LSAT考试经常出现的法律用语词汇:
　　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。）