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Absolution






Absolution

A definite sentence whereby a man accused of any crime is acquitted.

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Definite
Bounded, fixed, certain. Opposed, indefinite.

Sentence
A judgment, or judicial declaration made by a judge in a cause. The term judgment is more usually applied to civil, and sentence to criminal proceedings.

Accused
One who is charged with a crime or misdemeanor.

Crime
An act or omission which is prohibited by criminal law. Each state sets out a limited series of acts (crimes) which are prohibited and punishes the commission of these acts by a fine, imprisonment or some other form of punishment. In exceptional cases, an omission to act can constitute a crime, such as failing to give assistance to a person in peril or failing to report a case of child abuse.



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Absolute
Without any condition or encumbrance, as an "absolute bond,"simplex obligatio, in distinction from a conditional bond;

Absolute conveyance
A conveyance entirely executed; not conditional, as in the case of a mortgage.



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Abortus
The fruit of an abortion; the child born before its time, incapable of life.

Abscond
To go in a clandestine manner out of the jurisdiction of the courts, or to lie concealed in order to avoid their process.

Absent parent
The parent who does not have custodial rights to the child, but is responsible for the partial support of the child and is physically absent from the home where the child resides. this parent is usually referred to as the non-custodial parent.

Absolute
Without any condition or encumbrance, as an "absolute bond,"simplex obligatio, in distinction from a conditional bond;

Absolute conveyance
A conveyance entirely executed; not conditional, as in the case of a mortgage.

Absolution

Absque hoc
Pleading. When the pleadings were in Latin these words were employed in a traverse.

Absque impetitione vasti
Without impeachment of waste. Without any right to prevent waste.

Absque tali causa
This phrase is used in a traverse de injuria, by which the plaintiff affirms that without the cause in his plea alleged he commit the said trespasses.

Abstention
French law. This is the tacit renunciation by an heir of a succession.

Abstract of record
A short, abbreviated form of the case as found in the record.

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