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ALEA
Lat. In the civil law. A game of chance or hazard. Dig. 11, 5, 1. See Cod. 3, 43. The chance of gain or loss in a eon tract. … [Read more...] about ALEA
ALIAS
Latin: Otherwise; at another time; in another manner; formerly. Alias dictus. "Otherwise called." This phrase (or its shorter and more usual form, ahas,) when placed between two names in a. pleading or other paper indicates that the same person is known by both those names. A fictitious name assumed by a person is colloquially termed an "alias." Ferguson v. State, 134 Ala. 63, … [Read more...] about ALIAS
AGREEANCE
In Scotch law. Agreement; an agreement or contract … [Read more...] about AGREEANCE
AID PRAYER
In English practice. A proceeding formerly made use of, by way of petition in court, praying in aid of the tenant for life, etc., from the reversioner or remainder man, when the title to the inheritance was in question. It was a plea in suspension of the action. 3 Bl. Comm. 300. … [Read more...] about AID PRAYER