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part of an answer to a charge or complaint in which a defendant takes the offense and responds to the allegations with his or her own charges

1) to attach something to real estate in a permanent way, including planting trees and shrubs, constructing a building, or adding to existing improvements; affixed items are permanent and cannot be picked up and moved away 2) to sign or seal, "affix a signature or a seal"

1) personal or real property acquired by a debtor after he or she has agreed that all his or her property secured a debt; the new property also becomes security for the debt 2) property acquired by the bankrupt person after he or she has filed papers to be declared bankrupt; this after-acquired property is not included in the assets which may be used to any debts which existed at the time of the bankruptcy filing

title to property acquired after the owner attempts to sell or or transfer the title to another person before they actually got legal title; when the title is acquired by the seller in this paper shuffle, title automatically goes to the person to whom it was sold, passing through the person who acquired the title on it's way to the buyer

evidence found by a losing party after a trial has been completed and judgment given, also called newly-discovered evidence; if the evidence absolutely could not have been discovered at the time of the trial, then it may be considered on a motion for a new trial

age at which a person becomes legally competent to consent to marriage or sexual intercourse

relationship of a person (called the agent) who acts on behalf of another person, company, or government known as the principal