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Terms for subject Law (8527 entries)

accession	addition
addition	add.
addition	addn.
additional	add.
additur	The power of a trial court to increase the amount of an award of money to one party made by jury verdict, as a condition of denial of motion for new trial. The defendant must consent to the increased money award, the plaintiff need not consent
addition	addn.
accost	address
address	add.
ad finem	adfin.
adhesion contracts	Contract where one party has no real choice as to its terms
Adj.Sess.	Adjourned Session
adjournment	to temporarily put off a court hearing until another time or place
adjournment	put off a court hearing until another time or place
adjudicate	to judge or reach a judicial decision
adjudicate	When a judge hears and decides a case
adjudication	deciding of a case through judicial or administrative hearing
adjudication	The judge's decision in a case or action
adjudicative proceeding	A method of dispute resolution that decides the legal rights of specific persons in order to settle or determine a dispute. Unlike mediation, adjudicative proceedings (i.e., litigation, arbitration, or mediation-arbitration) relinquish control of the legal process to a third party neutral who then determines the rights and obligations of the parties involved (2) An agency proceeding in which rights of a person are decided	Millen­nium
Adm'r	administrator
Adm'r d.b.n.	Administrator de bonis non