wex definitions

The acknowledged father is the admitted biological father of a child born to an unmarried couple.

Acknowledgment refers to a formal declaration before an official that one has executed a particular legal document. Some common usages of the term “acknowledgment” in a legal sense include: 

An acquisition is buying/receiving a good or asset through a business transaction or contract. Acquisition most often refers to the sale of property, such as a business.

Acquisition of citizenship refers to the ability of individuals born abroad to achieve U.S. citizenship because at least one of their parents is a U.S. citizen. If the child meets the complex requirements, the child “acquires” citizenship through a parent even if the child was born abroad. The laws governing acquisition of citizenship have been changed significantly, and in order to determine a child’s eligibility for acquisition, they must look to the laws applicable for their birth year.

• foreign-born children
• Child Citizenship Act
• automatic citizenship

Acquit means to set free, release or discharge as from an obligation, burden, or accusation.

An acquittal is a resolution of some or all of the factual elements of the offense charged.

An act in the legal sense refers to either a voluntary bodily movement or a term for a body of law/proposed law. 

An act of God refers to a severe, unanticipated natural event for which no human is responsible. Despite its facial religious connections, the phrase “act of God” is frequently used in otherwise secular statutory and case law.

Act of nature, also known as act of God, is an event that is caused solely by the forces of nature without human intervention.

• contracts

An action refers to a judicial proceeding. If a party brings a civil or criminal case against you, an action has been brought against you. The party bringing the action is the plaintiff /prosecution respectively.