Law Dictionary

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

A metaphorical expression, signifying that a case agrees in all its circumstances with another.

those who assert 'liens' against the property of the debtor.

The union or connection of two persons or families by marriage; affinity. In International Law. A contract, treaty, or league between two or more sovereigns or states, made for pur

The term “allied country” means any of the following: (A) A country that is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. (B) Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and the Republic

The term “allied health professional” means an allied health professional as defined in section 295p(5) of title 42 who— (A) has graduated and received an allied health professions

The term “allied health professionals” means a health professional (other than a registered nurse or physician assistant)— (A) who has received a certificate, an associate's degree

The term “allied international organization” means the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or any other international organization designated as an allied international organ

“allied supplier” means a supplier of passenger motor vehicle equipment that is wholly owned by the manufacturer, or if a joint venture vehicle assembly arrangement, a supplier tha

“allies” means any nation with which the United States is engaged in a common military effort or with which the United States has entered into a common defensive military alliance;

All persons having an interest in the suit, ought to be made parties, either as complainants or defendants... The cestui que trust is a necessary party to a suit in chancery, broug

Running one vessel against another. To be distinguished from collision, which denotes the running of two vessels against each other. The distinction is not very carefully observed,

A striking against distinguished sometimes into each other.

The term "all-milk price" means the average price received, per hundredweight of milk, by dairy operations for all milk sold to plants and dealers in the United States, a

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “allocable cash basis item” means any of the following items with respect to which the partnership uses the cash receipts and disbursements

For purposes of this subsection, the term “allocable interest” means any interest which is allocable to income which is effectively connected (or treated as effectively connected)

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “allocable limitation amount” means, with respect to any member of the controlled group referred to in subparagraph (A) with respect to any

The term “allocable parental tax” means the excess of— (i) the tax which would be imposed by this section on the parent’s taxable income if such income included the net unearned in

To allow.

the term “allocated amount” means the total amount of Federal funds allocated by the Secretary under subsection (b) to the participating State; and

An allocation.

The term “allocation” means the assignment of a specific amount of low-level radioactive waste disposal capacity to a commercial nuclear power reactor for which access is required

In English law. A writ directed to the lord treasurer and barons of the exchequer, commanding that an allowance be made to an accountant for such moneys as he has lawfully expended

In old English practice. In proceedings in outlawry, when there were but two county courts holden between the delivery of the writ of exigi facias to the sheriff and its return, a

the allocatur of a single Judge certainly cannot enlarge the appellate powers of this Court beyond the limits prescribed by law, and that law does not authorize an appeal from an o

A writ of exigent which issued in a process of outlawry, upon the sheriff's making return to the original exigent that there were not five county courts held between the teste of t

the common-law right of allocution. As early as 1689, it was recognized that the court's failure to ask the defendant if he had anything to say before sentence was imposed required

In criminal procedure. When a prisoner is convicted on a trial for treason or felony, the court is bound to demand of him what he has to say as to why the court should not proceed

Those who own allodial lands. Those who have as large an estate as a subject can have. Co. Litt. 1; Bac. Abr. "Tenure" (A). ALLODIUM (Sax. a, privative, and lode or leude, a vassal

Free; not held subordinate; opposed to feudal.

An allodial estate; one not held under a superior.

For purposes of this subparagraph, the term "allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant" means, with respect to an individual, the intravenous infusion of hematopoieti

A document not written by any of the parties thereto; opposed to autograph. ALLONGE (Ft.) A piece of paper annexed to a bill of exchange or promissory note, on which to write indor

Alligner, Alloyner, Alyemr. L. Fr. To remove to a distance, carry away, put off or delay. Kelham, See Elmgner,

A paper attached to a negotiable instrument to provide space for further indorsements. See 141 HI. 461, 31 N. E. 17.

the term "allot" means allot under this subsection from a sum appropriated under section 3023(a) or 3023(b)(1) of this title, as the case may be; and

federal law other than the antitrust laws.

All other revenue' would include nonflight income from incidental air carrier activities. The inclusive nature of the category precludes a narrow reading.

“Allotment” means the total value of benefits a household is authorized to receive during each month. / In this section, the terms “allotment”, “benefit”, “household”, “retail food

The difficulty with the appellants' contention is that it treats the act of 1902 as a contract, when 'it is only an act of Congress, and can have no greater effect.' ... It was but

Certificates of allotment, like receiver's receipts under the general land laws, entitle the holder to exclusive possession of the premises... But enrollment and certificates may b

In English law. An assignipent by a seaman of future wages. Such assignments are regulated by law as to form and amount, and as to the persons to whom they may be made. Mozley & W.

Allotment officer.—The term "allotment officer" means an officer or agency of the Federal Government charged with the allotment of space in federal buildings.

A system In force in England, by which the borough sanitary authorities are required to obtain, by condemnation, if necessary, lots of what is necessary to protect the public from

By the English general inclosure act of 1845 (section 108), when an allotment for the laboring poor of a district has been made on an inclosure under the act, the land so allotted

In this section, the term “allotted land” includes any land held in trust or restricted status by the Secretary on behalf of one or more Indians.

When she applied to be enrolled as a citizen of the Choctaw Nation she, ipso facto, subjected herself to the restriction upon alienation of Indian land imposed upon all members of

The term “allottees” means those individual Tribe members, their successors, heirs, and assigns, who have individual ownership of allotted Indian trust lands within the Torres-Mart

To sanction, either directly or indirectly; as opposed to merely suffering a thing to be done. [1S94] 2 Q. B. 412. A claim is said to be allowed by a court. To permit; Kearns v. Ke

The term “allowable 1985 emissions rate” means a federally enforceable emissions limitation for sulfur dioxide or oxides of nitrogen, applicable to the unit in 1985 or the limitati

Except as otherwise provided in this subparagraph, the term “allowable amount” means an amount equal to 20 percent of the lessor's adjusted basis in the property at the time the le

The term "allowable cause" means a natural cause, discrete anthropogenic cause, or undetermined cause, including a cause that occurred not more than 5 years prior to the

For purposes of this subsection, the term “allowable costs” means, with respect to an MA regional plan for a year, the total amount of costs described in subparagraph (B) for the p

The term “allowable distribution period” means, with respect to any private foundation, the period beginning with the first day of the first taxable year following the taxable year