INTRO VOCAB 1 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
ABATE | To lessen or diminish; greatly lessen or reduce. |
ABRIDGEMENT | Condensation; contraction. An epitome or compendium of another and larger work, wherein the principal ideas of the larger work are summarily contained. Abridgements of law are brief digests of law, arranged alphabetically. |
ABROGATE | To annul, cancel, revoke, repeal, or destroy. To annul or repeal an order to rule issued by a subordinate authority; to repeal a former law by legislative act, or by usage. |
ABSTRACT OF TITLE | A short account of the state of the title to real estate reflecting all past ownership and any interest or rights, such as a mortgage or other liens. Necessary to verify title before purchasing property. |
ABUT | To reach; to touch. To touch at the end; be contiguous; join at a border or boundary; terminate on; end at; border on; reach or touch with an end. |
ACCRETION | The act of growing to a thing; usually applied to the gradual and imperceptible accumulation of land by natural causes, as out of the sea or a river. |
ACCRUED INTEREST | Interest that has been earned but is not yet received or receivable. |
ACQUIESCENCE | Silent agreement; knowing about an action or occurrence and remaining quietly satisfied about it, or by silence, appearing to be satisfied. |
ACQUITTAL | A formal legal determination that a person who has been charged with a crime is innocent. |
ACT OF GOD | An act occasioned exclusively by forces of nature without the interference of any human nature. |
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