Law lexicon
Antitrust acts - Federal and state statutes to protect trade and commerce from unlawful restraints, price discriminations, price fixing, and monopolies.
Appeal - A proceeding brought to a higher court to review a lower court decision.
Appeal Bond - A guaranty by the appealing party insuring that court costs will be paid.
Appearance - The act of coming into court as a party to a suit either in person or through an attorney.
Appendix - Supplementary materials added to the end of a document.
Appellant - The party appealing a decision or judgment.
Appellate court - A court having jurisdiction to hear appeals and review a trial court's procedure.
Appellee - The party against whom an appeal is taken.
Arbitration - The hearing of a dispute by an impartial third person or persons (chosen by the parties), whose award the parties agree to accept.
Arbitrator - A private, disinterested person chosen by the parties in arbitration to hear evidence concerning the dispute and to make an award based on the evidence.
Source: Jurist International
