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- C corporationOne of four main types of U.S. corporations
- C. K. PrahaladIndian-American Strategist, educator and author
- C. L. BestClarence Leo Best (April 21, 1878 – September 22, 1951), better known as C. L. Best, was a
- Cabinet (government)Group of high-ranking officials, usually representing the executive branch of government
- Cabinet of AfghanistanExecutive body of the Afghan government
- Cabinet of NamibiaThe Cabinet of Namibia is an appointed body that was established by Chapter 6 (Articles 35
- Cabinet of the United KingdomSenior decision-making body of the UK government
- Cabinet of the United StatesPrincipal advisory body to the president
- Cabinet Schröder II (Lower Saxony)The Cabinet Schröder II was the state government of the German state of Lower Saxony from
- Cabinet secretaryCivil service position in several parliamentary democracies
- Cabinet Wulff IThe Cabinet Wulff I was the state government of the German state of Lower Saxony from 4 Ma
- CAC Next 20The CAC Next 20 is an index of security prices used with the Euronext Paris or Euronext Am
- CadburyBritish multinational confectionery company
- Cai QiChief of Staff for CCP general secretary Xi Jinping
- Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam1990 declaration of OIC states
- Călin Popescu-TăriceanuPrime Minister of Romania from 2004 to 2008
- CaliphateIslamic form of government
- Call optionContract giving a buyer the right to buy a security from the seller at a set price
- Call to the barThe call to the bar is a legal term of art in most common law jurisdictions where persons
- CamarillaGroup of royal favourites
- CamilismCatholic revolutionary socialist ideology
- Camillo CastiglioniCamillo Castiglioni (22 October 1879 – 18 December 1957) was an Italian-Austrian Jewish fi
- Camp followerCivilians who follow armies
- Camp GeigerCamp Geiger is a United States Marine Corps base. Although not geographically connected, C
- Campaign advertisingUse of an advertising campaign through the media to influence a political debate
- Campaign financeFunds raised for promotion in politics
- Canada–European Union relationsBilateral relations
- Canada–United Kingdom relationsBilateral relations
- Canadian administrative lawLaw governing the government agencies of Canada
- Canadian contract lawOverview of contract law in Canada
- Canadian corporate lawOperation of corporations in Canada
- Canadian dollarCurrency of Canada
- Canadian family lawFamily law in Canada concerns the body of Canadian law dealing with domestic partnerships,
- Canadian maritime lawCanadian maritime law is based on the field of "Navigation and Shipping" vested in the Par
- Canadian patent lawLegal system regulating patents in Canada
- Canadian tort lawAspect of Canadian law
- Canary WharfMajor business and financial district in London
- Candace A. YanoAmerican social researcher
- CannibalismEating members of one's own species
- Cannibalization (marketing)Reduced sales when new product is announced
- Canon (canon law)Form of church law
- Canon lawSet of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical authority
- Canon law of the Catholic ChurchCatholic religious laws and principles
- Capability management in businessBusiness Capability Management
- Capacity (law)Legal aptitude to have rights and liabilities
- Capacity managementInformation technology resources are sufficient to meet business requirements effectively
- Cape Town Civic CentreThe Cape Town Civic Centre is a building on the Foreshore in central Cape Town, South Afri
- Capital assetProperty of any kind held by an assessee
- Capital budgetingHow an organization allocates its cash and resources
- Capital gainProfit from a sale of a capital asset
- Capital gains taxTax on investment profits
- Capital managementCapital management refers to the area of financial management that deals with capital asse
- Capital marketFinancial market
- Capital Markets UnionEuropean economic policy initiative
- Capital offences in ChinaCrimes punishable by death
- Capital punishment in AfghanistanCapital punishment is a legal penalty in Afghanistan and is conducted either in private or
- Capital punishment in American SamoaCapital punishment is a legal punishment in American Samoa, an unincorporated territory of
- Capital punishment in ChinaCapital punishment is a legal penalty in the People's Republic of China. It is applicable
- Capital punishment in Hong KongCapital punishment in Hong Kong was formally abolished on 23 April 1993 by virtue of the C
- Capital punishment in MacauCapital punishment in Macau was formally abolished in 1976 and reiterated in the Penal Cod
- Capital punishment in SpainThe 1978 Spanish Constitution bans capital punishment in Spain, except for wartime offence
- Capital punishment in the United StatesIn the United States, capital punishment (also known as the death penalty) is a legal pena
- Capital structureMix of funds used to start and sustain a business
- Capitalist roaderMaoist term for return to capitalism
- Captain (armed forces)Army and air force officer rank
- Captain (naval)Naval military rank
- Car financeFinancial products enabling ownership of a car
- CareerIndividual's journey through learning, work, and other aspects of life
- CargillAmerican multinational food conglomerate
- Caribbean CommunityRegional intergovernmental organisation
- CarlismSpanish political movement
- Carlos A. RuizCarlos A. Ruiz (born April 1975) is a United States Marine who has served as the 20th Serg
- Cármen LúciaCármen Lúcia Antunes Rocha (Portuguese pronunciation: ; 19 April 1954) is a Brazilian juri
- Carmine CroccoCarmine Crocco (5 June 1830 – 18 June 1905), known as Donatello or sometimes Donatelli, wa
- Carrasco ProvinceCarrasco is a province in the Cochabamba Department in central Bolivia. Its capital is Tot
- CarrefourFrench multinational retail and wholesaling corporation
- CarrefourSACarrefourSA is a supermarket chain based in Turkey, founded in 1991 as a partnership betwe
- Carried interestFee paid to an investment manager
- CarrùCarrù is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont,
- Cartel party theoryPolitical science theory of political parties
- Cărturești CaruselCărturești Carusel /kərtureʃti karusel/ is a bookstore on Lipscani 55 Street in the old to
- Case Information StatementA Case Information Statement (or Cover Sheet) is a document which is filed with a court cl
- Case lawSet of past rulings cited as precedent
- Case or Controversy ClauseThe Supreme Court of the United States has interpreted the Case or Controversy Clause of A
- CashPhysical currency and other immediately accessible liquid assets
- Cash conversion cycleIn management accounting, the Cash conversion cycle (CCC) measures how long a firm will be
- Cash flowMovement of money into or out of a business, project, or financial product
- Cash flow statementFinancial statement
- Cash managementCash management refers to a broad area of finance involving the collection, handling, and
- CashierPerson who exchanges money for goods at a store
- Cashier (oyster schooner)Cashier is a former two-masted Delaware Bay oyster schooner located at the Bayshore Center
- Cast coinageCast coinage refers to coins made by pouring melted metal into a mold, i.e. casting. It ha
- CastellanTitle used in medieval Europe for a governor of a castle
- Casual vacancySituation in which a seat in a deliberative assembly becomes vacant
- Casualty insuranceCasualty insurance is a defined term which broadly encompasses insurance not directly conc
- Casus belliAct or event that provokes or is used to justify war
- Caterpillar C13The Caterpillar C13 is an inline-6 diesel internal combustion engine made by Caterpillar.
- Caterpillar C280The Caterpillar C280 is a family of diesel internal combustion engines made by Caterpillar
- Caterpillar C32The Caterpillar C32 is a V12 diesel engine made by Caterpillar Inc. The engine displacemen
- Caterpillar Inc.American construction-equipment manufacturer
- Catholic ActionRoman Catholic movement
- Caucus chairPerson who chairs the meetings of a caucus
- Causation (law)Causal relationship between conduct and result
- Cause of actionSufficient legal justification for suing
- Cayman Islands company lawNational economic law
- CeasefireTemporary agreement to stop a war
- Celebrity brandingForm of advertising campaign or marketing strategy
- Censo General de Población y ViviendaThe Censo de Población y Vivienda (Population and Housing Census) is the main national pop
- Censorship in ChinaCensorship in the People's Republic of China (PRC) is mandated by the Chinese Communist Pa
- Censorship in North KoreaNorth Korea ranks among some of the most extreme and controlled censorship in the world, w
- Censorship in RussiaCensorship is controlled by the Government of Russia and by civil society in the Russian F
- Censorship in TaiwanCensorship in Taiwan involves the suppression of speech or public communication and raises
- Cent (currency)Monetary unit in many national currencies
- Center for Free EnterpriseThe Center for Free Enterprise (Korean: 자유기업원) is a libertarian, formerly neoconservative,
- Center for Genetics and SocietyUS non-profit organization
- Center for Libertarian StudiesThe Center for Libertarian Studies (CLS) was a libertarian and anarcho-capitalist oriented
- Center for Public JusticeAmerican Christian think tank
- Center of governmentThe center of government (CoG) is the institution or group of institutions that provide di
- Center of gravity (military)Military concept
- Centesimus annus1991 encyclical by Pope John Paul II, concerning social teaching
- Central Auditing Commission of the Workers' Party of KoreaThe Central Auditing Commission (CAC) of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) (조선로동당중앙검사위원회)
- Central bankGovernment body that manages currency and monetary policy
- Central Commission for Discipline InspectionHighest supervisory body of the Chinese Communist Party
- Central Committee of the Chinese Communist PartyPolitical body comprising top CCP leaders
- Central Comprehensively Deepening Reforms CommissionChinese Communist Party body
- Central Cyberspace Affairs CommissionOrganization of the Chinese Communist Party
- Central Engraving and Printing PlantThe Central Engraving and Printing Plant (CEPP; Chinese: 中央印製廠; pinyin: Zhōngyāng Yìnzhìch
- Central European Free Trade AgreementInternational trade agreement
- Central Financial and Economic Affairs CommissionCommission of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
- Central Foreign Affairs CommissionChinese Communist Party body
- Central governmentType of government found in unitary states
- Central Guard BureauChinese security agency
- Central Guard RegimentChinese military unit
- Central Guidance Commission on Building Spiritual CivilizationCommission of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
- Central Intelligence AgencyU.S. intelligence and covert action agency
- Central Leading Group for Inspection WorkDisciplinary organization of the Chinese Communist Party
- Central Leading Group for Military ReformThe Leading Group for National Defence and Military Reform of the Central Military Commiss
- Central Leading Group for Publicity, Ideological and Cultural WorkChinese Communist Party body
- Central Leading Group for Taiwan AffairsChinese Communist Party body
- Central Leading Group on Hong Kong and Macau AffairsChinese Communist Party body
- Central Military Commission (China)People's Republic of China political bodies governing the military
- Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of KoreaThe Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea (CMC) (Korean: 조선로동당 중앙군사위원
- Central Political and Legal Affairs CommissionOrgan of the Chinese Communist Party
- Central Treaty OrganizationCold War military alliance (1955–1979)
- Centre for Policy ResearchThe Centre for Policy Research (CPR) is an Indian think tank focusing on public policy. Es
- Centre for Railway Information SystemsThe Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) designs, develops, implements and mainta
- Centre-left politicsPolitical orientation
- Centre-right politicsPolitical orientation
- CentrismPolitical alignment in the middle of the left–right political spectrum
- Centrist Democrat InternationalChristian democratic political international
- Centrist populismPolitical ideology
- CERNEuropean particle physics research centre
- CertiorariCourt process to seek judicial review
- Cevdet YılmazVice President of Turkey since 2023
- CFA francTwo common currencies of 14 African countries
- Chagos Archipelago sovereignty disputeDispute between Mauritius and the United Kingdom
- Chain migrationProcess of human migration
- Chain of custodyChronological legal documentation process
- Chair (officer)Leading or presiding officer of an organized group
- Chairman of the Central Military Commission (China)Commander-in-chief of the People's Liberation Army
- Chairman of the European Union Military CommitteeThe chairman of the European Union Military Committee (CEUMC) is the four-star rank office
- Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative ConferenceLeader of a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China
- Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's CongressHigh constitutional office of China
- Chairman of the Supreme People's AssemblyPresiding officer of the Legislature of North Korea
- Chama Cha MapinduziDominant political party in Tanzania
- Chamber of Deputies (Brazil)Lower house of the Brazilian National Congress
- Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)Lower house of the legislature of Mexico
- Chancellor of Justice (Estonia)The Estonian Chancellor of Justice (Estonian: Õiguskantsler) is an independent supervisor
- ChanelFrench fashion house
- Change managementManagement discipline studying human transformational processes within organizations
- Change of venueMove of a trial to a new location
- ChantryA chantry is an ecclesiastical term that may have either of two related meanings:
- Chapel of Saint Helena, JerusalemThe Chapel of Saint Helena is a 12th-century Armenian church in the lower level of the Chu
- Chapter 11, Title 11, United States CodeSection of the United States Bankruptcy Code
- Chapter nine institutionsChapter Nine Institutions refer to a group of organisations established in terms of Chapte
- Character evidenceLegal term
- Characterisation (law)Characterisation, or characterization, in conflict of laws, is the second stage of the pro
- Charge (warfare)Military tactics of rapid all-out attack
- Chargé d'affairesHead of diplomatic mission when no higher official exists
- Charitable incorporated organisationLegal entity in the United Kingdom
- Charitable trustIrrevocable trust established for charitable purposes
- Charles Townshend (historian)Charles Jeremy Nigel Townshend FBA (born 27 July 1945) is a British historian. His most pr
- Charles X of FranceKing of France from 1824 to 1830
- Chart of accountsAccounting term
- CharterGrant of authority or rights
- Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European UnionGroup of rights of the European Union
- Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms1976 bill of rights and human rights code
- Charter of the United Nations1945 foundational treaty of the United Nations
- Château d'YquemChâteau d'Yquem (French: ) is a Premier Cru Supérieur (Fr: "Superior First Growth") wine f
- ChavismoLeft-wing political ideology
- Checkbook diplomacyCheckbook diplomacy or chequebook diplomacy, is used to describe a foreign policy which op
- Chemical patentPatent for an invention in the chemical or pharmaceuticals industry
- Cheong Weng ChonAndré Cheong Weng Chon (; Chinese: 張永春; born September 1966) is the Secretary for Administ
- ChevroletAmerican automobile division of General Motors
- Chevron CorporationAmerican multinational energy corporation
- Chibok ambushThe Chibok ambush was an attack of Boko Haram insurgents against a Nigerian Army convoy in
- Chicago OutfitItalian-American organized crime syndicate based in Chicago, Illinois
- Chicago school of economicsSchool of economic thought
- Chief business officerChief business officer (CBO) is the position of the top operating executive of growing com
- Chief customer officerA chief customer officer (CCO) is the executive responsible in customer-centric companies
- Chief Executive of Hong KongHead of the government of Hong Kong
- Chief Executive of MacauHead of the Macau Government
- Chief executive officerHighest-ranking officer of an organization
- Chief governance officerJob title
- Chief human resources officerCorporate title
- Chief information officerInformation technology executive
- Chief Justice of MaltaThe chief justice of Malta is the primus inter pares of the members of the Maltese judicia
- Chief Justice of the United StatesChief judicial officer of the United States
- Chief marketing officerHighest ranking executive-level position focusing on marketing
- Chief ministerTitle for the head of government of some countries' administrative divisions
- Chief Minister of SindhHead of government of Sindh
- Chief Negotiator for Turkish Accession to the European UnionThe Chief Negotiator for Turkish Accession to the European Union (Turkish: Avrupa Birliği
- Chief of staffAdministrative leader
- Chief of the Staff of The Salvation ArmyThe Chief of the Staff of The Salvation Army is a Commissioner appointed by the General of
- Chief operating officerExecutive position
- Chief petty officerSenior non-commissioned officer in many navies and coast guards
- Chief technology officerOfficer in charge of technical operations
- Child and Dependent Care CreditThe Household and Dependent Care Credit is a nonrefundable tax credit available to United
- Child cannibalismPractice of eating a child or fetus
- Child corporal punishment lawsOverview of laws by country
- Child custodyGuardianship of an underage person
- Child Labor Deterrence ActThe Child Labor Deterrence Act was created by Senator Tom Harkin (D‑IA), and was first pro
- Child murderHomicide of a minor
- Child protectionProtecting children from harm and neglect
- Child sacrificeKilling of a child to appease a tribe or deity
- Child sexual abuseForm of child abuse
- Chilling effectDiscouragement of exercising rights by threats of legal sanctions
- China and the United NationsThe People's Republic of China is a member of the United Nations and one of five permanent
- China Coast GuardCoast guard of China
- China Construction BankStrategic state-owned bank
- China Development BankDevelopment bank in the People's Republic of China (PRC)
- China Electronics Technology Group CorporationChinese state-owned electronics company
- China Film AdministrationChinese Communist Party organization
- China Global Television NetworkChinese state-owned broadcaster
- China International Development Cooperation AgencyForeign aid agency of the Chinese government
- China MobileChinese state-owned telecommunications company
- China National Petroleum CorporationChinese major national oil and gas corporation
- China News ServiceNews agency of the Chinese Communist Party
- China Radio InternationalState radio broadcaster in China
- China RailwayState-owned national railway company of China
- China Southern AirlinesChinese airline
- China-Pacific relationsDiplomatic competition between Mainland China and Taiwan in the Pacific
- China–Arab relationsBilateral relations
- China–Caribbean relationsBilateral relations
- China–European Union relationsBilateral relations
- China–Iran relationsBilateral relations
- China–Latin America relationsBilateral relations
- China–Pakistan relationsBilateral relations
- China–Russia relationsBilateral relations
- China–United Kingdom relationsBilateral relations
- Chinese Communist Party Admission OathThe Chinese Communist Party Admission Oath (Chinese: 中国共产党入党誓词) is an oath that prospectiv
- Chinese Communist Party Deputy Committee SecretaryOfficial position in the Chinese Communist Party
- Chinese Communist Party Provincial Standing CommitteeProvince-level position in the Chinese Communist Party
- Chinese DreamConcept popularized by Xi Jinping
- Chinese foreign aidDevelopment assistance from China
- Chinese intelligence activity abroadThe Chinese Communist Party and government of the People's Republic of China is engaged in
- Chinese lawChinese law is one of the oldest legal traditions in the world. The core of modern Chinese
- Chinese nationality lawConditions by which a person holds the nationality of the People's Republic of China
- Chinese New LeftChinese political philosophies
- Chinese passportTravel document issued to PRC citizens
- Chinese unificationPotential union of the PRC (Mainland China) and the ROC (Taiwan Area)
- ChłopomaniaPopulist movement of Right-Bank Ukraine
- Choice of lawChoice of law is a procedural stage in the litigation of a case involving the conflict of
- Choice of law clauseContract clause requiring disputes to be resolved by law of a given jurisdiction
- ChowdhuryTitle in the Indian subcontinent
- Chris BunchChristopher R. Bunch (December 22, 1943 – July 4, 2005) was an American science fiction, f
- Chris HedgesAmerican journalist, author, commentator and minister
- Chris ZookChris Zook is a business writer and former partner at Bain & Company, leading its Global S
- Christian anarchismMovement in political theology
- Christian communismForm of communism based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ
- Christian corporatismPolitical application of the Christian doctrine of Paul of Tarsus
- Christian Democrat Organization of AmericaPolitical international in America
- Christian Democratic Union of GermanyCentre-right political party in Germany
- Christian GobrechtChristian Gobrecht (December 23, 1785 – July 23, 1844) was the third Chief Engraver of the
- Christian leftLeft-wing Christian political ideologies
- Christian libertarianismSynthesis of Christian beliefs with libertarian thought
- Christian nationalismChristian ideology espousing religious nationalism
- Christian politics in AustraliaChristian democracy of the type found in Europe never gained a strong presence in Australi
- Christian rightSocially conservative Christian political ideology
- Christian socialismType of socialist philosophy
- Christian TurnerChristian Philip Hollier Turner CMG (born 19 August 1972) is a British diplomat serving as
- Christians on the LeftChristians on the Left, formerly known as the Christian Socialist Movement (CSM), is a soc
- Christmas clubSpecial-purpose savings account
- Christopher J. NassettaChristopher J. Nassetta (born 1964 in Arlington, Virginia) is an American businessman, who
- ChryslerAmerican subsidiary of automaker Stellantis
- Church taxState-imposed tax to fund churches
- CIA LibraryLibrary of the US Central Intelligence Agency
- CIA MuseumAmerican intelligence museum in Langley
- Cipher diskA cipher disk is an enciphering and deciphering tool developed in 1470 by the Italian arch
- Circumcision and lawLaws concerning male circumcision
- Circumstantial evidenceEvidence indirectly supporting conclusion
- CiscoAmerican multinational technology company
- CITESMultilateral treaty to protect flora and fauna
- CitibankAmerican banking company
- Citizen sourcingCitizen sourcing is the government adoption of crowdsourcing techniques for the purposes o
- Citizens' assemblyRandomly selected people to deliberate on public issues
- Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform (British Columbia)The Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform was created by the government of British Columb
- Citizenship of the United StatesCitizenship of the United States is a legal status that entails citizens with specific rig
- Citizenship testExamination required to become a citizen
- CitroënFrench car brand of Stellantis
- City of Cape TownMetropolitan municipality in South Africa
- Civic Center, Los AngelesThe Civic Center neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, is the administrative core of th
- Civil codeCodification of the civil law
- Civil conscriptionCompulsory non-military labor service
- Civil conspiracyPrivate citizens agreement to commit a crime
- Civil control of the militaryDoctrine concerning civil authority over military decisions
- Civil deathLoss of all or almost all civil rights
- Civil disobedienceNonviolent disobedience of the law
- Civil disorderForms of unrest caused by a group of people
- Civil law (common law)Branch of English common law
- Civil libertarianismCivil libertarianism is a strain of political thought that supports civil liberties and ri
- Civil parishTerritorial designation and lowest tier of local government in England
- Civil procedureRules and standards used in civil lawsuits
- Civil procedure in the United StatesCivil procedure in the United States consists of rules that govern civil actions in the fe
- Civil Procedure RulesRules of civil procedure in English and Welsh courts
- Civil service commissionA civil service commission (also known as a Public Service Commission) is a government age
- Civil service of ChinaThe civil service of the People's Republic of China is the administrative system of the go
- Civil War Defenses of WashingtonThe Civil War Defenses of Washington were a group of Union Army fortifications that protec
- Civil wrongA civil wrong or wrong is a cause of action under civil law. Types include tort, breach of
- Civil-law notaryLawyer of noncontentious private civil law
- CivilianPerson who is not a member of a military
- Civilian control of the military in communist statesCivilian control of the military in communist states have differed from country to country
- Claim clubClaim clubs, also called actual settlers' associations or squatters' clubs, were a ninetee
- Claim rights and liberty rightsDistinction between rights entailing or not entailing obligations
- Clandestine human intelligenceEspionage strategy
- Clandestine HUMINT operational techniquesClandestine espionage methods for collecting intelligence from human sources
- Clarence ThomasUS Supreme Court justice since 1991
- Class actionType of lawsuit
- Class Action Fairness Act of 2005United States federal legislation
- Class collaborationPrinciple promoting collaboration between social classes
- Classical economicsSchool of thought in economics
- Classical liberalismIdeology supporting both civil and economic liberties
- Classical realism (international relations)Theory of international relations
- Claudia SheinbaumPresident of Mexico since 2024
- ClawbackThe term clawback or claw back refers to any money or benefits that have been given out, b
- Clean Air Act 1956Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
- CleanerPerson who cleans
- Clearing (finance)Concept in banking and finance
- Clerical philosophersGroup of Catholic intellectuals
- ClericalismClerical political leadership over a government
- ClerkWhite-collar worker who conducts general office tasks
- Clichy, Hauts-de-SeineClichy ( klee-SHEE, French: ; sometimes unofficially Clichy-la-Garenne ) is a commune in t
- Client stateState that is subordinate to another
- Climate Change LevyThe Climate Change Levy (CCL) is a tax on energy delivered to non-domestic users in the Un
- Clinical governanceApproach to maintaining and improving quality of patient care
- ClockmakerA clockmaker is an artisan who makes and/or repairs clocks. Since almost all clocks are no
- Close air supportAir missions coordinated with ground combat
- Close-quarters battlePhysical combat at close range
- Closed session of the United States CongressIn the Congress of the United States, a closed session (formally a session with closed doo
- Closed sessions of the United States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives rarely meets in closed session.
- Closed sessions of the United States SenateThe United States Senate has the authority for meeting in closed session, as described in
- Closed-end fundProfessionally managed investment fund
- Cloth merchantIn the Middle Ages or 16th and 17th centuries, a cloth merchant was one who owned or ran a
- CloudflareAmerican technology company
- Co-creationProduct or service design process
- Co-governanceCo-governance between indigenous Māori and the New Zealand Crown
- Co-optionPolitical term
- Co-Princes of AndorraThe co-princes of Andorra are jointly the heads of state (Catalan: cap d'estat) of the Pri
- Coal miningProcess of getting coal to the surface
- CoalitionGroup that agrees to work together to achieve a common goal
- Coalition for a Democratic MajorityThe Coalition for a Democratic Majority (CDM) was a centrist faction, active in the 1970s
- Coalition for Democratic ChangeThe Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) is a political alliance in Liberia.
- Coalition governmentGovernmental style in which political parties cooperate to form a government
- Coast guardMaritime security organization
- Coastal defence and fortificationCoastal defence (or defense) and coastal fortification are measures taken to provide prote
- Coat of arms of KropyvnytskyiThe coat of arms of Kropyvnytskyi is one of the city's symbols reflecting its past and the
- Coat of arms of MexicoNational symbol
- Cobra GoldCobra Gold (Thai: คอบร้าโกลด์) refers to multi-national Indo-Pacific military exercises he
- Coca eradicationCoca eradication is a strategy promoted by the United States government starting in 1961 a
- Code of lawLegislation that purports to cover a complete system of laws
- Code talkerMilitary personnel using their native languages for secret wartime communication
- Codification (law)Process of collecting and restating certain area of law forming a legal code
- Coefficients (dining club)British political discussion group
- Coercion (international relations)In international relations, coercion refers to the imposition of costs by a state on other
- Coffee beanSeed of the coffee plant
- Cohabitation (government)System of divided government
- Coin collectingCollection of minted legal tender
- Coin gradingProcess of determining a collectible coin's visual state
- Coining (mint)Manufacturing of coins using a kind of stamping
- Coins of TurkeyThis article concerns the coins of Turkey.
- Cold caseUnsolved crime not now being investigated
- Cold-weather warfareWarfare in cold temperatures
- Colgate-PalmoliveAmerican multinational consumer products company
- Collaborative governanceCollaborative governing arrangement
- Collaborative lawLegal process to divorce without litigation
- Collateral consequences of criminal convictionCollateral consequences of criminal conviction are the additional civil state penalties, m
- Collateral contractA collateral contract is usually a single term contract, made in consideration of the part
- Collateralized debt obligationFinancial product
- Collateralized fund obligationType of financial instrument
- Collateralized mortgage obligationType of debt security backed by mortgages
- Collective bargainingNegotiations between employers and a group of employees
- Collective efficacyIn the sociology of crime, the term collective efficacy refers to the ability of members o
- Collective leadershipDistribution of power within an organisational structure
- Collective Security Treaty OrganizationIntergovernmental military alliance
- Collectivist anarchismRevolutionary anarchist doctrine
- Collier TrophyAnnual aviation award administered by the US National Aeronautical Association
- Colloque Walter LippmannConference of neoliberal intellectuals
- Colm KelleherThomas Columba "Colm" Kelleher (born 30 May 1957) is an Irish-British business executive a
- ColonelMilitary rank
- Colonel generalMilitary rank
- Colonial warBlanket term relating to various conflicts
- Color of ChangeUS nonprofit civil rights organization
- Columbia PicturesAmerican film production and distribution company
- Columbia RecordsAmerican record label
- Combat information centerRoom in a warship or aircraft that functions as a tactical center
- Combat vehicleA ground combat vehicle, also known as a land assault vehicle or simply a combat vehicle o
- CombatantPerson who takes a direct part in the hostilities of an armed conflict
- CombativesCombatives is the term used to describe the hand-to-hand combat systems primarily used by
- Combination fire departmentA combination fire department or composite department is a type of fire department which c
- Combined armsApproach to warfare
- Combined authorities and combined county authoritiesDevolved public authorities in England
- ComcastAmerican multinational telecommunications and media conglomerate
- COMCECThe Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) is one of four sta
- Comecon1949–1991 international economic union
- Command and controlMilitary exercise of authority by a commanding officer over assigned forces
- Command hierarchyGroup of people who carry out orders based on the authority of others within the group
- Command of the seaComplete control of naval warfare
- Commandant (rank)Military or police rank
- CommanderNaval and air force officer rank
- Commander of the People's Liberation Army NavyThe commander of the People's Liberation Army Navy (Chinese: 中国人民解放军海军司令员) is the commandi
- Commander-in-chiefSupreme commanding authority of a military
- Commanding heights of the economyStrategically important sectors of the economy
- CommandoElite light infantry combatant
- Commemorative coinCoins issued to commemorate some particular event or issue
- Commerce and Economic Development BureauThe Commerce and Economic Development Bureau is a policy bureau of the Government of Hong
- Commercial bankFinancial institution that accepts deposits and provides loans
- Commercial lawRules and guidelines of trade
- Commercial managementPlanning, organizing, directing, and implementing an organization's commercial activities
- Commercial mortgage-backed securityType of mortgage-backed security
- Commercial paperFinancial product
- Commercial propertyBuildings or land intended to generate a profit
- Commercial vehicleRoad vehicle designed to transport persons or goods for compensation
- CommissarySomeone delegated by a superior to execute a duty or an office
- Commission (document)Document appointing an individual as an officer
- Commission (remuneration)Form of variable-pay remuneration for services rendered or products sold
- Commission Against CorruptionAnti-corruption agency in Macau
- Commission for Information and EducationThe Commission for Information and Education is an administrative body of the Central Comm
- CommissionerOne of various roles or titles
- Commissioner for Human RightsThe Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights is an independent and impartial non-ju
- Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against CorruptionThe Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption heads the body that is r
- Commissioner of Transport for LondonThe commissioner of transport for London has management responsibility for Transport for L
- Committee Against TortureUN body of human rights experts
- Committee for a Workers' International (2019)The Committee for a Workers' International (CWI) (Spanish: Comité por una Internacional de
- Committee for Safeguarding National SecurityThe Committee for Safeguarding National Security of the Hong Kong Special Administrative R
- Committee of Permanent RepresentativesEuropean Union committee
- Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives)In the United States House of Representatives, a Committee of the Whole House is a congres
- Committee on Cooperation, International Relations, and Conflict ResolutionThe Committee on Cooperation, International Relations, and Conflict Resolution is one of t
- Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural RightsThe Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) is a United Nations treaty b
- Committee on Education, Culture, Tourism, and Human ResourcesThe Committee on Education, Culture, Tourism and Human Resources is one of the ten permane
- Committee on Gender, Family, Youth, and People with DisabilitiesThe Committee on Gender, Family, Youths and People with Disabilities is one of the ten per
- Committee on Health, Labour, and Social AffairsThe Committee on Health, Labour, and Social Affairs is one of the ten permanent committees
- Committee on Justice and Human RightsThe Committee on Justice and Human Rights is one of the eleven permanent committees of the
- Committee on Monetary and Financial AffairsThe Committee on Monetary and Financial Affairs is one of the ten permanent committees of
- Committee on Rules, Privileges, and DisciplineThe Committee on Rules, Privileges and Discipline is one of the ten permanent committees o
- Committee on Rural Economy, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and EnvironmentThe Committee on Rural Economy Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment is one of th
- Committee on the Rights of the ChildBody that monitors implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Committee on Trade, Customs, and Immigration MattersThe Committee on Trade, Customs, and Immigration Matters, is one of the ten permanent comm
- Committee on Transport, Industry, Communication, Energy, Science, and TechnologyThe Committee on Transport, Industry, Communications, Energy, Science and Technology is on
- CommodityFungible item produced to satisfy wants or needs
- Commodity marketMarket for raw or primary commodities
- Commodore (rank)Naval officer rank
- Common areaA common area is, in real estate or real property law, the "area which is available for us
- Common CentsUS non-profit organization
- Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base2011 European Union common tax scheme proposal
- Common Fisheries PolicyEU fisheries policy
- Common Foreign and Security PolicyOrganised, agreed foreign policy of the European Union
- Common law offenceCommon law offences are crimes under English criminal law, the related criminal law of som
- Common purposeThe doctrine of common purpose, common design, joint enterprise, joint criminal enterprise
- Common Security and Defence PolicyDefence policy of the European Union
- Common stockForm of corporate equity ownership
- Common Travel AreaOpen-borders area between the United Kingdom and Ireland
- Commonwealth Employment ServiceThe Commonwealth Employment Service (CES) was an Australian Government employment agency t
- Communication Workers Union (United Kingdom)The Communication Workers Union (CWU) is the main trade union in the United Kingdom for pe
- Communications managementSystem of communication in an organization
- Communist (Maoist) Party of AfghanistanUnderground communist party in Afghanistan
- Communist Party – Red StarCommunist Party – Red Star (in Spanish: Partido Comunista – Estrella Roja) was a splinter
- Communist Party of Ecuador – Red SunMaoist guerilla group in Ecuador
- Communist Party of Malaya/Marxist–LeninistThe Communist Party of Malaya/Marxist–Leninist was a splinter group of the Communist Party
- Communist Party of Malaya/Revolutionary FactionThe Communist Party of Malaya/Revolutionary Faction was a splinter group of the Communist
- Communist Party of VietnamSole legal party of Vietnam
- Communist societyType of society and economic system
- Communist stateForm of government
- Communist state constitutionConstitutions of the communist world
- Communist terrorismCommunist terrorism is terrorism perpetrated by individuals or groups which adhere to comm
- CommunitarianismPhilosophy emphasizing community
- Community (Wales)Lowest tier of local government in Wales
- Community Alliance for the Ethical Treatment of YouthU.S. organization
- Community councilA community council is a public representative body in Great Britain.
- Community development bankBank serving underserved or excluded communities
- Community legal centreA community legal centre (CLC) is the Australian term for an independent not-for-profit or
- Community of Common DestinyChinese Communist Party policy
- Community of Portuguese Language CountriesInternational organization
- Community propertyMarital property regime
- Comparative advantageLower relative opportunity cost in producing a good
- Comparative lawStudy of relationship between legal systems
- Comparative negligenceComparative negligence, called non-absolute contributory negligence outside the United Sta
- Comparative politicsField in political science
- Comparative responsibilityDoctrine of tort law
- Competition lawLaw maintaining market competition
- Competitive Tax PlanThe Competitive Tax Plan is an approach to taxation, suggested in the United States, that
- Competitiveness Council (COMPET)The Competitiveness Council (COMPET) is a configuration of the Council of the European Uni
- ComplaintLegal document, the filing of which initiates a lawsuit
- Complex interdependenceComplex interdependence in international relations and international political economy is
- ComplicityParticipation in a criminal act
- Composite monarchyState consisting of several countries under one ruler
- Compound annual growth rateGeometric progression ratio that provides a constant rate of return over the time period
- Compound interestCompounding sum paid for the use of money
- Compounding a felonyCompounding a felony was an offence under the common law of England and was classified as
- CompradorPerson who acts as an agent for certain foreign organizations
- CompStatCompStat—or COMPSTAT, short for Compare Stats—is a police management system created by the
- Compulsory military training in New ZealandCompulsory military training (CMT), a form of conscription, was practised for males in New
- Compulsory Process ClauseThe Compulsory Process Clause within the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- CompuServe Inc. v. Cyber Promotions, Inc.CompuServe Inc. v. Cyber Promotions, Inc. was a ruling by the United States District Court
- CONAECDANigerian organization
- Concealment deviceDevice used to hide something
- Concho ResourcesConcho Resources Inc. was a company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration, incorporated and o
- ConciliationAlternative dispute resolution (ADR) process
- ConcurrenceSimultaneity of actus reus and mens rea
- Concurrent estateOwnership of property by two or more individuals
- Concurrent powersConcurrent powers are powers of a federal state that are shared by both the federal govern
- Condé NastAmerican mass media company
- CondominiumForm of ownership of real property
- Conduit and sink OFCsClassification of tax havens
- ConfectioneryArt of making confections or sweet foods
- Confederación Nacional del TrabajoAnarcho-syndicalist trade union confederation in Spain
- Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of EcuadorIndigenous people's organization in Ecuador
- Conference of Presidents of the European ParliamentPolitical body in the European Parliament
- Confession (law)Statement by suspect of a crime
- Confidence and supplyPolitical arrangement allowing a minority government in parliamentary democracies
- ConfidentialityNon-disclosure of information
- Conflict continuumConcept in social science
- Conflict criminologyLargely based on the writings of Karl Marx, conflict criminology holds that crime in capit
- Conflict escalationConcept in conflict studies
- Conflict of contract lawsIn the conflict of laws, the validity and effect of a contract with one or more foreign la
- Conflict of lawsLaw for cases in multiple jurisdictions
- Conflict of tort lawsAspect of law
- Conflict resolutionFacilitating a peaceful outcome to a dispute
- Conformal fuel tankConformal fuel tanks (CFTs) are additional fuel tanks fitted closely to the profile of an
- Conglomerate (company)Large company involved in many industries
- Congolese Party of LabourRuling party of the Republic of the Congo
- Congress of Aboriginal PeoplesCanadian indigenous peoples organization
- Congress of the ConfederationGoverning body of the United States from 1781 to 1789
- Congress of the UnionBicameral legislature of Mexico
- Congressional power of enforcementA Congressional power of enforcement is included in a number of amendments to the United S
- ConocoPhillipsAmerican multinational energy company
- ConquestAct of forceful subjugation
- Conscience clause in medicine in the United StatesConscience clauses are legal clauses attached to laws in some parts of the United States a
- Conscience voteDiscretionary votes, particularly in parliamentary systems
- Conscientious objection to abortionConscientious objection to abortion is the right of medical staff to refuse participation
- Conscientious objectorPerson refusing military service on moral grounds
- Consciousness of guiltLegal evidence of a guilty conscience
- Conscription and sexismDiscrimination in military enlistment
- Conscription in ArgentinaConscription in Argentina, also known as "colimba", was the compulsory military service th
- Conscription in AustraliaConscription in Australia was in place for most of the 20th century, with young men and bo
- Conscription in AzerbaijanAzerbaijan has mandatory military service in the Azerbaijani Armed Forces for all able-bod
- Conscription in CanadaCompulsory military service in Canada
- Conscription in ChinaThe People's Liberation Army (PLA) began as an all-volunteer force in 1947. In 1955, follo
- Conscription in CubaConscription is inscribed in the 1976 Constitution of the Republic of Cuba in article 65,
- Conscription in CyprusMilitary service is mandatory both in the Republic of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus. In the G
- Conscription in DenmarkConscription in Denmark (Danish: Værnepligt) is mandatory for all physically fit men and w
- Conscription in FinlandConscription in Finland is part of a general compulsion for national military service for
- Conscription in GeorgiaHistory and current situation of Georgia's conscription
- Conscription in GermanyBetween 1956 and 2011, Germany conscripted men subject to mandatory military service (Germ
- Conscription in GreeceSince 1914, Greece (or the Hellenic Republic) has had mandatory military service (conscrip
- Conscription in IranAll young men who reach the age of 18 must spend about two years of compulsory military se
- Conscription in IrelandMilitary conscription has never applied in Ireland (both Northern Ireland and Republic of
- Conscription in IsraelSince the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948, fixed-term military service has bee
- Conscription in MonacoConscription in Monaco existed during a brief time between 1848 and 1870 when the Monégasq
- Conscription in MozambiqueConscription in Mozambique refers to the military service in the Mozambique Defense Armed
- Conscription in MyanmarConscription in Myanmar was enacted in 2024. The People's Military Service Law, which enab
- Conscription in North KoreaConscription in North Korea occurs despite ambiguity concerning its legal status. Men are
- Conscription in RhodesiaConscription played a significant role in the history of Rhodesia, including during the Rh
- Conscription in RussiaConscription in Russia (Russian: всеобщая воинская обязанность, romanized: vseobshchaya vo
- Conscription in SerbiaAs of 1 January 2011, Serbia no longer practices mandatory military service. Prior to this
- Conscription in South KoreaConscription in South Korea has existed since 1957 and requires male citizens between the
- Conscription in Sri LankaConscription in the Sri Lanka has never been implemented in modern times with its armed fo
- Conscription in SudanConscription in Sudan was established in 1972 but only strictly enforced from 1992 onward.
- Conscription in SwedenSweden has had partial conscription for both men and women since 2017. After completing tr
- Conscription in SwitzerlandSwitzerland has mandatory service (German: Militärdienst / Zivildienst; French: service mi
- Conscription in TaiwanTaiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), maintains an active conscription system in
- Conscription in the Democratic Republic of the CongoConscription in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is legal according to provisions in t
- Conscription in the NetherlandsConscription in the Netherlands (Dutch: dienstplicht) was first employed in 1810 by French
- Conscription in the Ottoman EmpireMilitary conscription in the Ottoman Empire varied in the periods of:
- Conscription in the PhilippinesConscription, commonly known as "the draft", in the Philippines has been implemented at se
- Conscription in the Russian EmpireConscription in the Russian Empire was introduced by Peter I of Russia. The system was cal
- Conscription in the United KingdomIn the United Kingdom, military conscription has existed for two periods in modern times.
- Conscription in the United StatesIn the United States, military conscription, commonly known as "the draft", has been emplo
- Conscription in TurkeyIn Turkey, compulsory military service applies to all male citizens from 20 to 41 years of
- Conscription in UkraineConscription of men into the armed forces of Ukraine starts at the age of 25. Conscription
- Conscription in VietnamCompulsory military service in Vietnam
- Conscription of people with disabilitiesConscripting of disabled persons for military service
- Consensual crimeA consensual crime is a public-order crime that involves more than one participant, all of
- Consensual homicideHomicide with the consent of the person being killed
- Consensus democracyForm of government
- Consent (criminal law)Concept in criminal law
- Consent searchConsent searches (or consensual searches) are searches conducted by United States law enfo
- Consequential damagesLegal concept
- Conservatism in AustraliaConservatism in Australia refers to the political philosophy of conservatism as it has dev
- Conservatism in BangladeshConservatism in Bangladesh refers to the national variant of conservatism (Bengali: রক্ষণশ
- Conservatism in BrazilConservatism in Brazil (Portuguese: Conservadorismo) designates the movement originated fr
- Conservatism in CanadaConservatism is a major political movement in Canada which is primarily represented by the
- Conservatism in ChinaConservatism in China (simplified Chinese: 保守主义; traditional Chinese: 保守主義; pinyin: bǎoshǒ
- Conservatism in FranceConservatism in France refers to the political philosophy and ideology of conservatism as
- Conservatism in GermanyConservatism in Germany (German: Konservatismus) has encompassed a wide range of theories
- Conservatism in IcelandIcelandic political ideology
- Conservatism in IranConservatism in Iran (Persian: محافظهکاری, romanized: Mohāfeze-kāri) can vary in meaning
- Conservatism in IsraelConservatism in Israel is mostly based around upholding Jewish tradition, promotion of for
- Conservatism in ItalyConservatism in Italy (Italian: conservatorismo) is the political philosophy and ideology
- Conservatism in JapanConservatism in Japan (Japanese: 保守主義, romanized: hoshu shugi) is the dominant ideology of
- Conservatism in North AmericaConservatism in North America is a political philosophy that varies in form, depending on
- Conservatism in PakistanPakistani political orientation
- Conservatism in PeruConservatism in Peru or Peruvian conservatism (Spanish: Conservadurismo Peruano) is a broa
- Conservatism in RussiaConservatism in Russia is a broad system of political beliefs that is characterized by sup
- Conservatism in SerbiaThis article gives an overview of conservatism in Serbia (Serbian: Конзервативизам). It is
- Conservatism in South KoreaConservatism in South Korea is a political and social philosophy under the influences from
- Conservatism in SwedenPolitical philosophy in Sweden
- Conservatism in TaiwanPolitical ideologies focused on the One-China policy
- Conservatism in the United KingdomConservatism in the United Kingdom is related to its counterparts in other Western nations
- Conservatism in the United StatesConservatism in the United States consists of right-leaning and right-wing ideological tra
- Conservatism in TurkeyConservatism in Turkey (Turkish: Muhafazakârlık) is a national variant of conservatism thr
- Conservative Christian FellowshipThe Conservative Christian Fellowship (CCF) is an organisation working within the British
- Conservative democracyTurkish political term to describe Islamic democracy
- Conservative Democratic AllianceThe Conservative Democratic Alliance (CDA) was a political pressure group from the United
- Conservative liberalismPolitical ideology representing the conservative wing of the liberal movement
- Conservative Party (UK)Political party
- Conservative wavePolitical phenomenon in Latin America
- Conservative Women's OrganisationThe Conservative Women's Organisation (CWO) represents the female members of the Conservat
- ConsiderationConcept in the common law of contracts
- Considerations on France1796 political pamphlet by Joseph de Maistre
- Consolidated FundMain bank account of the government in certain countries
- Consolidation (business)Merger and acquisition of many smaller companies into much larger ones
- ConspiritualityTerm for conspiracy theories + spirituality
- ConstablePerson holding a particular office
- Constant proportion portfolio insuranceConstant proportion portfolio investment (CPPI) is a trading strategy that allows an inves
- Constituent assemblyBody of representatives convened to draft or adopt a new constitution
- Constituent departments of the State CouncilStructure of Chinese central government
- Constitution and Law CommitteeCommittee of the National People's Congress in People's Republic of China
- Constitution of AfghanistanGoverning system of Afghanistan
- Constitution of AustraliaThe Constitution of Australia (also known as the Commonwealth Constitution) is the fundame
- Constitution of BrazilThe Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil or 1988 Federal Constitution (Portug
- Constitution of ChinaSupreme law of China since 1982
- Constitution of FranceThe current Constitution of France was adopted on 4 October 1958. It is typically called t
- Constitution of IndiaSupreme legal document of India since 1950
- Constitution of North KoreaThe Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is the constitution of North
- Constitution of RussiaThe Constitution of the Russian Federation (Russian: Конституция Российской Федерации, rom
- Constitution of SingaporeSupreme law of Singapore
- Constitution of South AfricaSupreme law of South Africa
- Constitution of the Chinese Communist PartyParty constitution
- Constitution of the United KingdomUncodified national constitution
- Constitutional act of the Czech RepublicA constitutional act, with respect to the laws of the Czech Republic, is an act which can
- Constitutional amendmentFormal change to the text of the constitution of an entity
- Constitutional courtCourt that deals primarily with constitutional law
- Constitutional Court of South AfricaSupreme court of South Africa
- Constitutional Court of TurkeyHighest legal body for constitutional review in Turkey
- Constitutional crisisConflict a governing law is unable to resolve
- Constitutional documentsFoundational legal documents of an organization
- Constitutional lawLaw dealing with structure of a state
- Constitutional law of the United StatesThe constitutional law of the United States is the body of law governing the interpretatio
- Constitutional laws of ItalyA constitutional law, in the Italian legal system, is an Act of Parliament that has the sa
- Constitutional liberalismForm of government
- Constitutional oath of office of ChinaCivil oath
- ConstitutionalismBelief that government authority derives from fundamental law
- Construction workerPerson employed in the construction industry
- Constructive trustType of legal remedy
- Constructivism (international relations)Social theory in international relations
- Consul (diplomacy)Diplomatic rank
- Consular missions in Hong KongAs of May 2024, there are 70 diplomatic missions in Hong Kong, of which 62 are consulates-
- ConsumerUser of a product or service
- Consumer behaviourStudy of consumption of goods and services
- Consumer price indexStatistic to indicate the change in typical household expenditure
- ConsumerismAcquisition of goods beyond essential needs
- Consumption (economics)Using money to obtain an item for use
- Consumption taxType of tax
- ContainmentUS Cold War foreign policy against communist spread
- Contempt of courtOffense of disobedience or disrespect in court
- Content managementCreation and presentation of information for an audience
- Contents insuranceContents insurance is insurance that pays for damage to, theft, or loss of, an individual’
- Continental MarinesNaval infantry for the American side in the American Revolutionary War
- Contingent workNon-permanent type of employment
- ContinuanceIn American procedural law, a continuance is the postponement of a hearing, trial, or othe
- ContinuismoPresidential practice to ignore term limits and continue to rule beyond legal term
- Continuous Revolution TheoryElement of Mao Zedong Thought
- Contra proferentemDoctrine of contractual interpretation
- Contract A and Contract BConcepts in Canadian contract law
- Contract ClauseArticle I, Section 10, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, known as the Contract C
- Contract killingForm of murder
- Contract law in Saudi ArabiaContract law in Saudi Arabia is governed by the conservative Hanbali school of Sharia law,
- Contractual termAny provision forming part of a contract
- Contributory negligenceDefense that victim contributed to their own fault
- Convenience storeSmall store that stocks a range of everyday items
- Convention (political norm)Uncodified traditions followed by the institutions of a state
- Convention on the Future of EuropeBody established to draft a constitution for the EU
- Convention on the High SeasThe Convention on the High Seas is an international treaty which codifies the rules of int
- Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral AwardsInternational treaty within the UN framework
- Convention on the Rights of the ChildInternational treaty about the rights of children
- Conventional warfareWar between two states in open confrontation
- Convergence (economics)The idea of convergence in economics (also sometimes known as the catch-up effect) is the
- Convergence of accounting standardsMonetary principles in business
- Convergence tradeConvergence trade is a trading strategy consisting of two positions: buying one asset forw
- Conversion (law)Property tort
- Convertible bondType of bond
- ConveyancingTransfer of legal title of property
- ConvictionLegal verdict
- Conviction rateLegal concept
- ConvoyGroup of vehicles traveling together
- Cook (profession)Occupation involving cooking food
- Cooper (profession)Maker of staved vessels such as barrels
- Cooperation procedureThe cooperation procedure (formally known as the Article 252 procedure) was one of the pri
- CooperativeAutonomous association of persons or organizations
- Cooperative bankingType of retail or commercial bank organized cooperatively
- Cooperative federationCooperative organization in which all members are cooperatives
- CopyleftPreservation of legal rights in the reuse of a work
- Copyright abolitionMovement advocating to abolish copyright
- Copyright infringementIllegal usage of copyrighted works
- Copyright trollParty that enforces copyrights for purposes of making money through litigation
- Cordon sanitaire (politics)Political term
- CordwainerA cordwainer () is a shoemaker who makes new shoes from new leather. The cordwainer's trad
- Core competencyManagement concept of identifying the basis of competitiveness in an industry
- Core inflationType of inflation in economics
- Cornerstone GroupThe Cornerstone Group is a High Tory or traditional conservative political organisation wi
- Cornet (rank)Cornet is a military rank formerly used by the armed forces of some countries.
- Coronavirus Job Retention SchemeThe Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) was a furlough scheme announced by Rishi Sunak
- CoronerGovernment official who confirms and certifies the death of an individual
- CorporalMilitary rank
- Corporal punishmentPunishment intended to cause physical pain
- Corporal punishment in schoolsForm of punishment
- Corporate anniversaryIn marketing, a corporate anniversary is a celebration of a firm's continued existence aft
- Corporate bondBond issued by a corporation
- Corporate crimeCrimes committed either by a corporation or its representatives
- Corporate financeFramework for corporate funding, capital structure, and investments
- Corporate governanceMechanisms, processes and relations by which corporations are controlled and operated
- Corporate groupCollection of parent and subsidiary corporations
- Corporate havenLow "effective" tax rates for foreign corporations
- Corporate lawBody of law that governs businesses
- Corporate law in VietnamVietnamese Corporate Law
- Corporate liabilityLaws that create liability for business entities
- Corporate manslaughterCulpable conduct within a company that leads to a person's death
- Corporate nationalismIdeology which emphasizes the blending of corporate and national interests
- Corporate propagandaClaims made by corporations for the purpose of manipulating market opinion
- Corporate taxTax on corporations
- Corporate titleTitles given in an organization to show what duties and responsibilities a person has
- Corporation soleType of legal entity
- CorporatismPolitical ideology which advocates the organization of society by corporate groups
- CorrectionsTerms related to conviction(s) of crime
- Correspondence between Barack Obama and Ali KhameneiCorrespondence between Barack Obama and Ali Khamenei started with direct and confidential
- Corruption in ChinaCorruption has been a significant problem in the People's Republic of China. Like other so
- CorvéeForm of intermittent, unpaid, unfree labour
- Corvette captainNaval rank equivalent to lieutenant commander
- CoscaA cosca (Italian: ; pl. cosche in Italian and coschi in Sicilian), in Sicily, is a clan or
- Cosmetics in KoreaCosmetics have been used in Korea since antiquity. Today, cosmetics are an important indus
- Cosmopolitan democracyPolitical theory of global governance
- CosmopolitanismIdea that all human beings are members of a single community
- CostMoney spent to produce or procure goods or services
- Cost accountingProcedures to optimize practices in cost efficient ways
- Cost curveGraph used in economics
- Cost of goods soldCarrying value of goods sold during a particular period
- Cost of livingCost to live based on price of necessities
- Cost–benefit analysisSystematic approach to estimating the strengths and weaknesses of alternatives
- Cost–utility analysisCost–utility analysis (CUA) is a form of economic analysis used to guide procurement decis
- Cost–volume–profit analysisCost–volume–profit (CVP), in managerial economics, is a form of cost accounting. It is a s
- Costa v ENEL1964 European Court of Justice decision
- CostcoAmerican multinational warehouse club chain
- Cottonera dialectOne of the dialects of the Maltese language is the Cottonera dialect, known to locals as K
- Council communismForm of Left-Communism
- Council of Asian Liberals and DemocratsPolitical organization
- Council of Chairpersons of the Standing Committee of the National People's CongressGovernment body of China
- Council of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil ServiceCouncil of Civil Service Unions v Minister for the Civil Service [1984] UKHL 9, or the GCH
- Council of Indigenous PeoplesMinistry-level body of the Taiwanese government
- Council of stateIndex of articles associated with the same name
- Council of State (Italy)The Consiglio di Stato ('Council of State') is a legal-administrative consultative body th
- Council of the Baltic Sea StatesIntergovernmental organization
- Council of the District of ColumbiaLegislative branch of the D.C. government
- Council of the European UnionInstitution of the European Union
- Council of the Nations and RegionsIntergovernmental body in the United Kingdom
- Council Working PartyPreparatory body of the Council of the European Union
- CouncillorMember of a local government council
- Counsellor of StateProxies performing royal functions for the British monarch
- CountNobility title in European countries
- Count palatineHigh noble title
- Counter admiralRank found in many navies of the world
- Counter Terrorism PolicingCounter Terrorism Policing is the national collaboration of police forces working to preve
- Counter-economicsEconomic theory and method
- Counter-jihadFar-right anti-Muslim movement
- Counter-recruitmentActivity opposing military recruitment
- CounterattackTactic employed in response to an attack
- CounterclaimClaim asserted by one party in response to the claim of another
- CounterfeitMaking a copy or imitation which is represented as the original
- Countering violent extremismNon-coercive actions to oppose violent extremism
- CounterintelligenceOffensive measures using enemy information
- Counterintelligence stateForm of government where state security services permeate society
- CounterterrorismActivity to defend against or prevent terrorist actions
- Counties of Northern IrelandFormer principal local government divisions of Northern Ireland
- Counties of ScotlandHistoric administrative and geographical division of Scotland
- County Court of VictoriaThe County Court of Victoria is the intermediate court in the Australian state of Victoria
- Coupon (finance)Interest payment
- Cour de Justice de la RépubliqueThe Cour de Justice de la République (CJR, "Court of Justice of the Republic") is a specia
- Court costsCourt costs (also called law costs in English procedure) are the costs of handling a case,
- Court of Audit of SloveniaThe Court of Audit of the Republic of Slovenia (in Slovene: Računsko sodišče Republike Slo
- Court of equityCourt authorized to apply principles of equity to cases
- Court of Justice of the African UnionThe Court of Justice of the African Union was originally intended to be the "principal jud
- Court of Justice of the European UnionInstitution of the European Union
- Court orderOfficial proclamation by a judge or panel of judges
- Court system of CanadaThe court system of Canada is made up of many courts differing in levels of legal superior
- Court-martialJudicial action in military forces
- CourtierPerson in attendance of a royal court
- Courts of England and WalesCivil and criminal courts
- Courts of Northern IrelandThe courts of Northern Ireland are the civil and criminal courts responsible for the admin
- Courts of ScotlandThe courts of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Cùirtean na h-Alba) are responsible for administr
- Courts of South AfricaThe courts of South Africa are the civil and criminal courts responsible for the administr
- Covenant (law)Solemn promise to engage in or refrain from a specified action
- Cover (intelligence gathering)Ostensible identity in an infiltrated organization assumed by a covert agent
- Cover letterLetter of introduction sent with a résumé when applying for a job
- Covert agentThe term covert agent can have many meanings, depending on context.
- COVID-19 pandemic in WalesThe COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have spread to Wales on 28 February 2020, with a ca
- COVID-19 vaccination in PortugalVaccination against COVID-19 in Portugal started on 27 December 2020.
- CraftSkill performed manually
- CraigslistClassified advertisements website
- Creative accountingEuphemism referring to unethical accounting practices
- Creative CommonsOrganization designing open copyright licenses
- Credibility (international relations)In international relations, credibility is the perceived likelihood that a leader or a sta
- CreditFinancial term for the trust between parties in transactions with a deferred payment
- Credit derivativeFinancial contract that transfers the credit risk of a borrower between parties
- Credit ratingEvaluation of the credit risk of a prospective debtor
- Credit scoreNumerical expression representing a person's creditworthiness
- Credit-linked noteForm of funded credit derivative
- Crime analysisCrime analysis is a law enforcement function that involves systematic analysis for identif
- Crime clearance rateProportion of crimes solved to crimes reported
- Crime familyA crime family is a unit of an organized crime syndicate, particularly in Italian organize
- Crime in ChinaThe government of the People's Republic of China does not release exact unified statistics
- Crime mappingDiagram showing crime incident patterns
- Crime of aggressionAggressive use of state military force that violates the Charter of the United Nations
- Crime of apartheidCrime of racial oppression in international law
- Crime of passionViolent crime triggered by a sudden impulse
- Crime preventionMeasures to reduce and deter crime
- Crime statisticsQuantitative data on criminal behavior
- Crimes against humanityConcept in international law
- Crimes against humanity under communist regimesCrimes against humanity under communist regimes occurred during the 20th century, and they
- Criminal conspiracyAgreement between two or more people to commit a crime at some time in the future
- Criminal conversationTort arising from adultery
- Criminal defensesDefenses used in criminal law
- Criminal intelligenceInformation gathering to prevent or monitor criminal activity
- Criminal investigationApplied science involving study of crime
- Criminal justiceJustice to those who have committed crimes
- Criminal justice reformReform of criminal justice
- Criminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1967The Criminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 (c. 18 (N.I.)) is an act of the Parliament of
- Criminal law of CanadaThe criminal law of Canada is under the exclusive legislative jurisdiction of the Parliame
- Criminal procedureAdjudication process in criminal law
- Criminal transmission of HIVIntentional or reckless infection of a person with the human immunodeficiency virus
- CripsStreet gang from Los Angeles, California
- Crisis managementProcess by which an organization deals with a harmful emergency
- Cristiano ZaninCristiano Zanin Martins (born 15 November 1975) is a Brazilian attorney and professor who
- Criticism of copyrightDissenting views of copyright law
- Criticism of monarchyCriticism of the monarchical form of government or a specific monarchy
- Criticism of patentsIntellectual property analysis
- Croatia–Germany relationsCroatia and Germany established diplomatic relations on 15 January 1992. Croatia has an em
- Croatia–Japan relationsCroatia and Japan maintain diplomatic relations through mutual embassies.
- Croatia–Slovenia relationsThe foreign relations between Croatia and Slovenia are bound together by shared history, n
- Cross of Saint PeterReligious symbol
- Cross-Border Interbank Payment SystemFinancial markets payment system
- Cross-class allianceA cross-class alliance is a term for an organisation that bypasses social-economic classes
- Cross-examinationInterrogation of a witness called by one's opponent
- Cross-Strait ActThe Act Governing Relations between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area (C
- Cross-strait relationsBilateral relations between mainland China and Taiwan
- Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement2013 unratified treaty between mainland China and Taiwan
- CrossbencherIndependent or minor party member of a legislature
- CrossclaimA crossclaim is a claim asserted between codefendants or coplaintiffs in a case and that r
- Crossing the floorChanging one's political allegiance while in office
- Crossover votingTerm in United States primary elections
- CrowdsourcingSourcing services or funds from a group
- Crown DependenciesSelf-governing possessions of the British Crown
- Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs CanadaGovernment department
- Crowned republicInformal term for where a monarch's role is seen as almost entirely ceremonial
- Croydon London Borough CouncilCroydon London Borough Council, which styles itself Croydon Council, is the local authorit
- CRRCChinese rolling stock manufacturer
- CrucifixionMethod of execution/torture
- Cruel and unusual punishmentPunishment deemed overly severe
- CryptocurrencyDigital asset using a distributed ledger
- CST BrandsCST Brands, Inc. was an American publicly traded fuel and convenience retailer. It was the
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- Cultural criminologyAnthropological view of crime
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- Curriculum vitaeSummary of career
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- CustomerRecipient of a good, service, product, or idea from a vender or seller
- Customer relationship managementProcess of managing interactions with customers
- Customer serviceProvision of service to customers
- CustomsGovernment agency which regulates the flow of goods and collects duties
- Customs officerLaw enforcement official who enforces customs laws
- CVS HealthAmerican healthcare company
- Cyber forceMilitary branch for cyber warfare
- Cyber-utopianismSubcategory of technological utopianism
- CybercrimeType of crime based in computer networks
- Cyberspace Administration of ChinaCentral Internet regulator in China
- CyberwarfareUse of digital attacks against a state
- Cynthia EnloeCynthia Holden Enloe (born July 16, 1938) is an American political theorist, feminist writ
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- Czech korunaCurrency of the Czech Republic
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