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LEGAL TERMS

• ATTORNEY-OF-RECORD: Attorney whose name appers in the permanent records or
files of a case as representing one of the parties.
• AUGMENTED ESTATE: The probate estate of the decedent reduced by funeral and
administration expenses, the homestead, family allowances,
and exemptions, liens, mortgages, and enforceable claims.
• AUTHENTICATION: An attestation made by an officer of the court in which he or she
certifies that a record in due form of law and that the person who
certifies the document is the officer appointed to do so. Example:
The Court Administrator / Deputy certifies that the Judge certifies
that the Judge is the Judge and the Judge certifies that the Court
Administrator/ Deputy is the Court Administrator / Deputy.

• AUTHENTICATION: In the law of the evidence, the act or mode or giving authority or
legal authenticity to a statute, record or certified copy, so as to
render it legally admissible as evidence.
• AVERMENT : A statement of facts in a legal pleading.

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