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LEGAL TERMS
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• A.K.A.: Used in captions, means «also known as.
• AB INITIO: (Latin, «from the beginning»): A transaction or document from its inception.
For example, an insurance policy may be held to be purported issuance of
the policy.
• ABANDONMENT: Leaving without intending to return. This occurs when one spouse
leaves another or tenant abandons his premise.
• ABATEMENT: (Reduction or decrease): The proportionate reduction of claim when the
fund used for payment is insufficient to meet the full amount of claim. Also,
the termination of a lawsuit due, for instance, to the death of a party.
• ABET: To aid, help, or assist.
• ABODE: Domicile.
• ABSCOND: To hide away.
• ABSCONDER: An offender who fails to report for probation, parole, or aftercare
supervition, and whose where abouts are unknown.
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