A Terms
Legal Terms Starting with A
Welcome to the "A" section of the Barnes Walker Legal Glossary. Here you'll find definitions of legal and real estate terms that begin with the letter A. Each entry explains what the term means under Florida law and how it applies in real estate, estate planning, business, and litigation contexts.
Abandonment of Easement
Abandonment of Homestead
Abandonment of Property
Abatement
Abatement of Action Legal Proceeding
Abatement of Nuisance
Abatement of Real Property Taxes
Abatement of Rent
Abatement of Rent
Abeyance Pending Legal Suspension
Absentee Owner
Absolute Privilege Defamation Defense
Absolute Title
Absorption Rate
Abstract Company
Abstract Fee
Abstract Judgment
Abstract of Judgment
Abstract of Title
Abstract of Title
Abstract of Title
Abstract of Title
Abuse of Process Improper Legal Procedure
Abuse of Process Misuse Legal Procedure
Abutter's Rights
Acceleration Clause
Acceleration Clause Enforcement
Acceleration Clause in Mortgage
Acceleration Clause in Promissory Note
Acceleration Clause Mortgage Default
Acceleration Notice
Acceleration of Maturity Clause
Acceptance
Access Easement
Accession
Accessory Dwelling Unit
Accommodation Party
Accommodation Recording
Accord and Satisfaction
Accord and Satisfaction Debt Resolution
Accord Satisfaction Debt Resolution Agreement
Accounts Receivable
Accretion
Accretion
Accretion Rights in Waterfront Property
Acknowledgment
Acknowledgment Clause
Acquisition Cost
Acquisition Due Diligence
Acquisition Due Diligence Checklist
Acquittal Judgment Not Guilty Verdict Criminal
Acre
Acreage Calculation
Act of God
Actual Cash Value (ACV)
Actual Damages
Actual Eviction
Actual Fraud
Actual Notice
Ad Coelum Doctrine
Ad Litem Guardian
ADA Compliance in Commercial Property
Addendum
Additional Insured
Adequate Consideration
Adhesion Contract
Adhesion Contract Take It Leave It Agreement
Adjudication
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Risks
Adjusted Basis
Administrative Dissolution
Administrative Hearing Contested Case
Administrative Proceeding
Administrator
Admiralty Maritime Jurisdiction
Adverse Claim
Adverse Inference Spoliation Sanction
Adverse Possession
Adverse Possession Claim
Adverse Possession Claim
Adverse Possession Requirements
Adverse Possession Without Color of Title
Affidavit
Affidavit of Death
Affidavit of Heirship
Affidavit of Nonpayment
Affidavit of Title
Affidavit of Title
Affirmative Covenant
Affirmative Covenant in HOA
Affirmative Defense
Affirmative Defense Burden Shifting Legal Strategy
Affirmative Defense Burden Shifting Pleading
Affirmative Defense Burden Shifting Response
Affirmative Defense in Civil Litigation
After-Acquired Property
After-Acquired Title
After-Acquired Title Doctrine
Agency Coupled with Interest
Agency Disclosure
Agent
Agreed Boundary Doctrine
Agreement
Agreement for Deed
Agricultural Exemption
Agricultural Land Classification
Air Rights
Aircraft Lien and Mechanic's Right
Alford Plea Guilty Without Admission
Alien Registration Number
Alienation
Alienation Clause
Alienation Clause in Mortgage
Allodial Title
Allonge
ALTA 22 Endorsement
ALTA 9 Endorsement
Alter Ego Doctrine Corporate Liability
Alterations Approval Process
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Alternative Dispute Resolution Mediation Arbitration
Amendatory Clause
Amendment
American Land Title Association (ALTA)
Amortization Schedule
Anchor Tenant
Anchor Tenant
Ancillary Administration
Ancillary Probate
Ancillary Probate for Out-of-State Property
Annexation
Annual Exclusion Gift
Annual Percentage Rate (APR)
Annuitant
Antenuptial Agreement
Anti-Deficiency Protection
Anti-Lapse Statute
Anti-SLAPP Motion to Dismiss
Anticipatory Breach
Anticipatory Breach Contract Repudiation Before Due
Anticipatory Breach Repudiation Contract
Apparent Authority Agency Law Doctrine
Apparent Authority Agent Principal Binding
Appeal
Appeal Bond
Apportionment
Appraisal
Appraisal Contingency
Appraisal Gap
Appraiser Independence
Appurtenance
Appurtenance
Appurtenant Easement
Appurtenant Easement
Arbitration
Arbitration Clause
Arbitration Clause in Employment Agreement
Arbitration Clause Mandatory Binding
Architectural Control Committee (ACC)
Arm's Length Transaction
Arm's Length Transaction
Articles of Amendment
Articles of Dissolution
Articles of Incorporation
Articles of Incorporation Florida
Articles of Merger
Articles of Organization
As-Built Survey
As-Is Contract
Assemblage
Assessed Value
Assessed Value Portability
Assessment Cap
Assessment Lien
Asset Freeze
Asset Protection Trust
Asset Purchase Agreement
Assignee Liability
Assignee Liability Lease Transfer
Assignment
Assignment and Assumption Agreement
Assignment Fee
Assignment of Contract
Assignment of Contract Rights
Assignment of Lease
Assignment of Lease
Assignment of Lease by Tenant
Assignment of Mortgage
Assignment of Rents
Assignment of Rents
Assumption Agreement
Assumption of Mortgage
Assumption of Mortgage by Buyer
Assumption of Risk in Property
Attachment
Attachment Prejudgment Asset Seizure
Attestation
Attorney Trust Account
Attorney-in-Fact
Attorney’s Fees Clause
Attractive Nuisance Doctrine Children
Auction Sale
Authentication
Automatic Stay
Avulsion
Award of Possession
Abandonment of Homestead
Abandonment of Property
Abatement
Abatement of Action Legal Proceeding
Abatement of Nuisance
Abatement of Real Property Taxes
Abatement of Rent
Abatement of Rent
Abeyance Pending Legal Suspension
Absentee Owner
Absolute Privilege Defamation Defense
Absolute Title
Absorption Rate
Abstract Company
Abstract Fee
Abstract Judgment
Abstract of Judgment
Abstract of Title
Abstract of Title
Abstract of Title
Abstract of Title
Abuse of Process Improper Legal Procedure
Abuse of Process Misuse Legal Procedure
Abutter's Rights
Acceleration Clause
Acceleration Clause Enforcement
Acceleration Clause in Mortgage
Acceleration Clause in Promissory Note
Acceleration Clause Mortgage Default
Acceleration Notice
Acceleration of Maturity Clause
Acceptance
Access Easement
Accession
Accessory Dwelling Unit
Accommodation Party
Accommodation Recording
Accord and Satisfaction
Accord and Satisfaction Debt Resolution
Accord Satisfaction Debt Resolution Agreement
Accounts Receivable
Accretion
Accretion
Accretion Rights in Waterfront Property
Acknowledgment
Acknowledgment Clause
Acquisition Cost
Acquisition Due Diligence
Acquisition Due Diligence Checklist
Acquittal Judgment Not Guilty Verdict Criminal
Acre
Acreage Calculation
Act of God
Actual Cash Value (ACV)
Actual Damages
Actual Eviction
Actual Fraud
Actual Notice
Ad Coelum Doctrine
Ad Litem Guardian
ADA Compliance in Commercial Property
Addendum
Additional Insured
Adequate Consideration
Adhesion Contract
Adhesion Contract Take It Leave It Agreement
Adjudication
Adjustable Rate Mortgage Risks
Adjusted Basis
Administrative Dissolution
Administrative Hearing Contested Case
Administrative Proceeding
Administrator
Admiralty Maritime Jurisdiction
Adverse Claim
Adverse Inference Spoliation Sanction
Adverse Possession
Adverse Possession Claim
Adverse Possession Claim
Adverse Possession Requirements
Adverse Possession Without Color of Title
Affidavit
Affidavit of Death
Affidavit of Heirship
Affidavit of Nonpayment
Affidavit of Title
Affidavit of Title
Affirmative Covenant
Affirmative Covenant in HOA
Affirmative Defense
Affirmative Defense Burden Shifting Legal Strategy
Affirmative Defense Burden Shifting Pleading
Affirmative Defense Burden Shifting Response
Affirmative Defense in Civil Litigation
After-Acquired Property
After-Acquired Title
After-Acquired Title Doctrine
Agency Coupled with Interest
Agency Disclosure
Agent
Agreed Boundary Doctrine
Agreement
Agreement for Deed
Agricultural Exemption
Agricultural Land Classification
Air Rights
Aircraft Lien and Mechanic's Right
Alford Plea Guilty Without Admission
Alien Registration Number
Alienation
Alienation Clause
Alienation Clause in Mortgage
Allodial Title
Allonge
ALTA 22 Endorsement
ALTA 9 Endorsement
Alter Ego Doctrine Corporate Liability
Alterations Approval Process
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Alternative Dispute Resolution Mediation Arbitration
Amendatory Clause
Amendment
American Land Title Association (ALTA)
Amortization Schedule
Anchor Tenant
Anchor Tenant
Ancillary Administration
Ancillary Probate
Ancillary Probate for Out-of-State Property
Annexation
Annual Exclusion Gift
Annual Percentage Rate (APR)
Annuitant
Antenuptial Agreement
Anti-Deficiency Protection
Anti-Lapse Statute
Anti-SLAPP Motion to Dismiss
Anticipatory Breach
Anticipatory Breach Contract Repudiation Before Due
Anticipatory Breach Repudiation Contract
Apparent Authority Agency Law Doctrine
Apparent Authority Agent Principal Binding
Appeal
Appeal Bond
Apportionment
Appraisal
Appraisal Contingency
Appraisal Gap
Appraiser Independence
Appurtenance
Appurtenance
Appurtenant Easement
Appurtenant Easement
Arbitration
Arbitration Clause
Arbitration Clause in Employment Agreement
Arbitration Clause Mandatory Binding
Architectural Control Committee (ACC)
Arm's Length Transaction
Arm's Length Transaction
Articles of Amendment
Articles of Dissolution
Articles of Incorporation
Articles of Incorporation Florida
Articles of Merger
Articles of Organization
As-Built Survey
As-Is Contract
Assemblage
Assessed Value
Assessed Value Portability
Assessment Cap
Assessment Lien
Asset Freeze
Asset Protection Trust
Asset Purchase Agreement
Assignee Liability
Assignee Liability Lease Transfer
Assignment
Assignment and Assumption Agreement
Assignment Fee
Assignment of Contract
Assignment of Contract Rights
Assignment of Lease
Assignment of Lease
Assignment of Lease by Tenant
Assignment of Mortgage
Assignment of Rents
Assignment of Rents
Assumption Agreement
Assumption of Mortgage
Assumption of Mortgage by Buyer
Assumption of Risk in Property
Attachment
Attachment Prejudgment Asset Seizure
Attestation
Attorney Trust Account
Attorney-in-Fact
Attorney’s Fees Clause
Attractive Nuisance Doctrine Children
Auction Sale
Authentication
Automatic Stay
Avulsion
Award of Possession
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