In equal hand; held equally or indifferently between two parties. Where an instrument was deposited by the parties to it in the hands of a third person, to keep on certain conditions, it was said to be held in atquali manu. Reg. Orig. 28. … [Read more...]

Latin: In the civil law. Legal liability. … [Read more...]

In another's land. 2 Steph. Comm. 20. … [Read more...]

The judgment by which we declare that an agent is the cause of his free action, or of the result of it, whether good or ill. Wolff, 3. … [Read more...]

In another place. In alta proditione nullus potest esse accessorius sed principalis solummodo. 8 Inst. 138. In high treason no one can be an accessary but only principal. In alternativis electio est debitoris. In alternatives the debtor has the election. In ambigua voce legis ea potius accipienda est significatio quae vitio caret; praesertim cum etiam voluntas legis ex hoc … [Read more...]