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Abstract of title - A chronological summary of all official records and recorded documents affecting the title to a parcel of real property.
Acceptance - The taking and receiving of anything in good faith with the intention of retaining it.
Accomplice - 1. A partner in a crime. 2. A person who knowingly and voluntarily participates with another in a criminal activity.
Accretion - The increase or accumulation of land by natural causes, as out of a lake or river.
Acknowledgment - A formal declaration before an authorized official by the person who executed an instrument that it is his free act and deed; the certificate of the official on such instrument attesting that it was so acknowledged.
Acquittal - Release, absolution, or discharge of an obligation or liability. In criminal law the finding of not guilty.
Action Case- Cause, suit, or controversy disputed or contested before a court of justice.
Adjudication - Giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree. Also the judgment given.
Administrative agencies - Agencies created by the legislative branch of government to administer laws pertaining to specific areas such as taxes, transportation, and labor.
Administrator - 1. One who administers the estate of a person who dies without a will. 2. A court official.
Admissible evidence - Evidence that can be legally and properly introduced in a civil or criminal trial.
Admonish - To advise or caution. For example the court may caution or admonish counsel for wrong practices.
Adversary proceeding - One having opposing parties such as a plaintiff and a defendant. Individual lawsuit(s) brought within a bankruptcy proceeding.
Adverse possession - Method of acquiring real property under certain conditions by possession for a statutory period.
Affidavit - A voluntary, written, or printed declaration of facts, confirmed by oath of the party making it before a person with authority to administer the oath.
Affirmation - A solemn and formal declaration that an affidavit is true. This is substituted for an oath in certain cases.
Agreement -Mutual consent.
Aid and Abet - To actively, knowingly, or intentionally assist another person in the commission or attempted commission of a crime.
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