statutory interpretation

Abet refers to criminally assisting another person in the commission of a crime including planning a crime, escaping from a crime, or in the actual commission of the crime.

An act of God refers to a severe, unanticipated natural event for which no human is responsible. Despite its facial religious connections, the phrase “act of God” is frequently used in otherwise secular statutory and case law.

Address harvesting is an automated system used to collect email addresses in bulk with the intent of sending Unsolicited Commercial Email (UCE), often referred to as spam. Address harvesting is performed without the knowledge or consent of the address owners.

The Administrative Procedure Act (APA) is a federal act that governs the procedures of administrative law. The APA is codified in 5 U.S.C. §§ 551–559.

• lawsuits-court

Adverse possession is a doctrine under which a trespasser, in physical possession of land owned by someone else may acquire valid title to the property.

• property
• real estate
• Real Property
• land ownership
• OWNERSHIP
• Trespass

An aggravated crime or tort is one that is committed under circumstances that allow for increased punishments over what the crime/tort would usually receive. Circumstances necessary to raise a standard crime to the aggravated variant of that crime are typically laid out in statute. 

Alien is a legal term that refers to any person who is not a citizen or a national of the United States, as listed in the 

Determining what constitutes an antique firearm is part of an overall regulatory system intended to limit the regulation of historic and out-of-date weapons that are deemed ill-suited for committing acts of violence.

Assault is generally defined under common law as an intentional act that puts another person in reasonable apprehension of imminent harmful or offensive contact.

A bill of attainder is legislation that declares an individual or group guilty of a crime and imposes punishment without the benefit of a judicial proceeding.