A
- Ab initio
- Abandonment (in the context of contracts)
- Abatement of action
- Abrogate
- Absolute assignment
- Absolute privilege
- Abuse of process
- Accessorial liability (Corporations Act)
- Act of bankruptcy
- Action in personam
- Action in rem
- Actual insolvency
- Ad valorem
- Affidavit
- After-acquired property
- Agency
- Agent
- Aggravated damages
- Agreement (or contract)
- Aleatory contract
- Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
- Ancillary relief
- Annulled (in bankruptcy)
- Annulment (in bankruptcy)
- Antedate
- Anticipatory breach of contract
- Anton Pillar injunction
- Appearance
- Appearance (in court)
- Arbitration
- Arbitration clause
- ASIC
- Assessable income (in taxation)
- Assign (in the context of a contract)
- Assignatus utitur jure auctoris
- Assignment of contract
- Associated entity (in the context of bankruptcy)
- ATS (in the context of litigation)
- Attachment (in the context of a court judgment)
- Attestation
- Audi alteram partem
- Australian Company Number (ACN)
B
- Bad faith
- Bailment
- Balance of probabilities
- Bankrupt
- Bankruptcy
- Bankruptcy Notice
- Barrister
- Beneficial interest (in the context of a trust)
- Beneficial ownership
- Beneficiary (in context of a trust)
- Beneficium invito non datur
- Best evidence rule
- Bill of costs (in the context of litigation)
- Bona fide purchaser for value without notice (BFPFVWN)
- Books and records (in the context of company liquidation)
- Breach of contract
- Breach of trust
- Brief to counsel
- Bullock order
- Burden of proof (in the context of contracts)
- Business Set-up, Transfer and Closure (Public Inquiry) 2015
C
- Canons of construction (in the context of litigation)
- Carrying on business (in the context of the Corporations Act)
- Cash-flow test
- Cause of action
- Caveat
- Caveat loan or mortgage
- Cease and desist order (in the context of injunction)
- Cestui que trust
- Champerty
- Charge (in the context of a security interest)
- Charging order (in the context of litigation)
- Chattel mortgage (in the context of a personal property security interest)
- Chattels (in the context of personal property)
- Chose in action
- CIF (Cost, Insurance, Freight) Contract
- Commencement of bankruptcy
- Committee of inspection (in the context of company liquidation)
- Common carrier
- Common law
- Common mistake (In the context of contract law)
- Commutation (In the context of contract law)
- Company limited by guarantee
- Company member
- Company secretary
- Compensation (in the context of litigation)
- Completely constituted trust
- Compulsory liquidation (in the context of corporate insolvency)
- Concealment (in the context of contract law)
- Conditional appearance (in the context of litigation)
- Conflict of interest (in the context of company liquidation)
- Conflict of laws
- Consensus ad idem
- Consent judgment (in the context of litigation)
- Consideration
- Constructive trust
- Contra proferentem
- Contract (or agreement)
- Contract under seal
- Conversion (in the context of a tort)
- Costigan Royal Commission
- Costs order (in the context of litigation)
- Covenant (in the context of contracts)
- Credit (in the context of litigation)
- Credit sale agreement
- Creditor
- Creditor’s petition
- Creditor’s voluntary winding up
- Cross examination
D
- Damages (in the context of contracts)
- De facto director
- De jure director
- Debt
- Debt Agreement (in the context of the Bankruptcy Act)
- Debtor’s petition
- Declaration of solvency
- Declaration of trust
- Declaratory judgment
- Deed (in the context of contracts)
- Deed of company arrangement
- Deed poll (in the context of contracts)
- Default judgment
- Defence (in the context of litigation)
- Deponent
- Deregister a company
- Derivative action (in the context of litigation)
- Detention of goods (in the context of a cause of action)
- Detinue
- Directions hearing (in the context of litigation)
- Director Identification Number (DIN)
- Discharge from bankruptcy
- Discharged bankrupt
- Disclaimer of assets (in the context of bankruptcy and company liquidation)
- Discovery (in the context of litigation)
- Discretionary trust
- Donee (in the context of gratuity)
- Double tax agreement
- Dummy director
- Duty of care (in the context of negligence)
- Duty of disclosure (in the context of insurance)
E
- Economic tort
- Ejusdem generis
- Election (In the context of contracts)
- Entire contract clause
- Equitable interest
- Equitable mortgage
- Escrow agreement
- Estoppel
- Ex gratia
- Ex parte
- Examinable affairs
- Examination-in-chief
- Exclusion clause
- Executory contract
- Executory interest (in property)
- Exemplary damages
- Exempt income
- Expert witness
- Extrinsic evidence
F
- Fiduciary duties
- Final injunction
- Final judgment
- FOB contract
- Force majeure clause
- Forum non conveniens
- Fraudulent misrepresentation
- Frustration
- Fundamental breach (in the context of contract)
G
H
- Harmer Report
- Hearsay evidence
- Hire purchase agreement (in the context of PPSI)
- Hypothecation (in the context of taking security)
I
- Illegal contract
- Implied contract
- Implied term
- In personam
- In rem
- In rem rights
- Inadmissible evidence
- Indenture
- Indoor management rule
- Injunction
- Injunctive relief
- Insolvency
- Insolvent transactions
- Instrument
- Intention to delay or defeat creditors
- Interlocutory
- Intermediate term
- Interrogatory
- Issue estoppel
J
L
- Legal professional privilege
- Legally binding
- Letter of termination of contract
- Licence (in the context of contracts)
- Lien
- Limitation period
- Liquidated damages
- Liquidation
- Liquidator
- Local Court of NSW
- Locus standi
M
- Magistrates Court Vic
- Mareva injunction
- Marshalling (in the context of equity)
- Members voluntary winding up
- Mercantile agent
- Merchantable quality
- Merger
- Misrepresentation
N
- Negligence
- Nemo dat quod non habet
- Nominal damages
- Nominee director
- Non est factum
- Noscitur a sociss
- Notice of lease termination
- Notice to quit
- Notice to terminate tenancy
- Novation
- Novus actus interveniens
O
P
- Pari passu principle
- Parol evidence rule
- Part performance (in the context of contracts)
- Particulars (in the context of litigation)
- Partnership
- Partnership (at law)
- Passing off
- Pay As You Go (PAYG)
- Penalty
- Personal Insolvency Agreement (Bankruptcy Act)
- Personal Property
- Personal Property Securities Act
- Personal property security interest
- Personal service
- Plaintiff (in the context of civil law)
- Pleading
- Plutus Payroll
- Postal acceptance rule
- PPS
- PPSR
- Pre-trial directions
- Pre-trial review
- Preference claim (or unfair preference)
- Presumption of advancement
- Prima facie evidence
- Principal
- Privilege
- Privilege against self-incrimination
- Privity of contract
- Procedural law
- Promissory estoppel
- Promissory note
- Promoter (corporate law)
- Proof of debt (in the context of bankruptcy and company liquidation)
- Proprietary company
- Proprietary estoppel
- Provisional liquidation
- Public examinations (bankruptcy)
- Purchase Money Security Interest
Q
R
- Ratio decidendi
- Real action (in the context of litigation)
- Receiver
- Receivership
- Recitals (in the context of contracts)
- Rectification (in the context of equity)
- Reinstatement of deregistered company
- Relation-back doctrine (in the context of bankruptcy)
- Remedy (in the context of litigation)
- Replevin
- Representation (in the context of contract law)
- Representative action
- Repudiation
- Rescission
- Respondent (in the context of litigation)
- Restitution
- Restraint of trade
- Resulting trust
- Retainer
- Retention of title (a.k.a. reservation of title)
- Right of survivorship
- Right to silence
- Romalpa clause
- Rules of evidence
- Running account defence (in the context of unfair preference claims)
S
- Sale by description
- Sale by sample
- Satisfaction (in the context of contract law)
- Second mortgage
- Secured creditors
- Sequestration order
- Service of process
- Set off (in the context of a debtor/creditor relationship)
- Setting aside of bankruptcy notice
- Setting aside of statutory demand
- Settlor
- Severability
- Shelf company
- Slip rule
- Sole tradership
- Solvency
- Special damages (in the context of litigation)
- Specific performance (in the context of contracts)
- Stare decisis
- Statement of affairs (in the context of bankruptcy)
- Statutory income
- Stay of proceedings
- Subcontract
- Subpoena
- Substituted service
- Summary dismissal
T
- Tax avoidance
- Tax evasion
- Tenancy in common
- Tenant’s fixtures
- Tenants in common
- Termination of contract
- Testamentary contract
- Tracing
- Trade creditors
- Trading trust
- Traverse (in the context of litigation)
- Trust
- Trustee in bankruptcy
U
- Uberrimae fidei
- Ultra vires (in the context of corporate law)
- Uncommercial transactions (in the context of company liquidation)
- Unconscionable contract
- Undertaking (in the context of litigation)
- Undervalued transactions (in the context of bankruptcy)
- Undischarged bankrupt
- Undue influence
- Unfair preference payment
- Unilateral mistake (in the context of contracts)
- Unliquidated damages
- Unreasonable director related transactions
- Unsecured creditor
- Unsecured debt
V
- Valuable consideration (as opposed to nominal consideration)
- Vexatious litigant
- Vicarious liability (in the context of tort law)
- Vicarious performance (in the context of contracts)
- Void
- Void ab initio
- Voidable