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ABDICATE

Disowning, relinquishing completely and to renounce.

ACKNOWLEDGED INSTRUMENT

The document that is recognised formally before an authorised official. The person who acknowledges the instrument says that it is authentic and has been executed freely and voluntarily.

ALIAS SUBPOENA

the second subpoena that is issued after the original subpoena failed to accomplish the purpose of it.

AB INITIO

Latin, for from the first act or meaning from the start.

ACQUEST

Any property that has been obtained by purchasing it.

ABROGATION

The action of repealing a law, an annulment, or cancelling an existing statute or agreement.

APPORTION

This means to distribute the portions of something such as rights to something, land or shares.

AMOUNT OF DISPUTE

the monetary value that applies to the thing that is in dispute between the two litigants.

ADDICT

The habitual user of any habit-forming drug such as a narcotic, tranquiliser, hallucinatory drug or amphetamines.

ALIAS SUMMONS

the second summons that has to be served because the original summons was defective or was improperly served.

AGENCY BY OPERATION OF LAW

an agency that exists because it will conform to prevalent law that is not because of an agreement between the agent and the principal.

ABUTTING OWNER

Is the owner of property that borders along property that belongs to someone else.

ACQUAINTED

Having the knowledge of or being familiar with a person or thing.

AQUATIC RIGHTS

These are the rights that apply to people to use rivers, lakes and the sea for the purposes of fishing, pleasurable pursuits and navigation.

ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE

This term applies to the right an individual has for the information he gives his attorney that it be kept confidential.

AUTHORIZE

This enables a person to act; it gives the authority for a person to carry out an act.

ACCUMULATED SURPLUS

The fund resulting in the undistributed earnings and profits from a corporation or company that is in excess of its capital stock.

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