Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

Alumnus

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A foster child. ALVEUS (Lat.) The bed or channel through which the stream flows when it runs within Its ordinary channel. Calv. Lex. Alveus derelictus, a deserted channel. 1 Mackeld. Civ. Law, 280.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A foster-child. Also a graduate from a school, college, or other institution of learning. ALVEUS (Lat). The bed or channel through which the stream flows when it runs within its ordinary' channel. Calvinus, Lex. Alveus derelictus, a deserted channel. 1 Mackeldey, Civ. Law 280.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A child which one has nursed ; a foster-child. Dig. 40, 2, 14. One educated at a college or seminary is called an "alumnus" thereof.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A child which one has nursed; a foster-child. Dig. 40,2,14. One educated at a college or seminary is called an “alumnus” thereof.