• Abet- Assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing.
• Abstain- Choose to refrain.
• Accomplice-A person who joins with another in carrying out some plan(especially an
unethical or illegal plan).
• Act of God-A natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of
events.
• Actionable-Affording grounds for legal action.
• Accused- A defendant in a criminal proceeding.
• Adjournment- The act of postponing to another time or place.
• Adjudication- The final judgement in a legal proceeding.
• Admission- An acknowledgement of the truth of something.
• Affidavit- Written declaration made under oath; a written statement sworn to be true before
someone legally authorised to administer an oath.
• Amendment-A statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document.
• Appeal-Take a court case to higher court for review.
• Acquittal-A judgement of not guilty.
• Article-A separate section of a legal document.(as a statue or contract or will).
• Assent-An agreement with a statement or proposal to do something.
• Attornment-The formal transference of something to someone else.
•Averment- A declaration that is made as if no supporting evidence were necessary.
• Consent-Permission to do something.
• Conspiracy-A secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful.
•Contempt-A wilful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or
legislative body.
•Contingent-Possible but not certain to occur.
•Contraband-Goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by
law.
•Conviction-A final judgement of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is
imposed.
•Convention-A large formal assembly.
•Corporate-Organized and mantained as a legal corporation.
