Law

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• arbitrary

  Based on individual discretion rather than a fair application of the law
• arbitration

  A procedure in which a dispute is submitted, by agreement of the parties, to one or more arbitrators who make a binding decision on the dispute
• arbitrator

  A neutral third party that oversees the alternative dispute resolution method of arbitration
• assent

  The expression of approval or agreement
• asset

  Something of value owned by an individual or organisation
• assigned

  An individual, the “assignor,” transfers rights, property, or other benefits to another known as the “assignee”
• assist

  To act, or offer or agree to act, in such a way as to help, represent, aid, advise, furnish information to, or otherwise provide assistance to a person or business entity, believing that such action is of help, aid, advice, or assistance to such person or business entity and with the intent to assist such person or business entity.
• assistance

  To help / aid /
• associated

  To be connected to another party or business
• associates (nlb)

  Associates (NLB)
• association

  An unincorporated society / a body of persons united and acting together without a charter, but upon the methods and forms used by incorporated bodies for the prosecution of some common enterprise
• assume

  Suppose to be the case / to take over a certain duty or responsibility
• attach

  To seize and take control of) property belonging to the judgment debtor and sell it on auction to satisfy the debt
• attachment

  Is a legal process by which a court of law, at the request of a creditor, designates specific property owned by the debtor to be sold on auction to satisfy the debt
• attack

  A voluntary act of commission, for instance, assault or threatened assault on a person, damage to or theft of property, search or entering of premises / or a voluntary act of omission
• attain

  To succeed or accomplish something, usually after a lot of effort.
• attempt

  To actually try to do something. More than just thinking about it
• attempts

  To have tried more than once
• attendance

  Being present during, making an appearance at somewhere
• attending

  The act of going to a place, a gathering or an event
• attention

  The line stating the intended party for a document / placing focus or awareness onto something
• attorney’s fidelity fund

  The primary purpose of the Legal Practitioners Fidelity Fund ('the Fund') is to reimburse clients of Legal Practitioners who may suffer pecuniary loss due to the theft of money or property entrusted to an attorney in the course of his / her practice.
• attract

  To entice
• auction

  A sale of real or personal property, or both, in which the sale price of the property offered is increased by bids until the highest acceptable bidder becomes the purchaser.
• auditor

  An independent professional who… expresses an opinion on the fair presentation of companies' financial statements