Latin: From another place; evidence given aliunde, as, when a will contains an ambiguity, in some cases, in order to ascertain the meaning of the testator, evidence aliunde will be received. … [Read more...] about ALIUNDE
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ALIENI JURIS
Latin: Under the control, or subject to the authority, of another person; e.g., an infant who is under the authority of his father or guardian; a wife under the power of her husband. The term is contrasted with Suj Jubis, (g. v.) … [Read more...] about ALIENI JURIS
ALL
Collectively, this term designates the whole number of particulars, individuals, or separate items; distributively, it may be equivalent to "each" or "every." State v. Maine Cent. R. Co., 66 Me. 510; Sherburne v. Sischo, 143 Mass. 442, 9 N. E. 797. All and singular. A comprehensive term often employed in conveyances, wills, and the like, which includes the aggregate or whole … [Read more...] about ALL
ALIENIGENA
One of foreign birth; an alien. 7 Coke, 31. … [Read more...] about ALIENIGENA
ALL FOURS
This is a metaphorical expression, to signify that a case agrees in all its circumstances with another case; it goes as it were upon its four legs, as an animal does. … [Read more...] about ALL FOURS