Español > jurisprudencia: 2 sentidos > nombre 1, group| Sentido | The collection of rules imposed by authority. |
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| Sinónimo | ley |
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| Categoría de | Decimoctava enmienda, Enmienda 18º | An amendment to the Constitution of the United States adopted in 1920 |
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| John Doe | An unknown or fictitious man who is a party to legal proceedings |
| John Doe, Richard Roe | An unknown or fictitious party to legal proceedings |
| Presidente del Tribunal Supremo | The judge who presides over a supreme court |
| Riot Act | A former English law requiring mobs to disperse after a magistrate reads the law to them |
| abdomen, vientre | The womb |
| abogacía | The body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction |
| abogada, abogado, defensor, jurista, letrada, letrado, notario, picapleitos | A professional person authorized to practice law |
| abogado, barrister, legalista | A British or Canadian lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law on behalf of either the defense or prosecution |
| abogado de oficio, abogado de pobres | A lawyer who represents indigent defendants at public expense |
| abogado defensor, abogado, consejero | A lawyer who pleads / pleads cases in court |
| abogado defensor, defensa | The lawyer representing the defendant |
| abogado divorcista, abogado matrimonialista | A lawyer specializing in actions for divorce or annulment |
| absolución, exculpación | A judgment of not guilty |
| abuso sexual, estupro, violación | A statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat |
| acción, caso, causa, demanda, juicio, litigio, pleito, proceso judicial, proceso, querella | A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy |
| acción judicial, diligencia, procedimiento judicial, procedimiento, resolución judicial, trámite, tràmite | (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked |
| acta, acto, escritura, título, tutela | A legal document signed and sealed / sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it |
| acta, ley | A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body |
| acta notarial, affidávit, afidávit, declaración jurada | written declaration made under oath |
| acto, auto, decreto, decretos, edicto, orden, sentencia | A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) |
| actora, actor, acusadora, acusador, demandante, querellante | A person who brings an action in a court of law |
| acuerdo escrito | A legal document summarizing the agreement between parties |
| acuerdo judicial, sentencia acordada | An agreement between two parties that is sanctioned by the court |
| acusación, demanda, querella | (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law) |
| acusada, acusado, defendido, demandado, procesado, querellado | A person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law |
| administración judicial, suspensión de pagos | A court action that places property under the control of a receiver during litigation so that it can be preserved for the benefit of all |
| adopción | A legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood |
| advertencia de suspensión | (law) a formal notice filed with a court or officer to suspend a proceeding until filer is given a hearing |
| agraviar, dañar | infringe on the rights of |
| agravio | (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought |
| alegación, alegato | (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding |
| alegato, disculpa, pretexto | (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer) |
| alienable, alieniable, enajenable, transferible | transferable to another owner |
| alterable, conmutable | (of the punishment ordered by a court) capable of being changed to one less severe |
| ama, amo, dueña, dueño, propietaria, propietario | (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business |
| amicus curiae | An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case |
| amnistiar, indultar, perdonar | grant a pardon / pardon to |
| amnistiar | grant a pardon / pardon to (a group of people) |
| amnistía, indulto, perdón | The formal act of liberating someone |
| amnistía, indulto, perdón | A warrant granting release from punishment for an offense |
| ancestral, hereditario, patrimonial, transmisible | inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent |
| anteproyecto, proyecto de ley | A statute in draft before it becomes law |
| anulación, invalidación | (law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc) |
| apelación | (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting / granting of a new trial |
| apelante, apelatorio | Of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals) |
| apelar | make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts |
| apoderada, asignatario, beneficiario | (law) the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred) |
| apresar, aprisionar, encarcelar | lock up or confine, in or as in a jail |
| aprobación, promulgación | The passing of a law by a legislative body |
| arbitraje | (law) the hearing and determination of a dispute by an impartial referee agreed to by both parties (often used to settle disputes between labor and management) |
| archivar, censar, registrar | record in a public office or in a court of law |
| asignación, cesión | The instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another |
| atenuar, mitigar, paliar, remediar | lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of |
| atestación, atestiguamiento, testificación, testimonio | A solemn statement / statement made under oath |
| atestar, declarar, prestar, testificar, testimoniar | Give testimony in a court of law |
| atrapamiento | A defense that claims the defendant would not have broken the law if not tricked into doing it by law enforcement officials |
| auto de comparecencia, citación | A summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding |
| auto judicial | A writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something |
| autorización, mandato | A document giving an official instruction or command |
| bancarrota, insolvencia definitiva, quiebra | A legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent |
| belicismo | The offense of vexatiously persisting in inciting lawsuits and quarrels |
| beneficiario | (law) someone to whom a title or property is conveyed |
| beneficio, uso | (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy / enjoy the benefits of owning property |
| bienes vitalicios, propiedad vitalicia, usufructo | (law) an estate whose duration is limited to the life of the person holding it |
| bigamia | Having two spouses at the same time |
| bono | A certificate or voucher acknowledging a debt / debt |
| bufete de abogados | A firm of lawyers |
| carta de administración, letra de administración | legal document naming someone to administer an estate when no executor has been named |
| caso, causa, proceso | A judicial proceeding brought by one party against another |
| castigar, censurar, condenar, sentenciar | pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law |
| caución judicial, recognisance | (law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law |
| causa, juicio, proceso | The institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior |
| causa probable | (law) evidence sufficient to warrant an arrest or search / search and seizure |
| cedente | (law) the party who makes an assignment |
| censura, condena, reprobación | (law) the act of condemning (as land forfeited for public use) or judging / judging to be unfit for use (as a food product or an unsafe building) |
| certiorari | A common ... / common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case |
| cesión | (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance |
| citación, llamamiento | A writ issued by authority of law |
| citación a comparecencia, citación, comparendo | A writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding |
| ciudadanía | The status of a citizen with rights and duties |
| clienta, cliente | A person who seeks the advice of a lawyer |
| coartada | (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question |
| codicilo | A supplement to a will |
| compensación | (law) redress awarded by a court |
| complicidad, connivencia, consentimiento tácito | (law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing |
| compraventa, contrato de compraventa | document effecting a property transfer |
| con intencionalidad | (law) deliberately or knowingly |
| concesión | A grant made by a law court |
| condena per estupro, condena por violación | conviction for rape |
| condena por asesinato | conviction for murder |
| condena por robo | conviction for robbery |
| condenar, declarar culpable | Find or declare guilty |
| condición jurídica, condición legal, estado legal, estatuto jurídico | A status defined by law |
| confiscación, embargo, inmovilización | placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law |
| conminación, enjoinment, entredicho, medida cautelar | (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity |
| conmutación | (law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law |
| connubio, enlace, matrimonio, unión | The state of being a married couple voluntarily joined / joined for life (or until divorce) |
| consensuado, consensual | Existing by consent |
| constancia, registro | A document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction |
| constituciones, constitución, ley fundamental | law determining the fundamental political principles of a government |
| contrademanda, demanda reconvencional, reconvención | A claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action |
| contrademanda | A suit brought against someone who has sued you |
| contrademandar | Set up a claim / claim in opposition to a previous claim / claim |
| contrarréplica | (law) a pleading by the plaintiff in reply to the defendant's rejoinder |
| contraréplica, contrarréplica | (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder |
| contratista | (law) a party to a contract |
| contrato de venta | A deed transferring personal property |
| conveyancer | A lawyer who specializes in the business of conveying properties |
| copia, transcripción | A reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record) |
| corte superior, tribunal superior | Any court that has jurisdiction above an inferior court |
| corte suprema | The highest federal court in the United States |
| corte suprema, tribunal supremo | The highest court in most states of the United States |
| cubrefuego, queda, toque de queda | An order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited |
| cuerpo del delito | The body of evidence that constitute the offence |
| código de leyes | A record of the whole body of legislation in a given jurisdiction |
| código legal | A code of laws adopted by a state / state or nation |
| código penal | The legal code governing crimes and their punishment |
| deber legal | Acts which the law requires be done or forborne |
| debido proceso, derecho a la tutela judicial efectiva, procedimiento judicial, proceso legal, tutela judicial | (law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles |
| decisión, dictamen, fallo, sentencia | The reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself) |
| declaración | (law) unsworn statement / statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction |
| declaración de derechos, ley fundamental | A statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution) |
| declarar, demostrar, evidenciar, mostrar, presentar, prestar, probar, revelar, ser testigo, testificar, testimoniar | Provide evidence for |
| declararse | Enter a plea, as in courts of law |
| dejar por inútil | prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence |
| delincuencia juvenil | An antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor |
| demanda civil, demanda vicil, juicio civil | A lawsuit alleging violations / violations of civil law by the defendant |
| demanda colectiva | A lawsuit brought by a representative member of a large / large / large group of people on behalf of all members of the group |
| demanda penal, juicio penal, querella criminal | A lawsuit alleging violations of criminal law by the defendant |
| demurral, excepción, postergación, reparo | (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings |
| denegación, desestimación, sentencia desestimatoria | A judgment disposing of the matter without a trial |
| departamento de justicia, ministerio de justicia | The United States federal department responsible / responsible for enforcing federal laws / laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation) |
| derecho | The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system |
| derecho administrativo | The body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government |
| derecho al silencio, privilegio | (law) the right to refuse / refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship |
| derecho al voto, sufragio, voto | A legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution |
| derecho civil, derecho interno, derecho nacional | The body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation |
| derecho de deducción | (banking) the legal right of a bank to seize deposited funds to cover a loan that is in default |
| derecho de entrada | The legal right to take possession of real estate in a peaceable manner |
| derecho de patentes | The right granted by a patent / patent |
| derecho de visita | The right granted by a court to a parent (or other relative) who is deprived of custody of a child to visit the child on a regular basis |
| derecho del mar, derecho marítimo | The branch of international law that deals with territorial and international waters or with shipping or with ocean fishery etc. |
| derecho fiscal, derecho tributario | The body of laws governing taxation |
| derecho humano, derechos humanos | (law) any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere (including rights ... / rights to life and liberty as well as freedom of thought and expression and equality before the law) |
| derecho internacional | The body of laws governing relations / relations between nations |
| derecho mercantil | The body of rules applied to commercial transactions |
| derecho militar | The body of laws and rules of conduct administered by military courts for the discipline, trial, and punishment of military personnel |
| derecho penal | The body of law dealing with crimes and their punishment |
| derecho público | A law affecting the public at large |
| derechos civiles | Right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality |
| derivado financiero, instrumento derivado | A financial instrument whose value is based on another security |
| derogación | (law) the partial taking ... / taking away of the effectiveness of a law |
| desacato | A willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body |
| desahucio, desalojo | The expulsion of someone (such as a tenant / tenant) from the possession of land by process of law |
| desahucio, desalojo | action by a landlord that compels a tenant / tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy) |
| desahucio, deshaucio | A wrongful / wrongful dispossession |
| descargo | A legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation |
| despenalización, legalización | The act of making lawful / lawful |
| detención ilegal | (law) confinement without legal authority |
| devolver, entregar, presentar, referir, rendir, retornar, someter | make over as a return |
| dictamen, obiter dictum | An opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore / therefore not binding |
| discutible | Of no legal significance (as having been previously decided) |
| disentimiento | (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority |
| disolución del matrimonio | An annulment of a marriage |
| disposiciones testamentarias | (law) a gift of real property by will |
| disposición, mandato, orden, requisitoria | (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer |
| divorcio, separación | The legal dissolution of a marriage |
| doctrina judicial, principio judicial, principio legal | (law) a principle underlying the formulation of jurisprudence |
| documento judicial, documento jurídico, documento legal, documento oficial, instrumento | (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right |
| domicilio | (law) the residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever you are absent, you intend to return |
| ejecutoria, mandamiento de ejecución | A routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out |
| ejercicio del derecho | The practice of law |
| embargo de nómina | A court order to an employer to withhold all or part of an employee's wages and to send the money to the court or to the person who won a lawsuit against the employee |
| enajenación | An order to an offending party to rid itself of property |
| encarcelamiento | putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful / lawful / lawful punishment |
| encontronazo | An unpremeditated killing of a human being in self defense |
| escribana, escribano, notaria, notario | someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions |
| escritura de propiedad | A legal document proving a person's right to property |
| escritura de renuncia | document transferring title or right or claim to another |
| escritura fiduciaria | A written instrument legally conveying property to a trustee often used to secure an obligation such as a mortgage or promissory note |
| esencial, sustancial, sustantivo | Defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established |
| estado civil | The condition of being married or unmarried |
| estatut, estatuto, ley | An act passed by a legislative body |
| etiquetar, rotular | make a summary or abstract of a legal document and inscribe it in a list |
| evidencia, prueba | (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved |
| evidencia circunstancial, pruebas circunstanciales | evidence providing only a basis for inference about the fact in dispute |
| evidencia directa | evidence (usually the testimony of a witness) directly related to the fact in dispute |
| excepción | An answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed |
| exclusión | The act of prevention by legal means |
| experto legal, jurisconsulto, jurisperito, jurista | A legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations |
| fallo, sentencia | (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it |
| fallo | The decision of a court on issues of fact or law |
| fbi, F.B.I., FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Oficina Federal de Investigación | A federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justice |
| fianza | The legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial) |
| fiduciario | A person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit |
| fieri facias | A writ ordering a levy on the belongings of a debtor to satisfy the debt |
| fiscal, procuradora, procurador | A government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state |
| fiscalidad | A legal system for assessing and collecting taxes |
| fundamentación, fundamento, principio | (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature) |
| fungible | Of goods or commodities |
| gran jurado, jurado de acusaciones | A jury to inquire into accusations of crime and to evaluate the grounds for indictments |
| habeas corpus, hábeas corpus, hábeas | The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment |
| habeas corpus, hábeas | A writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge |
| heredad, herencia, legado | (law) a gift of personal property by will |
| herencia, legado, patrimonio | That which is inherited |
| igualdad de oportunidades | The right to equivalent opportunities for employment regardless of race or color or sex or national origin |
| imperio de la ley | A state of order in which events conform to the law |
| inconmutable | Of a sentence |
| incumplimiento del deber | (law) breach of a duty |
| indebido | not appropriate or proper (or even legal) in the circumstances |
| inhabilitación | The act of expelling a lawyer from the practice of law |
| interdicción | A court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity |
| interdicto permanente | injunction issued on completion of a trial |
| intervención | (law) a proceeding that permits a person to enter into a lawsuit already in progress |
| interventor | (law) a party who interposes in a pending proceeding |
| interés, participación | (law) a right or legal share of something |
| interés personal | (law) an interest in which there is a fixed right to present or future enjoyment and that can be conveyed to another |
| intestado | Having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will |
| inválido, nulo | lacking any legal or binding force |
| inyectarse en vena, revisión | A new trial in which issues already litigated and to which the court has already rendered a verdict or decision are reexamined by the same court |
| juez de paz | A local magistrate with limited powers |
| juez procesal | A judge in a trial court |
| juicio, proceso | (law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law |
| juicio declarativo | A judgment pronounced on the status of some particular subject / subject or property or thing (as opposed to one pronounced on persons) |
| juicio sumario | A judgment rendered by the court prior to a verdict because no material issue of fact exists and one party or the other is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law |
| jurisdicción | (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law |
| jus sanguinis | The principle that a person's nationality at birth is the same as that of his natural parents |
| jus soli | The principle that a person's nationality at birth is determined by the place of birth |
| juzgado de guardia | A court that has power to prosecute for minor offenses and to bind over for trial in a superior court anyone accused / accused of serious offenses |
| juzgado de instrucción | The first court before which the facts of a case are decided |
| legalizar | Establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents) |
| legislación | The act of making or enacting laws |
| legislación, ley estatutaria | law enacted by a legislative body |
| legislación delegada | legislation that gives appropriate officials the authority to implement or enforce the law |
| legislador | A maker of laws |
| legisladora, legislador | someone who makes or enacts laws |
| ley | legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity |
| ley marcial | The body of law imposed by the military over civilian affairs (usually in time of war or civil crisis) |
| ley sobre drogas | A law forbidding the sale or use of narcotic drugs |
| libelo | The written statement of a plaintiff explaining the cause of action (the defamation) and any relief he seeks |
| libelo | A false / false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person |
| libertad civil | fundamental individual right protected by law and expressed as immunity from unwarranted governmental interference |
| libertad condicional | (law) a conditional release from imprisonment that entitles the person to serve the remainder of the sentence outside the prison as long as the terms of release are complied with |
| libertad condicional | (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them |
| libertad de culto, libertad de religión | A civil right guaranteed by the First Amendment to the US Constitution |
| libertad de discriminación | Immunity from discrimination on the basis of race or sex / sex or nationality / nationality or religion or age |
| libertad de expresión | A civil right guaranteed by the First Amendment to the US Constitution |
| libertad de prensa | A right guaranteed by the First Amendment to the US Constitution |
| libertad de reunión | The right to peaceably assemble and to petition the government for redress of grievances |
| licencia, permiso | A legal document giving official permission to do something |
| limitación, prescripción | (law) a time period after which suits cannot be brought |
| liquidador | (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties |
| litigación, litigio, pleito | A legal proceeding in a court |
| litigante | (law) a party to a lawsuit |
| litispendencia | A pending lawsuit |
| mandamus | An extraordinary writ commanding an official to perform a ministerial act that the law recognizes as an absolute duty and not a matter for the official's discretion |
| mandato, poder, poder notarial, procuración, procura, representación legal | A legal instrument authorizing someone to act as the grantor's agent |
| manifiesto | A customs document listing the contents put on a ship or plane |
| mayor | Of full legal age |
| menor, menor de edad | not of legal age |
| mens rea | (law) criminal intent |
| messuage, parcela | (law) a dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the household |
| ministro de justicia | The chief law officer of a country or state |
| multa | A summons issued to an offender (especially to someone who violates a traffic regulation) |
| naturalización | The proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship |
| negación | A defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him |
| notario, procurador de los tribunales | A British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents |
| notificación | An accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative |
| objeción | (law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality |
| obstrucción | (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation / legislation by making long speeches |
| orden, orden policial, warrant | A writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts |
| orden de arresto, orden de detención | A warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to apprehend an offender and bring that person to court |
| orden de ejecución, sentencia de muerte | A warrant to execute the death sentence |
| orden de registro | A warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to search for objects or people involved in the commission of a crime and to produce them in court |
| orden de secuestro | A writ that authorizes the seizure of property |
| palacio de justicia | A building that houses judicial courts |
| paralegal | A person with specialized training who assists lawyers |
| parte | A person involved in legal proceedings |
| pasaporte | A document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country |
| patente | An official document granting a right or privilege |
| plusvalía | (law) an increase / increase / increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies or fails to meet some condition or rejects the inheritance) |
| por ello | (in formal usage, especially legal usage) for that or for it |
| preferir | Give preference to one creditor over another |
| premeditación | (law) thought and intention to commit a crime well in advance of the crime |
| presentación | (law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law |
| presunción | (law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially / judicially noticed |
| probatorio | pertaining to or constituting evidence |
| procesal | Relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law |
| procurador | A lawyer who specializes in defending clients before a court of law |
| promulgador | (law) one who promulgates laws (announces a law as a way of putting it into execution) |
| quo warranto | A hearing to determine by what authority someone has an office or franchise or liberty |
| rapto, secuestro | (law) the unlawful / unlawful / unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment |
| recondenar, volver a condenar | convict anew |
| recurso | (law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court) |
| recusación | (law) the disqualification of a judge or jury by reason of prejudice or conflict of interest |
| recusación | (law) an objection grounded on the judge's relationship to one of the parties |
| recusar | challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law |
| recusar | Raise a formal objection in a court of law |
| recusar | disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case |
| reeditar | revive (a cancelled will or a libel) |
| remanente, residual, restante | entitled to the residue of an estate (after payment of debts and specific gifts) |
| repregunta | (law) close questioning of a hostile witness in a court of law to discredit or throw a new light on the testimony already provided in direct examination |
| representación legal | personal representation that has legal status |
| representante legal | A personal representative with legal standing (as by power of attorney or the executor of a will) |
| rescisión | (law) the act of rescinding |
| respuesta evasiva | (law) an answer by a defendant that fails to admit or deny the allegations set forth in the complaint / complaint |
| reversible, reversionario | Of or relating to or involving a reversion (especially a legal reversion) |
| reversión | (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee) |
| reversión | A reversion to the state / state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs |
| revertible | To be returned to the former owner or that owner's heirs |
| revisión judicial | review by a court of law of actions of a government official or entity or of some other legally appointed person or body or the review by an appellate court of the decision of a trial court |
| revocación | A judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was incorrect and should be set aside |
| réplica | (law) a pleading made by a plaintiff in reply to the defendant's plea or answer |
| réplica | (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication |
| sala de justicia, sala | A room in which a lawcourt sits |
| scire facias | A judicial writ based on some record and requiring the party against whom it is brought to show cause why the record should not be enforced or annulled / annulled |
| sedición | An illegal action inciting resistance / resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government |
| sentencia | The legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision |
| sentencia general | An ordinary verdict declaring which party prevails without any special findings of fact |
| separación jurídica, separación legal | A judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apart |
| separación legal | (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement / agreement or under a court order) |
| servidumbre | (law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land) |
| sistema de votación, sistema electoral | A legal system for making democratic choices |
| soborno del testigo | (law) inducing someone to make a false oath as part of a judicial proceeding |
| subrogación | (law) the act of substituting of one creditor for another |
| sumatoria | A concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court) |
| testado | Having made a legally valid will before death |
| testamento, voluntad | A legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die |
| testamento vital | A document written by someone still legally capable requesting that he should be allowed to die if subsequently severely disabled or suffering terminal illness |
| testigo | (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law |
| testimonio | (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature |
| tribunal | (law) the seat for judges in a courtroom |
| tribunal militar | A judicial court of commissioned officers for the discipline and punishment of military personnel |
| tribunal testamentario | A court having jurisdiction over the probate of wills and the administration of estates |
| tríplica | (law) a pleading by the plaintiff in reply to the defendant's rebutter |
| unión consensual | A marriage relationship created by agreement and cohabitation rather than by ceremony |
| usufructo | A legal right to use and derive profit from property belonging to someone else provided that the property itself is not injured in any way |
| venire | (law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen) |
| veredicto | (law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision |
| verificación | (law) an affidavit attached to a statement / statement confirming the truth of that statement / statement |
| verificar | attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition) |
| vista | (law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence |
| Partes | ley | legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity |
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| Específico | derecho administrativo | The body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government |
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| derecho canónico | The body of codified laws governing the affairs of a Christian church |
| derecho civil, derecho interno, derecho nacional | The body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation |
| derecho fiscal, derecho tributario | The body of laws governing taxation |
| derecho internacional | The body of laws governing relations / relations between nations |
| derecho mercantil | The body of rules applied to commercial transactions |
| derecho militar | The body of laws and rules of conduct administered by military courts for the discipline, trial, and punishment of military personnel |
| ley marcial | The body of law imposed by the military over civilian affairs (usually in time of war or civil crisis) |
| ley musulmana, sharia, sharía | The code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed |
| General | acumulación, colección, conjunto, cúmulo, grupo, hatajo, hato | Several things grouped together or considered as a whole |
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| Inglés | law, jurisprudence |
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| Catalán | jurisprudència, llei |
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| Adjetivo | jurisprudencial, legal | Of or relating to jurisprudence |
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| Nombres | experto legal, jurisconsulto, jurisperito, jurista | A legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations |
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| árbitro, jueza, juez, magistrado, togado | A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice |
