Law Dictionary Definitions

aging of accounts.A process of classifying accounts receivable by the time elapsed since the claim came into existence for the purpose of estimating the balance of uncollectible accounts as of a given date. [Blacks Law 8th]

agillarius  (aj-<<schwa>>-lair-ee-<<schwa>>s),  n.[Law  Latin]  Hist.  A  keeper  of  a  herd  of cattle in a common field; a hayward. [Blacks Law 8th]

AGI.abbr.See adjusted gross income under INCOME. [Blacks Law 8th]

aggrieved party.See PARTY(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

aggrieved,adj. (Of a person or entity) having legal rights that are adversely affected; having been harmed by an infringement of legal rights. [Blacks Law 8th]

aggressor  doctrine.The  principle  precluding  tort  recovery  for  a  plaintiff  who  acts  in  a  way that would provoke a reasonable person to use physical force for protection, unless the defendant in turn uses excessive force to repel the plaintiff. [Cases: Assault and Battery    13. C.J.S. Assault and Battery §§ 19–21.] [Blacks Law 8th]

aggressor corporation.See CORPORATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

aggression.Int’l  law.A  grave  breach  of  international  law  by  a  nation.  •  The  prohibition  of aggression is a pe-remptory rule (jus cogens). Aggressors are guilty of an international crime. But there  is  no  generally  accepted  definition  of  what  constitutes  aggression  despite  many  attempts over the years to devise one. In 1974, the United Nations General Assembly…

aggregation rejection.See REJECTION. [Blacks Law 8th]

aggregation of claims.Patents. In a patent application, an excessive number of claims that do not differ significantly in scope and are essentially duplicative. • Although a patent applicant may claim an invention and its various features in a reasonable number of ways, each claim must differ materially  from  the  others.  —  Also termed  multiplicity  of …