| accusation | | abhiśāpa, abhiyoga |
| accuse | | abhi √yuj |
| accused | | abhiyukta |
| accuser, plaintiff | | abhiyoktṛ, abhiyogin |
| act | | artha, padārtha |
| actor | | raṅgāvatārin |
| adjudicator | | nirṇetṛ, prāḍvivāka |
| admission | | saṃpratipatti |
| age | | yuga |
| alternate (for defendant or plaintiff) | | prativādin |
| ancestry | | sapiṇḍa |
| anticipate | | ākāṅkṣā |
| aphoristic ritual texts | | kalpasūtra |
| aphoristic texts on dharma | | dharmasūtra |
| aphoristic texts on the domestic ritual | | gṛhyasūtra |
| aphoristic texts on the Vedic ritual | | śrautasūtra |
| appointed official | | niyukta |
| Arya land | | āryāvarta |
| assessor | | sabhya |
| assistant | | puruṣa |
| association | | pūga |
| assumption | | kalpanā |
| authoritative treatise | | śāstra |
| authority | | kakṣa |
| bailiff | | sādhyapāla |
| band | | vrāta |
| basis | | mūla |
| Buddhist shrine | | caitya |
| burden of proof | | kriyā, pratyākalita |
| bylaw | | sthiti |
| canon | | saṃsthāna |
| case | | vivāda |
| caste | | jāti |
| charge | | sādhya |
| circumstantial inference | | arthāpatti |
| claimant | | pūrvāvedaka |
| cognition | | vijñāna |
| company | | gaṇa |
| complaint | | artha, padārtha |
| conduct | | śīla |
| conflict | | virodha |
| convention | | vyavahāra |
| coparcener | | rikthin |
| counteraccusation | | pratyabhigoya |
| countersue | | pratyabhi √yuj |
| court | | sabhā |
| court official | | sabhāsad |
| creditor | | dhanin |
| cultured elite | | śiṣṭa |
| custom | | caritra |
| debt | | ṛṇa |
| debtor | | ṛṇin |
| decree | | śāsana |
| defendant | | prativādin, pratyarthin, vādin |
| denial | | nihnava, mithyā |
| disagreement | | vipratipatti |
| discounted | | adharībhūta |
| dispute | | vivāda |
| Eighth-Day rite | | aṣṭakā |
| eligibility | | adhikāra |
| enforcement (in lawsuit) | | prayojana |
| enjoined act | | padārtha |
| enjoyment | | bhukti, upabhoga |
| epistemic source | | pramāṇa |
| established by implication | | arthasiddha |
| evidence | | kāraṇa, kriyā, pramāṇa |
| expedient | | upāya |
| expert | | abhiyukta |
| expiation | | prāyaścitta |
| explanatory statement | | arthavāda |
| extinct (Veda) | | utsanna |
| felicity | | abhyudaya |
| filing charges | | āvedana, āvedya |
| fine | | vinaya |
| fixed practice of a region | | deśasthiti |
| foundation | | mūla |
| good conduct | | ācāra |
| guild | | śreṇi |
| holy water (as ordeal) | | kośa |
| honesty | | śuddhi, viśuddhi |
| illustration, illustrative | | pradarśana |
| implicit reference | | upalakṣaṇa |
| impossibility | | anupapatti |
| indicative sign | | liṅga |
| inferred Vedic text | | anumitaśruti |
| inheritance | | riktha |
| injunction | | vidhi |
| innocence | | śuddhi, viśuddhi |
| instituted | | pravartita |
| integrity | | śuddhi, viśuddhi |
| invalidation | | bādhita, bādha |
| invariable concomitance | | vyāpti |
| judge | | prāḍvivāka |
| judicial proceeding | | vyavahāra |
| justice (official presiding) | | dharmastha |
| lawsuit | | kārya, vyavahāra |
| legal assembly | | pariṣad |
| legal detention | | āsedha |
| legal dispute | | vivāda |
| legal paper | | cīraka |
| legal procedure | | vyavahāra |
| legal transaction | | vyavahāra |
| lineage | | gotra |
| logical impossibility | | anupapatti |
| lost (Veda) | | utsanna |
| means of proof | | pramāṇa, sādhana |
| metarule | | paribhāṣā |
| modes of proof | | pramāṇa |
| norm | | vyavasthā |
| normative practice | | ācāra |
| oath | | śapatha |
| one who has lost the case | | hīnavādin |
| open deposit | | upanikṣepa |
| open deposit | | nikṣepa |
| option | | vikalpa |
| ordeal | | divya |
| order of life | | āśrama |
| originative rule | | utpatti (vidhi) |
| outsider | | bāhya |
| overseer | | adhyakṣa |
| perceived purpose | | dṛṣṭārtha |
| perceptible Vedic text | | pratyakṣaveda, pratyakṣaśruti |
| performance | | prayoga |
| plaint | | bhāṣā, pakṣa, pratijñā, pūrvapakṣa |
| plaintiff | | abhiyogin, abhiyoktā, arthin, pūrvapakṣa, pūrvavādin, pūrvāvedaka, vādin, vivādārthin |
| plea | | uttara, pakṣa |
| pleader, one who presents the plea | | uttaravādin |
| pledge | | ādhi |
| political science | | arthaśāstra (as science/tradition) |
| positive concomitance | | anvaya |
| possession | | upabhog |
| practice | | aācāra |
| presiding offer | | sabhāpati |
| prior judgment | | pūrvanyāya, prāṅnyāya |
| procedure | | pracāra |
| proceed with the case | | vivādayet |
| proof | | kāraṇa, bhāvanā |
| prosperity | | śreyas |
| proven | | bhāvita, vibhāvita |
| public sinner | | abhiśasta |
| reasons for forbearance | | kṣamāliṅgāni |
| receipt | | upagata |
| recollection | | smṛti |
| reflection (as part of the lawsuit) | | parāmarśa |
| region | | deśa |
| reiterate | | anu √vad |
| reporting, filing charge | | āvedana |
| respondent | | pratirodhin |
| root | | mūla |
| science of dharma | | dharmaśāstra (as science/tradition) |
| scope | | viṣaya |
| scriptural text | | śāstra |
| scriptures | | āgama, āmnāya |
| scriptures | | śruti |
| sealed deposit | | upanidhi |
| side (in a lawsuit) | | pakṣa |
| social class | | varṇa |
| special plea | | kāraṇa, pratyavaskandana |
| specious plaint | | pakṣābhāsa |
| stake, with a | | sapaṇa, sottara |
| subject of litigation | | vyavahārapada |
| subject to fine/punishment | | vineya |
| subsidiary portion | | śeṣa |
| substitute | | pratinidhi |
| subterfuge | | chala |
| sue | | abhi √yuj |
| sued | | abhiyukta |
| suit | | abhiyoga, artha, padārtha |
| superseded | | adharībhūta, ādharya |
| swear in as witness | | √śru (casusative) śrāvayati |
| syllable | | varṇa |
| synechdoche | | upalakṣaṇa |
| syntactical split | | vākyabheda |
| texts of recollection | | smṛti |
| those outside the Veda | | bāhya |
| title (to property) | | āgama |
| traditional text | | āgama |
| transgression | | vyatikrama |
| treatise on dharma | | dharmaśāstra (as text) |
| treatise on politics | | arthaśāstra (as text) |
| unperceived purpose | | adṛṣṭārtha |
| unseen effect | | apūrva |
| unsubstantiated | | asāra |
| Vedic branch | | śākhā |
| Vedic exegesis | | mīmāṃsā |
| Vedic scholar | | śrotriya |
| Vedic statement | | śruti |
| victory document | | jayapatra |
| vile litigator | | hīnavādin |
| violence | | sāhasa |
| (with) visible results | | sāṃdṛṣṭika (phala) |
| watering place | | prapā |
| what is to be demonstrated | | sādhya |
| without tangible motives | | agṛhyamāṇakāraṇa |
| world age | | yuga |