{
  "id": "legal-contracts",
  "version": 1,
  "title": "Legal and contract vocabulary (English)",
  "tags": ["legal-contracts", "latin-terms", "jargon", "abbreviations"],
  "languages": ["en"],
  "license": "CC0-1.0",
  "source": "curated by hand from common contract clauses, US/UK legal glossaries and Latin legal maxims; aka spellings are real stt (whisper large-v3-turbo) mis-transcriptions of macOS say voices Samantha and Daniel reading each term in a sentence, reviewed by hand",
  "terms": [
    {"id": "safe", "term": "SAFE", "note": "Simple Agreement for Future Equity; a startup financing contract"},
    {"id": "sow", "term": "SOW", "note": "statement of work"},
    {"id": "novation", "term": "novation", "note": "replacing a party or obligation in a contract with consent of all parties"},
    {"id": "indemnitee", "term": "indemnitee", "note": "the party protected by an indemnity"},
    {"id": "tortfeasor", "term": "tortfeasor", "aka": ["tortfisa"], "note": "the person who commits a tort"},
    {"id": "apostille", "term": "apostille", "aka": ["app are still"], "note": "certificate authenticating a document for use abroad"},
    {"id": "sublicense", "term": "sublicense", "aka": ["sub-license", "sublisten"], "note": "license granted by a licensee to a third party"},
    {"id": "hereinafter", "term": "hereinafter", "aka": ["herein after"], "note": "contract drafting word meaning from now on in this document"},
    {"id": "drag-along", "term": "drag-along", "aka": ["dragalong"], "note": "right forcing minority shareholders to join a sale"},
    {"id": "tag-along", "term": "tag-along", "note": "right letting minority shareholders join a sale"},
    {"id": "res-judicata", "term": "res judicata", "aka": ["race judicata", "Resjudicator"], "note": "Latin: a matter already decided by a court"},
    {"id": "stare-decisis", "term": "stare decisis", "aka": ["Stereocesis", "Stare Decesis"], "note": "Latin: courts follow precedent"},
    {"id": "amicus-curiae", "term": "amicus curiae", "aka": ["Micah's Curie"], "note": "Latin: friend of the court"},
    {"id": "actus-reus", "term": "actus reus", "aka": ["Actus Royce", "Actus Rius"], "note": "Latin: the guilty act"},
    {"id": "ultra-vires", "term": "ultra vires", "aka": ["ultra-virus", "ultra-vias"], "note": "Latin: beyond the powers"},
    {"id": "inter-alia", "term": "inter alia", "aka": ["inter-a-lia"], "note": "Latin: among other things"},
    {"id": "quantum-meruit", "term": "quantum meruit", "aka": ["quantum merit", "Quantum Meru"], "note": "Latin: payment for the value of work done"},
    {"id": "ex-parte", "term": "ex parte", "aka": ["ex-part"], "note": "Latin: on behalf of one party without the other present"},
    {"id": "sua-sponte", "term": "sua sponte", "aka": ["sui sponte", "suespawned"], "note": "Latin: on the court's own motion"},
    {"id": "nolo-contendere", "term": "nolo contendere", "aka": ["Nalo Contendera", "Nolo Kantandir"], "note": "Latin: no contest plea"},
    {"id": "forum-non-conveniens", "term": "forum non conveniens", "aka": ["forum known convenions", "forum non-convenience"], "note": "Latin: doctrine letting a court decline jurisdiction"},
    {"id": "certiorari", "term": "certiorari", "note": "writ by which a higher court agrees to review a case"},
    {"id": "de-jure", "term": "de jure", "aka": ["diura"], "note": "Latin: by law"},
    {"id": "indemnification", "term": "indemnification", "note": "contract clause shifting losses from third-party claims to the other party"},
    {"id": "force-majeure", "term": "force majeure", "note": "clause excusing performance after events beyond a party's control"},
    {"id": "estoppel", "term": "estoppel", "note": "doctrine barring a party from contradicting its earlier position"},
    {"id": "promissory-estoppel", "term": "promissory estoppel", "note": "enforcement of a promise relied on without a signed contract"},
    {"id": "severability", "term": "severability", "note": "clause keeping the rest of a contract valid if one term is void"},
    {"id": "nda", "term": "NDA", "note": "non-disclosure agreement"},
    {"id": "term-sheet", "term": "term sheet", "note": "non-binding summary of deal terms before the final agreement"},
    {"id": "escrow", "term": "escrow", "note": "money or assets held by a neutral third party until conditions are met"},
    {"id": "habeas-corpus", "term": "habeas corpus", "note": "Latin: petition challenging unlawful detention"},
    {"id": "pro-rata", "term": "pro rata", "note": "Latin: in proportion"},
    {"id": "bona-fide", "term": "bona fide", "note": "Latin: in good faith; genuine"},
    {"id": "affidavit", "term": "affidavit", "note": "written statement sworn under oath"},
    {"id": "subpoena", "term": "subpoena", "note": "court order to testify or produce documents"},
    {"id": "gdpr", "term": "GDPR", "note": "EU General Data Protection Regulation"},
    {"id": "dpa", "term": "DPA", "note": "data processing agreement under GDPR"},
    {"id": "mens-rea", "term": "mens rea", "note": "Latin: guilty mind; criminal intent"},
    {"id": "prima-facie", "term": "prima facie", "note": "Latin: at first sight; sufficient unless rebutted"},
    {"id": "pari-passu", "term": "pari passu", "note": "Latin: on equal footing"},
    {"id": "caveat-emptor", "term": "caveat emptor", "note": "Latin: let the buyer beware"},
    {"id": "voir-dire", "term": "voir dire", "note": "jury selection questioning"}
  ]
}