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Simple English definitions for legal terms

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A quick definition of a.:

A: A is a letter that can mean many things depending on the context. It can be used to represent a hypothetical person, or to show where something is from or who it belongs to. In the world of finance, A can indicate that extra money was paid out or that a company's stock is doing well. In history, A was used as a punishment for people who committed adultery. In ancient Rome, A was used as an abbreviation for certain words in legal proceedings and voting.

A more thorough explanation:

Definition: A is a hypothetical person often used in legal documents. It can also mean "from," "by," "in," "on," "of," or "at" in Latin. In Law Latin, it means "with," and in Law French, it can mean "of," "at," "to," "for," "in," or "with." In securities, A can be used to indicate various things, such as cash paid during the year in addition to regular dividends, a yield that may include capital gains and losses as well as current interest, or the American Stock Exchange as the primary market of a firm's common stock. In marine insurance, A can be a rating assigned to ships considered to be in first-class condition. In history, A was a scarlet letter worn as punishment by a person convicted of adultery. In Roman law, A could be an abbreviation for "absolvo" written on wooden tablets by criminal-court judges to indicate a vote for acquittal, or an abbreviation for "antiquo" written on wooden tablets by the participants in a popular assembly to indicate a vote against a proposed bill.

Examples:

  • A deeds Blackacre to B. (This example shows how A can be used as a hypothetical person in a legal document.)
  • Aaa (This is an example of how A can be used as a rating for a debt obligation, with AAA being the highest grade given by Standard & Poor's.)
  • A (This is an example of how A can be used in a newspaper stock-transaction table to indicate that cash was paid during the year in addition to regular dividends.)
  • A (This is an example of how A can be used in a newspaper mutual-fund transaction table to indicate a yield that may include capital gains and losses as well as current interest.)
  • A (This is an example of how A can be used in a newspaper corporate earnings report to identify the American Stock Exchange as the primary market of a firm's common stock.)
  • A (This is an example of how A can be used in marine insurance to indicate a rating assigned to ships considered to be in first-class condition.)
  • A (This is an example of how A was used historically as a scarlet letter worn as punishment by a person convicted of adultery.)
  • A (This is an example of how A was used in Roman law as an abbreviation for "absolvo" written on wooden tablets by criminal-court judges to indicate a vote for acquittal.)
  • A (This is an example of how A was used in Roman law as an abbreviation for "antiquo" written on wooden tablets by the participants in a popular assembly to indicate a vote against a proposed bill.)

These examples illustrate the various meanings and uses of A in different contexts, such as legal documents, securities, marine insurance, and historical and Roman law contexts. A can be used to indicate a hypothetical person, a rating, a transaction, a condition, a punishment, or an abbreviation for a word or phrase.

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I applied 9/25 to like 6 schools and some (Houston) have no date change yet so dw
soapy
9:46
But do people get in without addresses going long?
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
9:46
it's tough to tell because a lot of people type out their addresses long to begin with
soapy
9:46
Ah. I didn't. Looking back, my Mich supplement kind of sucks, so there's that
Mich overrated (Dean Z please let me in even tho i didnt apply and I am below both 25ths)
ClassyPleasantHeron
10:01
The "date changes" at Michigan really don't mean anything. We had to do them in undergrad admissions whenever a Georgia applicant picked the country instead of the state, because we'd have to remove the TOEFL requirement and reassign the application from the international application readers.
soapy
10:06
Classy, does that mean they may look at your application, and that look doesn't necessarily trigger any date change?
1a2b3c4d26z
10:06
Man
1a2b3c4d26z
10:07
Walkin to the bus
1a2b3c4d26z
10:07
What a good day to get into law school
ClassyPleasantHeron
10:11
@soapy: I don't know for sure about the law school. For undergrad, once the application is complete, it's assigned to a reader the following Monday. If we had to make any changes, it's because a reader saw something that needed to be changed and the application needed to be re-read after that change.
soapy
10:12
Ahh, got it. Thank you for the insight!
ClassyPleasantHeron
10:14
You're welcome. FWIW, I have no idea what's up with the address changes. We didn't have to do any of that, except for the Georgia state vs country kinds of things.
soapy
10:15
I've heard it theorized that some schools will change the address from "St." --> "Street" as they prepare to send out admissions packets. That's the rumor, anyways.
i think it just indicates a change in status like under review or stages of review
my stanford address went long as soon as it was marked complete lmao
soapy
10:25
I saw some Reddit adcom say that they can see any time we refresh the status checker; I wonder if it's a red flag if an applicant's checked it like 50 times in a day?
soapy
10:25
Also, can we send another LoR to a school that we've already applied to?
soapy
10:26
Or another essay?
10:30
i'll allow it
soapy
10:31
<3 thanks Fart Butt
1a2b3c4d26z
10:31
If I get rejected by a school bc I check my statuses during work then it wasn’t meant to be
10:32
cautionary tail re reddit posts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jZAQAuqSfs
How else will they know we fuck
Need to know aboot 6 pack abs
How many 666 people apply?
lolololol
soapy
10:34
Ah that's frightening
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