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ACF.abbr. ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. [Blacks Law 8th]

ac  etiam  (ak  ee-shee-<<schwa>>m  oresh-ee-<<schwa>>m).  [Law  Latin]  Common-law pleading. 1. And also. • These words introduced a genuine claim in a pleading in a common-law case in which a fictitious claim had to be alleged to give the court jurisdiction. In other words, the phrase ac etiam directed the court to the real cause of…

a cel jour (<<schwa>> sel zhoor), adv.[Law French] At this day. [Blacks Law 8th]

a ce (a s<<schwa>>), adv.[Law French] For this purpose. [Blacks Law 8th]

accusing jury.See GRAND JURY. [Blacks Law 8th]

accuser.Eccles. law.  A  person who accuses another of a  crime. • In ecclesiastical courts, an accuser cannot be a person who  has been convicted  of a crime,  has been excommunicated,  or is otherwise disqualified. [Blacks Law 8th]

accused,adj.  Of  or  relating  to  someone  or  something  implicated  in  wrongdoing  <  accused infringer>; esp., of or relating to a product that allegedly infringes someone’s intellectual-property rights <accused device> <accused work>. accused,n.1.  A  person  who  has  been  blamed  for  wrongdoing;  esp.,  a  person  who  has  been arrested and brought before a  magistrate or  who  has…

accuse,vb. To charge (a person) judicially or publicly with an offense; to make an accusation against <she accused him of the crime> <he was accused as an accomplice>. [Blacks Law 8th]

accusatrix (<<schwa>>-kyoo-z<<schwa>>-triks), n. Hist. A female accuser. [Blacks Law 8th]

accusatory stage.Criminal procedure. The point in a criminal proceeding  when the suspect’s right  to  counsel  attaches.  •  This  occurs  usu.  after  arrest  and  once  interrogation  begins.  Cf. CRITICAL STAGE. [Cases: Criminal Law    641.3. C.J.S. Criminal Law § 282.] [Blacks Law 8th]