Appendix:Glossary of Tagalog legal terms
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This glossary lists legal terms in Tagalog (or Filipino). While English is mostly preferred for use in courts, there are also numerous legal terms in Tagalog, with many terms from Spanish and several recent calques of English terms. This glossary is sorted using the older abakada order, which still remains in common use by Tagalog dictionaries.
A[edit]
- abogado - lawyer; attorney
- abswelto - absolved
- akusado - defendant
- alegasyon - allegation
- apela - plea; appeal
- areglo - compromise
- asunto - assumption
- atorni - attorney
B[edit]
K[edit]
- kapabayaan - negligence
- kapatawaran - pardon
- karapatang may-ari - copyright
- karapatang pantao - human rights
- kasabwat - accomplice
- kaso - case
- kolateral - collateral
- korte - court
- korte suprema - supreme court
- krimen - crime
- kriminal - criminal
- kumpidensiyalidad - confidentiality
- kustodiya - custody
D[edit]
E[edit]
G[edit]
H[edit]
- habambuhay na pagkakakulong - reclusión perpetua
- hatol - sentence
- hinahanap -
- hukom - judge
- hukuman - judicial court
- hukuman sa paghahabol - appellate court
I[edit]
L[edit]
M[edit]
- mababang hukuman - lower court
- magdemanda - to sue; to file a formal complaint
- magpiyansa - to bail
- mahistrado - justice (title)
- maselang bahagi - private parts
- mataas na hukuman - supreme court
- may-ari - owner
- maysala - guilty
- menor de edad - minor
- motibo - motive
- multa - fine
N[edit]
O[edit]
P[edit]
- pakikiapid - adultery
- padulas - grease payment
- pagbasa ng sakdal - arraignment
- pagkakasala - guilt
- pagdinig - hearing
- paghihiwalay - separation
- paglilitis - trial
- paglulustay - embezzlement
- pagmamay-ari - ownership
- pagnanakaw - theft
- pagpaslang - murder
- pagsuway - contempt
- pagtataksil - treason
- pagwawalang-sala - acquittal
- palusot - alibi
- pamemeke - forgery
- pamimirata - piracy
- pananagutan - responsibility
- paninirang-puri - defamation
- panloloob - breaking and entering; break-in; burglary
- panunuhol - bribery
- panggagahasa - rape
- panghahalay - rape
- pangingikil - extortion
- paratang - accusation
- parusa - penalty; punishment
- parusang bitay - capital punishment
- parusang kamatayan - death penalty
- perwisyo - nuisance
- petisyon - petition
- piskal - public prosecutor
- piyansa - bail
- plenaryo - plenary
- pornograpiya - pornography
- prosekusyon - prosecution
- pruweba - proof
R[edit]
S[edit]
- sabwatan - conspiracy
- saligang batas - constitution
- sedisyon - sedisyon
- sentensya - sentence
- silya elektrika - electric chair