| AFFIDAVIT | A statement on oath for use as evidence in legal proceedings. |
| CONTEMPT OF COURT | Any disobedience of the court verdict. |
| COPYRIGHT | Exclusive right of an author in his works, |
| COVENANT | An agreement under seal between two or more persons. |
| DECREE | Judgement or decision having the force of law. |
| DETENU | Persons who dies without making any will. |
| INTESTATE | A person who dies without making any will. |
| LIBEL | A published statement damaging to a person's reputation or business. |
| MANDAMUS | A writ issued by a higher court to a lower court directing it to perform a specified act pertaining to its office. |
| PLAINTIFF | A person who, as complainant, brings a suit in a court of law. |
| SUMMONS | A directive from a court of law ordering a person to appear before it at a specified date, time and place. |
| WRIT | A written order by a Supreme Court or High Court directing the State or a lowest court to act or abstain from acting in a particular case. |