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  1. Any act, assertion, or statement made by a party to an action that is offered as evidence against that party by the opponent.
  2. A defendantÂ’s failure to deny, or his voluntary acknowledgment of the truth, of an allegation in a complaint, counterclaim, or request for admissions.
  3. The acceptance by a judge of evidence for consideration by himself or the jury when determining the merits of the action.
  4. The granting or obtaining of a license from a state or an established licensing authority, such as a state bar association, or permission from a court, to practice law in that state or before that court. See also admission pro hoc vice.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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