Also known as: admits · admitted · admitting · admission · admissions · admittance · confession · bar admission
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A statement or action by which a party concedes the truth of a fact or the validity of a claim. The concession may occur in pleadings, testimony, or other court filings and limits the issues that must be proved at trial.
The grant of permission to enter a place, status, or profession. The grant may be by statute, court order, or regulatory body and carries legal consequences such as jurisdiction or the right to practice.
Each sense below has its own examples, sources, and questions.
A statement or action by which a party concedes the truth of a fact or the validity of a claim. The concession may occur in pleadings, testimony, or other court filings and limits the issues that must be proved at trial.
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Albert Allen, an unmarried biological father, files a pleading admitting paternity of his newborn child and begins regular visits and support payments. Because he has manifested parental responsibility through the admission and other acts, the court recognizes his right to object to a proposed adoption.
Aether Technologies and Apollo Energy appear at a pretrial conference. The court directs the parties to stipulate or admit the authenticity of engineering drawings to narrow the issues for trial. The resulting admissions limit proof required at hearing.
An admission of a fact is a party's concession that a particular assertion is true, which removes the need for proof on that point. Admission of evidence is a court's ruling that proffered proof may be presented to the fact-finder. The two uses of the term therefore operate at different stages and produce different procedural consequences.
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An unmarried biological father's admission of paternity, combined with other manifestations of parental responsibility such as regular visitation and support, gives him a constitutionally protected opportunity to develop a relationship with the child. That admission can therefore give him standing to object to or veto an adoption.
The grant of permission to enter a place, status, or profession. The grant may be by statute, court order, or regulatory body and carries legal consequences such as jurisdiction or the right to practice.
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Abigail Alvarez is charged with assault. She offers testimony that the alleged victim has a reputation for violence. The court admits the evidence of the victim's pertinent trait. Once admitted, the prosecutor may rebut with evidence of Abigail's own violent character.
Austin Abbott, a U.S. citizen domiciled in Florida, sues Aisha Ahmed, a citizen of Canada who holds permanent-resident status and also lives in Florida. The court refuses jurisdiction under section 1332(a)(2) because Aisha was lawfully admitted for permanent residence and is domiciled in the same state as Austin.
Audrey Ashton, governor of a coastal state, seeks to enter an agreement with a neighboring foreign nation to share port facilities. The compact is invalid without congressional consent because the Constitution prohibits states from entering agreements with foreign powers that would admit of no delay in execution.
No. A permanent resident who is domiciled in the same state as a U.S. citizen is treated as a citizen of that state for diversity purposes. The district court therefore lacks original jurisdiction under section 1332(a)(2) even though the individual was lawfully admitted for permanent residence.
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The lawyer may provide services when they are undertaken in association with a lawyer who is admitted in the jurisdiction and who actively participates in the matter. The association exception permits temporary practice that would otherwise violate unauthorized-practice rules.
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…of issuing mandamus to compel ministerial acts concerning the public including compelling the presentment of conveyances, admitting to administer an estate, putting corporate seals to instruments and delivering papers which concern the public. The first writ of mandamus commands the officer to do the thing or show cause…
…An abortion in an extramural facility, however, is an acceptable alternative "provided arrangements exist in advance to admit patients promptly if unforeseen complications develop." Standards for an abortion facility were listed. It was said that at present abortions should be performed by physicians or osteopaths…
…therefore did not change what a marriage was any more than integrating schools changed what a school was. As the majority admits, the institution of “marriage” discussed in every one of these cases “presumed a relationship involving opposite-sex partners.” Ante, at 11. In short, the “right to marry” cases stand for…
…each of the cases, minors of the Negro race, through their legal representatives, seek the aid of the courts in obtaining admission
…on a particular subject — has been often advanced in judicial opinions of this court to control a conflicting law of a State. I admit that learned judges have fallen into the habit of repeating this doctrine as a convenient mode of brushing aside the law of a State in conflict with their views. And I confess that, moved…
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At a pretrial conference the court may direct parties to stipulate or admit facts and documents, thereby narrowing the matters that must be proved at trial under Rule 16(c)(2)(C).
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Andrew Avery, admitted only in State B, wishes to handle a matter in State A. He associates with Astra Aerospace's in-house counsel who is admitted in State A and actively participates in the representation. The temporary practice is permitted under the association exception.