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Likewise

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Abbott (1879)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

In like manner; also; moreover; top. State Bank v. Ewing, 17 Ind. 71. When used at the beginning of a sentence in a will the word sometimes denotes a severance of what follows from a contingency previously expressed, but the context of the will may rebut this presumption; 1 Jarm. Wills 832. See 6 De G., M. & G. 122; 24 Beav. 105.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

As used in a will, was held equivalent to " also," rather than to " in like manner." State I3ank v. Ewing, 17 Ind. 68.