LEGAL TERMS STARTING WITH "A"

1. Abacinate - To make a person blind.
2. Abaction - Threatening to a person.
3. Abactor - A person who steals a single beast only.
4. Abadi - It is one of the forms of collecting land revenue.
5. Abalienation - The transfer of an interest or title in property.
6. Abandon - To leave, to give up, to surrender. 
7. Abandonment - Voluntary relinquishment of an mterest or claim, the act of abandoning.
8. Abarnare - To detect or disclose a secret crime; to bring to judgment.
9. Abate - To reduce or put an end, quashing of writ or action.
10. Abatement - Act of eliminating or nullifying.
11. Abduction - Whoever by force compels or by any deceitful means includes any person to go from any place, is said to abduct that person. This is an offence committed against a person of any age.
12. Abearance - Behaviour; conduct.
13. Abessive - Denoting absence of a case.
14. Abet - To aid to commit an offence.
15. Abettor - One who encourages or aids the offender or commission of an offence.
16. Abeyance - The condition of an inheritance which has no present owner or a state of suspension.
17. Abhor - To protest against horror or attack .
18. Abide - To act in accordance with rule of law. Abjudge - To take away or remove something by judicial decision.
19. Abjure - To pronounce solemnly or on oath or to repudiate.
20. Abolish - To put an end to.
21. Abort - To miscarry in birth.
22. Abortee - Woman who has an abortion.
23. Abridge - To curtail the legal right.
24. Abrogate - To repeal, cancel or annul an agreement.
25. Absconder - One who runs away from legal process or avoids arrest.
26. Absent - To keep away from process of court.
27. Absist - Passing away of any legal right.
28. Absolution -Release from punishment or guilt, acquittal.
29. Absolve - To set free from liability.
30. Abstain -To refrain from doing something.
31. Abstract - A concise statement of text.
32. Abuse - A departure from legal or reasonable use; misuse.
33. Accede - To consent or agree.
34. Acceptance - An agreement, either by express act or by implication from conduct, to the terms of an offer so that a binding contract is formed.
35. Accession - Coming into possession of a right or office.
36. Accessory -A person who is concerned in the crime but does not actually commit the crime.
37. Accomplice - A person who is associated with another person in the commission of an offence.
38. Accord - To furnish or grant or agree.
39. Accredit - To furnish a diplomatic agent with papers, called credentials, which certify his public character.
40. Accroach -To exercise power without authority.
41. Accusalor - A complainant in a criminal prosecution.
42. Accuse - To charge judicial or publicly with an offence.
43. Accused -In a criminal trial, a person is called accused who is charged with the commission of crime.
44. Accuser - A person who accused another of a crime.
45. Acquiesce - To give implied consent to an settlement of any matter or issue.
46. Acquittal -The process/order of discharge by the court, setting one free from suspicion or guilt of an offence.
47. Acquitted - Judjcially discharged from an accusation.
48. Act - Law made by the competent Legislature.
49. Ad hoc - Formed for a particular purpose.
50. Adjourn To defer the hearing of a case to another date in the Court.
51. Adjournatur - Appears at the end of reported decision.
52. Adjudge -To deem or pronounce to be.
53. Adjudicate - To rule upon judicially.
54. Adjudicative -Relating to adjudication.
55. Adjudicator -A person whose job is to render binding decisions.
56. Admissibility - Quality or state of being allowed to be entered into evidence in a hearing, trial or other proceedings.
57. Admonition - A judicial reprimand to an accused, who is then discharged from further prosecution and punishment.
58. Adultery - Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person other than the offender’s spouse.
59. Advocacy - Work or profession of an advocate.
60. Advocate - One who is qualified in law to plead in court of Law.
61. Affiant - One who makes an affidavit.
62. Affidavit - A written statement under an oath, Which is sworn to and signed by person making it, as true.
63. Affinity - A close agreement.
64. Affirm - To confirm on appeal, to solemnly declare rather than swear under oath.
65. Affirmation - A solemn declaration without oath.
66. Affirmative - That supports the existence of certain facts.
67. Affray - Unlawful fighting or use of force to intimidate others.
68. Agency - A fiduciary relationship created by express or implied contract or by law.
69. Agent - A person employed to act on behalf of another, an act of an agent done within the scope of his authority, binds his principal.
70. Agnates - Relatives whose relationship can be traced exclusively through males.
71. Agreement - Every promise and every set of promises, either written or oral for the purpose of contract forming the consideration for each other.
72. Alien - A person who resides within the borders of a country but is not a citizen or subject of that country.
73. Alienation - The power of the owner or tenant to dispose of his interest in real or personal property.
74. Alimony - A court ordered allowance that one spouse pays to the other spouse for maintenance and support while they are separated.
75. Allocate - To deliver in court a formal address.
76. Alms - Charitable donations, relief bestowed upon poor and destitute people.
77. Ambiguity - An uncertainty of meaning or intention, as in a contractual term or statutory provision.
78. Amendment - A formal revision or addition proposed or made to a statute, Constitution, or other instrument.
79. Amnesty - A general pardon of the offences of subjects against the Government or the proclamation of such pardon.
80. Ampliation - Postponement of the decision of Court.
81. Annotation - A brief summary of the facts and deviation in a case especially which involves statutory interpretation.
82. Announce - Annountement of judgment or decision in open court.
83. Annulment - Judicial act of nullifying or making void.
84. Anti-corruptton - A model government with corrupt free governance.
85. Antimony -A contradiction in law or logic. 
86. Appeal - Application to a higher court to examine against a case decided by a lower court.
87. Appearance - A coming into court as a party or interested person, or as a lawyer on behalf of a party or an interested person.
88. Appellant - One who makes an appeal.
89. Apprehension - Seizure in the name of the law; arrest.
90. Approver - An accomplice who turns prosecutor's Witness.
91. Arbitration - Settling disputes by referring them to independent third party, as an alternative to the court proceedings.
92. Arbitrator - A person appointed by parties to decide any difference between them.
93. Argument - A statement that attempts to pursuade, the remarks of counsel in analyzing and pointing out or repudiating a desired inference.
94. Army -A military force.
95. Arrest - This is a deprivation of personal liberty of a person so that he becomes available during the trial of any offence to which he is involved.
96. Arson - Crime of unlawfully damaging or destroying property by fire.
97. Assault -Striking or attempting to strike another person.
98. Assent - Agreement, approval or permission. 
99. Assigenee - One to whom property rights or powers are transferred by another.
100. Assignment - Transfer of rights or property. 
101. Assize - A session of a court or council. 
102. Assumption - A fact or statement taken for granted; a supposition.
103. Attach - To take into custody of law, as in attachment of property.
104. Attempt - Act or an instance of making an effort to accomplish something.
105. Attestation - Witnessing the nature of a legal document.
106. Attorney - One duly appointed or constituted to act for another in business or legal matters. A properly qualified legal agent who conducts litigation.
107. Authority - A judicial decision cited as a statement of law (also called precedent).
108. Autopsy - An examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death, especially in criminal investigation.
109. Averment - An allegation in pleading; a positive declaration of fact or law.