Also known as: adds · added · adding
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2 senses
A procedural mechanism by which new wording is placed at the end of a motion or of a paragraph or other readily divisible part within a motion. The mechanism permits expansion of the original proposal without altering its existing language.
A procedural mechanism by which new wording is placed at the end of a motion or of a paragraph or other readily divisible part within a motion. The mechanism permits expansion of the original proposal without altering its existing language.
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An action of including additional matter in a legal instrument or proceeding.
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An action of including additional matter in a legal instrument or proceeding.
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An add is a form of amendment that places new wording at the end of a motion or paragraph. It expands the proposal without changing the existing text.
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Ava Adebayo executed a revocable trust and later decided to transfer additional real estate into it. She possessed the same mental capacity required to make a will at the time of the transfer. The addition is therefore valid under the governing capacity standard.
Angela Acosta filed an adoption petition in the county of her residence. State law had previously left adoption outside the UCCJEA framework. The legislature added adoption proceedings to the statute's coverage, supplying the missing jurisdictional rule.
Alan Ackerman and Aether Technologies negotiated a specific delivery schedule and inserted it into an otherwise form contract. A dispute later arose over conflicting standardized language. The separately negotiated schedule receives greater interpretive weight.
Alfred Ashford offered proof that the juvenile understood the wrongfulness of his conduct. The court considered whether the added evidence satisfied the beyond-a-reasonable-doubt standard required for the charged conduct.
Arcadia Retail sought to add stories above its terminal building. Landmark rules prevented the addition. The owners challenged the restriction as a taking of the air rights they wished to exercise.
Aisha Ahmed asserted that the decision to terminate a pregnancy implicated a protected liberty interest. The court evaluated whether that interest should be added to the recognized scope of personal privacy under the Due Process Clause.
The capacity required is the same as that needed to make a will. A settlor who possesses testamentary capacity may validly add assets to an existing revocable trust.
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Separately negotiated or added terms receive greater weight than standardized terms. When conflict arises, the added negotiated language controls over the form provisions.
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Adoption was not recognized at common law and was excluded from the UCCJEA. States filled the resulting jurisdictional gap by expressly adding adoption to covered proceedings or by adopting the Uniform Adoption Act's jurisdictional rules.
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…interest" test. See Weber v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. , 406 U. S. 164, 179 (1972) (dissenting opinion). But the Court adds a new wrinkle to this test by transposing it from the legal considerations associated with the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to this case arising under the Due Process…