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;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: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.

;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".

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;bad faith:Intentionally misleading someone else, whether by doing or not doing something; acting in a manner contrary to one's actual intention; failing to act honestly and openly. Also known by the Latin phrase ''male fides''. See "bona fides".

;bar:In law, the physical railing separating the public gallery in a courtroom from the portion where the judge and lawyers sit; lawyers as a group; where lawyers go after work.