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Abortion is the voluntary termination of a pregnancy.

To abrogate is to formally annul or repeal a law through an act of legislation, constitutional authority, or custom. For example, the Supreme Court of Michigan explained in Ferency v.

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Absentee ballots, also known as absentee votes or mail-in votes, are paper ballots that are submitted before Election Day, usually by mail, by voters who are unable to vote in person at their designated polling place. The specific requirements a registered voter must meet to use an absentee ballot differ significantly by state and jurisdiction.

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Absolute disparity is a calculation used to analyze a claim that a jury pool did not represent a fair cross-section of the community; for instance, a jury pool that is composed of only white jurors in a community that is predominantly Black. It is calculated by subtracting the percentage of a group in the jury pool from the percentage of that group in the general population.

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Absolute privilege in a defamation case is a complete immunity from liability for statements that would otherwise be considered defamatory.

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• complete defense
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The abstention doctrine is an authority that precludes federal courts from hearing cases within their jurisdictions; instead, giving state courts authority over the case.

A person who has been arrested for or formally charged with a crime is referred to as "the accused." It is another name for the defendant in a criminal case.

An acquittal is a resolution of some or all of the factual elements of the offense charged.

An Act of Congress occurs when both houses of Congress (the House of Representatives and the Senate) pass an identical bill with a majority and the 

Adequate and independent state grounds is a doctrine that limits the U.S. Supreme Court’s jurisdiction to review state court judgments.

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