Category: A

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The procedure that will be carried out when there is not enough money in an estate to fulfil all debts and bequests.

the jurisdiction that is limited just to one area but can be effected in several different places.

This situation can arise when a charitable gift is applied as near as is possible to the original wishes of the donor.

the agency that happens where there is an agreement between the agent and the principal.

This term applies to before birth and is the same as prenatal.

Illegally interfering with another person’s enjoyment and using their property. Doing an unlawful wrong to a person when the wrong can be corrected by the wrong doer.

a series of books that are printed and contains annotations of cases that have been important to American Law. These reports are often referred to by attorneys in law suits.

The artificial or spontaneous termination of a pregnancy before the embryo or foetus can survive on its own outside a woman’s uterus.

Giving something up or to renounce.