A different or foreign mode of trial. 1 Hale, Com. Law, 38. … [Read more...] about ALIUD EXAMEN
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ALIENI GENERIS
Latin: Of another kind. 3 P, Wms. 247. … [Read more...] about ALIENI GENERIS
ALIUNDE
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
ALB ANUS
In old French law. A stranger, alien, or foreigner. … [Read more...] about ALB ANUS
ALDERMAN
A judicial or administrative magistrate. Originally the word was synonymous with "elder," but was also used to designate an earl, and even a king. In English, law. An associate. to the chief civil magistrate of a corporate town or city. In American cities. The aldermen are generally a legislative body, having limited judicial powers as a body, as in matters of internal police … [Read more...] about ALDERMAN