Law Dictionary Definitions

adverse presumption.See adverse inference under INFERENCE. [Blacks Law 8th]

adverse possession. 1. The use or enjoyment of real property with a claim of right when that use  or  enjoyment is continuous, exclusive,  hostile,  open,  and  notorious. •  In  Louisiana,  it is the detention or enjoyment of a corporeal thing with the intent to hold it as one’s own. La. Civ. Code art. 3421. —…

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

adverse opinion.See OPINION(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

adverse job action.See ADVERSE EMPLOYMENT ACTION. [Blacks Law 8th]

adverse-interest rule.The principle that if a party fails to produce a witness who is within its power to produce and who should have been produced, the judge may instruct the jury to infer that the  witness’s  evidence  is  unfavorable  to  the  party’s  case.  —  Also  termed  empty-chair  doctrine; adverse-inference  rule.  [Cases:  Criminal  Law    788;  Evidence   …

adverse interest.An interest that is opposed or contrary to that of someone else. [Blacks Law 8th]

adverse-inference rule.See ADVERSE-INTEREST RULE. [Blacks Law 8th]

adverse inference.See INFERENCE. [Blacks Law 8th]

adverse impact.See DISPARATE IMPACT. [Blacks Law 8th]