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In another's land. 2 Steph. Comm. 20. … [Read more...] about IN ALIENO SOLO

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...] about IMPUTATION

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...] about IN ALIO LOCO

A "case of the first impression" is one without a precedent; one presenting a wholly new state of facts; one involving a question never before determined. … [Read more...] about IMPRESSION

In ecclesiastical law. The annexing an ecclesiastical benefice to the use of a lay person, whether individual or corporate, in the same way as oppropriation is the annexing of any such benefice to the proper and perpetual use of some spiritual corporation, whether sole or aggregate, to enjoy forever. Brown. … [Read more...] about IMPROPRIATION