Disjunctive Term
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
One which is placed between two contraries, by the affirming of one of which the other is taken away: it is usually expressed by the word or.
See 3 Ves. 450; l P. Wms. 433; 2 Cox, Ch. 213; 2 Atk. 643; 2 Ves. Sen. 07; Cro. Ella. 525; 1 Bingh. 500; Ayliffe, I'and. 5G.
In the civil law, when a legacy is given to Cains or Titius, the word or is considered and, and both Cains and Titius are entitled to the legacy in equal parts.
6 Toullier, a. 704.
See Copulative Teem; Construction.