Govendra S.

Shekhawat
 A person who believes in fate/A person who believes that all events
are pre-determined
 Fatalist

 A person who is above hundred years

 Centenarian

 A book published after the death of its author

 Posthumous

 A book written by an unknown author

 Anonymous
 A citizen of the world
 Cosmopolite

 A contagious disease which spreads over a huge area

 Epidemic

 A drug or other substance that induces sleep

 Soporific

 A flesh eating animal

 Carnivorous

 A grass eating animal

 Herbivorous
 A game in which neither party wins/A game or battle in which neither
party wins
 Draw/Drawn/ Tie

 A Government by a king or queen

 Monarchy

 A Government by one
 Autocracy

 A Government by the few

 Oligarchy
 A Government by the Nobles
 Aristocracy

 A Government by the officials

 Bureaucracy

 A Government by the people

 Democracy

 A Government by the rich

 Plutocracy
 A great lover of books
 Bibliophile

 A handwriting that cannot be read

 Illegible

 A land animal that breeds in water

 Amphibian

 A letter, poem etc. whose author is unknown

 Anonymous

 A life history written by oneself

 Autobiography

 A life history written by somebody else

 Biography
 A list of books
 Catalogue

 A list of names, books etc.

 Catalogue

 A loss of damage that cannot be compensated

 Irreparable

 A man devoid of kind feeling and sympathy

 Callous

 A man who has too much enthusiasm for his own religion
 Fanatic
 A man who is easily irritated
 Irritable

 A medicine that kills germs

 Germicide

 A medicine that prevents decomposing

 Antiseptic

 A medicine to counteract the effect of another medicine

 Antidote

 A member of the middle class

 Bourgeois
 A method that cannot be imitated
 Inimitable

 A pardonable offense
 Venial

 A person appointed by parties to settle the disputes between them

 Arbitrator

 A person difficult to please

 Fastidious

 A person liable to be called to account for his action

 Answerable/Accountable
 A person supported by another and giving him/her nothing in return
 Parasite

 A person who always thinks of himself; somebody who is selfish or

self-centered
 Egotist

 A person who attacks first

 Aggressor

 A person who believes easily whatever he is told

 Credulous
 A person who cannot read or write
 Illiterate

 A person who does not believe in the institution of marriage

 Misogamist

 A person who hates women

 Misogynist

 To make impure by mixing dirty or poisonous matter

 Contaminate

 A mad person
 Lunatic
 A Body of voters
 Constituency

 A person who files a plaint in the court

 Plaintiff

 A person who files a complaint in the court

 Complainant

 A person who files an appeal

 Appellant

 A person who files a petition/writ

 Petitioner
 An offence for which a police officer may arrest without warrant
 Cognizable offence

 An offence for which a police officer has no authority to arrest without

warrant
 Non-cognizable offence

 A person who is empowered by law to give, in any legal proceeding,

civil or criminal, a definitive (final) judgment
 Judge

 A person who abets the commission of an offence

 Abettor

 A Statement of a witness in Court.

 Testimony
 Any oral or written allegation to a Magistrate, for his taking action,
that some person, whether known or unknown, has committed an
offence
 Complaint

 Any proceeding for the collection of evidence conducted by a police

officer or by any person (other than a Magistrate) who is authorized
by a Magistrate in this behalf
 Investigation

 Any proceeding for the collection of evidence conducted by

Magistrate or court
 Inquiry

 Any act or omission made punishable by any law for the time being in
force
 Offence
 A person who in law represents the estate of a deceased person
 Legal Representative (LR)

 Belonging or pertaining to an individual from birth

 Congenital

 Belonging to the same period of time

 Contemporary

 Cut off the head

 Behead

 Destroy or get rid of something completely

 Eradicate

 Do away with wholly

 Abolish
 Free somebody from blame or guilt
 Exonerate

 General Pardon (specially of political offenders)

 Amnesty

 Handwritten Book
 Manuscript

 Hard but liable to be easily broken

 Brittle

 Hater of mankind
 Misanthropist

 Lover of mankind
 Philanthropist
Having opposing feelings
Ambivalent

Impossible to change
Incorrigible

One which can be changed

Corrigible

Incapable of being dissolved in a liquid

Insoluble

Capable of being dissolved in a liquid

Soluble

Incapable of being seized by attack

Impregnable
 Inscription on a tombstone
 Epitaph

 The formal expression of an adjudication which conclusively

determines the rights of the parties with regard to all or any of the
matters in controversy in the suit.
 Decree

 Any person in whose favor a decree has been passed or an order

capable of execution has been made
 Decree-holder

 Any person against whom a decree has been passed or an order

capable of execution has been made
 Judgement-debtor
 Medical examination of a dead body
 Postmortem

 Misappropriation of money
 Embezzlement

 A principle which prevents two courts of concurrent jurisdiction from

simultaneously trying two suits in respect of the same matter in issue
 Res- sub judice

 Recovering from illness

 Convalescent
 Murder of father
 Patricide

 Murder of mother
 Matricide

 Murder of human being

 Homicide

 Murder of Brother/Sister
 Fratricide

 Murder of infant
 Infanticide

 Murder of self
 Suicide

 Murder of king
 Regicide
 That which can be eaten
 Edible

 That which cannot be eaten

 Inedible

 That which cannot be altered or withdrawn or changed

 Irrevocable

 That through which light can partly pass

 Translucent

 That through which light can pass

 Transparent
 That through which light cannot pass
 Opaque

 That which cannot be avoided

 Inevitable

 That which cannot be believed

 Incredible

 That which can be altered or withdrawn or changed

 Revocable

 That which cannot be conquered

 Invincible

 That which cannot be cured

 Incurable
 That which cannot be defended
 Indefensible

 That which cannot be described

 Indescribable

 That which cannot be explained

 Inexplicable

 That which cannot be hurt

 Invulnerable

 That which cannot be noticed

 Imperceptible
 That which cannot be practiced
 Impracticable

 That which cannot be satisfied

 Insatiable

 That which cannot be seen

 Invisible

 That which is lawful

 Legal

 That which is against the law

 Illegal

 That which is prohibited by law/which is considered wrong or

unacceptable by prevailing social standards
 Illicit
 The area over which a court/ magistrate has an authority/control
 Jurisdiction

 The custom of having one wife/husband at a time

 Monogamy

 The custom of having two wives/husbands at a time

 Bigamy

 The custom of having more than one wife at a time

 Polygamy

 The custom of having more than one husband at a time

 Polyandry
 The period between childhood and adulthood
 Adolescence

 A person below the age of 18 years

 Minor/ Juvenile

 A person above the 18 years of age

 Major/ Adult

 A thing no longer in use

 Obsolete

 A person who is unable to pay his debts

 Insolvent
 One who is all powerful
 Omnipotent

 One who is present everywhere

 Omnipresent

 One who knows everything

 Omniscient

 One who can do anything for money

 Mercenary

 One who has no money

 Pauper
 One who looks on the bright side of things
 Optimist

 One who looks on the dark side of things

 Pessimist

 One who is indifferent to pleasure or pain

 Stoic

 One who dies without a Will

 Intestate

 To transfer one's authority to another

 Delegate
 A claim made by the opposite party in a suit a claim set up against the plaintiff
is the same suit.
 Counter Claim

 A person who is the need of a joint Hindu family/Hindu undivided family.

 Karta

 A public officer who attests deeds or documents

 Notary

 A court organized for the argument of hypothetical cases

 Moot Court

 A government policy as not to interfere into matters of the People

 Laissez-faire
 Money received by a Muslim women as a consideration of marriage.

 Mahr/ Dower

 Say publicly that something is true

 Proclaim

 To be disloyal to someone who trusts you

 Betray

 A place where prisoners are kept

 Jail / Gaol

 A person in charge of a jail and the prisoners in it

 Jailor
 A study of crimes or criminal behaviours
 Criminology

 A study of punishment and various kinds

 Penology

 A person who has been found guilty and is being punished

 Criminal

 A person who has been alleged to have committed an offence

 Accused

 A person who is a guilty associate in crime/ A person who sustains

such a relation to the criminal act that he can be jointly indicted with
the principal criminal.
 Accomplice
 An agreement which is enforceable by law
 Contract