| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acuerdo de Separación | Un documento que puede determinar los derechos y las responsabilidades de los padres, el tiempo de crianza y el apoyo sin conceder el divorcio. |
| Acusación | Una acusación por un gran jurado. |
| Adjudge | To decide or settle |
| Adjudge | To decide or settle |
| Adjudicate | To make a final decision; to give a judgment or a decree. |
| Adjudication | When a judge gives a ruling that decide case or legal controversy. |
| Adjustment of Status | The process of becoming a lawful permanent resident in the United States. |
| Administrador del Tribunal | Persona que asiste al juez que preside el manejo del tribunal. |
| Administrative Process | A quasi-judicial system created by statute or rule to determine legal rights. |
| Admisible | Evidencia que se presenta correctamente en un juicio. |
| Admisión de responsabilidad | Asumir formalmente la responsabilidad de violar una ley de tráfico civil ante un juez |
| Admissible | Evidence that is properly introduced in a trial. |
| Admissible | Evidence that is properly introduced in a trial. |
| Admission of Responsibility | To formally take responsibility for violating a civil traffic law before a judge. A defendant may not appeal an admission of responsible to a civil traffic charge. |
| Admitting Officer | A psychiatrist or other physician or psychiatric and mental health nurse practitioner with experience in performing psychiatric examinations who has been designated as an admitting officer of the evaluation agency by the person in charge of the evaluation agency. |
| Adoption | When a person becomes the legal child of another person and is treated by the law as the biological child of the adoptor. |
| Adult | A person who is at least 18 years of age. |
| Adversary System | Method used in the courts of the United States to settle legal disputes. Both individuals in the case tell their story to the judge and/or jury for resolution. |
| Adversary System | Method used in the courts of the United States to settle legal disputes. Both individuals in the case tell their story to the judge and/or jury for resolution. |
| Affiant | Someone who makes and signs an affidavit. |