1. category "A" prisoners A类囚犯
　　=prisoners who are dangerous, and would be a danger to the public if they escaped from prison. 越狱后将对公众造成危险的重罪犯
　　2. abandonment 放弃（自愿放弃某项权利，如财产权）
　　= act of giving something up voluntarily (such as the right to a property)
　　abandonment of a claim = giving up a claim in a civil action.
　　放弃索赔（在民事诉讼中放弃一种要求权）
　　abandon做动词是“遗弃”的意思：
　　e.g. Abandoning a child under two years old is a notifiable offence. 遗弃两岁以下儿童是一种严重的犯罪行为。
　　3. abeyance 中止，暂缓
　　e.g. This law is in abeyance. 此法暂缓执行。 = This law is not being enforced at the present time.
　　4. ABH
　　= actual bodily harm 实际人身伤害
　　5. abode
　　= residence, the place where someone lives 居住地，住所 right of abode = right to live in a country. 居住权（在一个国家的居住权）
　　6. abolish
　　= to cancel or to remove (a law or a rule) 废除、撤回（废止或废除法律或规定）
　　e.g. The Chancellor of the Exchequer refused to ask parliament to abolish the tax on alcohol. 财政大臣拒绝让议会废除对烈性酒的征税。
　　7. abscond
　　= to go away without permission or not to return to the court after being released on bail or to escape from prison.
　　潜逃、失踪（擅自逃走或保释后不回到法庭或越狱逃走）
　　8. absolute
　　= complete or total 无条件的，绝对的
　　absolute discharge = letting a convicted person go free without any punishment. 无条件释放
　　absolute title = land registered with the Land Registry, where the owner has a guaranteed title to the land (absolute title also exists to leasehold land, giving the proprietor a guaranteed valid lease) 绝对的不动产所有权（指在土地登记处登记的土地，其所有人对土地享有 被担保的所有权。租借土地也享有绝对所有权，它给予物主一个有担保的 有效租借权。）
　　9. abstain
　　= to refrain from doing something(especially voting) 弃权，克制做某事（尤其指不投票）
　　e.g. Sixty MPS abstained in the vote on capital punishment. 在表决死刑时，60位下议院议员弃权。
　　= using something wrongly 滥用（错误的使用）
　　abuse of power = using legal powers in an illegal or harmful way. 滥用权力（用非法或有害的方法使用合法的权力）
　　abuse of process = suing someone in bad faith or without proper justification or formalicious reasons. 滥用诉讼程序（恶意地，在没有合适司法程序情况下或带恶意地起诉某人）
　　10. accommodation
　　a. = money lent for a short time 通融贷款，短期贷款
　　b.= something done to help someone 通融（做某事帮助某人）
　　e.g. to reach an accommodation with creditors = to agree terms for settlement 与债权人取得和解（同意了解债务的条件）
　　accommodation address = address used for receiving messages but which is not the real address of the company 权宜通信地址（不是 公司的真实地址，只用它来得到音信）
　　accommodation bill = bill of exchange where the drawee signing is helping another company (the drawer ) to raise a loan; it is given on the basis of trade debts owed to the borrower 通融汇票（受票人 签字是帮助另一个公司即出票人筹措贷款，这种汇票的给予是以欠借款人 的贸易债务为依据的）
　　accommodation maker = person who signs a promissory note for no fee, but who expects to lend the creditor money. 通融期票出票人 （为向债权人进行贷款而免费在期票上签字的人）M
　　11. accredited
　　= (agent) who is appointed by a company to act on its behalf (代表，代理人)被委任的（被一个公司任命，代表它做事） b. = (ambassador) who is appointed by a country to represent it in another country.
　　 (使节)被任命的（被一个国家任命在另一个国家担任其代表）
　　e.g. He is accredited to the United Nations.
　　他被任命为联合国大使。
　　12. accuse...of...
　　= to say that someone has committed a crime or to charge someone with a crime. 指控、告发某人犯罪
　　She was accused of stealing 25 pounds from her boss. 她被告发从老板那儿偷了25镑钱。
　　He was accused of murder. 他被控有谋杀罪。
　　accused = person or persons charged with a crime 刑事被告
　　All the accused pleaded not guilty. 所有刑事被告表示不服罪。
　　The police brought the accused jnto the court. 警察将被告带进法庭。
　　13. aquit = to set a person free because he has been found not guilty. 无罪释放
　　He was acquitted of the crime. 他被宣判无罪。
　　 The court acquitted two of the accused. 法庭释放了两名被告。
　　= statute which has been approved by a law-making body. 行为，公约，法律，条例，法令，成文法
　　Act of Parliament = decision which has been approved by Parliament and so becomes law 国会法令（经议会批准并已成为法律的决定）
　　Finance Act = annual Act of the British Parliament which gives the government power to raise taxes as proposed in the budget. 金融法，财政法（英国议会法案，该法案授予英国政府按预算中的建议征 税的权力）考试大收集整理

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