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| AB2 |
abbreviation of "Assembly Bill," in the U.S., a proposed law in consideration by a state assembly. |
| abate |
in law, to suppress or annul. [1/3 definitions] |
| abeyance |
in law, a condition of temporarily undetermined ownership, as of property or an estate. [1/2 definitions] |
| abolitionism |
a movement in the United States in the 1800s whose goal was to free the people who were slaves and make slavery against the law. |
| accessory |
a person who helps another person break the law but does not actually commit the crime. [1/2 definitions] |
| accomplice |
a person who helps another person break the law or do something wrong. |
| acquit |
to free from a charge of breaking the law; declare not guilty. |
| act |
a law. [1/9 definitions] |
| act of God |
in law, a sudden unforeseen event, esp. a natural disaster such as an earthquake, flood, or tornado, that is caused entirely by forces of nature and could not have been prevented. |
| administrator |
a person appointed by a court of law to manage or oversee the estate of a deceased person. [1/2 definitions] |
| admiralty |
maritime law, or the court administering such law. [1/3 definitions] |
| adopt |
to become a parent of (someone) by law, or to accept an animal as a pet and become responsible for it. [1/2 definitions] |
| adoption |
the act of adopting a child or being adopted by law. |
| advocate |
one who defends or pleads on behalf of another, esp. in a court of law. [1/4 definitions] |
| against the law |
not allowed by the law. |
| agent |
a law-enforcement or intelligence officer. [1/5 definitions] |
| age of majority |
the age at which a person is granted by law the rights and responsibilities of an adult, such as liability under contract and the right to sue. |
| alienate |
in law, to transfer (property, title, or the like) to another. [1/2 definitions] |
| alienation |
in law, the transfer of ownership of property to another. [1/3 definitions] |
| alienee |
in law, a person to whom property is transferred. |
| alienor |
in law, a person from whom property is transferred to another. |
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