Aggravating Circumstance
Aggravating Circumstance is a condition that makes the accused more liable. The more severe punishment is given to cases with brutality.
Agreement
Where two parties reach consensus on a set of facts or course of action. For example, when a formerly married couple agree the terms of their divorce.
Agricultural Holding
The tenant has special rights including, when the tenancy finishes, the right to compensation for improvements to the land. If the land has deteriorated the tenant must compensate the landlord.
Aiding and abetting
Helping someone to commit a crime.
Alias
A false name or cover name.
Alibi
An Alibi is a form of defense used in criminal procedures where the accused attempts to prove that he or she was in another place at the time the alleged offense was committed.
Alienation
The transfer of property (particularly real property) from one person to another.
Allegation
An Allegation is a formal claim or assertion against someone that they have done something illegal or wrong, typically one made without proof.
Allocation
The process by which a judge assigns a defended civil case, to one of three case management tracks: the small claims track, the fast track or the multi-track.
Allocation questionnaire
A case (claim) is allocated to a case management track, when an allocation questionnaire has been returned completed by the people involved (parties) in the case. Reponses to the questionnaire provide a judge with information on case value and other matters, to assist him or her to allocate the case to the correct track.