Law

Items

• affairs

  Personal or business matters / a concern
• affidavit

  A written declaration made under oath before a notary or other authorized person
• affirmation

  The act of affirming / ascertaining as true
• affixing

  To secure to something / attach
• afford

  To have the financial means for
• affinity

  A natural attraction, liking or feeling of kinship
• afresh

  Anew
• african

  A native or inhabitant of Africa / A person of African ancestry
• agency

  The performance of a juristic act on behalf or in the name of another
• agent

  One that acts as a representative
• agree

  Be in accord / express consent / concur
• agreement

  The act of agreeing / a properly executed and legally binding contract
• agonistic

  One who is doubtful or noncommittal about something
• aid

  Assist
• alien

  Foreign
• allegations

  An assertion that someone has engaged in an unlawful act
• allege

  To attest / to assert without proof
• alleged crime

  A crime that is said or thought by some people to be the stated bad or illegal thig, although there is no proof
• audi alteram partem

  A principle of natural justice in the legal system which means “listen to the other side”
• alternative

  Alternative
• ambiguities

  Things of doubtful meaning / interpretations that are open to more than meaning
• ambiguous

  Open to more than one interpretation
• ameliorated

  Make better
• ambit

  The scope, extent or bounds of something
• amend

  Alter / change / modify