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AGE OF CONSENT

the age that a female is legally able to consent to sexual intercourse and or to marriage. This may differ from state to state and some states have a legal age for

ASSESSED VALUATION

This term applies to the precise value of property upon which taxes need to be paid.

ABSOLVE

The action to acquit; or the action to release from an obligation.

ABSOLUTE

Something that is unconditional, final, complete and without any restrictions or conditions.

ACKNOWLEDGED CHILD

A child that is recognised by the parent as their own. In paternity proceedings, a man deny he is the father of a child.

AFFIRMATION OF FACT

the statement the confirms the details of the contract or the transaction and is not just an opinion being expressed.

ANNO DOMINI (AD)

Latin for in the year of our Lord and is the number of years after death.

AGREEMENT OF SALE

the contract used to purchase something that is to be carried out some time in the future where the owner has agreed to sell and purchaser has agreed to buy.

ADVISORY JURY

The jury that has been appointed by a federal judge in order to help decide any questions of fact.

AMICABLE ACTION (SUIT)

the suit that is brought about by bother parties for the purpose of getting a decision from the court about a doubtful question of law.

ARM

the expression that states a transaction was open and above board and did not result from some sort of inside deal or manipulation.

ANTE MORTEM

Latin for before death. These terms are used to describe a statement that is made before you die.

ABANDONMENT OF SPOUSE

The leaving of a husband or wife without just cause and with a deliberate intention of creating a lifetime separation.

ACQUEST

Any property that has been obtained by purchasing it.

ARBITRARY POWER

The authority to act in any manner that a person sees fit to do. TLD Example: Laws place constraints on a person’s arbitrary power to do as he or she wishes without

ALLEGATION OF FACT

the recitation of all of the factual details by a party to a law suit that sets forth what actually happened while dealing with the other party.

AFFIX A SEAL

The action of attaching your signature and stamp or your seal.

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