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In tort law, an abnormally dangerous activity is an activity that is "not common usage" and creates a foreseeable and very significant risk of physical harm, even when reasonable care is exercised by all parties.

• tort law

Abortion is the voluntary termination of a pregnancy.

The abstention doctrine is an authority that precludes federal courts from hearing cases within its jurisdictions, instead, giving state courts authority over the case.

An acceleration clause is a term in a contract (typically a loan agreement) that requires a party to make all payments due under the contract if certain conditions occur. An acceleration clause is typic

• contract law
• Finance
• business law
• commercial law
• DEBTOR AND CREDITOR
• mortgages

Actual innocence refers to a failure of proof defense arguing that the prosecution failed to prove all relevant elements of a charged crime beyond a reasonable doubt. 

An adhesion contract, also known as a contract of adhesion, is a contract where the parties are of such disproportionate bargaining power that the party of weaker bargaining power could not have negotiated for variations in the terms of the contract.

An adhesion contract exists if the parties are of such disproportionate bargaining power that the party of weaker bargaining strength could not have negotiated for variations in the terms of the adhesion contract.

• contract law
• courts

Administrative law is the branch of law governing the creation and operation of administrative agencies. The powers granted to administrative agencies are particularly important, along with the substantive rules that such agencies make, and the legal relationships between agencies, other government bodies, and the public at large.

The Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AO) is an administrative agency that is the central support entity for the judicial branch, providing a wide range of administrative, legal, financial, management, program, and information technology services to the federal courts.

• federal courts

Admiralty law (or maritime law) is the body of law that governs navigation and shipping. It includes substantive and procedural law.

See also: admiralty and maritime power and admiralty court.