Law

Items

• abandon

  To intentionally and permanently give up, surrender, leave, desert, or relinquish all interest or ownership.
• abandonment

  Intentionally and permanently giving up, surrendering, leaving, deserting or relinquishing all interest or ownership.
• abatement

  The reduction or removal of something.
• abolish

  Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
• absolution from instance

  An order granted to dismiss the plaintiff's claim on the basis that no order can be made.
• abstract

  Consider something theoretically or separately from (something else).
• abuse

  Violence or cruelty to another / use (something) to bad effect or for a bad or harmful purpose / misuse
• abusive

  Engaging in or characterized by habitual violence and cruelty.
• accept

  Consent to receive (a thing offered).
• acceptance

  The action of consenting to receive or undertake something offered.
• access

  The opportunity to approach or enter.
• accession

  An original method of acquisition of ownership.
• accessory (property)

  A thing which can be added to something else in order to make it more useful, versatile, or attractive.
• accessory (criminal)

  Contributing to or aiding an activity or process in a minor way / subsidiary or supplementary.
• accomplice

  A person who helps another commit a crime.
• account

  A report or description of an event or experience.
• accountability

  The fact or condition of being accountable / responsibility
• accrual

  The accumulation or increase of something over time, especially payments or benefit.
• accumulating

  Gather together or acquire an increasing number or quantity of.
• accused
• acknowledgement

  Acceptance of the truth or existence of something
• acquiesces

  Consent, based on the fact that no objection is made
• acquisitive prescription

  A legal mechanism by which ownership of property can be acquired through continuous and uninterrupted possession over a specified period
• acquittal

  Judgment that a person is not guilty of the crime with which the person has been charge
• acquire

  Buy or obtain (an asset or object) for oneself