Legal And Court Terms (A)

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From the most powerfulreasoning, with greater reason or morn convinving force.

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A fortiori

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A lessening, a reduction, a complete termination.

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Abate

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Making less or destroying, a reduction of claims.

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Abatement

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To knowingly assist another in the commission of a crime.

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Abet

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From outside.

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Ab extra

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A condensed form of a record. The summary of the essential points of a court record.

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Abstract

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To touch along a border, to adjoin.

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Abut

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A person who contributes to or aids in the commission of an unlawful act, a partner in guilt in a crime.

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Accomplice

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To approach to the side of and speak to, to address another person first, especially aggressively.

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Accost

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Growth in size by addition or accumulation.

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Accretion

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To charge with or declare to have committed a crime.

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Accuse

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Certificate of a notary public hat a person has appeared before him and declared the document to be a genuine statement and that the person who signed is in fact the person maned therein.

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Acknowledgement

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To release, absolve or discharge from an obligation or liability, certify innocence.

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Acquit

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An action handled out of court, one by persons on their own rather than in court.

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Actio in pais

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Personal actions done or directed against or with reference to a specific person.

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Actio in personam

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Action against the thing. An action started to affect a specific item or several items of property.

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Action in rem

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Amount of damages demanded. A particular clause in a complaint that states the plaintiff's damages.

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Ad damnum clause

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A thing to be added, an appendix or supplement to a written paper.

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Addendum

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At the day.

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Ad diem

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To offer as proof, to present.

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Adduce

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To do.

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Ad faciendum

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For this. For this special purpose, may be temproary.

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Ad hoc

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To the same point or effect, in agreement.

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Ad idem

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Without limit, indefinitely or into the unforeseeable.

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Ad infinitum

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To decide, settle, or decree when a court decides on a matter judicially.

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Adjudge

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Giving or pronouncement of a judgement or decree in a cause.

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Adjudication

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At the pleasure of, at will, at liberty.

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Ad libitum

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For the lawsuit. For the purposes of the suit being prosecuted.

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Ad litem

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To warn and caution against specific faults.

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Admonish

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According to value. Taxes based upon the value of thing being taxed.

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Ad valorem

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Opponent in a legal controversy. The opposing party.

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Adversary

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A jury answering framed questions of fact.

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Advisory jury

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The maker of an affadavit or deposition under oath.

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Affiant

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A witness who for religious or personal reasons does not wish to be sworn may affirm that the testimony will be truthful.

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Affirm

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An assertion without proof.

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Allegation

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The defendant pleads guilty, but does not admit to committing a crime.

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Alford plea

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Physical circumstance involving a physical impossibility of the guilt of the accused.

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Alibi

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From another source; from the outside.

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Aliunde

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Court's formal inquiry of the prisoner as to whether he/she has any legal cause to show why judgement should not be pronounced against him on a verdict of conviction.

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Allocution

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Having more than one meaning.

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Ambiguous

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An instrument subject to change.

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Ambulatory instrument

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Friend of the court.

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Amicus curiae

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Supporting, attendant upon. Applies to court proceedings that are subordinate or auxiliary to the main action.

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Ancillary

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The intention to steal.

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Animus furandi

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Intention to revoke.

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Animus revocandi

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The intention to make a will. This is essential to a valid will.

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Animus testandi

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Case summaries that are not official, but which follow and explain the statutes printed.

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Annotations

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Declaration that two people are not married and that no marriage ever existed between them.

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Annulment

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Paper containing defendant's statement of defense.

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Answer

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Party initiating the appeal. The loser of the first trial.

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Appellant

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Party against whom an appeal has been taken. The winner of the first trial; may also be called the respondent.

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Appellee

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From the most recent point of view. Ascertaining truth by means of actual experience or observation.

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A posteriori

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From what goes before. From cause to effect.

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A priori

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Calling a defendant to answer the charge against him.

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Arraignment

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Implies craftiness and deceit, imparts some element of moral obliquity, trick, or ingenious device.

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Artifice

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Carrying away of the personal property of another; felonious removal of goods.

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Asportation

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Before the court.

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At bar

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Clause at the end of a will where witnesses certify that the will was properly executed.

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Attestation clause

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A supplement or reserve.

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Auxiliary