C Definitions

C corporation  

cahoots

capital

capital case

capital gains

capital punishment

caption

carryover

case

cash surrender value

cause of action

census

certificate of incorporation

certification mark

certified copy

challenge for cause

chambers

Chapter 13 bankruptcy

Chapter 7 bankruptcy

charge

check

check kiting

child

child abandonment

child custody

child support

circuit court

circumstantial evidence

civil

civil case

civil disobedience

civil procedure

Civil Rights Act of 1964

claim

class action

clear and present danger

close corporation

closing argument

COBRA

codicil

coercion

collateral

collateral estoppel

collection agency

collective bargaining

collective mark

collusion

comity of nations

commerce

commercial frustration

common law

common law marriage

community property

community property with right

comparable rectitude

competent evidence

compilation

complaint

complicity

compromise

concession

condemnation

condonation

confession

confidential communication

confine

conformed copy

connivance

consanguinity

consent

conservator

consideration

Consolidated Omnibus Budget

consortium

constable

constructive eviction

consumer credit counseling

consumer leasing act

consummation

contempt

contempt of court

contest

contingency

contingency fee

continuance

contraband

contract

conveyance

conviction

cooling off rule

copy

copyright

copyright infringement

copyright notice

copyright office

corporate resolution

corporation

corpus delecti

cosigner

cost basis

counterclaim

counteroffer

court

court costs

court order

covenant

credit bureau

credit file

credit insurance

credit report

creditor

crime

criminal case

criminal complaint

criminal law

cross examination

cross-claim

cruelty

curator

curtesy

curtilage

custodian

custody of a child

cybersquatting