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admission
that is inconsistent with his or her position at trial and that tends to establish guilt compare confession declaration against interest at declaration NOTE: Under the Federal Rules of Evidence an admission is not hearsay. Silence can
act
also negative act 2 a often cap : the formal product of a legislative body : the formally declared will of a legislature the final requirement of which is usually the signature of the proper executive officer
acknowledgment
thing done or given in recognition of something received [an came in the mail] 3 a : a declaration or avowal of one's act or a fact to give it legal validity ;specif : a declaration before
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Intervention
Intervention. A third person not originally a party to a suit, but claiming an interest in the matter, may interpose at any stage of the suit in defence of his own interest, whenever affected either as...
Plea
a demurrer in a still more limited sense and in modern practice the defendants answer to the plaintiffs declaration and demand That which the plaintiff alleges in his declaration is answered and repelled or justified by the
confession
statement by an accused party acknowledging the party's guilt (as by admitting commission of a crime) compare admission declaration against interest at declaration, self-incrimination NOTE: Courts differ on how a confession establishes the accused's guilt; for example,
Acknowledgement of a wife's assurance
dealt with, the Court may dispense with any concurrence by the husband which would otherwise be required and declare that the disposition shall have the same effect as if the husband had concurred therein, without acknowledgment by
Double pleading
Double pleading. This was not allowed either in the declaration or subsequent pleadings. Its meaning with respect to the former was, that the declaration must not, in support
Interlineation
Interlineation, the insertion of any matter in a writ-ten instrument after it is engrossed or executed. A deed may be avoided by interlineation, unless a memorandum be made thereof at the time of the execution or...
Acquired
a reference to 'acquisition' as understood in Public International Law. If there were any public notification, assertion or declaration by which the Government of this country had declared a territory as part and parcel of the territory
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