Nolo's Free Dictionary of Law Terms and Legal Definitions
Need Professional Help? Talk to a Lawyer
Enter Your Zip Code to Connect with a Lawyer Serving Your Area
Legal definitions from A to Z
Find plain-English definitions for legal terms by browsing Nolo's Plain-English Law Dictionary. You can also purchase Nolo's Plain-English Law Dictionary as a downloadable eBook or as a paperback.
Browse all definitions:
- Administrative Procedure Act
- administrator
- administrator ad litem
- administrator ad prosequendum
- administrator cum testamento annexo
- administrator de bonis non
- administrator de bonis non cum testamento annexo
- administrator pendente lite
- administrator with will annexed
- administratrix
- admiralty court
- admiralty law
- admissible evidence
- admission
- admission against interest
- admission of guilt
- admit
- adopt
- adopted child
- adoption
- adoptive parent
- ADR
- adult
- adultery
- advance
- advance directive
- advance parole
- advance sheets
- advancement
- adverse
- adverse interest
- adverse party
- adverse possession
- adverse witness
- advisory opinion
- affiant
- affidavit
- affirm
- affirmative action
- affirmative defense
- affix
- affranchise
- after-acquired evidence
- after-acquired property
- after-acquired title
- after-discovered evidence
- age discrimination
- Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)
- age of consent
- age of majority
- agency
- agent
- agent for acceptance of service
- agent for service of process
- aggravate
- aggravated assault
- aggravated battery
- aggravating circumstances
- AGI
- agreed statement of facts
- agreement
- aid and abet
- aleatory
- alias
- alibi
- alibi witness
- alien
- alien registration card (ARC)
- alienation
- alienation of affections
- alimony
- aliquot
- ALJ
- allegation
- allege
- Allen charge
- alluviation
- alluvion
- alter ego
- alternate beneficiary
- alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
- alternative minimum tax (AMT)
- alternative pleading
- alternative reproductive technology (ART)
- alternative writ of mandate (mandamus)
- AMBER Alert
- ambiguity
- amend
- amended complaint
- amended pleading
- amended tax return
- American Bar Association (ABA)
- American Civil Liberties Union
- American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
- Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
- amicus
- amicus curiae
- amnesty
- amortization
- AMT
- ancillary administration
- ancillary jurisdiction
- ancillary probate
- angel investor
- annual exclusion amount
- annual exclusion gift
- annual meeting
- annual percentage rate
- annuitant
- annuity
- annulment
- answer
- antenuptial agreement
- Anthony Kennedy
- anticipation
- anticipatory breach
- anticontest clause
- antilapse statute
- antitransfer laws
- antitrust laws
- Antonin Scalia
- APN
- apparent authority
- appeal
- appear
- appearance
- appellant
- appellate court
- appellate jurisdiction
- appellee
- applicable exclusion amount
- appraisal
- appraise
- appraiser
- appreciate
- appreciation
- approach
- approach the witness
- appurtenant
- APR
- arbiter
- arbitrary
- arbitration
- arbitrator
- arguendo
- argument
- ARM
- arm's length
- arraignment
- arrearages
- arrears
- arrest
- arrest warrant
- arson
- ART
- article
- articles of impeachment
- articles of incorporation
- articles of organization
- as is
- assault
- assault and battery
- assess
- assessed value
- assessor
- assessor's parcel number
- asset
- assign
- assigned risk
- assignee
- assignment
- assignment for benefit of creditors
- assisted suicide
- associate
- Associate Justice
- association
- assumable mortgage
- assume
- assumption
- assumption of risk
- assured
- asylum
- at issue memorandum
- at-will employment
- attached
- attachment
- attempt
- attest
- attestation
- attestation clause
- attorney
- attorney at law (or attorney-at-law)
- attorney fees
- Attorney General
- attorney of record
- attorney work product
- attorney work product privilege
- attorney's fee
- attorney-client privilege
- attorney-in-fact
- attractive nuisance
- attractive nuisance doctrine
- audit
- auditor
- augmented estate
- authenticate
- author
- authority
- authorize
- automatic stay
- autopsy
- avails
- aver
- averment
- avowal
- avulsion
- award
Find us on Facebook
Follow us on Twitter
Add us on Google+
Watch us on YouTube
Listen to us on iTunes