corporal punishment punishment to the body, no longer imposed by the state in the UK. See CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.

• diligence
• diminished responsibility
• Din Torah
• Diplock courts
• diplomatic immunity
• direct applicability
• directed verdict
• direct effect
• direct evidence
• directive
• director
• Director of Consumer Affairs
• Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP)
• direct rule
• disabilities
• disability discrimination
• discharge
• discharge of an instrument
• disclaimer
• disclosed principal
• discovery
• discrimination
• dismantling of ships
• dismissal
• dismissal of action