Law Dictionary

Alienation is favored by the law rather than accumulation. Co. Litt. 185.

The term “alien spouse” and the term “alien child” mean an alien who obtains the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence (whether on a conditional basis or oth

the right of a corporation in this respect was like an alien, who has power to take, but not to hold lands: and that although the land thus held by an alien may be subject to forfe

To transfer, or convey. 2 BL Com. 290.

One to whom an alienation is made. ALIENI GENERIS (Lat.) Of another kind. ALIENI JURIS (Lat.) Subject to the authority of another. An infant who is under the authority of his fathe

I. fr. and eng. A purchaser.

including 'all natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of the hostile nation or government'.

For the term of 7 1-2 years, viz. from the 10th September, 1775, to the 10th March, 1783, the defendant could not have paid this money to the plaintiff, who was an alien enemy, wit

I. fr. To alien; to convey or sell.

The subject of a nation with which we are at peace; an alien amy.

That an alien can take by deed, and can hold until office found, must now be regarded as a positive rule of law, so well established, that the reason of the rule is little more tha

Where a person dies, leaving issue, who are aliens, the latter are not deemed his heirs-at-law, for they have no inheritable blood, and the estate descends to the next of kin, who

In international law. An alien who is the subject or citizen of some hostile state or power. See Dyer, 20; Co, Litt, 1296. A person who, by reason of owing a permanent or temporary

Avaricious of the possessions of others, wasteful of his own.

An alien.

Of another kind.

Under another’s control as distinguished from sui juris.

the law in question is nothing more than an exercise of the power which every state and sovereignty possesses, of regulating the manner and term upon which property, real or person

The term "alien investor" means an alien who obtains the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence (whether on a conditional basis or otherwise) under

The state, condition or character of an alien. 2 Kent, Comm. 56, 64, 69.

A man bom an alien.

alien-nee, 1. fr. An alien born; a plea of alienage.

A man born an alien. ALIEN or ALIHNE. 2. ‘To transfer or make over to another; to convey or transfer the property of a thing from one person to another; to alienate. Usually applie

He who makes a grant or alienation. ALIEN US (Lat.) That which belongs to another.

v. To transfer or make over to another; to convey or transfer the property of a thing from one person to another; to alienate. Usually applied to the transfer of lands and tenement

On the land of another.

The parole of aliens seeking admission is simply a device through which needless confinement is avoided while administrative proceedings are conducted. It was never intended to aff

the alien has the capacity to take, but not to hold lands, and they may be seized into the hands of the sovereign

the term 'alien seamen' as used in the Act means 'seamen who are aliens.' It describes, aptly and exactly, seamen of alien nationality, dealing with them, as individuals, with refe

The term “alien son or daughter” means an alien who obtains the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence (whether on a conditional basis or otherwise) by virtue

The term “alien spouse” means an alien who obtains the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence (whether on a conditional basis or otherwise)— (A) as an immedia

the term “alien terrorist” means any alien described in section 1227(a)(4)(B) of this title;

The law prefers alienation of property to accumulation thereof.

Lat Another's; belonging to another; the property of another. Alienus homo, another's man or slave. Inst. 4, 3, pr. Aliena res, another's property. Bract, fol. 13b.

He who makes a grant, transfer of title, conveyance, or alienation.

The act of laying out or adjusting a line. The state of being so laid out or adjusted. The ground plan of a railway or other road or work as distinguished from its profile or gradi

not to be determined by mechanical rules. It must be ascertained from the 'principal purpose of the suit', and the 'primary and controlling matter in dispute

In Scotch Law. To support; to provide with necessaries. Paterson, Comp. §§ 845,,850. Maintenance; support; an allowance from the husband's estate for the support of the wife. Pater

Necessaries.

In the French law, this word signifies the food, and other things necessary to the support of life, as a dwelling, clothing and the like. The same name is given to the money allowe

a provision for annual payments to serve the purpose of alimony, that is, to assure to the wife suitable support

For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term “alimony or separate maintenance payment” means any payment in cash if— (i) such payment is received by (or on behalf of) a spouse under

Alimony to be paid during the pendency of a divorce suit. See 18 App. Div. 316, 46 N. Y. Supp. 9.

No one is bound to do what is impossible. A MANIBUS (Law Lat.) An officer who wrote for the emperor; one whose hand (manus) was used for writing; an amanuensis. Calv. Lex. A ME (La

To sell is one thing; to consent to a sale (seller) is another thing. Dig. 50, 17, 160.

I. fr. In old English law. To allow.

From another point of view.

/. One; any one. Aliqnis non debet esse judex in propria causa, quia non potest esse judex et pars: one ought not to be a judge in his own cause, because he cannot be both a judge

In any way.

Something; somewhat.

Something is conceded which would not otherwise be conceded, lest an injury should go urn punished.

Somewhat of possession, but nothing of right.

Anyone.

One ought not to be a judge in his own cause, because one cannot be both a judge and a party to the action.

One cannot sit as a judge in his own case.

In Saxon law. One bound by oath; oath-tied.

Otherwise.

aliud tacere, I. It is one thing to conceal, another to be silent.

To conceal is one thing, to be silent another.

Distinction is one thing, separation another.

To possess is one thing, to be in possession another.

It is one thing to be silent, another to conceal. See 32 L. Ed. (U. S.) 41.

To sell is one thing, to consent to one’s selling is another.

A different or foreign mode of trial. 1 Hale, Com. Law, 38.

From another place.

Another; different.

the entire quantity, without reference to relative importance.

A comprehensive term often employed in conveyances, wills, and the like, which includes the aggregate or whole and also each of the separate items or components. McClaskey v. Barr

The term "all appropriate details" means, with respect to a research and development project— (A) the name of such project, including both classified and unclassified nam

The term “all aspects of an industry” means strong experience in, and comprehensive understanding of, the industry that the individual is preparing to enter.

“all-cargo air transportation” means the transportation by aircraft in interstate air transportation of only property or only mail, or both.

all, without exception.

the terms “all students” and “all children” mean students or children from a broad range of backgrounds and circumstances, including disadvantaged students and children, students o

The term “all costs” means routine service costs, ancillary costs, and capital-related costs of covered skilled nursing facility services, but does not include costs associated wit

the courts will require that the defendants make a prompt and reasonable start toward full compliance with our May 17, 1954, ruling. Once such a start has been made, the courts may

To lay before one: to relate, allege. Allegans eontraria non est audiendus. He who alleges contradictory things is not to be listened to. "A man shall not blow hot and cold." In Sc

Contradictory statements will not be listened to. See 28 L. R. A. 129.

One who alleges his own infamy is not to be heard. 4 Inst 279.

One alleging his own baseness is not to be heard. See 3 British Ruling Cases, 629.

To allege; to assert.

Matters which are not relevant if proved ought not to be alleged.

A word which the emperors formerly signed at the bottom of their rescripts and constitutions; under other instruments they usually wrote signata or testata. Enc. Lond. ALLEGATA ET

Matters alleged and matters proved; pleadings and proof.

An allegation contrary to a deed is not admissible.

The assertion, declaration, or statement of a party of what he can prove. In Ecclesiastical Law. The statement of the facts intended to be relied on in support of the contested sui

in the civil law, is the citation or reference toa voucher to support a proposition. Dict. de Jurisp.; Encyclopédie, mot, Allegation; 1 Brown’s Civ. Law, A473, A.

A statement made by the wife of the property of her husband, in order to her obtaining alimony. 11 Ala. (N. S.) 763; 3 Tex. 168.

To state, recite, assert or charge; to make an allegation.

Stated; recited; claimed; asserted; charged.

The term “alleged misconduct”— (A) means a credible allegation that, if proven, would constitute a violation of— (i) a provision of criminal law, including the Uniform Code of Mili

In this section, the term “alleged sex-related offense” means any allegation of— (1) a violation of section 920, 920b, 920c, or 930 of this title (article 120, 120b, 120c, or 130 o

By allegiance is meant the obligation of fidelity and obedience which the individual owes to the government under which he lives, or to his sovereign in return for the protection h

alleggeance,

Fr. [from al Uger, to lessen.] Alleviation, relief, redress. Kelham,

To defend and clear one's self; to wage one's own law.

The allegation in an appellate court of some error in a subordinate part of the record below. ALLEVIARE (Law Lat.) In old records. To levy or pay an accustomed fine or composition.

the 'touchstone' for determining the year in which an item of deduction accrues is the 'all events' test established by this Court in United States v. Anderson, and since reaffirme

To pay a fine.

A term in common use in the trade. A1 sale of goods with "all faults," in the absence of fraud on the part of the vendor, covers all such faults and defects as are not inconsistent

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 four