IMPORTANT LEGAL TERMINOLOGY STARTING WITH 'A'
1. ADJOURNMENT MOTION - A motion moved by a member in a legislature when it is desired to draw the attention of the executive to a matter of   URGENT PUBLIC IMPORTANCE OR INTEREST2. ADULT SUFFRAGE- Is the right of voting in political elections granted to every adult person male or female without distinction of caste , creed , colour or holding of any property or qualification etc
3. ALIBI- The plea that person charged with a crime was somewhere else when the crime was actually committed
4.ABET- To encourage someone to commit a crime
5. ABEYANCE- This law is a in abeyance(starting process)
6 ABROGATE- To end
7. AFFIRM-To state that you will tell the truth but without swearing an oath

8. AFFRAY- Public fight, which frightens the people
9. AMNESTY- Often for political crimes , given to several people at a same time
10. ANARCHY- Absence of law and order , because the government has lost control or because there is no government
11. ANTE- Which has taken place earlier or before
12.. APPELLANT-Person who appeals or who goes to higher court to ask it to change a decision or sentence imposed by a lower court
13. APPORTION- To share out in propotion
14.ASSIGNMENT- Legal transfer of a property or of a  right
15. AWARD- Decision which settles a dispute
16. AVER- To make a statement or allegation in pleadings
17. AUTOPSY- Examination of the dead to see what was the cause of death
18. ATTORN-  To transfer