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statement by someone accused of a crime that he/she committed the offense

order of a court in a criminal case allowing the defendant to be freed pending trial if he/she posts bail in an amount set by the court; although the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right to bail, in extreme cases (murder, rape, or treason) the court is not required to admit a prisoner to bail of any amount due to the likelihood of the defendant fleeing the area or causing greater harm

1) state something is true in answering a complaint filed in a lawsuit; the defendant will admit or deny each allegation in his or her answer filed with the court. 2) to agree a fact is true or confess guilt 3) to allow as evidence in a trial

1) to take on a particular relationship of parent to child of another person by official legal action 2) to accept or make use of, such as to adopt another party's argument in a lawsuit

the taking of a child into one's family, creating a parent to child relationship, and giving him or her all the rights and privileges of one's own child

consensual sexual relations when one of the participants is legally married to another; still a crime in some states and in many states it is grounds for divorce for the spouse of the adulterer

payment which is made before it is legally due, such as before shipment is made or a sale is completed

gift made by a person to one of his or her children or heirs in anticipation of a gift from the still-living parent's potential estate as an advance on one's inheritance; one should obtain proof that the advanced sum was against the projected inheritance

1) an individual or party opposing or resisting another 2) an opposite force

clearly contrary, such as; an adverse party being the one suing you; adverse interest in real property is a claim against the property, such as an easement.