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Law terms
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Term | Definition |
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afortiori(ah-for-she-ory) | with even stronger reason |
a priori assumption(a pree ory) | an assumption that is true without further proof or need to prove it. |
abate | to do away with a problem |
abet | to help someone commit a crime this including helping them escape |
abeyance | when the owner=ship of property has not been determined |
able-bodied | physically capable of working at a job or in the military |
abrogate | to annul or repeal a law or pass legislation that contradicts the prior law |
abscond | traditionally to leave a jurisdiction to avoid being served legal papers or being arrested |
abstention doctrine | when the Supreme Court refuses to exercise its federal constitutional jurisdiction or declines to consider a question of state law arising from a case being appealed from a state court |
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