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...
legal education and practice
administrative warrant
An administrative warrant is a warrant obtained from a judge by an administrative body to search for violations of administrative rules and regulations. While similar to a criminal warrant, an administrative warrant requires a lower standard...
administrator
In law, there are different meanings for “administrator.”
First, an administrator is a person who operates or leads a business, public office, agency, or other forms of organization. There are court administrators and local...
administrator ad litem
An administrator ad litem is a person appointed by a probate court to represent the interests of an estate for the purposes of a lawsuit.
Administrators ad litem are typically appointed in cases where the estate’s...
admiralty and maritime power
Admiralty and Maritime powers refer to the federal government’s ability to pass laws that relate to the water systems of America. Congress is granted admiralty and maritime powers through Article 2 Section III of the Constitution.
...admiralty law
Admiralty law relates to the seas, maritime commerce, or navigation. Admiralty is a broad body of law governing the transport of goods and passengers by water, the purchase and charter of vessels, the hiring and maintenance of officers and...
admission against interest
An admission against interest is as 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 (admission by a party-opponent) and an exception...
admission to practice
Admission to the practice of law (admission to the bar of a state) is governed by rules and regulations promulgated solely by a state's courts, legislatures, and/or bar association. The rules must not violate the constitutional requirements...
admit
Admit or admitting refers to a statement made by an individual to confirm the truthfulness of a claim. In criminal law, admitting to a fact also serves as a confession of guilt. Following Alexander v. State, an admission is an...
adopt
To adopt is to accept, to bring, to choose to take up, to follow, or to use a plan or technique. To adopt is to assume a report or position, attitude, or law, as to apply them.
Also related to adoption is to form a legal...