An admission is a party's statement acknowledging that a certain statement or fact asserted against that party is true. In certain circumstances an admission can be made by silence. For example, silence after another party's assertion of a fact, would typically elicit an acknowledgment of the asserted fact.
An admission against interest is an out-of-court statement made by a party that is against their own pecuniary, proprietary, or penal interest, and that is admissible under both an exclusion (
An adversary proceeding may refer to cases where two opposing parties resolve a dispute through a neutral third party. However, the term is more frequently used to refer to a specific type of action in bankruptcy court.
Adverse means to be against or opposed to one’s own interests. Adverse is used in several legal contexts. For example:
There are three main types of adverse interests.
An advisory opinion is a court's nonbinding interpretation of law. It states the opinion of a court upon a legal question submitted by a legislature, government official, or another court. Parties seeking advisory opinions tend to do so to better understand their odds of winning a potential lawsuit before risking the expensive process of litigation.
The advocacy of illegal action is a category of speech not protected by the First Amendment. It is also sometimes referred to as the advocacy of illegal conduct.
