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Gale Encyclopedia of American Law Volume 14 P5 fully illuminates today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, important documents and more. Legal issues are fully discussed in easy-to-understand language, including such high-profile topics as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, physician-assisted suicide and thousands more. | DICTIONARY OF LEGAL TERMS BAILEE 27 Autopsy The dissection of a dead body by a medical examiner or physician authorized by law to do so in order to determine the cause and time of a death that appears to have resulted from other than natural causes. Auxiliary Aiding ancillary subordinate subsidiary. Aver To specifically allege certain facts or claims in a PLEADING. Averment The allegation of facts or claims in a pleading. Avoidable consequences The doctrine that places the responsibility of minimizing damages upon the person who has been injured. Avoidance An escape from the consequences of a specific course of action through the use of legally acceptable means. Cancellation the act of rendering something useless or legally ineffective. Avowal An open declaration by an attorney representing a party in a lawsuit made after the jury has been removed from the courtroom that requests the admission of particular testimony from a witness that would otherwise be inadmissible because it has been successfully objected to during the trial. Avulsion The immediate and noticeable addition to land caused by its removal from the property of another by a sudden change in a water bed or in the course of a stream. Award To concede to give by judicial determination to rule in favor of after an evaluation of the facts evidence or merits. The decision made by a panel of arbitrators or commissioners a jury or other authorized individuals in a controversy that has been presented for resolution. A document that memorializes the determination reached in a dispute. Back pay award A legally enforceable decree ordering an employer to pay to an employee retroactively a designated increase in his or her salary that occurred during a particular period of employment. A decision rendered by a judicial or quasi-judicial body that an employee has a legal right to collect accrued salary that has not been paid out to him or her. Back to work agreement The accord reached between an employer and a union
