Adjournment: Postponement of a hearing by a judge on whatever terms he sees fit.
Administrative law
Administrative law: Law which applies to hearings before quasi-judicial or administrative tribunals. Such hearings must be conducted in accordance with the principles of natural justice, such as audi alteram partem and nemo judex in sua causa.
Administrator
Administrator: A person appointed to manage the property of another (such as the administrator of the estate of someone who has died without leaving a will).
ADR
ADR: Alternative dispute resolution (such as arbitration, mediation and conciliation).
Adverse possession
Adverse possession: Possession of land, without legal title, for long enough – normally 12 years – to be recognized as the legal owner (“squatter”s rights”).
