To adopt is to accept, to bring, to choose to take up, to follow, or to use a plan or technique. To adopt is to assume a report or position, attitude, or law, as to apply them.
Also related to adoption is to form a legal...
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adverse
Adverse means to be against or opposed to one’s own interests. Adverse is used in several legal contexts. For example:
An adverse party is the party with contrary interests to one’s own. In property law, adverse possession refers to...affray
Affray is a term used to define a common law offense, which involves fighting between people in a public place that disturbs the peace.
In Massachusetts, an affray “is an offense against the public, an aggravated...
American Bar Association (ABA)
American Bar Association (ABA) is a voluntary bar association of lawyers, law students, and judges in the United States. It is dedicated to advancing the rule of law and serving the legal profession by providing practical resources for legal...
American law perspective
Wex is written from an American law perspective.
What does that mean?By "American law perspective", we mean that Wex is grounded in American law and that, ideally, each discussion would begin in the abstract and then...
anchoring
In negotiations, “anchoring” refers to the common tendency of giving undue weight to the first value or number put forth, and to then inadequately adjust from or counter the first value or number, or the “anchor.”
Thus the...
attorney of record
The attorney of record is the lawyer who appears in court or receives pleadings and other formal documents on a party's behalf. Also known as counsel of record.
In People v. Macrander, 828 P.2d 234, the Supreme Court of...
Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of Laws (abbreviated as LL.B., LLB, or rarely Ll.B.) is an undergraduate law degree. In most common law countries (with the exceptions of all Canadian provinces except Quebec, and the U.S.), the LL.B. program is generally entered...
bar examination
Bar examination is a written examination that a person must pass in order to obtain a license to practice law as an attorney. Although every state administers its own version of the bar examination, most exams consist of the Multistate Bar...
bearer paper
A bearer is an individual who is in possession of a negotiable instrument, document of title, or proof of security that is either payable to the person in possession (ie. payable to bearer) or endorsed in blank. These types of instruments are...