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 ;Account:A lawyer's bill to his or her client.
 ;Act:A statute or piece of legislation passed by a government. Also, the doing of a thing.
-;Action:A law suit. a legal proceeding in which one party sues another for a remedy or specific relief. An action for divorce is a court proceeding in which the Claimant sues the Respondent for the relief of an order for the parties' divorce.
+;'''Action''':A law suit. a legal proceeding in which one party sues another for a remedy or specific relief. An action for divorce is a court proceeding in which the Claimant sues the Respondent for the relief of an order for the parties' divorce.
 ;Address for Service:The address at which a party will accept delivery or service of legal documents. An address for service must be the address of a place within British Columbia which is accessible to the public during normal business hours. Additional addresses for service may include a postal address, a fax number and an email address.
 ;'''Adoption''':In family law, the act or process of one person taking another person's natural child as his or her own. The child then becomes the adopting parent's legal child as if the child were the adopting parent's natural child, and the child's biological parent loses all rights and obligations with respect to the child.