Ab Initio definition:
Latin: from the start; from the beginning.
A proposition in law that a court's jurisdiction, a certain document which purports to affect legal rights, or an act which purports to affect legal rights, ...
Ab Initio at Legal Glossary What is it? Latin for from the beginning. This term is used by lawyers intent upon getting their moneys worth from a liberal arts education by uttering such statements as The judge was against me ab initio.
Ab Initio: Latin for "from the beginning."
Abandonment: The action of one spouse leaving the marital home without consent of the other spouse. This is considered grounds for divorce in some states.
Abduction: Unlawfully taking another.
Ab Initio
prep. Latin phrase meaning "from the start"; literal meaning being something done 'from scratch'. In legal parlance it stands from: 1.) if any legal agreement is void ab initio then it stands null and void from the very beginning of its ...
Ab initio
The Latin term "Ab initio " means, in a UK legal context: "from the beginning".
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Latin for "from the beginning" -- for example, "the contract was void ab initio."
Definition provided by Nolo's Plain-English Law Dictionary.
Ab initio
Latin: from the start.
Abatement
A reduction in some amount that is owed, usually granted by the person to whom the debt is owed. For example, a landlord might grant an abatement in rent.
AB INITIO, from the beginning.
2. When a man enters upon lands or into the house of another by authority of law, and afterwards abuses that authority, he becomes a trespasser ab initio. Bac. Ab. Trespass, B.; 8 Coke, 146 2 Bl. Rep. 1218 Clayt. 44.
AB INITIO: Latin for "from the beginning."
ACTION: a lawsuit or proceeding in a court of law.
AFFIDAVIT: a written statement under oath.
Ab Initio:
Latin: from the start.
Absolute:
Complete and without conditions. For example, a bankrupt, usually after nine months receives an Absolute Order of Discharge, which means all of his debts, with certain exceptions, are wiped out.
Ab initio. From the beginning. From the inception.
Act of God. Such inevitable accident as cannot be prevented by human care, skill or foresight; but results from natural causes, such as lightning and tempest, floods and foundation.
Ab initio
literally "from the beginning." When an agreement is for legal reasons void ab initio, it is void for all purposes throughout the period of its purported existence, ...
ab initio
Latin for "from the beginning." This term is used by lawyers intent upon getting their money's worth from a liberal arts education by uttering such statements as "The judge was against me ab initio."
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Void or void ab initio
Not legally binding. A document that is void is useless and worthless; as if it did not exist.
TOP Ab initio : Latin: from the start. TOP Acceleration clause : A clause in a contract that states that if a payment is missed, or some other default occurs (such as the debtor becoming insolvent), then the contract is fully due immediately.
Ab initio: (Latin) from the beginning.
Acceptance: One of three requirements for a valid contract under common law (the other two being offer and consideration).
An agent is liable to refund money, when payment to him is void ab initio, so that, the money was never received for the use of his principal, and he is consequently not accountable to the latter for it, ...
traces the rule that, if a man abuse an authority given him by the law, he becomes a trespasser ab initio, back to the Year Books; and Commonwealth v.
In this context, it may be sometimes interchangeable with the Latin term ab initio.
De novo mutation, a genetic mutation that neither parent possessed nor transmitted.
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