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ATVEF.abbr. ADVANCED TELEVISION ENHANCEMENT FORUM.[Blacks Law 8th]

att’y.abbr.ATTORNEY.[Blacks Law 8th]

attribution,n. The process — outlined in the Internal Revenue Code — by which a person’s or entity’s stock ownership is assigned to a related family member or entity for tax purposes. — Also termed stock attribution. [Cases: Internal Revenue    3626. C.J.S. Internal Revenue §§ 17–18.] — attribute,vb. — attributive,adj.[Blacks Law 8th]

attractive-nuisance doctrine.Torts. The rule that a person who owns property on which there is  a  dangerous  thing  or  condition  that  will  foreseeably  lure  children  to  trespass  has  a  duty  to protect those  children  from  the  danger  <  the  attractive-nuisance  doctrine  imposed  a  duty  on  the school  to  protect  the  children  from  the  shallow,  polluted  pond …

attractive nuisance.See NUISANCE.[Blacks Law 8th]

attornment  (<<schwa>>-t<<schwa>>rn-m<<schwa>>nt),  n.1.  A  tenant’s  agreement  to  hold the land as the tenant of a new landlord. [Cases: Landlord and  Tenant    15. C.J.S. Landlord and Tenant  §§  21–22,  277,  279.]  2.  A  constructive  delivery  involving  the  transfer  of  mediate possession while a third person has immediate possession; esp., a bailee’s acknowledgment that he or she…

attorney-work-product privilege.See WORK-PRODUCT RULE.[Blacks Law 8th]

attorney work product.See WORK PRODUCT.[Blacks Law 8th]

attorney-witness rule.See LAWYER-WITNESS RULE.[Blacks Law 8th]

attorney’s lien.See LIEN.[Blacks Law 8th]