptance of draft; certified check
Acceptor
Accommodation
Accommodation indorser
Accommodation loan
Accommodation maker
Accommodation note
Accommodation party
Accommodation surely
Account(1)
Account(2)
Account Number
Account debtor
Accusation
Action
Adhesion contract"
Admiralty
Admiralty law
Affiant
Affidavit
Affidavit of information
Affidavit of service
Agreement
All-capital letters-written
Allocution
Allodial
Allodium
Apostille
Art
Artificial
Artificial person
Ashwander Doctrine
Atheling
Attach
Attorn
Attorney
Attorney & Client
Attornment
Aver
Averment

B

Bail
Bailee
Bank
Bank acceptance
Banker
Banker’s acceptance
Banker’s note
Bankruptcy
Bar
Barratry
Bearer
Bill
Bill of exchange
Birth
Birth certificate
Birth record
Blank
Blank indorsement
Bona fide purchaser
Bond
Booty

C

Capacity
Capital
Capital stock
Census
Census regalis
Certificate
Certified check
Cestui
Cestui que trust
CESTUI QUE USE
CFR
Chapter 11 Reorganization
Charge
Charge back
Charge-back
Chattel
Chattel mortgage
Chattel paper
Citizen
Civil law
Claim
Clearfield Trust Doctrine
Client
Code
Code of Federal Regulations
Code of Hammurabi
Collateral
Color
Color of law
Colorable
Commerce
Commercial law
Commercial lien
Common law
Common stock
Complaint
Compulsory
Compulsory counterclaim
Conditional acceptance
Conference of Governors, March 6, 1933
Constructive
Contract
Convey
Corporation
Corporation aggregate
Corporation sole
Correspondent
Correspondent bank
Corruption
Counterclaim
Credit
Creditor

D

Debtor
De Facto
De jure
Default
Defaulter
Defendant
Delivery
Demur
Demurrer
Denial
Dignity
Discharge
Dishonor
Dishonor Settlement Agreement
Disputable presumption
Distraint
Distress
Distress infinite
Distress levy
Distress warrant
District of Columbia
Document
Document of title
Double entry
Draft
Drawee
Drawer
Droit
Droit-droit
Dulocracy
Dummy
Dummy corporation

E

E.G.
Employee
Employer
Employer identification number
Equity
Escrow
Esquire
Estop
Estoppel
Et seq
Ex parte

F

Fault
Federal Reserve Note

Federal Reserve Notes
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Federal Zone
Feudal
Fictitious name
Fidelity bond
Field warehouse receipt
Flag, law of
Form 1O40ES
Fraud
FRCP

G

General
General intangibles
Gentile
Good faith
Goods
Goy
Goyim

H

Holder
Holder in due course
House Joint Resolution 192 of June 5, 1933
Human being
Hypothecate

I

Idem sonans
Identification
Identification of goods
Impairing the obligation of contract
In bar
In blank
In intinere
In Personam
In propia persona
In rem
In this state
Individual
Indorsement
Indorser
Indorsee
Industrial bond
Informant
information
Informer
Instrument
Inter alia
IRS Form 1040ES

J

Jurat
Juristic
Juristic person
Jus tertii

K

Kangaroo court

L

Laches
Law merchant
Law of nations
Law of nature
Law of the flag
Law of the land
Legal fiction
Legal name
Letter of advice
Levy
License
Lien
Lien Levy
Lien, commercial
Limited liability
Lis pendens
Litigant
Litigate
Litigation
Litigious

M

Maker
Mandamus
Maritime
Maritime jurisdiction
Maritime law
Mark
Mark of the Beast
Marque
Maternity Act of 1921
Maxims of Commerce
Medium of exchange
Mission
Mixed war
Money 
MonopolyTM
Monster
Mortmain
Municipal

N

Natural law
Natural person
Nature and cause
Navigable waters
Negligence
Negotiable
Negotiable instrument
Nobility
Nom
Nom de guerre
Non-commercial lien
Non-negotiable
prosequitur
Notary public
Note
Notice of Lien
Notice of Distress
Notice of Interest
Notice of Seizure

O

Oath
Obligee
Obligor
Offer
ORDER, In general sense
Organization
Order

P

Particularity
Party
Passport
Pay
Payee
Payment
Peonage
Perfection of security interest
Person
Pledge
Positive law
Postliminium
Postliminy
Pound breach
Preferred
Preferred stock
Prescription
Presentment
Presumption; third party documents; Admissibility
Presumptions; nature
Presumption
Priority
Private bank

P

Private banker
Prize
Prize law
Proceeds
Promise
Promissory note
Proper
Propia persona
Protest
Prove
Provost marshal
Public
Public corporation
Public law
Public minister
Public policy
Public property
Public vessel
Purchase
Purchase money security interest

Q

Quo warranto

R

Ransom
Real party in interest
Real party of interest
Rebuttable presumption
Redeem
Register
Register of ships
Registered
Reif
Reification
Reify
Religious men
Remedy
Remitter
Replevin
Res
Res judicata
Resources
Retail
Revenue
Revenue Agent
Right(s)
Roman Civil Law
Rule 9(a), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Rule 12(b)(6), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

S

Sale
Secretary
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury of Puerto Rico
Secured party
Securities
Security agreement
Security interest
Seizure
Senate Document No. 43, 73rd Congress, 1st Session
Servicemark
Setoff
Seven points
Sight draft
Signed
Social Security Account Number
Sovereign
Sovereign power, or sovereignty
Sovereignty
Special
Specie
Stare decisis
Statute
Stock
Stramineus Homo
Stratocracy
Strawman
Sum Certain
Super-plaintiff
Summary
Summary proceeding
Surety

T

Tax
Tax exemption
Tax return
Taxpayer
1040ES Form
Tenor
Tertius interveniens
Title(1)
Title(2)
Tort
Trade name
Trademark
Trading with the enemy
Trading With the Enemy Act of October 6, 1917
Transmit
Transmitting utility
Traverse
Traverser
Treasury Direct Account
True
True bill in commerce
True name
Truth in Lending Act

U

UCC § 1-103
UCC § 1-104
UCC § 3-419
UCC § 9-302
UCC § 10-104
Ultra vires
Uniform Commercial Code
United States
United States Code
United States Notes
United States of America
USC
Utility

V

Value
Vehicle
Vessel
Vice-admiralty courts
Voluntary surety

W

War
War, mixed
War Powers
Wards of court
Warehouseman
Warehouse receipt
Wholesale
Without Prejudice
Without Recourse
With Prejudice
With Recourse
Wizard of Oz, The
Writ

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