Law lexicon
Alteration - Changing or making different.
Alternative dispute resolution - Settling a dispute without a full, formal trial. Methods include mediation, conciliation, arbitration, and settlement, among others.
American Bar Association - A national association of lawyers whose primary purpose is improvement of lawyers and the administration of justice.
American Law Reports - A publication which reports cases from all United States jurisdictions by subject matter.
Amicus curiae - A friend of the court; a nonparty who interposes, with the permission of the court, and volunteers information upon some matter before the court.
Ancillary - A proceeding which is auxiliary or subordinate to another proceeding. In probate, a proceeding in a state where a decedent owned property but was not domiciled.
Source: Jurist International.
