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All Words Glossary Glossary of Legal Terms beginning with letter A Browse the Legal Glossary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z  abandon noun  A complete give up, giving up to natural impulses; freedom from artificial constraint; careless freedom or ease. verb  (transitive) To give up control of, to surrender. Hope was overthrown, yet could not be abandoned. " I. Taylor (transitive) To leave behind, to desert. Many baby girls have been abandoned on the streets of Beijing everyday. (context, transitive, obsolete) To cast out, cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject. 1594: Being all this time abandoned from your bed. " Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, I-ii (transitive) To relinquish a claim to property to underwriters.       abate noun  (obsolete) abatement. - Sir T. Browne verb (abat, ing) (transitive) To bring down (a person) physically or mentally; to humble; to depress. (transitive) To bring down or reduce to a lower state, number, or degree; to lessen; to diminish; to contract; to moderate; to cut short. 1605: She hath abated me of half my train " William Shakespeare, King Lear, II.ii 1611: His eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. " Deuteronomy 34:7 (intransitive) To decrease, or become less in strength or violence; to experience a diminution of force or of intensity. The pain abates. The storm abated. The fury of Glengarry ... rapidly abated. - Thomas Macaulay (transitive) (obsolete) To beat down; to destroy; to level with the ground. The King of Scots ... sore abated the walls. - Edward Hall (transitive) To deduct; to omit; as, to abate something from a price. Nine thousand parishes, abating the odd hundreds. - Fuller (transitive) To bar; to except. (transitive) (obsolete) To blunt. To abate the edge of envy. - Francis Bacon (transitive) (obsolete) To reduce in estimation; to deprive. She hath abated me of half my train. - Shakespeare, King Lear, II-iv (transitive) To bring entirely down or put an end to; to do away with. To abate a nuisance. To abate a writ. (transitive) To diminish; to reduce. Legacies are liable to be abated entirely or in proportion, upon a deficiency of assets. (intransitive) To be defeated or come to naught; to fall through; to fail. A writ abates.       abduction noun  (rfdate, make this into proper citation) The act of abduce, abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away. " Roget (context, physiology) The movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body. The wrongful, and usually the forcible, carrying off of a human being. the of a child the of an heiress (logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable. 2005, Ronnie Cann, Ruth Kempson, Lutz Marten, The Dynamics of Language, an Introduction, p. 256 : The significance of such a step is that it is not morphologically triggered: it is a step of , and what is required here is a meta-level process of reasoning. (computing) The process of inference to the best explanation; abductive reasoning. (context, education) The process used in getting students to see disciplinary regularity through the use of metaphor. (rfex)       abeyance noun  Expectancy; condition of being undetermined. The proceeds of the estate shall be held in in an escrow account until the minor reaches age twenty-one. Note: When there is no person in existence in whom an inheritance (or a dignity) can vest, it is said to be in abeyance, that is, in expectation; the law considering it as always potentially existing, and ready to vest whenever a proper owner appears. ''Blackstone Suspension; temporary suppression. He kept his temper in for several moments, when he found out what she had done. Keeping the sympathies of love and admiration in a dormant state, or state of . -De Quincey (heraldry) Expectancy of a title, it's right in existence but its exercise suspended.       able verb (abl, ing) (transitive) (obsolete) To make capable; to enable; to strengthen. (transitive) (obsolete) To vouch for. I"ll "em. &mdash; Shakespeare, King Lear, IV-vi adjective (abl, er) (dated) healthy, Healthy. After the past week of forced marches, only half the men are fully . Not prevented from; permitted to; having the power or capacity to. With that obstacle removed, I am now to proceed with my plan. I"m only to visit you when I have other work here. I"ll see you as soon as I"m . skillful, Skillful. The chairman was also an sailor. Legally qualified or competent. In most states, such a person is not to inherit property.       abstract of title noun  An epitome of the evidences of ownership; the condensed history of title to a particular parcel of real estate.       accede verb (acced, ing) (intransitive) (obsolete) To approach; to arrive; to come forward. (transitive) To enter upon an office or dignity; to attain. (transitive) To give one's adhesion; to join a group; to become part of a country etc. (transitive) To agree or assent to a proposal or a view.       accessary noun (plural: accessaries) (obsolete): One who, not being present, contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense. adjective  (obsolete): accompany, Accompanying as a subordinate; additional; accessory; especially, uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See accessory. Quotations To both their deaths thou shalt be accessary. - Shakespeare, Richard III, I-iii Amongst many secondary and accessary causes that support monarchy, these are not of least reckoning. - Milton       accession noun  A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's to a confederacy. Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without; as, an of wealth or territory. The only which the Roman empire received was the province of Britain. - Gibbon A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species). Thus, the owner of a cow becomes the owner of her calf. The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers - Kent The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity; as, the of the house of Stuart; -- applied especially to the epoch of a new dynasty. (medicine) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.       accessory noun (accessories) That which belongs to something else deemed the principal; something additional and subordinate, an attachment the accessories of a mobile phone Quotations The aspect and accessories of a den of banditti. - w:Thomas Carlyle (context, Clothing) An article that completes one's basic outfit, such as a scarf or gloves. (context, Law) One who, not being present, contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense. accessory before the fact accessory after the fact (Fine Arts): Anything that enters into a work of art without being indispensably necessary, as mere ornamental parts. - w:James Elmes adjective  Having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; being additional; being connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or being contributory. Said of persons and things, and, when of persons, usually in a bad sense; as, he was accessory to the riot; accessory sounds in music. (context, Law) assist, Assisting a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself.       accomplice noun  (rare) A cooperator. Quotations Success unto our valiant general, And happiness to his 'accomplices! - Shakespeare, Henry VI Part I, V-ii An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory. Quotations And thou, the cursed of his treason. - Johnson Note: It is followed by with or of before a person and by in (or sometimes of) before the crime; as, A was an accomplice with B in the murder of C. Dryden uses it with to before a thing. Quotations Suspected for to the fire. - Dryden       accretion noun  The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth. The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition; as, an accretion of earth. Quotations A mineral ... augments not by grown, but by . To strip off all the subordinate parts of his as a later - w:George Cornewall Lewis, George Cornewall Lewis concretion; coherence of separate particles; as, the accretion of particles so as to form a solid mass. A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers toes. The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark. Gain to an heir or legatee, failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share.       accrue noun  (obsolete) Something that accrues; advantage accruing verb (accru, ing) To increase, to augment; to come to by way of increase; to arise or spring as a growth or result; to be added as increase, profit, or damage, especially as the produce of money lent. And though power failed, her courage did - Spenser Interest accrues to principal - Abbott The great and essential advantages accruing to society from the freedom of the press - Junius (accounting) To be incurred as a result of the passage of time. The monthly financial statements show all the actual but only some of the accrued expenses.       accusation noun  The act of accusing or charging with a crime or with a lighter offense. Quotations We come not by the way of / To taint that honor every good tongue blesses. - Shakespeare, Henry VIII, III-i That of which one is accused; the charge of an offense or crime, or the declaration containing the charge. They set up over his head his - Matthew 27:37 A declaration of fault or blame against another.       accusatorial adjective  Containing or implying accusation. (legal) Of or pertaining to the system of a public trial in which the facts are ascertain, ascertained by the judge or jury from evidence presented by the prosecution and the defence.       acknowledge verb (acknowledg, ing) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to the being of a God. Quotations I my transgressions. - Psalm 51:3. For ends generally acknowledged to be good. - w:Thomas Macaulay, Thomas Macaulay To own or recognize in a particular character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to. Quotations In all thy ways Him. - Proverbs 3:6 By my soul, I'll ne'er thee. - w:William Shakespeare, Shakespeare, w:Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet, III-v To own with gratitude or as a benefit or an obligation; as, to acknowledge a favor, the receipt of a letter. Quotations They his gifts acknowledged none. - w:John Milton, John Milton To own as genuine; to assent to, as a legal instrument, to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form; as, to acknowledge a deed.       acquest noun  (rare) acquisition; the thing gained. w:Francis Bacon. property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by inheritance. - w:John Bouvier.       acquiescence noun  A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content; - distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction. Submission to an injury by the party injured, or tacit concurrence in the action of another.       acquit verb (acquits, acquitting, acquitted, acquitted) (followed by "of", formerly by "from"): To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge; - as, the jury acquitted the prisoner of the charge; to find not guilty. 1775: w:Richard Sheridan, Richard Sheridan, The duenna - His poverty, can you him of that? 1837: w:Thomas Babington Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, "Lord Bacon" in The Edinburgh Review, July 1837 - If he Bacon was convicted, it was because it was impossible to him without offering the grossest outrage to justice and common sense. (Obsolete, Rare): To pay for; to atone for (RQ:Shakespeare Lucrece), line 1071 - Till life to death my forced offence. To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite, to fulfill. (RQ:Chaucer Troilus II), 1200 - `Aquyte him wel, for goddes love,' quod he; 1640: w:Thomas Carew, Thomas Carew, Tasso - Midst foes (as champion of the faith) he ment / That palme or cypress should his painees acquite. 1836: w:Edward Everett, Edward Everett, Orations I-382 - I admit it to be not so much the duty as the privilege of an American citizen to this obligation to the memory of his fathers with discretion and generosity. 1844: w:Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, "s:Experience, Experience" in Essays: second series - We see young men who owe us a new world, so readily and lavishly they promise, but they never the debt; they die young and dodge the account: or if they live, they lose themselves in the crowd. (Reflexively): To clear one's self (RQ:Shakespeare Henry 6-2), III-ii - Pray God he may acquit him of suspicion! (Reflexively)): To bear or conduct one's self; to perform one's part; as, the soldier acquitted himself well in battle; the orator acquitted himself very poorly. 1766: w:Oliver Goldsmith, Oliver Goldsmith, The vicar of Wakefield, xiv - Though this was one of the first mercantile transactions of my life, yet I had no doubt about acquitting myself with reputation. (Obsolete): to release, set free, rescue (RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene), I-vii-52 - Till I have your captive Knight       acquittal noun  The act of acquitting; discharge from debt or obligation; acquittance. (Law) A setting free, or deliverance from the charge of an offense, by verdict of a jury or sentence of a court.       actionable adjective  Affording grounds for legal action. "I'm sure it's not good of me to write that he's a lush, but is it ?" (business) Capable of being articulated as an action item or a set of action items. "One of our objectives in the next cycle is to have reviewed the documentation and determine the feasibility of our project plan schedule. Is that ? Can we determine any deliverables for this?"       act of God noun  an unforeseen occurrence beyond one's control, such as a natural disaster       ademption noun  The revocation or taking away of a grant donation, legacy, or the like. Where a legacy of a specific item in a will is no longer owned by the deceased testator at the date of death, the legacy 'ademes' Bouvier. (webster)       adequate adjective  Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition lawfully and physically sufficient.       adjective noun  (grammar) A category of words, such as big or heavy, that modify or describe a noun and which can usually be used both attributively and predicatively, be graded, and be modified by an adverb. adjective  Additional or adjunct. 1899, w:John Jay Chapman, John Jay Chapman, Emerson and Other Essays, AMS Press (1969) (as http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/13088 reproduced in Project Gutenberg) : In fact, God is of not so much importance in Himself, but as the end towards which man tends. That irreverent person who said that Browning uses "God" as a pigment made an accurate criticism of his theology. In Browning, God is to man. Applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure. law       adjudge verb (adjudg, ing) To declare to be. To deem or determine to be.       adjudicate verb (adjudicat, ing) To settle a legal case or other dispute. To act as a judge.       adjudication noun (Plural: adjudications) The act of adjudicate, adjudicating, of reaching a judgement. A judgment or sentence. Mr. C. says he confessed to avoid a lengthier sentence after his original attorney told him that the prosecutor claimed DNA evidence conclusively identified him as the attacker. Mr. C. had an earlier deferred <b>adjudication</b> for indecency with a minor. &mdash; Houston Chronicle (6/17/2007)       administer verb  (transitive) To cause to take, either by openly offering or through deceit. We administered the medicine to our dog by mixing it in his food. (transitive) To apportion out, as in administering justice. (transitive) To work in an administrative capacity; to supervise the conduct of. (intransitive) To minister to, as in administering to the sick.       administration noun  The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction; management. The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are intrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain. The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation; as, the administration of a medicine, of an oath, of justice, or of the sacrament.       administrator noun  One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager. A man who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or of a testator when there is no competent executor; one to whom the right of administration has been committed by competent authority.       admiralty noun (admiralties, -) (military): The office or jurisdiction of an admiral. (military): The department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally. (legal): The court which has jurisdiction of maritime questions and offenses. (legal): The system of jurisprudence of admiralty courts. (military) The building in which the lords of the admiralty, in England, transact business.       advocate noun  A person who argues the case of another, such as a lawyer in a court. The lawyer was one of a few good child advocates in town. A person who speaks in support of something. She has been a strong for reform. A person who supports someone to make their voice heard, or ideally to speak up for themselves. ''Since she started working with her she has become much more confident. verb (advocat, ing) (transitive) To argue for someone else. (transitive) To encourage support for something. I like trees, but I do not living in them.       affiant noun  a person who swears to the veracity of something the individual whose statement is contained in an affidavit.       affidavit noun  (legal) A signed document wherein an affiant makes a sworn statement. He submitted his rather than appearing to testify in court.       affiliate noun  Someone or something that is affiliated, or associated; a member of a group of associated things. The local channel was an of a national network.       affirmation noun (Plural affirmations) A declaration that something is true; an oath. A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion.       affray noun  The act of suddenly disturbing any one; an assault or attack. A tumultuous assault or quarrel. The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others. The in the busy marketplace caused great terror and disorder. verb  To startle from quiet; to alarm. To frighten; to scare; to frighten away.       age of consent noun  The age at which a person is legally considered to be mature enough to engage willingly in sexual intercourse. Note: The term is used to indicate the age at which it is no longer a crime for someone else to engage in consensual sexual intercourse with the person who is still younger than the age of consent, as they are considered statutorily a victim of a crime, because by law they are considered incapable of giving permission to someone else to engage in sexual intercourse with them.       aggravated verb  (past of, aggravate)       aggrieved verb  Simple past and past participle of to aggrieve.       aleatory noun  (music) A form of music in which the performers are free to perform their own material and/or their own manner of presentation. adjective  Depending on the throw of a die; random, arising by chance       alibi noun  (legal) The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove that he was in another place when the alleged act was committed; as, to set up an alibi; to prove an alibi. The Criminal Law Deskbook (1988; ISBN 0820512176) states: "Alibi is different from all of the other defenses...it is based upon the premise that the defendant is truly innocent." verb (alibi, es) To provide an alibi for. To provide an excuse for.       alienable adjective  Capable of being alienated, sold, or transferred to another; as, land is alienable according to the laws of the state.       alienate noun  (obsolete) A stranger; an alien. verb (alienat, ing) To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of. To estrange; to withdraw affections or attention; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to wean; with from. The errors which... alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the House of Stuart. -Macaulay. The recollection of his former life is a dream that only the more alienates him from the realities of the present. -I. Taylor. adjective  estranged, Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; with from. O from God. w:John Milton, John Milton. Paradise Lost line 4643.       alienation noun  The act of alienate, alienating. The of that viewing demographic is a poor business decision. The state of being alienate, alienated. emotional, Emotional isolation or dissociation.       alienist noun  One who treats diseases of the mind; an expert in mental illness, especially with reference to legal ramifications. (obsolete) A psychiatrist or psychologist.       allision noun  The act of dashing against or strike, striking upon. (context, maritime) The act of striking a fixed object, compare collision: the act of striking another vessel.       ambulatory noun (ambulatories) The round walkway encircling the altar in many cathedrals. adjective  Of, relating to, or adapted to walking exercise (medicine) Able to walk about and not bedridden. an patient (medicine) Performed on or involving an ambulatory patient or an outpatient. an electrocardiogram medical care       amerce verb (amerc, es) (transitive) To impose a fine on; to fine. But I'll you with so strong a fine, that you shall all repent the loss of mine - Shakespeare, "Romeo and Juliet" 1806: The person, in whose house the conventicle met, was amerced a like sum. " Hume, History of England (transitive) To punish, to make an exaction. 1667: condemn'd / For ever now to have thir lot in pain, / Millions of Spirits for his fault amerc't / Of Heav'n " John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 1, ll. 607-10 Thou shalt be amerced for sins unknown. - Byron, "Cain"       amicus curiae noun (rfc-split) a person/entity who has been allowed by the court to plead or make submissions but who, however, is not directly involved in the action. BANNATYNE v BANNATYNE (COMMISSION FOR GENDER EQUALITY, AS AMICUS CURIAE) 2003 (2) SA 363 (CC) "The Court admitted as the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) which lodged empirical data on the state of the maintenance system in South Africa and its effect on the rights of women and children in seeking effective relief pursuant to the Maintenance Act (the Act)."       amnesty noun (amnesties) forgetfullness, Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion. An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.       ancestor noun (female ancestress) One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father. (Biology) An earlier type; a progenitor This fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse. (Law) One from whom an estate has descended;&mdash;the correlative of heir.       annul verb (annuls, annulling, annulled) (transitive) To formally revoke the validity of. (transitive) To dissolve (a marital union) on the grounds that it is not valid.       annulment noun  The act of annulling; abolition; nullification; cancellation. Invalidation; declaration of something as being invalid, especially of a marriage or legal contract. Total destruction.       appeal noun  (a) An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for reí«xamination or review. (b) The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected. (c) The right of appeal. (d) An accusation; a process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offense against the public. (e) An accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver. See {Approvement}. --Tomlins. --Bouvier. A summons to answer to a charge. --Dryden. A call upon a person or an authority for proof or decision, in one's favor; reference to another as witness; a call for help or a favor; entreaty. A kind of to the Deity, the author of wonders. -Bacon. Resort to physical means; recourse. (cricket): the act, by the fielding side, of asking an umpire for a decision of whether a batsman is out or not.       appellant noun (plural: appellants) a litigant or party that is making an appeal in court. The appellant made her submissions to the court       appellate adjective  Describing something that is appealed to, particularly an appellate court that hears appeals of decisions by a lower court.       appoint verb  (transitive): To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out. When he appointed the foundations of the earth. --Prov. viii. 29. (transitive): To fix by a decree, order, command, resolve, decision, or mutual agreement; to constitute; to ordain; to prescribe; to fix the time and place of. Thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall . --2 Sam. xv. 15. He hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness. --Acts xvii. 31. Say that the emperor request a parley ... and the meeting. --Shak. (transitive): To assign, designate, or set apart by authority. Aaron and his shall go in, and them every one to his service. --Num. iv. 19. These were cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. --Josh. xx. 9. (transitive): To furnish in all points; to provide with everything necessary by way of equipment; to equip; to fit out. The English, being well appointed, did so entertain them that their ships departed terribly torn. --Hayward. (transitive), (Law): To direct, designate, or limit; to make or direct a new disposition of, by virtue of a power contained in a conveyance;&mdash;said of an estate already conveyed. --Burrill. Kent.       appointee noun  a person who is appointed The ambassador is a political , not a career diplomat.       appurtenance noun  an appendage added to something else (in plural) equipment used for some specific task; gear minor property (such as an outhouse) that passes with the main property when it is sold the thing to which another pertain, pertains.       arbitrage noun  the practice of quickly buying and selling foreign currencies in different markets in order to make a profit the purchase of the stock of a future takeover target, with the expectation that the stock will be sold to the person executing the takeover at a higher price any market activity where a commodity is bought and sold quickly for a profit which far exceeds the transaction cost       arbitrator noun  a person to which the authority to settle or judge a dispute is delegated.       arraign verb  To officially charge someone in a court of law.       arresting verb  Present participle of to arrest.       arson noun  A crime of setting a fire with intent to cause damage.       arsonist noun  One who has committed the act of arson, or illegally setting fire to property.       article noun  A story, report, or opinion piece in a newspaper, magazine, journal, internet etc. See: Wikipedia article on in publishing (w, article (publishing)) A member of a group or class an of clothing An object. a sales (context, grammar) A part of speech that indicates, specifies and limits a noun (a, an, or the in English). In some languages the may appear as en ending (e.g. definite in Swedish) or there may be none (e.g. Finnish, Estonian). See: Wikipedia article on in grammar (w, article (grammar)) A section of a legal document, bylaws, etc. (context, derogatory) A person. (1811) A wench. A prime . A handsome girl. She's a prime (whip slang), she's a devilish good piece, a hell of a goer.       assault noun  A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make assault upon a man, a house, or a town. A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, as words, arguments, appeals, and the like; as, to make an assault on the prerogative, prerogatives of a prince, or on the constitution of a government. An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or offer to beat another, accompanied by a degree of violence, but without touching his person, as by lifting the fist, or a cane, in a threatening manner, or by striking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed takes effect, it is a battery. An intentional threat, show of force or movement that causes a reasonable fear, or an actual physical contact. (fencing) A non-competitive combat between two fencers verb  To attack, threaten or harass       assign noun  An assignee. verb  (transitive) To designate or set apart something for some purpose. (transitive) To appoint or select someone for some office. (transitive) To allot or give something as a task. (transitive) To attribute or sort something into categories. (transitive) To transfer property, a legal right, etc., from one peson to another.       assignable adjective  Capable of being assigned.       assize noun  A session or inquiry made before a court or jury. The verdict reached or pronouncement given by a panel of jurors.       attach verb (attaches, attaching, attached) To fasten, to join to.       attachment noun (countable and uncountable; plural attachments) A strong bonding towards or with. I have such an attachment towards my fiancé! A cloying type of dependency. She has such an attachment on that man, why can't she back off some! A relationship that is not in the best interests of one or both of the participants. He doesn't really matter to her, he's just her latest attachment. She has a huge attachment to him and is so able to manipulate him because of it! (computing) A file sent along with an email. (legal) A means of collecting a legal judgement. attachment of earnings       attainder noun  (rare) The state a prisoner enters once a death sentence (usually for treason) had been issued; the state of being stripped of all civil rights.       attaint verb  (obsolete) To subject to attainder. To subject to calumny.       attorn verb  To transfer from one person, through the agency of another; to a third person.       attorney noun (plural attorneys) In the United States, a lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession. An agent or representative authorized to act on someone else's behalf. Usage note: In this sense, the word is now used to refer to nonlawyers usually only in fixed phrases such as attorney-in-fact or power of attorney.       authentic adjective  Of undisputed origin; genuine. Conforming to fact and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief.       aver noun  (obsolete) possessions, Possessions, property, belongings, wealth. (dialectal) A work-horse, working ox, or other beast of burden. verb  (obsolete) To avouch, prove, or verify; to offer to verify. To assert the truth of, to affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner. 1819 CE: Percy Shelley, Peter Bell the Third : The Devil, I safely can , / Has neither hoof, nor tail, nor sting. To prove or justify a plea.       average noun  (arithmetic) The arithmetic mean. The average of 10, 20 and 24 is (10 + 20 + 24)/3 = 18. (arithmetic) Any measure of central tendency, especially the mean, median or mode (see Usage notes below). In various sports, an indication of a player's ability calculated from his score, scoring record, etc. batting average adjective ((compar) more average, (superl) most average) (not comparable) Constituting or relating to the average. The average age of the participants was 18.5. Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category. I soon found I was only an average chess player. Typical. The average family will not need the more expensive features of this product.       avoid verb (avoids, avoiding, avoided) (transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor not to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters. (transitive) (obsolete) To empty. (transitive) (obsolete) To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions. (transitive) (obsolete) To quit or evacuate; to withdraw from. (transitive) (obsolete) To make void; to annul or vacate; to refute (esp. a contract). (transitive) (obsolete) To get rid of. (transitive) (obsolete) To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess it, and avoid it by stating new matter. (intransitive) (obsolete) To retire; to withdraw. (intransitive) (obsolete) To become void or vacant.       avoidance noun  The act of annulling; annulment. The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; " specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent. A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal. The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of. The courts by which anything is carried off.       avulsion noun  The loss or separation of a body part, either by surgery or due to trauma Movement of soil during a flood, or during a change in the course of a river, especially when a resulting change of land ownership is involved       Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550100250500 results per page.

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