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A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889

A Dictionary of Law

Compare A, 4; Every; Omnis. May mean "each " or "every one."' In the acts of legislatures, as in common parlance, "all, "being a general rather than a imiversal term, i^ to be understood in one sense or the other according to the demands of sopnd reason.'

I Barber v. Bafber, 21 How. 590-98 (1868), cases.

As to right to, afteij divorcp, see 24 Ahi. I<aw Eeg. l-2> (1885), cases; and generalto- 26 id.

83-37 (1887), cases. s Marchand v. New Orltos, 37 La. in. 18 (1886). « United States v. New Orleans, 81 F. E. 637 (1887). « 1 Greenl. Ev. § 291. / / 'Ko Uenberger v. Petiple, 9Col. 286 (1886); 1 Wha^ Cr. L. § 369. / ' « Sherburne v. Sj&sho, 143 Mass. 44? (1887); Towle v. Delano, 144 id. l Oi (1887). 'Kief Eer v. Ehler, 18 Pa. 391 (1852); Stone v. Elliott, All cases. See Case, 1.

All faults.

See Fault, 3. All-fours.

Entirely alike. Cases or decisions are said to be or to run " upon allfours" when alike in such circumstances as affect their determiiiation. The expression is metaphorical — from the running of mated quadrupeds. All rights reserved.

See Reserve, 2.