In Scotch practice. An abbreviation of Alter, the other; the opposite party; the defender. 1 Broun, 336, note. … [Read more...] about ALT.
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ALTERUM NON LAEDERE
Not to injure another. This maxim, and two others, honeste vivere, and suum cutque tribuere, (q. v.,) are considered by Justinian as fundamental principles upon which all the rules of law are based. Inst 1, 1, 3. … [Read more...] about ALTERUM NON LAEDERE
ALTA PRODITIO
Lat. In old English law. High treason. 4 Bl. Comm. 75. See High Tbeason. … [Read more...] about ALTA PRODITIO
ALTIUS NON TOLLENDI
In the civil law. A servitude due by the owner of a house, by which he is restrained from building beyond a certain height. Dig 8, 2, 4; Sandars, Just. Inst. 119. … [Read more...] about ALTIUS NON TOLLENDI
ALTA VIA
Lat. In old English law. A highway; the highway. 1 Salk. 222. Alta via regia; the king's highway; "the king's high street." Finch, Law, b. 2, c. 9. … [Read more...] about ALTA VIA