Tag: AL

  • Allotment

    Definition of Allotment (1) The allocation or appropriation of property to a specific person (or persons) called the allottee, e.g., the partition of land held jointly among the several owners, or the allocation of shares in a company to applicants. (2) Small holdings allotted to the labouring […]

  • Alluvio (Alluvion)

    Definition of Alluvio (Alluvion) An imperceptibly gradual deposit of soil from a river or the sea. (Roman law.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Alluvio (Alluvion) in the Dictionaries, Alluvio (Alluvion) in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, […]

  • Alteration

    Definition of Alteration An erasure or addition. A material alteration of an instrument, e.g., an alteration of the date of a bill of exchange whereby payment would be accelerated, invalidates the instrument. Alterations in deeds are presumed to have been made before execution, in wills, after […]

  • Alternative Counts

    Definition of Alternative Counts An indictment may be divided into separate clauses, known as counts ; and in each count a separate offence may be charged. (The Indictments Act, 1915.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Alternative Counts in the […]

  • Allen V. Flood

    Definition of Allen V. Flood ([1898] A. C. 1). To induce a party, by means which are not unlawful, lawfully to terminate a contract with another does ntft give such other a cause of action, and the fact that the party so inducing is actuated by malice is immaterial. The respondents were […]

  • Allocation

    Definition of Allocation Appropriation of a fund to particular persons or purposes Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Allocation in the Dictionaries, Allocation in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia […]

  • Allocatur

    Definition of Allocatur The certificate of the taxing master. AllocutusThe demand of the Court to a prisoner convicted of a reason or felony on indictment as to what he has to say why the Court should not proceed to judgment against him Browse You might be interested in these references tools: […]

  • Allodium

    Definition of Allodium Lands not held of any lord or superior, in which, therefore, the owner has an absolute property and not a mere estate Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Allodium in the Dictionaries, Allodium in our legal dictionaries, Related […]

  • Allonge

    Definition of Allonge A slip of paper annexed to a bill of exchange for endorsements when there is no room for them on the bill. (Bills of Exchange Act, 1882, s. 32, sub-s. 1.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Allonge in the Dictionaries, Allonge […]

  • Alienation

    Definition of Alienation The power of the owner or tenant to dispose of his interest in real or personal property. Alienation may be voluntary, e.g., by conveyance or will ; or involuntary, e.g., seizure under a judgment order for debt Browse You might be interested in these references tools: […]