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LEGAL TERMS

• ABSTRACT OF TITLE: A summary of deeds and other documents comprising the history of

a title to land.
• ABSTRACT OF RECORD: Acumulative history in short, abbreviated form of the case as
found in the record.
• ACCESSORY: A person who assists in an illegal act.
• ACCOMPLICE: A partner in an illegal act.
• ACCORD AND SATISFACTION: An agreement between two or more persons which settles
a disputed claim or lawsuit through the payment of some
amount, or the perfomance of some action in satisfaction
of the asserted claim.
• ACCUSATION: Charging with an offense.
• ACTION: Also called a lawsuit, suit, or case. A preceeding in a court of law by which one

party sues another to secure the enforcement or protection of a right or the
redress of a wrong. Civil actions concern private rights and injuries. A criminal
action is taken to redress a public wrong.
• ACQUITTAL: A release from an obligation when used in reference to contracts. In criminal
law, a person is acquitted if the charge against him her is, dismissed either
through a veridist of acquittal or by some formal and conclusive legal
precedure.

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