All Fours
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A metaphorical expression, signifying that a case agrees in all its circumstances with another.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A metaphorical expression, signifying that a case agrees in all its circumstances with another.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Two cases or decisions which are alike in all material respects, and precisely similar in all the circumstances affecting their determination, are said to be or to run on “all fours.”
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A case is said to go upon all fours when it is exactly similar in its circumstances to the case in support of which it is quoted; or when it is exactly in point. See Currit quatuor pedihus.