The code of honor agreed on by mutual understanding and tacitly accepted by members of the legal profession, especially by the bar. Wharton. Eum qui nocentem infamat, non est aequum et bonum ob eam rem condemnari; delicta enim nocentium nota esse oportet et expedit. It is not just and proper that he who speaks ill of a bad man should be condemned on that account; for it is … [Read more...]

And it is adjourned. A phrase used in the old reports, where the argument of a cause was adjourned to another day, or where a second argument was had. 1 Keb. 692, 754, 773. … [Read more...]

Lat. And now at this day. This phrase was the formal beginning of an entry of appearance or of a continuance. The equivalent English words are still used in this connection. … [Read more...]

Latin abbreviation for et alia which means and others. Usually used in a case caption to refer to the other parties to a case, e.g. plaintiffs listed as John Doe, Richard Roe, Jane Doe, et al. , Plaintiffs. … [Read more...]

Lat. And not. A technical phrase in pleading, which introduces the negative averments of a special traverse. It has the same force and effect as the words "absque hoc" and is occasionally used instead of the latter. … [Read more...]