The act where a dispute is resolved or a decision rendered. It may also refer to a judicial decision or a ruling. Adjudication refers to the legal process by which a judge, arbitrator or other trier of fact reviews evidence, hears arguments and legal reasoning of the opposing parties to reach a binding decision which determines the rights and obligations between the parties to … [Read more...] about ADJUDICATION
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ADEQUATE EVIDENCE
Proof that is sufficient for the purpose of showing that something did or did not occur. … [Read more...] about ADEQUATE EVIDENCE
ADJECTIVE LAW
The aggregate of rules of procedure or practice. As opposed to that body of law which the courts are established to administer, (called "substantive law,") it means the rules according to which the substantive law is administered. That part of the law which provides a method for enforcing or maintaining rights, or obtaining redress for their invasion. … [Read more...] about ADJECTIVE LAW
ADJUNCTIO
In the civil law. Adjunction; a species of accessio, whereby two things belonging to different proprietors are brought into firm connection with each other; such as interweaving, (intertexturaj) welding together, (adferruminatio;) soldering together, (applumbaturaj) painting, (ptctura;) writing, (scnptura;) building, (mcedificatio;) sowing, (satto;) and planting, (plantatio.) … [Read more...] about ADJUNCTIO
ADEQUATE NOTICE
Sufficient notice to another party, both in terms of time and content, for example, a notice of eviction served properly upon the tenant within the time prescribed by law. … [Read more...] about ADEQUATE NOTICE