lex talionis the law of retribution in kind: 'an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth'.

• plc
• plea bargaining
• pleadings
• pleas-in-law
• pledge
• pluries
• poaching
• poinding
• poinding of the ground
• police
• Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE)
• policy of insurance
• political asylum
• pollicitatio
• polygamous marriage
• position statement
• positive prescription
• positivism
• possession
• postal acceptance rule
• post-dating
• post diem
• post mortem
• power of attorney
• pp