The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is an organization founded in 1920, with the mission of defending and preserving the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to all people in the U.S. Constitution. The ACLU currently has more than 1.7 million members, 500 staff attorneys, thousands of volunteer attorneys, and several offices throughout the United States.
Amicus Curiae literally translated from Latin is "friend of the court." Plural is "amici curiae."
To grant amnesty is to grant a pardon to those who have committed an offense. Under immigration law, amnesty is a governmental pardon for a person or group of persons who violated policies related to immigration.
Amount in controversy refers to the amount of money a plaintiff seeks in a lawsuit. The monetary value of a non-monetary remedy such as an injunction can also be included in the amount in controversy.
An anchor refers to a reference point. For the purposes of the law, anchors are frequently utilized by lawyers in litigation to persuade the jury through a process called anchoring.
In negotiations, “anchoring” refers to the common tendency of giving undue weight to the first value or number put forth, and to then inadequately adjust from or counter the first value or number, or the “anchor.”
The ancient document rule is one of the methods available to authenticate evidence for trial under the Federal Rules of Evidence.
Ancillary jurisdiction allows a federal court to hear a claim that would normally be outside of its subject-matter jurisdiction if it is substantially related to a second claim that is within the court's jurisdiction.
Animal testing refers to the use of animals for scientific research. They can be used in scientific research for a variety of purposes, including studying biology, psychology and disease, testing pharmaceutical products, and cosmetics, among other products. Because such experiments are likely to cause suffering and death to animals, they are regulated to varying degrees in different countries and have generated ethical controversy.
