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Glossary
This glossary contains a list of technical and legal terms. It is intended as a
reference aid to be used when you do not understand a specific technical
expression or legal term. You can look up the term or expression here but
you need not memorise the explanation. A very important further aid is
Hiemstra VG and Gonin GL Trilingual Legal Dictionary (1992) 3 ed Juta
Cape Town. In that work you will find more terms and expressions.
accrual system postponed community of profit
a contrario as a contrast; on the other hand
a fortiori so much the more
a priori before the case has been investigated. An a
priori argument is an argument based on
accepted axioms and not on experience. It is
therefore not empirical
a quo from which. The judgment of a court of first
instance or an inferior court or the court
appealed from, that is the court before which
the matter served before it was brought
before the present court
ab initio from the beginning
absolution from the instance this means that the plaintiff has not
discharged his or her burden of proof, but
the claim is not dismissed, so that the
defendant cannot raise a plea of res iudicata if
the plaintiff institutes the same action later.
The plaintiff may therefore institute his or
her claim against the defendant on the same
cause of action
accrual the amount by which the value of the
spouse's estate at the dissolution of the
marriage exceeds the value of the estate at
the commencement of the marriage
actio action
ad hoc for a specific occasion or
purpose
ad idem agreed
ad infinitum to infinity