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LEGAL DICTIONARY

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Accident Benefits

Adoption

Alimony

Affidavit of Documents

Affidavit of Service

Affidavit of Execution

Affidavit

Annulment

Appeal

Application

Articling student

Attorney General

Barrister

Bodily Injury

Call to the Bar

Capital Gains

Case conference

Certified Specialist

Child Support Guidelines

Children's Lawyer

Civil litigation

Commissioner of Oaths

Constructive Dismissal

Contingency Fee

Contract

Corporation

Costs assessment

Court Clerk

Deputy Judge

Dismissal without cause

Divorce

Equalization of Net family Property

Estate

Executor

Family Court

Family Responsibility Office (FRO)

Financial Statement

Interpleader

Joint Tenant

Judge

Jury

Last Will and Testament 

Law Society of Upper Canada

Law Clerk

Legal Secretary

Legal Assistant

Limited Liability Partnership

Master

Mediation

Mitigation of damages

Motion

Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA)

Negligence

Net Family Property

Notary Public

Notice of Application

Occupier's Liability

Offer to Settle

Paralegal

Partnership

Per capita

Per stirpes

Personal Injury

Petition for Divorce

Pleading

Power of Attorney

Pretrial Conference

Probate

Queen's Counsel (Q.C.)

Registrar

Reply

Res judicata

Retainer

Robe

Rules of Civil Procedure

Small Claims Court

Sole Proprietorship

Solicitor

Spousal Support

Statement of Claim

Statement of Defence

Statute of Limitations (Limitations Act)

Statute

Tenants in common

Tort

Trial

Unified Family Court

Valuation

Valuation date

Will

Without Prejudice