Law Dictionary Definitions

adverse employment action.An employer’s  decision that substantially and  negatively affects an employee’s job, such as a termination, demotion, or pay cut. — Also termed adverse job action. [Blacks Law 8th]

adverse enjoyment.See ENJOYMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

adverse easement.See prescriptive easement under EASEMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

adverse  dominion.  1.  See  ADVERSE-DOMINATION  DOCTRINE.  2.Torts.  Rare.  The unlawful exercise  of  authority  or  control over  goods so  that  the  true  owner  is dispossessed.  See CONVERSION(2).3.Rare.ADVERSE  POSSESSION.  [Cases:  Limitation  of  Actions    58(4,  5). C.J.S. Limitations of Actions § 205.] [Blacks Law 8th]

adverse-domination  doctrine.The  equitable  principle  that  the  statute  of  limitations  on  a breach-of-fiduciary-duty claim against officers and directors (esp. a corporation’s action against its own  officers and  directors)  is tolled  as  long  as  a  corporate plaintiff  is  controlled  by  the  alleged wrongdoers. • The statute is tolled until a majority of the disinterested directors discover or…

adverse authority.See AUTHORITY(4).[Blacks Law 8th]

adverse-agent  doctrine.The  rule  that  an  agent’s  knowledge  will  not  be  imputed  to  the principal  if  the  agent  is  engaged  in fraudulent activities  that  are  concealed  as  part of  the  fraud. [Cases: Principal and Agent    180.C.J.S. Agency §§ 440, 442.] [Blacks Law 8th]

adverse.  1.  Against;  opposed  (to).2.  Having  an  opposing  or  contrary  interest,  concern,  or position. 3. Contrary (to) or in opposition (to).4.HOSTILE. [Blacks Law 8th]

adversary system.A procedural system, such as the Anglo-American legal system, involving active and unhin-dered parties contesting with each other to put forth a case before an independent decision-maker.  —  Also  termed  adversary  procedure;  (in  criminal  cases)  accusatorial  system, accusatory procedure. Cf. INQUISITORIAL SYSTEM. “The term adversary system sometimes characterizes an entire legal process, and sometimes…

adversary  proceeding.  1.  A  hearing  involving  a  dispute  between  opposing  parties  <Judge Adams presided over the adversary proceeding between the landlord and tenant>.2.Bankruptcy. A lawsuit that is brought within a bankruptcy proceeding, governed by special procedural rules, and based  on  conflicting  claims  usu.  between  the  debtor  (or  the  trustee)  and  a  creditor  or  other interested …