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;adultery:A married person's voluntary sexual intercourse with a person other than his or her spouse; cheating; playing the field; fishing out of season. Proof of adultery is grounds for an immediate divorce, providing that the other spouse has not consented to or forgiven the adulterous act. See "collusion", "condonation" and "divorce, grounds of". | ;adultery:A married person's voluntary sexual intercourse with a person other than his or her spouse; cheating; playing the field; fishing out of season. Proof of adultery is grounds for an immediate divorce, providing that the other spouse has not consented to or forgiven the adulterous act. See "collusion", "condonation" and "divorce, grounds of". | ||
;advance:In family law, this usually refers to one party obtaining a share of the family property before the property have been finally divided by court order or the parties' agreement. | ;advance:In family law, this usually refers to one party obtaining a share of the family property before the property have been finally divided by court order or the parties' agreement. | ||
;Advisory Guidelines: | ;Advisory Guidelines:Short for the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines, an academic paper released by the Department of Justice that describes a variety of mathematical formulas that can be applied to determine how much spousal support should be paid and how long spousal support should be paid for, once a spouse is found to be entitled to receive support. The Advisory Guidelines is not a law. | ||
;advocate:A lawyer; sometimes a person other than a lawyer who presents and argues a case in court on behalf of a party to the proceeding. To argue a contested position. | ;advocate:A lawyer; sometimes a person other than a lawyer who presents and argues a case in court on behalf of a party to the proceeding. To argue a contested position. | ||
;affidavit:A legal document in which a person provides evidence of certain facts and events in writing, as if the evidence was given orally in court. Affidavits must be notarized by a lawyer or notary public who takes the oath or affirmation of the person making the affidavit to confirm the truth of the affidavit. Affidavits are used as evidence, just as if the deponent, the person making the affidavit, had made the statements as a witness. See "deponent" and "witness". | ;affidavit:A legal document in which a person provides evidence of certain facts and events in writing, as if the evidence was given orally in court. Affidavits must be notarized by a lawyer or notary public who takes the oath or affirmation of the person making the affidavit to confirm the truth of the affidavit. Affidavits are used as evidence, just as if the deponent, the person making the affidavit, had made the statements as a witness. See "deponent" and "witness". | ||
