disclaimer a renunciation, refusal or denial. A disclaimer, especially

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dismissal of action

where a person wishes to renounce a benefit under a WILL or under the INTESTACY rules, or where a person entitled to take out a grant of PROBATE does not wish to act. The phrase is also used where a party seeks to exclude or limit liability that would otherwise attach to him. This may appear on a letter giving advice or on a notice on a wall. Such notices are controlled in a number of ways but principally by the control of UNFAIR CONTRACT TERMS in the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977, as amended for Scotland on this point by the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 and the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999. It is also used in the con- text of TRADE DESCRIPTIONS to counteract an apparently misleading indication. To have this effect the disclaimer must be as bold clear and compelling as the description itself.

• adjudication
• adjudicator
• adjustment
• adjustment of prior transactions
• ad litem
• administration order
• Administrative Court
• administrative law
• administrator
• administrator-in-law
• Admiralty Court
• admissibility
• admission
• Adopted Children's Register
• adoption
• ADR
• adultery
• ad valorem
• advance
• advance corporation tax
• advance directive
• advance freight
• advancement
• advisement
• Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS)