Aster Place Elot Case

« Sheets v. Selden, 2 Wall. 190 (1864); 2 Hill, 355. « Hooper t). Hooper, 9 Cush. (1851); 9 Pet. 470. » Lamb v. Lamb, 11 Pick. »378 (1831), Shaw, C. J.; Minot V. Amory, 2 Cush. 387 (184S). purchase price is to be understood as if it read " upon " payment, i See Maturity, 2. After-acquired. Obtained after some event: as, property acquired after a will was made, or after an adjudication in bankruptcy, or after a judgment is repovered. See Acquire. After-discovered. Came to light or was disclosed after an event or occurrence: as, after-discovered evidence, an after-discovered principal. See Agent; Audita Querela; Discovery, 3. AFTERNOOM". See Day. A complaint for not closing a saloon "at nine o'clock " and keeping it open till " past eleven in the afternoon " is not bad for failing to show that nine o'clock at night was meant." AGr. Against; agreeing. AGAUfST. In opposition to; opposed; contrai-y to; adversely to. Compare Contra. An enactment that neither party shall be allowed to testify "against" each other, as to any transaction with the deceased person whose estate is interested in the result, has been construed to allow the repi'esentative of the decedent to compel the opposite party to testify for the estate.^ A verdict in disobedience of instructions upon a point of law may be said to be "against law." * Against the form of the statute. In an indictment alleges that a statute has been broken. See further Form, 2, Of statute. Against the peace. Words in use to charge a breach of the peace. See Peace, 1. Against the will. Words used to charge vfolence. See Will, 1.

Defined under After in A Dictionary of Law.