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The business process of recording financial information which is used for reporting and analysis. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition The making up and rendition of an account, either voluntarily or by order of a court. Buxton v. Edwards, 134 Mass. 567, 578. May include payment of the amount due. Pyatt v. Pyatt, 46 N. J. Eq. 285, 18 Atl. 1048. … [Read more...] about ACCOUNTING

In the civil and old English law. To grow to; to pass to, and become united with, as soil to land per al lutnonem. Dig. 41, 1, 30, pr. … [Read more...] about ACCRESCERE

In French feudal law. A species of relief; a seignorial right due on every change of a tenant A feudal right which formerly prevailed in Languedoc and Guy enne, being attached to that species of heritable estates which were granted on the contract of emphyteusis. Guyot, Inst Feod. c 5, … [Read more...] about ACAFTE

In criminal court, where the court agrees to accept a criminal defendant's guilty plea. … [Read more...] about ACCEPTANCE OF PLEA

Someone who aids a person who commits a felony with knowledge that the person helped has (a) committed a felony and (b) helps or intends to help them avoid capture or punishment. The requirements usually are the assistance of another person who: has committed a felony crime; after the crime has been committed with knowledge that the person helped has committed the … [Read more...] about ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT