Law lexicon
Admonish- To advise or caution. For example the court may caution or admonish counsel for wrong practices.
Adversary proceeding - One having opposing parties such as a plaintiff and a defendant. Individual lawsuit(s) brought within a bankruptcy proceeding.
Adverse possession - Method of acquiring real property under certain conditions by possession for a statutory period.
Affiant - The person who makes and subscribes an affidavit.
Affidavit - A voluntary, written, or printed declaration of facts, confirmed by oath of the party making it before a person with authority to administer the oath.
Affirmation - A solemn and formal declaration that an affidavit is true. This is substituted for an oath in certain cases.
Affirmative defence - A defence raised in a responsive pleading (answer) relating a new matter as a defence to the complaint; affirmative defences might include contributory negligence or estopped in civil actions; in criminal cases insanity, duress, or self-defence might be used.
Source: Jurist International.
