Category Archives: law
Acquiescence
The tacit approval of conduct that might otherwise have provided grounds for an action but which cannot be objected to if undertaken with the CONSENT of the party affected. Consent may be express or implied, and one circumstance where consent may … Continue reading
Accusatorial Procedure
A procedure that resolves a dispute between the parties by having one bring the other to court and challenging the other over the issues. The role of the judge is to maintain fair play – it is an umpiring role … Continue reading
Account Payee
A crossing or direction on a BILL OF EXCHANGE that the drawee should credit funds only to the bank account of the payee. Under the Bills of Exchange Act 1882 this had no effect upon the ability of the instrument … Continue reading
Accord and Satisfaction
The purchase of a release from an obligation, whether arising under CONTRACT or TORT, by means of any valuable consideration, not being the actual performance of the obligation itself. The accord is the agreement by which the obligation is discharged. … Continue reading
Accomplice
A person who participates in a crime, either by ACCESSION or as a perpetrator, before or after the fact, by committing, procuring or aiding and abetting. Some degree of guilty knowledge is necessary
Accommodation Bill
A BILL OF EXCHANGE accepted by an accommodation party, that is, a person signing without receiving value and for the purpose of lending his name (and his credit) to someone else. An accommodation party is liable on the bill to … Continue reading
Accession Agreements
Accession agreements in the law of the EUROPEAN UNION agreements concluded between the communities and states that are not MEMBER STATES, usually, in their terms, ‘with a view to membership’. They are not legally different from other agreements; it is … Continue reading
Access
1. the opportunity to see and visit a CHILD in cases where spouses have separated or divorced and care and custody of a child has been awarded to one spouse. The granting of access and the terms on which it … Continue reading
Acceptance In Law
1. (of a BILL OF EXCHANGE) the acknowledgement by the person on whom the bill is drawn (the drawee) that he will accept the order of the person who drew it (the drawer). An acceptance must be written on the … Continue reading
Abuse of Process
TORT or DELICT of using procedures of courts and the like other than to litigate, an example being where a person raises actions to annoy another rather than to try to recover money.