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;admission:In legal proceedings, an admission refers to a party's formal acknowledgment of the truth of certain facts or the authenticity of documents. Admissions can arise a number of ways. They can be contained in concessions made in the pleadings, spoken during an examination for discovery, or made in response to a notice to admit. Admissions can facilitate a more efficient trial by minimizing the need to prove undisputed facts, thereby reducing the time and expense associated with calling evidence and focusing the trial on genuinely contested issues.

;adoption:In family law, the act or process of taking another person's child as one's own. The child becomes the adopting parent's legal child as if the child were the adopting parent's natural child, while the natural parent loses all rights and obligations with respect to the child. See "natural parent."

;adoptive parent:A person who has assumed the status of a legal parent to a child who is not their biological offspring. See "adoption," "assisted reproduction" and "natural parent."

;adultery:A married person's voluntary sexual intercourse with a person other than their spouse, also known as cheating, playing the field and fishing out of season. Proof of adultery is grounds for an immediate divorce, providing that the spouse complaining of the adultery can prove that the adultery occurred and that they have not consented to or forgiven the adulterous act. See "collusion," "condonation," and "divorce, grounds of."