An arrest warrant is a document issued by a judge or magistrate that authorizes the police to take someone accused of a crime into custody. An arrest warrant is issued by the competent authority upon a showing of probable cause, which means a...
CIVICS
article
An article is a legal rule that can be set out under a statute, a code, or a paragraph in a legal document. Articles usually refer to matters that have been agreed upon by the supervising authority. For example, in contracts, an article under...
Article III
Article III refers to Article III of the Constitution, the section of the Constitution that authorizes a federal court system. This provides that federal courts have judicial power over all cases and controversies arising under the...
Articles of Impeachment
Articles of Impeachment are the documented written statement of charges relied upon as the basis for removing an individual from office.
Articles of Impeachment are issued during an impeachment. This document consists of a single instrument...
Articles of Organization
The articles of organization are a public and official document used to create a limited liability company (LLC). The LLC members must file the articles of organization before the relevant state authority (usually the Secretary of State) for...
artificial intelligence (AI)
According to 15 U.S. Code § 9401 artificial intelligence is defined as “a machine-based system that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations or decisions influencing real or virtual environments.”...
artificial person
An artificial person is also known as a juridical person; it has a legal name and has certain rights, protections, privileges, responsibilities, and liabilities in law, similar to those of a natural person. In other words, an artificial...
assess
In common parlance, to assess means to evaluate.
In legal contexts, the word assess is usually used in the context of tax law and means to ascertain a valuation of a piece of property for purposes of tax calculation (see...
assessed value
Assessed value is the value of a property, as determined (assessed) by a tax assessor or appraiser, for tax calculation purposes.
[Last updated in June of 2021 by the Wex Definitions Team]
assessor
An assessor (sometimes also termed tax assessor) is an official who is responsible for evaluating and assessing a property for tax calculation purposes.
[Last updated in June of 2021 by the Wex Definitions Team]