confession
and avoidance A pleading in the defence that, while admitting or assuming the truth of the material facts alleged in the particulars of claim (the confession), seeks to avoid or destroy the legal consequences of those facts by alleging further facts constituting some defence to the claim (the avoidance). An example is a plea of self-defence to an action for assault.

• duress
• duress of goods
• during Her
• duty
• duty of care
• duty solicitors
• duty to consult
• duty to convert
• DVPN
• DVPO
• dying declaration
• easement
• easement of necessity
• EAW
• EBRD
• EC
• ecclesiastical courts
• ecclesiastical law
• ecolabel
• economic analysis of law
• economic duress
• economic loss
• Economic Social Council of the United Nations
• e-conveyancing
• ECSC